Walking along a dirt road in April

Just about every morning, rain or shine, I take a walk down my dirt road with my puppies. 

Unless it's raining, I have my camera and my eyes are constantly searching for something to shoot...a new flower, an interesting weed, or merely the play of light on a leaf.

When I find it - whatever "it" is - Belle and Max wait patiently while I examine the something from every angle through my lens. 

They are so good.

You can imagine how many photos I have, then, if every morning I take between two and twenty. 

During busy times, I might not even glance twice at the photos, much less edit them or post them on my blog. 

There just aren't enough minutes in the day for that.

But there are (almost) always enough minutes to take a walk on a dirt road before the day gets swept away. 

(By the way, I apologize for being AWOL from your blogs. My son's wedding is fast approaching and I've been focusing on those last to-do's for it. Thanks for popping by to see me anyway - I miss you all!)

(One more thing...my photos are a mess. How do you organize yours?)

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Lissa's Walk and Click

From a Week in a Texas Autumn

There are times in your life when something's gotta give.

Unfortunately, 

that something for me recently

has been

my morning walk.

But this week, hallelujah, I slipped back into the old routine.

I love and need these morning walks.

It's been a week of beautiful skies, frisky dogs, frosty mornings, glorious light, hunting dogs, spring-like mornings, confused plants, creepy-crawlies, and splashes of autumn leaves.

I kinda went crazy with my camera.

I'll be nice and only share a few of my favorites...

Hope you had a great week! 

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

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and the very last

On Thanksgiving Eve Morning...

...I took a walk through the Hollow,

with Tom 

and goofy puppies.

(Daisy added for privacy!)

Old wooden steps led up, up, up to the frame of an abandoned deer blind.

Walking where others haven't in a long while...

...but discovering some who call it home. 

Beauty has many seasons.

A party of palms on the edge of a dry pond.

Spring and summer blooms are hanging on, grateful for the mild temperatures.

The colors of autumn, taking over.

An old dreamcatcher, perhaps?

Sunlight playing with the leaves.

  

We saw the web before we felt it, thank goodness!

While I focused on these leaves...

...Max decided to rest. 

He knows when I start snapping it could be awhile before we move on.

More pretty leaves.

...and steadfast blooms. 

 And then on toward home.

Hope you enjoyed the walk!

And I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

The unthankful heart discovers no mercies;

but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,

as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour,

some heavenly blessings!

~ Henry Ward Beecher

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Thanks for the Post of the Week, Hilary!!