I am absolutely amazed at the speed of time! The past two weeks have passed by so quickly I can hardly believe that the first of the Holidays is upon us, and that soon a New Year will begin again. I just became accusotmed to writing 2005.
I knew that this week would be a bust as far as getting anything constructive done. This was COMPUTER week, and what a week it was. Every day for the past three days I have been at the computer, on the phone, etc, for a minimum of 3-4 hours each day trying to get everything taken care of within the computer, so it has been conversations with techies all over the world to try and fix my computer. Everyone has been very nice and helpful, but it certainly has taken time away from the things that I like to do. I guess the bottom line is, I have viruses. We restored all today, but Sunday I will be on line installing the antivirus software and working with the Dell techies to correct all that is wrong, hopefully for the last time.

We did manage to get in a little bit of an "art day" this week, albeit a day early, and no light to work from as we lost the electricty for about four hours. However we managed to do some work until it was dark, and candle light was necessary, but certainly not enough light to work from. The candlelight, however, provided a nice ambiance, so Sydney, Cheri and I enjoyed our wine, snacks, and conversation by the forgiving light of the candle. The wind was howling, and the afternoon was delightful.

Earlier this week, I went for a lovely walk with Patti and our dogs. This time I brought the camera and got a few photographs of the walk. At the end of the road is a beautiful little beach. It was high tide this time, last week it was low, and I picked up a few shells. I did find a nice piece of driftwood that I will probably use in my "bird sanctuary" garden. After our walk we rode around the area. Patti is so nice to show me these different places.

We were driving slowly, and I couldn't believe my eyes. I pulled over to the side of the road(Patti thought I was going to let a vehicle pass). When I showed her why I pulled over, she was as delighted as I was. Sitting on a STOP sign was gorgeous, large owl, who kindle turned his head around to look at us with the huge eyes. What a thrill. God, I love this place. I so feel like I really BELONG. This area is everything that I hold dear, woods, water, wildlife, wind and rain, fog,boats, and I think some of the most wonderful, intelligent, diverse people I have ever met. I am so thankful for it all (even the troublesome computer).