flu shot

flu shot, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

anybody else worry about having live activated flu virus in the lobby of the grocery store?

http://www.harristeeter.com/in_our_stores/departments/pharmacy/flu_shot_clinics/details.aspx

they had FluMist - nasal spray - of live attenutated influenza vaccine - and you know not all the virus is going up their noses, some escapes to the air in the lobby. so i hope nobody under the age of 2, or over the age of 49, or pregnant goes in the grocery store lobby, as it's not recommended for them to breathe FluMist.


is this weird? this is weird.

he lives in my neighborhood

longhorn in the neighborhood, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

some cows and bulls and goats live across the street. the fences don't look sturdy enough to stop them.

crowd

crowd, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

had a wild weekend including a beautiful wedding in high point where i had hush puppies and lost my camera and favorite flip flops (while sober) and saw widespread panic & the allman brothers with warren haynes and derek trucks (while not sober).

please stand by - help is on the way

please stand by - help is on the way, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

fairyland cat

fairyland cat, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this reminds me of my grandma Drezza, and her love of cats.

north rim grand canyon insane kid climbing down

north rim grand canyon insane kid climbing down, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this kid was making my hands sweat

warning mountain lion danger FIGHT BACK!

back from a great week in utah and colorado! national parks kick ass!

here's a mountain lion warning sign from arches, near moab, utah.

it was so dry the highway signs were cracked

delicate arch

looking up from under delicate arch

bryce canyon, menage a rocks

north rim grand canyon veranda

aspens and prescribed burn on the road out of the north rim, grand canyon arizona

double rainbow into colorado river in southeast utah

i met a fine 11 year old bitch named rose who would make a splendid girlfriend for holden!

Bryce canyon lovely hope this posts

Bryce canyon lovely hope this posts, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

going out west

holdenacho, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i'm going away today for a week to colorado & utah. i've never been to utah & am looking forward to seeing the aspens & the red dirt. the dogs will be holding down the fort.

squished copperhead

squished copperhead, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

this is the second copperhead snake i've seen in the past 2 days. the first one was alive and twice as big and sunning itself on a tiny (two feet by three feet) sand beach at the lake. we all jumped down on the sand to see the sunset & i turned around i saw it sitting there with its head up moving around & gasped like in cartoons and said "i really think that is a copperhead and we should get out of here as soon as possible" while trying to climb a tree trunk and digging my fingernails into the skin of my own arm and the arm of my companion who amazingly managed to get the dog turned around and out of there by jumping back up over the copperhead back to the trail where we followed without any of us being bitten.

neighborhood theatre

neighborhood theatre, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

nothing like a weekend of kind folks and rock n roll to forget about unpacking.

tea leaf green forever!

moved

gasperson , originally uploaded by skippy haha.

i moved! yesterday. two nice kids showed up in this gasperson moving truck at 730 AM, put all my boxes on there, drove it to charlotte and unloaded and were gone by noon. it was amazingly smooth and i would highly recommend gasperson for anybody who needs to move. i HOPE AND EXPECT i will be back in asheville by next summer but until then i am thrilled to be here in a nice house with all kinds of insulation, and am looking forward to escaping boxtown and seeing tea leaf green in charlotte and charleston this weekend.