Expedition Oklahoma

Project 2012: 1/31/2012

Day 31 of 366. I stopped for this shot about two miles from home.   

Project 2012: 1/30/2012

Day 30 of 366...  at the University of Oklahoma

Project 2012: 1/29/2012

Day 29 of 366.  Late night cell phone shot of my Sister's fishtank. 

Bowling at Firelake Bowl

Yesterday evening we took the boys bowling at Firelake bowl in Shawnee.  I haven't been bowling in years.  This was the first time the boys have been bowling.  

They didn't want to go bowling at all.  They tried to beg and stay home and play XBox.  

Ray had to teach Justin how to bowl.  

He wasn't too sure about it.  

Yeah, he's learning....

Here we go...  

The oldest son bowling, but he would prefer to be here....

The boys loved the arcade after they bowled one game, they abandoned the Parents to play arcade games. 

A shot of me bowling... 

I only bowled one Strike

That one wasn't my strike... 

This is how I bowl. Usually.  

Ray bowling...

Project 2012: 1/28/2012

Day 28 of 366.  Tonight we went bowling in Shawnee at the Firelake Bowling Center.  Which I visited for my Economics class last fall.  The Bowling Center is going to use some of my photos in a brochure so they gave me a couple of bowling games.   Much appreciated and now I have more photos to pass on to the tribe.   This photo is of Ray teaching Justin to bowl, it was his first time bowling at almost 11 years!  He liked it.  I love getting the "father and son" pictures. 

Nita's Flowers in Marlow Oklahoma

We stopped in at Nita's flowers in Marlow Oklahoma last week and I took a few shots.   This is the flower shop where our wedding flowers came from way back in the mid-90s.  

I thought I'd pull up a few shots to showcase our local businesses.  I'd rather buy local if I can.   

They are all gearing up for Valentines Day!  

Find your perfect arrangement...

 

 

 

A Good Morning

I'm discovering the sun rises from my porch.  So I can step out on my porch, in my nightgown and cold feet and snap a few shots of the sunrise before the bus arrives to take the kids to school.  I'm awake anyways, waiting, to make sure no one misses the bus.   May as well get my photo of the Day out of the way.  This morning the sunrise was especially beautiful.   Normally I shoot sunsets, but when it is so easy.   I can see that I'm just not very observant in the morning because clearly the sun has been rising every morning and is very simple to see right outside my front door.   I use a lot of quotes when I'm posting.  Today I'm going to use more Neruda. I believe I will begin using specific poets and quotes by them while posting more often. I love the magic that they can work with words.  I found today's quotes on: Goodreads.com

 

 

“Give me, for my life, 
all lives, 
give me all the pain 
of everyone, 
I'm going to turn it into hope. 
Give me 
all the joys, 
even the most secret, 
because otherwise 
how will these things be known? 
I have to tell them, 
give me 
the labors 
of everyday, 
for that's what I sing”  ~Pablo Neruda 

 

“On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity.”  ~Neruda

 

 

 

“Give me your hand 
out of the depths 
sown by your sorrows.”   ~Pablo Neruda 

 

“Here I came to the very edge 

 

everything is absorbed through weather and the sea, 
and the moon swam back, 
its rays all silvered, 
and time and again the darkness would be broken 
by the crash of a wave, 
and every day on the balcony of the sea, 
wings open, fire is born, 
and everything is blue again like morning. ”  ~Pablo Neruda 

 

“Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you’ll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life. ~Neruda

“Sometimes a piece of sun burned like a coin in my hand.”  ~Neruda 

“sometimes I get up at dawn, and even my soul is wet.”  ~Neruda 

“It was at that age 
that poetry came in search of me”  ~Neruda 

“Love is the mystery of water and a star.”  ~Neruda

“The books that help you most are those which make you think the most. The hardest way of learning is that of easy reading; but a great book that comes from a great thinker is a ship of thought, deep freighted with truth and beauty.” ~Neruda 

“Nobody can claim the name of Pedro, 
nobody is Rosa or María, 
all of us are dust or sand, 
all of us are rain under rain. 
They have spoken to me of Venezuelas, 
of Chiles and Paraguays; 
I have no idea what they are saying. 
I know only the skin of the earth 
and I know it has no name.”  ~Neruda

 

Project 2012: 1/27/2012

27 of 366  Good Morning! It is Friday and I discovered that the sunrise in January is just a step outside right before the school bus arrives.  So, you may see more sunrises in the future.  

Project 2012: 1/26/2012

Day 26 of 366  Ray using the vacuum sealer so we can freeze the meat from yesterday's grocery shopping.  He also did the dishes.  :-)  Which I think is great! 

Project 2012: 1/25/2012

Day 25/366 being a Graduate Student means I have a lot of reading to do.  All the time.