Striving for Balance

Today's topic for PhotoHunt is "Balanced".

I decided to go with this shot of the head of a carving that is in my home. While I am not a practicing Buddhist by any means, I do recognize that many of the tenets of that belief system have positive real world outcomes for many people....including the idea of reaching a balance in your life.

Mom's surgery

Good news so far. Mom's surgery went well, or so they tell me. There was a little bleeding problem today and one bought of very low blood pressure...but Dad says that all is good now. I spoke with her by phone this afternoon. She seemed to be in good spirits, although that could be the pain meds.

Pea Soup?

Haw Creek was covered by duckweed and looked like pea soup!

A tree had fallen across the creek and caused the duck week to build up behind it, rather than floating on down. The result was about 200 yards of greenery on the creek.

It looked nasty, but was easy to paddle through.

Did you enjoy the previous furlough? Want more?

Bibb school employees facing furloughs again

Well, the link above says it all. Looks like we will be spending another week at home unpaid. It sucks, but I know that we are still doing so much better than a lot of other people who have lost their jobs. Although the story in the link indicates that the school board hasn't yet approved the proposal, I am fairly sure that they will. The budget simply demands it.

Snow Pics from Dad

Dad sent me a few photos of the snow at his house. Looks to be about 3 or 4 inches. Dad says his woodpile is really going down with the constant fire burning in their stove. Fortunately, he has enough wood to get well into next year already cut and split.