Meet Mouse

This is my Russian Blue/Tabby mix kitty. I adopted him from a shelter that was closing its doors and planned on putting any remaining animals to sleep. I got there five minutes after they locked the doors and pounded until they let me in. Mouse was twelve weeks old and the sweetest little thing you could ever see. He rode draped across my shoulders the 100+ miles back to my house just purring his head off. But he seldom meows - he's very quiet. And that's why I named him Mouse. He is absolutely one of the most lovable kitties you'll ever meet. The look on his face is his "Why are you taking ANOTHER picture of me?" face.

Bull frog

Taken sometime last year at UNC Botanic Gardens, Chapel Hill, NC>

Tranquil bench

I have a thing for benches and have a whole collection of photographs of them. This one is in the Japanese Arboretum at Duke Gardens in Durham, NC. It looks over a small, babbling brook that has a series of small waterfalls. To sit and listen to the water running down the creek and to the birds that fuss at me for invading their territory is one of the most relaxing activities I know of.

Boardwalk at Hunting Island, SC

This is a golden oldie. It is a scanned photo (so forgive me if the quality isn't the best) of the boardwalk out over the salt marshes at Hunting Island, SC. It was taken about '96 or '97. This is where I want my ashes spread when God takes me home. It is beautiful there and I miss it!

Bodie Island lighthouse

Outerbanks, NC. Taken Spring, 2007.

Carolina Lily

I love the way these bloom upside down. Taken at Duke Gardens back in August.

Cat bird

Taken at Duke Gardens sometime in August. He played hide-n-seek with me, but I was able to snap a couple of good shots.