End of year-2011.......thank goodness

the days are short enough now, the sun slips below the front porch roof, and shines down on me through the office window.  it's just for a moment and then it's gone back behind the clouds.   just like this past year. 
don't ask what that means, how the hell would i know.  it will just be good to see tomorrow night over and done. 

bartender.....fresh starts all around.

i know it's been awhile but i just haven't had much to say lately. 

i promise i'll do better next year.  









k3, doc, butch and i went down to big meadows campground on skyline drive in october at the height of leaf season.  it was a beautiful weekend, except for the 40mph winds.  oh, and k3 and doc in a tent.  butch and i put it up for them since they were going to have such a late, and dark arrival at the campgrounds.  neither of us had set up a tent in a while and with the wind that strong, i basically acted as a paperweight while butch ran around hammering stakes in the ground as fast as he could before the collapsed tent, with me in it, blew down the appalachian trail heading towards georgia.  thankfully, there are no photos of that little adventure, and eventually, we got it up and they managed to stay warm enough they didn't freeze during the night.



november flew by even with thanksgiving and the forced holidays of "first two days of deer season".  butch used his retirement present from k3 over the thanksgiving weekend and we drove to manasass for him to do a drive and ride experience at the old dominion speedway.  he had a ball.  when it came to the "ride" part of the day, he had to climb in on the passenger side of the car.  he didn't however tell his legs that he was going in on the wrong side and they were still climbing in the drivers side.  which, i guess, is how he ended up going in butt first and having his legs still sticking out the window.  and yes, i got it on film.

DUDE!  WHAT THE HELL??

UPDATE: I've made a mistake i never even knew...k3 called to let me know that butch's driving experience was not just from her but also k2 and doc. butch read the card, and i never saw it, just what was on the gift certificate, which was purchased by k3. when i asked butch about it, he acted like i was crazy for not knowing...."of course it came from the 3 of them" ....like my esp was just faulty and how would i not know that? so many thanks to all 3....k2, k3 and doc!

and then it was december.....

and, well, you know...

and then, a friend lost her fight.  it's been a really bad year for tough 'ole broads. 

butch is a good man. he tries to understand.
i know it will get better, and maybe a bit easier, and life does go on. 

just like the sun slipping back behind the clouds.