Busywork

Yet another retro post, mainly because I'm blogging my little fingers to the bone! :-)

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UGH!

Today is chore day. Not only do I have house cleaning to do, I have things I need to do connected to the business. I try to keep up with things and do a bit here and there in both, but I find you really need to have a day where everything gets done. If you don't you're looking at one hot mess later on.

When I began the business, I spent a lot of time trying to lay down a good foundation. Of course, I had to decide whether  to be a Sole Proprietor, LLC (Limited Liability Corporation), or a corporation in general. I had to set up my website, Twitter, and Facebook. I had to begin a blog. And, oh yeah - there's the shopping for office supplies like accordion files for receipts, a calculator that figures out tax, file folders, etc. (Yes, I was the kid who loved shopping for school supplies. A nice, pink eraser and a box of a dozen number 2 Ticonderoga pencils just waiting to be sharpened made my nerdy little heart skip a beat at the start of each and every school year.)

I remember grumbling that the reason why I started my photography business was ta take photographs, and not to spend my day chained to the desk. UGH!  Thankfully that looks like that's changing.

Except for today, when I need to itemize receipts and clean the house to keep the furbabies happy.

Stone Angels

On the 24 month sadiversary of my husband's death, I went on a photo shoot to Savannah, GA. (I have, as of yet, not been able to be home once that date arrives. Whether that will change in the future, I don't know.) One of the places I where spent a large part of my time was Bonaventure Cemetery. Made famous by the book and movie, Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil, the cemetery is also the site where the Bird Girl Statue was photographed for the cover of the book. I found out during my visit to Savannah that the statue has been removed for its protection and placed in the Telfair Museum of Art.

The cemetery has been in existence since 1846, and you can literally chronicle the history of the citizens buried there from that time to the present day.  The tombstones that were most interesting to me were those of the Victorian era.

The time spent in Bonaventure Cemetery was a testament to me on how important it is to remember our dead. Something that, as a widow, I do on a daily basis.

 

 

The Plural of Moose

(Trust me; you're gonna get a kick out of this when you find out!)

I've been to Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, ME, twice now. (Hmm... Lobster Bisque for lunch sounds good right about now, but I digress.) I went on my first visit to Maine late last Spring shortly before I was scheduled for surgery. I'd never been, and if something happened on the operating table, I didn't want my last thought to be when my husband came to get me, "you know, I never made it up Maine." Believe me, not that that would have kept me from crossing over, but really - why have regrets?

I got the feeling that it had been a particularly long winter when I got up there. The people on the island were lovely and (very) friendly, but I did get the sense of , "THANK GOD IT'S SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T LIVE ON THE ISLAND!!" I went off season and timed my trip so that I was there shortly before Memorial Day when the rates were cheaper.

I have to tell you, if Acadia National Park isn't on the list of place to see before you buy the farm, it should be.  I can't tell you how beautiful it is, so I'm hoping my pictures will give you some idea:

Oh, and here's the payoff for the title of this post. The plural of moose is (wait for it!) MOOSE! I discovered this on my second visit in the Fall. (Yes, I already knew that!) There is a moose sightseeing tour in Bar Harbor that felt it was important for everybody to know that. That had me tickled for days.