A while ago, I took a walk on the beach (I love living so close to the ocean!) and found something awesome.
I happened to look down at just the right moment and found a piece of driftwood among a group of rocks. The piece of driftwood looked like the head of a unicorn!
That’s right, kids! I found a freakin’ driftwood unicorn and I just had to bring it home!!
Behold!
Keep your eyes open, folks. You can find awesome things when you least expect it!
Until next time…
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~A.M.
As everyone knows (or at least, everyone should know!), yesterday was Mother’s Day. A day to appreciate she who brought you into the world (and can take you out, as the popular saying goes!).
Unlike most people when it comes to Mother’s Day, I don’t run straight for the flower arrangements as a gift. Why? Because not only is it cliché (like on Valentine‘s day), flowers don’t last. I want to give my mother something she can show off for years and unless they’re fake, flowers don’t fit the bill.
So, like I usually do as a broke artist, I made my mother’s gift for Mother’s Day. A jewelry set; a necklace, a bracelet, and earrings, in her favorite colors. And, like I usually do, I gave it to her before Mother’s Day so she could wear them ON Mother’s Day. That and when I make gifts in advance, I’m notoriously bad at saving them for the actual date they’re to be given. [^_^]
Now, while we were all celebrating our loving mothers, grandmothers, and other mothers in our lives, someone brought to my attention a mother that tends to be overlooked on Mother’s Day (probably because her “Mother’s Day” is called something else). Know which mother I’m talking about? Come on… Think…. Work it out…
Mother Earth!
Yeah, it sounds New Agey but whatever, it’s true. Without the Earth, none of us would be alive, right? So why just honor her on Earth Day? In my opinion, Earth Day should be every day, and the Earth should be acknowledged on Mother’s Day.
Anyway, I hope everyone had a nice Mother’s Day!
Until next time…
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~A.M.
…at sticking to self imposed schedules.
It was my idea/goal to have my final edit of my novel done by the start of May. I had all of April to work on it. But did I? Yes and no. Mostly no. I printed out the prologue and the first fifteen chapters. I edited the prologue and the first chapter. Wow.
So, here it is, already the fifth of May (Happy Cinco de Mayo to those who celebrate it!), and I’m way behind. I had hoped to get my editing done so I could hand my novel off to my friend/former college professor/editor for his notes. Looks like that won’t happen before the university’s semester ends and he takes off for whatever adventures he has planned for the summer. And, unless I can pull a miracle out of nowhere by finishing this in a week, and catching him before the college semester ends, there goes a whole summer. I’ll try to pull off this miracle, but it’s…as they say in England…Not bloody likely!!
So, I’ll just have to bite the bullet on failing to obtain my goal, finish my editing, set this novel aside until the university’s fall semester starts up, and just dive into the next book in what I hope will be a trilogy at least.
Wish me luck, folks, I need it!
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Personally, I’ve never been photobombed, but I’ve seen it happen. Before I go any further, I should explain to those of you who don’t know what photobombing is. It’s when an uninvited person jumps into a photo at the last second.
I’ve seen a wide range of photobombings. Everything from teen girls shooting selfies when a friend (or not a friend) crashes the shot, to drunk wedding guests stumbling into the posed shots of the newly wed couple.
But people aren’t the only ones that photobomb. Oh no. Our animal friends are no strangers to photobombing.
Check out some hilarious examples here.
Have you ever been photobombed?
Until next time…
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~A.M.
So, last week on Monday night/Tuesday morning a total lunar eclipse happened. It was a Blood Moon. What’s a “Blood Moon” you ask? Don’t worry, it’s nothing bad, it’s nothing out of a horror movie, it’s just called that because of the way the light reflects off the moon, giving it a red hue.
I’m sure people have heard about it, saw articles online, maybe even went outside and watched, but I figured I’d show my readers a few of the shots I took.
Now, I wasn’t able to capture the red hue to the moon, and, sadly I wasn’t able to capture the entire eclipse. About halfway to the peak of the eclipse, the clouds rolled in and obscured everything. Unfortunately for me, that’s what typically happens in my neck of the woods when there’s some kind of celestial event going on. I’ve missed every meteor shower that’s happened since I’ve been alive (no joke), I’ve missed numerous lunar eclipses, I’ve missed comets, I’ve never seen a falling star (again, no joke), and every time the aurora borealis is supposed to be visible, the sky is swallowed up by clouds. But, I’ll count my blessings and be thankful I was able to witness this much.
Keep your eyes on the sky!
Until next time…
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~A.M.
Audrey May Photography 