the gremlin wrangler

I'm pretty sure The Cuteness has had cake, but I can't remember a time when he had a cupcake.

I had a heck of a time getting him to turn his blue peepers toward the camera. The other gremlins were watching Cats and Dogs for the 5th time this week and the mix of chocolately goodness and the wonder of dogs with moving lips was too much for the poor guy.

After about 25 shots of him gazing dumbly toward the television, he finally gave me a few saucy looks. I think this one says it all. "Cupcakes: They might just save the economy."

I also tried some new things with my photos yesterday. I've been going for short walks periodically looking for signs of fall to photograph. I found some jewels. And I wanted to see what they'd look like on a black frame.

Don't be alarmed at that little watermark down there. I'm not trying to be a professional or anything. Eventually, I'll need a name and I was just trying it out.

Can I just add that there is no other time of the year that the sky is that color of blue? Well, there isn't.

We celebrated Socrates' birthday the other day. If you can count, you'll see that he is now eleven. Woo Hoo. I say that dripping with sarcasm, because he is turning from a child-like gremlin to a pre-teen one. Heaven help me.

He's not the only one with a birthday this month. Charlie and I also celebrate our birthdays, actually within one week of each other. No matter how old I get, I love my birthday. And it's not about the gifts (although I do love them as well...especially striped socks).

I just love that I was born. I'm sure that sounds a bit conceited, but my mother was so young and was encouraged to abort me. Not overtly so, but enough that I'm thankful to be here.

On a side note, you all have to know how much fun I've had making those video blogs. For some reason, I feel the strange need to apologize for bombarding this blog with them, but I do like to shake things up a bit from time to time. I've already got several more working themselves out in my head. So be prepared or despaired; whichever applies to you.

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