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Photographs from Golf yesterday and Happy 4th!

Jul 4, 2009
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Golf wasn't too bad yesterday. I shot a 114. Yesterday I played the entire 18 holes with my headphones on listening to music. It really helped me not lose my mojo, although I didn't do all that well, I never got grouchy, or annoyed with DH's bitching about his game. I couldn't hear him!

I ran across the motherload of beautiful weeds on the 10th hole. Giant thistles are blooming now. I know these plants are a pain in the butt, err legs, hands etc, when you touch them, but seriously, the buds and blooms are absolutely gorgeous! Take a peek.

purple thistle flower

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thistlishiness

and finally, one that has gone to seed.

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I got the inspiration to take a waterfall picture from one of my flickr contacts.

waterfall at edgewood

I've always called this spot "the kodak shot". DH and I have done a lot of posing by this itty bitty waterfall. Not yesterday though. Just a quick snap.

giant puff

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And thats about it. For now. I've got a busy day ahead. Company at 5 for a cookout, I am picking up Nikki at 10 to work at the house. They bought a fixer upper, and she is just overwhelmed with the amount of work to do. DH, SS and I went over for about 3 hours yesterday and really knocked off a lot of the things that needed to be done. The kids are doing wall prep now, they've taken the wallpaper down (the entire house was papered in 1970's paper), spackeled and sanded most of the walls and have started to prime the walls. Yesterday, DH, SS and I tore up more carpet, removed staples from the subfloor, cleaned up all the paint chips on the floor from sanding..what a pain. I told Nick if he ever buys another house that needs so much work I would kick his ass. I can't blame Nik for being so overwhelmed. When it is just the 2 of them working on it, it must seem like it is going so slow.

So anyway, we are going to work from 10-2. Then rush home to shower, and prepare for the cookout. Did I mention that I haven't shopped yet?

lololol

tiger lily

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My Wednesday

Jun 10, 2009
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In some aspects, it was a waste of time, I didn't get a single thing done around the house today. My towel is still laying on the bathroom floor and I'm wearing pj pants and a nightgown because I can't find the top. So I neglected the housework, so what? The mess is driving me crazy but today was a perfect day. The weather couldn't have been nicer. John, the pro-shop manager at Edgewood, called and asked me if I would please send him pictures of the golf course asap, and I told him I'd do it Saturday during the GMO outing.

Then I got to thinking, today is PERFECT! There were thin wispy white puffs in the sky. It was such a beautiful shade of blue today, just perfect for shooting. I also figured they probably didn't want golfers in the pictures, so I kind of hopped around the golf course in one of their carts. I took 73 pictures, and I had a blast.

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The golf course is practically across the street from where we live, so it was no big deal for me to putter around on the course, WITH permission to take pictures of whatever I wanted. He said he wanted to see my perspective.

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This is Fred on the left, he was smiling as usual. He stood right up and came after me for the camera to shoot me, but I said "hey!". Fred and Joanne own the golf course we play at, and their three kids are each employed at the course as superintendent, pro shop manager, resturant manager. John is actually the pro shop manager, he is the son in law. His wife is busy making babies. She used to golf on the LPGA! But now she's a mommy. I am sure Jack is already swinging a club at three years old. We love the family, and love being members at their golf club. If I told you what we paid in yearly memberships you wouldn't believe me, they certainly are not out to get anyone to "buy in" or buy shares. The cost is reasonable considering we go out 2-3 times a week when the weather cooperates. Oh, Edgewood also has 36 holes!

I'm getting side tracked, but I wanted to share about this family run business, they are awesome people.

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The most amazing part is they all came out good. I went back to the pro shop around 5 pm when they wouldn't be as busy, and downloaded the pictures for him, and then started a slideshow. Everyone wanted to see! There were a few golfers who had come in from their round who I had "excuse me, can I get a quick picture" to, and they were interested in seeing the photographs. They all kind of look the same on the little tiny flickr page you get to chose from so I'm just not sure which ones to post here! But there is a sampling.