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365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 16

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January 16,2012

Dare to Look for the Sacred in the Ordinary

I spent a week a couple of summers ago, with a childhood friend. She would go to work while I’d relax in her cozy condo. One morning I took my cup of tea to her outside porch. She lived in a heavily wooded place which I welcomed because where I live there aren’t any woods, just miles upon miles of tumbleweeds and cactus. That morning I dusted off her rattan furniture, I could tell she hadn’t been out there in a while. I settled into a comfy chair and as I took in the serene scenery, I happened to look down from her 2nd story condo. This is what I saw and it delighted me. I thought, gee, I wonder if my girl friend is aware of this pretty little oasis practically right under her feet? So I photographed it because I wanted to capture the feeling of peace that it brought me as I sat in my spot for the next few mornings. Sometimes you DO have to slow down enough to see the extraordinary in what seems ordinary.

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 10

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January 10, 2012

We had rabbits as pets when my kids were younger. I learned quite a few things about them during those years. For starters, they eat their own poop and sit in their own urine to keep cool in the hot summer months. They also are very fragile animals; my oldest daughter who was 12 at the time, found this out the hard way. Her rabbit Mascara and the one pictured here, Shadow appeared to lead boring lives in their cages. So she decided to remedy the problem by placing a rather large wood planter in their cage, for them to play in. The next day she came in from feeding them and her glum expression told me something was very wrong. She found Shadow crushed underneath the planter. Yup, completely steamrolled. And that ladies and gentlemen is how she discovered that rabbits are not as tough or bored as they appear.

R.I.P. Shadow

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 7

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January 7,2012

I took this picture of my daughter in the spring. The cat she’s holding is Ladie, our family pet. Ladie  just wandered into our back yard one day and rubbed herself up against my oldest daughter. She picked her up and then Ladie never left our home again. It’s been a few years since then, and Ladie has turned out to be the best pet we ever had. We suspect that she might have been one of those pets that people are forced to abandon when they have to leave their homes in a hurry after the bank has  foreclosed on their property. Abandoned pets on foreclosed properties is a big problem here in Nevada. Ladie also could have been raised  with a dog because she behaves more like a canine. By the way, she is a Scottish Fold, hence the small ears.

Cat Eyes

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge:Day 6

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January,6 2012

Rear View Mirror

Rear View Mirror

I look in my rear view mirror,

not knowing what I’d see.

The sun has long set,

on you and me.

The skies set ablaze,

the sun has gone down in full glory.

The distant horizon,

all blurred as in a haze.

Days of you and me gone-

my rear view mirror doesn’t lie,

as I take one last look,

my heart doesn’t even sigh.

The sun set long ago,

on this, our story.

The sun set, only this time I’m not sorry.

I look in my rear view mirror,

and you’re stuck back there,

my future is straight ahead…

…and you’re no longer there.

EVA SANTIAGO copyright 2012

365 Snap Shots of Life Blog Challenge: Day 5

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January 5,2012

The girl with a million dollar smile,

will make your life worth while.

She is bright,

like the first day of spring.

In her hair-strands of spun gold.

Her presence warms you up.

With her in your life, you never feel old.

The girl with the million dollar smile…

…I’m so glad to know her!

-Eva Santiago copyright 2012

Winning Smile