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one for me. yes.I casually spread out my light blue, ski-penguin blanket in the plushy grass and laid on my side peeling open my novel. I read a few pages, then scooched to the edge of my blankey and peered into the thick blades of grass. I remembered playing outside in this same familiar turf when I was little.. and getting dirty in thick black earth. I stretched my arm out and dove my fingers into the green, pushing a little patch aside. I leaned a little further, looked disbelieving, and there – staring up at me – sat the most perfectly proud and bright-shining 4-leaf clover.  It was quite possibly my biggest accomplishment in a long time. It felt so. great.

They say…  ”According to tradition, such leaves bring good luck to their finders, especially if found accidentally. According to legend, each leaflet represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck.”

Hmm, at least something in my life is going right.. I thought as I picked it graciously. I realized that right now I feel these things lacking in my life.         Later, it was obvious that this lucky find came as a heavenly reminder to just, keep going.   keep searching. keep pushing patches aside.sigh. –kels.

i know we’re all tired of the oh my gosh, ‘snow,’ pictures everywhere.  wow, we all do get very excited, don’t we.

well, these icy shots are actually a few weeks old, and were taken before the great revelation that recently snowed upon us. (s.c.)

and i know these shots don’t go together, so i was hoping that giant black line would separate them. i didn’t have enough shots to pair them with others. (i’d hate to be that kid)

It has been a little while since my last update. my poor neglected bloggy…  Well, I am back, and to make up for it – an extra large post!!  Several weekends ago, this area got an enormous wave of snow, something that is not normal around here. At the first signs of it (the frosty winds) I grabbed my camera and ran outside!  Now that I don’t live in the North I rarely see the white fluffy stuff, so it’s extra exciting. I snapped a few shots I liked and experienced my first completely numb index finger, numb as in it won’t bend to click the shutter! problem!  So, I ran my way down the line of semi-thawed working fingers, and when I got to my pinky finger, I figured it was time to go inside. banking it impossible to shoot with my left hand, pff.

I woke up the next day and on my way back from lunch ran into those crazy snowball-fighting kids. It was so cute and funny though, made me laugh.

So it was a fun few weeks, and one day we even had a Snow Day!  Yahoo!  it was great to have a break and cozy up with movies, cupcakes, and hot cocoa.

These next series of shots are from a trip about an hour north of here. A really awesome cave, which happens to be the biggest in the world! whoa!  Who knew that such amazing places could really be up the road from you. The whole thing was really fun and sometimes freeeezing cold. brrrr.  But it was just a great weekend with great company to top it off. I had a couple somewhat-unexpected visitors come and visit. foreign ones. to be exact.  teehee.

It was lovely to see them and lovely to get out and have some real fun. memorable to say the least.  it was great.   they were great.     : )

down, down, down.   *note: these shots are mostly credited to another aspiring photographer.  aspiring. (wink)when they gave tours of the cave in the 1800s, tourists would smoke their names into the ceiling with a candleour countrified, but very educated tour guide – Jubyjane Norma Jo.  (no that wasn’t her real name, but, doesn’t she look like one?)beautiful. but don’t let it fool you. ice. ice cold.our absolutely amazing encounter on the way home. crossed the road and checked us out – slowly walking a foot from our car window.