today's one of those

days where the first thing you read when you wake up is that David Bowie died.  It's not like I knew him but it was David Bowie.  He's kind of a big deal and who saw that coming?  Anyway, David Bowie died.  I wasn't going to post a video but I will, just because this is this is one of those songs that every time it comes up in the shuffle, I have to listen to it.

In other news, I was a Powerball loser.  I won't let that stop me though.  I never buy lotto tickets and I figure I'll give it another shot.  Here's the pic I posted for the Imperfect365 group on flicker.  Actually, now they're tagging them all Imperfect366 so I really don't know what I'm doing... what else is new.

Now I need to go do today's photo-a-day and think of something sweet to bake. 

the pictures are always

of the cats.  Cats, cats, cats.  Today I decided it was a dog day.  The weather is nice, cool and sunny so I went outside with my camera.  I should also mention that when I was at Petsmart earlier, I bought a frisbee.

Look what I have, y'all.

They really wanted it

as a chew toy.

Archer usually retrieves whatever is thrown but then he NEVER brings it back.  He comes close and pivots for me to chase him.  No.  I have a secret weapon.  Maggie.

 I just have to cheer Maggie on to go get it and that usually works.  She's much better at handing things over.

I like getting out there and getting pictures of the dogs but... one thing about getting pics of the cats is being able to walk away from the situation with a clean lens. 

This was after a swipe of Archer's tongue.


Here are a couple I got of each of them.  Archer's black and white went to flickr, fb and instagram.

Maggie always seems to have a smile for the camera.

And now I need to wash my hands again.

new year,

new goals, blah blah blah...  I don't understand why the new year brings this out in so many people.  Unfortunately, I'm one of them.  I don't fall into the whole "new year, I'm losing weight and working out" mode.  I end up starting the new year looking for a creative outlet.  Kind of like the photo-a-day thing I started a few years ago.  I haven't been doing so well with it lately but hey, new year, new start... or something like that.  Last year I joined a group on Flickr.  I pretty much failed on that one too.  As I got hyped up and had to get started with something today, I noticed my last post there was June of last year.  That's pretty bad.  Anyway, I don't even know if the group is still active anymore but I went ahead and posted a pic.

This is what I posted.

A messy, chocolate-coated whisk, making an even bigger mess on the counter.  I added it to Instagram.  I mean why not... new year, new pictures.  The only thing I am sure of, no matter what outlet I choose, I'm feeling a black and white phase again.  Oh well.  We'll see how far I get this time.