The pain of loss

Been combing through old pics and came across these 2 frames from when I worked for the AD. Grief is a funny thing which at first seems like it will never stop being painful and the truth is that it never really does. It just somehow becomes more dull over time. I still can feel these folks pain and when I look at these and I hope at least it has dulled somewhat now for them. The first frame is of Norm Sanders, left, who lost his stepson Jack Martin when he was brutally murdered along with his wife Susan Martin in their home in Sutter in July 2010. The second frame is Debbie Campbell, left,is comforted by Kelly Schumacher while friends erect a 9-foot cross at the intersection of Highway 20 and Acacia Avenue in memory of her boyfriend Paul John Hendrickson on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. Debbie Campbell was injured in the fatal motorcycle accident that killed Hendrickson in May 2010.

"a door closes and a window opens somewhere"

Is what my grandmother always says.
My life seems to be taking me in a new direction right now.
Where it's going I am not quite sure.
Scary, exciting, stressful.
Hell ya!
But I have never been on to back down in the face of adversity.
This to will pass.

when the storm parts

cleaned house.
ran errands.
Nico to the dog park.
detour on the way home.
cause the light was just epic.

on the floor

Nico dog is so black it hard to get any detail when you photograph him. This is probably the best picture that I have to of him so far. I used a gold reflector to bounce the window light back into him, seemed to work pretty well.

bugs are cool

While watering the garden this evening I discovered a fairly large praying mantis in the bell peppers. Seeing that I lived in the city for so long I had no idea that these things existed outside of the pet store. So it was a bit of a surprise, but a pretty cool find I think none the less.

the garden

spent the late afternoon in the garden today. its getting really big. i found a baby praying mantis on the mint.i really have too much. eggplant, zucchini, like 5 different kinds of tomatoes, lots a cucumbers that will eventually become pickles, like every herb u could want, snap peas, jalapenos, bell peppers and more.

Weeds, today i pulled lots of 'um in the backyard

nico

I adopted a dog from the yuba county shelter or as I call it dog prison. he rocks. I named him Nicodemus. Nico for short . He seems to be some kinda mix between a black lab and a great pyanese. He's about a year give or take a few months. He also likes to eat grass.

around the house

here are pics of my new place here in Sutter.