July 18th and 19th FFU*

Posted by hollybernabe on July 20, 2012 · 2 Comments 

*FFU=Friday Follow Up   So it’s that time again for my FFUs.  Join me today to see me write about where I’ve been and what I’ve done for my walkabout for the last week.

Wednesday’s Highlights-

Wednesday was incredibly stressful as we tried to figure out if Micah was having heart troubles or blood clots or what.  So I put my mind off it by catching up on my blogging activity.  Not just blogging, but also reading other people’s blogs.  I got rather behind, since I’ve been busy with other things.  It’s important to maintain relationships with other bloggers, because they can be really helpful and sometimes even become friends.  I like to help them when I can, too.  So I did some catching up.

I didn’t walk much this day.  Most of it was around the hospital and for a night time walk with Dante.

Not too bad for a night shot.

But at least Micah got to come home!

Wednesday I walked 1.88 miles.

Thursday’s Highlights-

Thursday was a pretty busy day for me, with more catching up on the blogs, doing some writing, and trying to maintain my sanity despite deadlines and too much stress around me.  Micah didn’t sleep well, which meant I didn’t sleep well.  Thursday exhausted me.  But I did get some walking in at least, though most of it was in the evening.

I walked by the apartment that had the Pacman Lego figures again.  See my post of May 30th, to learn more about that.  And wouldn’t you know it, but the occupants put up a new display.  Instead of this:

I saw this:

And this:

Thursday I walked 6.12 miles.

Dinner of a seafood stir fry in tomato and banana sauce. Tasty!

Dessert is oatmeal cookies my dad made. Not too bad! Apparently he got tired of bugging me to make more cookies! :)

Testing the night capabilities of my new little point and shoot camera. It’s a Nikon Coolpix S-4100.

A different setting. No flash this time. It’s more orange/brown. Don’t know why.

Not too bad for a night shot.

This statue look both amused and disdainful. Is that possible? Amused disdain?

Yesterday this field and the house were all surrounded by a tall cyclone fence. The house wasn’t lived in, since it was blocked off. But now the fence is gone. When did that happen? I walk by there at least twice a day!

I always came up with stories why there was a cyclone fence around this house whenever I would walk by. I figured some supernatural critter that didn’t want to be disturbed lived there, like some coven of vampires or something. Or maybe an urban militia guy who was plotting to take out the city. I’ve got lots of ‘em. Too active an imagination!

A springy little hobby horse hiding in somebody’s front yard.

Trying out the macro setting. Didn’t work as well as I’d hoped, but they are still pretty!

Apparently this is the little cousin of the beanstalk of Jack and the Beanstalk fame. I’ve never seen a plant like this! I want to know what it is! It was taller than me, and the leaves were about a foot and a half wide at least! It was fuzzy, too.

I love sunsets! I like the geometrical shape of the wires in this one.

Vivid color! Wow! Pop! Zam!

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