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Road Trip...starting in Louisana

3/28/2012

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First stop, Louisiana!
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It's hard to decide what to do when you only have 1 day in Louisiana.  Visiting the French Quarter would have been first on my list.  But I did that a year and a half ago.  That was when Beth was still posing me in cute scenes like this... with the St. Louis Cathedral.

On the Railing
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At least there weren't too many people around!
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It was dusk after a drizzly day, or it would have been more crowded in the French Quarter.  At least Beth is pretty quick when she poses me.  I didn't sit long on this curved piece of railing.

​What else do you do in Louisiana?
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Eat, of course! But there was no time on this road trip for crawfish boils!  This was actually a year ago in Lafayette.
Those spices sting right through my fur anyway.
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So what did I chose for adventure?
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I thought about a visit to one of the old cemeteries, but lots of people do that.  Instead I took a peek at the old 6 Flags which hasn't reopened since  Hurricane Katrina. It was about 10 times creepier wandering around those old carnival rides than gravestones.
Off to the Ferris Wheel
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​Up Close


Once I go up close, things didn't look so good. But I found a place to sit.
 
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There was some ugly graffiti and and the Ferris wheel wasn't moving. But, it was still fun.

Braver than Beth
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I didn't exactly see Beth climbing into one of these things. I'd say I was pretty brave to climb on board, not far from the spray painted word, "Destiny".
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This adventure rates pretty high on my list!
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Windy Adventure on Cemetery Drive

3/21/2012

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Barbed Wire
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I'd rather sit on some barbed wire, than a cemetery stone.
 
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Off US 59 near Richmond, Beth noticed a dirt road called Cemetery Drive. I knew she had her camera and feared she was going to start posing me on gravestones!

Wind!

​Gusts of wind kept knocking me off!
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That gave me a little excitement, but Beth got more than I did. She reached through the barbed wire, trying to find me in the weeds and wild flowers...she scratched her hand while a hidden colony of fire ants discovered her right foot.
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A Safer Spot
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That falling thing, followed by fire ants, actually happened a couple times and then Beth put me on a safer spot.

​Nice View
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It was a nice view from the wooden post.  I could peer over at some horses and some gravestones.  But when I saw this photo, I told Beth she needs a better camera.  Those flowers look like blurry fire flies.  "Hey Bear," She assured me.  "You are the only thing I need to focus on."  I thought that was a clever excuse for not knowing how to use her camera.

​Wondering About People
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It was a little sad staring over at these reminders of people I never knew.     Rest in Peace, "Stinky" and  "Buzz" and "Birdman".  These people had a lot of nicknames!

Alive!

Then I spotted some horses and that was a nice surprise. They were moving around and nibbling grass. They were real, living horses!
I'm hoping if I ever come back here, Beth will let me ride on one of the horses!
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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

3/17/2012

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Green Beer?

I don't think so. Not after my New Year's Eve champagne mishap.
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I'll stick with chocolate gold... except I can't get the foil off these things!
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Lucky Charms
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I'll start in on the rainbows first!
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Happy St. Pat's!
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Road Trip with Quilts

3/9/2012

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Me on the Clothesline
 
Today I went on a road trip with Beth and her friend Lorrie.
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They drove to Fayetteville, TX to take pictures. They carried a stack of quilts into some stranger's backyard. I don't know why they wanted to take pictures of quilts on a clothesline, but I'm always game for adventure and I kept an eye out from the top of a clothespin.
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​Nice View!
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You'd be surprised what a nice view it was from the top of the quilt.  I could see two horses in a field and the wind was blowing the grass and the sun was popping in and out from behind moving clouds.

​The Mystery House

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I could also keep an eye on the house while Beth and Lorrie clicked their cameras. They seemed mighty positive that no one was home. But, I'm pretty sure they could get in trouble for trespassing. 
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While keeping an eye out, I noticed a nice hole in a tree! I was getting curious about the hole, when I overheard Beth and her friend whispering about a man who was watching them from the porch of another house.  They were nicknaming him Boo Radley.
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​Boo Radley's Tree
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Beth and Lorrie were acting like mothers, talking in code while their kids play.  But I've read "To Kill a Mockingbird" and I know about that creepy Boo character.  But I always thought it was very cool the way Boo tucked tiny toys in the hole of his tree.
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Then, Beth pretended she was Boo for a moment and let me sit in the hole. That was dangerous. I could have fallen inside that tree! But it was fun to imagine Gem and Scout discovering me. Luckily Beth is too selfish to leave me behind.

Sneaky Snapshot

At one moment Beth left her camera unattended and I climbed the tripod.
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Click! I got a photo of Lorrie and Beth and they never knew! 

This turned out to be sort of a fun adventure.
 
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Bluebonnets

3/5/2012

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It's Illegal!
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Beth likes to remind me that picking bluebonnets is against the law in Texas.  Who does she think I am?  That's like someone telling Beth not to pick an Elm tree.  I couldn't pick a bluebonnet if I tried.

I can climb a bluebonnet, though.  Not many can claim that.

​Posing with Bluebonnets
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Why do Texans like to pose their babies and dogs in the bluebonnets?   When you drive down TX 71 towards Austin in the spring, you can see cars pulled over and cameras clicking away.
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Five years ago, (long before I was doing photo shoots) Beth and her sister posed "Miss Copeless" in the bluebonnets.  They thought this pitiful doll (owned by their good humored mother) needed a little cheering up, but as you can see the bluebonnets didn't help. 

If only Miss Copeless were a bit smaller, she could have wrapped her arms around a bluebonnet and swayed in the breeze like me... maybe that would have cheered her.

​A New Approach 
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But the best way to enjoy, is by climbing a nearby cactus and gazing down at a few of the new bloomers!  I am after all a bear who loves adventure and challenge.  I enjoyed those few moments tucked in between pointy thorns, admiring the cute little flowers. ​
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    Little Bear
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    My mom gave me this tiny bear many decades ago... because  I like small things. 

    Some years back, I used
    him in an assignment for a photo club and I got hooked.  This little guy is a great excuse to play.  He fits in my camera bag, so he's always at the ready for a photo shoot.  He's been to a lot of places and he's had a few close calls, with fire, rivers, champagne, wild animals... the scariest of all was when he was lost in New York and returned to me weeks later.  

    I started the blog for Little Bear in 2012, but he got tired of my blogging style, very quickly. He has been writing his own blog for years. 
     
      

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