Life is full of oddities.  How about this, a bird's nest in a frog's mouth.  Now that is a paradox.  Absurd but true.  Ok, so it's a frog head shaped bird house.  You would think that a bird would not nest in anything that resembled a mouth.  But, every spring without fail there is a new nest inside this frog's mouth.  Maybe they don't recognise it as a mouth or maybe the parent birds like to live dangerously.  I'm sure it's the first but sometimes even people like to push the limits of living dangerously.  Some times it works out and some time it doesn't.  Just ask the people of Pompeii.  Anyway, this frog hangs just a few feet away from the kitchen window and when the babies have outgrown their nest the window sill fills up with little sparrows peeking in the window.  And then they are off on their next adventure.  So I have come to this conclusion, not all frogs are bad.

Day 8.  Took the family to the lake today.  I found a small ball on the shore and we used it to play keep away.  Everyone got involved and we all had a blast.  And when we were ready to get out of the water there were our flip flops waiting patiently.  Who knew flip flops were so loyal?  It was a great day and we made some wonderful memories.  I just imagine everyone will sleep well tonight.   

Day 7.  When I found this many Cicada shells all on the same tree I realized something important.  I must have a terrible grub problem in my yard.  I can take care of that.  I guess it's the kid in me but I still like to play with the shells. 

Day 6.  It's Wednesday, and that is a busy day for me so today's photo was set up and not spontaneous.  But that's ok.  It's a glass flame that was given to me by a very good friend to remind me of a campfire.  One of the walls in our living room is decorated with crosses so I took one down to pair with the flame.  Together they are a powerful image for me.  Two things that have shaped my life into who I am. 

Day 5.  It is really incredible what you can find if you only look around.  Found this little guy hiding at the base of a tree in the back yard.  I noticed a bird hopping around the tree so I went to see what he was trying to get.  And there was this guy hiding down in his secret place safe from the dangers that were trying to devour him.  I wonder if he was praying.

As I began this project just 4 days ago I knew that finding subjects for everyday would get difficult.  So I have started close to home and will spread out as I go.  This is a picture of some flowers on our Rose of Sharon bush beside the house.  I thought that it is cool how as one set dies another is getting ready to bloom.  Life really is a cycle.  And at the heart of that cycle is the creator of all life.  He makes everything new.

This is one of our two dogs.  We wanted to name him Harley but he is way too small to carry that name.  So we went with Scooter.  He is a Morkie, half Maltese and half Yorkie.  He is very smart and pretty stubborn, but wants to please so he trained easily.  I have harrassed him with the camera so much that he runs and hides when he sees it now.  He is now 4 and still has a lot of puppy left.