Love, Life and Puppy Dog Tales

Since I took this picture last week, she is in yet another outfit!  I can't keep up with her!!  She makes me smile and makes me look forward to going to work! I will add her newest outfit ASAP for me.  It is interesting, and very cool.  Not sure I have seen her in the same outfit twice as yet, except maybe the rain gear.... but it rained a lot for a long time so.... And yes, I do have a life outside of this goose.  But this goose amazes me, so I share her with you!

And of course..... She's Air Force.... What else would you expect a goose to be???? I was so excited to see her this evening on my way home from work...  The Memorial Day Air Force (think she's a full bird Colonel???) Goose....

I drove by in anticipation.... what would be next?  Sunny weather is coming, will she be dressed for it???? Alas......... I can share no pictures.... For the Goose.... She is NAKED! Here's to hoping for the next clever outfit!!

This goose lives near me.  I have seen her in many different outfits.  I have seen her in a sun dress, a pancho,  a spring dress , back to a rainsuit, and a nursing outfit.  I have seen her holding an umbrella and wearing a huge variety of hats and bonnets.  And on Easter Sunday she was a shepherd, with a small flock of sheep she was tending to, with large colored goose eggs beneath her. This week, she has been fishing....  I have held back snapping pictures of her, but I cannot any longer.  She makes my drive to and from work a little bit more exciting, because I can't wait to see if she has a new activity she is all set for. Stay tuned to see what else she'll be spotted in next!

I never knew Robert.  Never got to see his smiling face in person.  Never got to hear his laughter.  Never got to watch him learn to crawl, then walk, then run.  Never got to see the joy in his eyes that small children are capable of at the littlest things.   But today, I watched him grow up.  I got to see him as a newborn.  A growing baby.  A toddler sitting around in diapers.  A youngster discovering the absolute joys of a blue magic marker and hands and face and legs and everything in between. I got to see all the many people that touched him.  All the people he touched.  The souls he enriched in almost 6 1/2 years.   Picture after picture on the screen.  Sorting, sampling, deciding.  Admiring, staring.  Crying.  Seeing hurt that is just as raw now as it was in 2002.  Somehow feeling a piece of that hurt myself.   Somehow, in seeing all those snapshots  in time, I felt like ...

Just a small noise.  Just a little vibration.... just a peep in the right spot at the right time..... That's all it would take, and this would come tumbling down.... Ever feel like that?  Like just one more word.... one more gesture, one more look....  and the explosion will happen.....?? Been there.  Done that. Sometimes though... if you can hold it together long enough.... spring comes and a nice thaw allows it to melt away harmlessly. Words spoken can not be unsaid......

The road spoke to me. It is filled with possibilities. It is crisp and clean in its borders, yet its destination is unknown. Unless you were to take the time to follow it. And if you take the time to follow it, there are many things to notice. There are tracks that sort of parallel the road. Did someone else want to explore the road, but decide to do it their own way? There are power lines that are taking power to.... some one. Somewhere. Do I know them? Do I care? And is it more interesting to know that the road was photographed while driving on a highway above it? In some ways, I was following that road. In others, I was taking my own way. But for a moment in time, I paused to reflect just where does the road go to??