Independence Day!

Hoping everyone had a lovely day spent with family and friends.  Here's part of the pack that I spent the day with.  (The two legged friends were good too.)

I Could Spit Nails!

A former Facebook friend (former as of a few minutes ago) posted that he thought it bad karma to kill a stink bug.  The thing is, this ass wipe previously boasted about trapping feral cats and sending them off to be killed at the shelter.  Killing a bug carries worse karma than killing a cat?  Perhaps the dip shit thinks that since he didn't stick the needle in the cats that the karma isn't on him?  And he got a bit nasty when I called him on the discrepancy.  His posts aren't all that interesting anyway.  Bye bye butt head.

This cute feral cat that hangs out in my yard sometimes would be dead if that guy had his way.

I reached a conclusion.

My life is pretty darn boring. 

I did go on a photo shoot this week, and one of my favorite fellow shooters was there.  I also made a new friend who liked my comment (we were at the Mission) that if he wanted to shoot religions statues there were plenty of dead Jesuses on the grounds. It was a fun day, and we had a nice lunch.

I've wasted a good chunk of today reading this bog I found: Resume Roasts.

Here's some photos because I don't have any exciting tales about my fun filled life to share.

We had a great adoption event today.  No dogs went home (we're not one of those rescues that let people walk in off the street and walk off with a dog, pre-approved applications only!) but we had a lot of traffic and some good interactions.  Hopefully we'll get some adoptions up the road.  Took some photos with the new camera, so I thought I'd share a few.

Edited to add: two of these lovely canines have since been adopted.  Penny Lane, the cutie with her head in the grass, and Sierra (the last photo) have gone home.

Too Many Meet-Ups?

I think I belong to too many groups at MeetUp.com.  Well, there's a couple that I am not real happy with and haven't gone to any meet-ups in a while, like the one that despite claiming that there isn't a clique makes it obvious at every gathering who is "in" and who isn't.  I just joined another one, but this one sounds great.  A group for photographers and other visual artists to donate their time and talent to non-profits.  Right up my alley!  Hopefully I'll have some uplifting stories and photos to share.

I'd hate for this blog to be nothing but diatribes about people who pissed me off.

Forgiveness?

Is it all it's cracked up to  be?  I can see the value in forgetting.  Moving on.  No sense dwelling on the hurt that's been heaped on you.  Yes, forgetting is good.

I think that forgiveness needs to be asked for.  The person who lied, who stole, who slandered must admit their transgressions and ask to be forgiven.  Otherwise the best they can hope for is for it to be forgotten, and for the injured party to move on.

Speaking of moving on-I've been enjoying the company of some old friends from before the long string of truly insane boyfriends and the person who I wish in retrospect I'd never reached out to.  It's nice to once again have friends who actually like me, and don't want to change me and make the rules for my life.   

Here's a recent photograph, since I haven't posted any lately.

 Carousel at the fair

The new camera arrived yesterday.  I will be exploring the advantages of a much improved sensor.  Photos will be forthcoming.

Arguing with idiots!

I really should stop.  People who post absolutely outrageous things on forums or Facebook pages (my current nemesis is someone who disparages the No Kill Movement with insults, lies and distortions using a bunch of different made up names) shouldn't be worth my time.  I am afraid that some people who haven't been exposed to the truth about No Kill just might believe the crazy bitch, so I have a hard time keeping my fingers off of the keyboard. 

I know I'll never change her mind, her opposition is based on a very warped personal hatred, but hopefully I can help someone else see what No Kill is really about and help achieve the goal of a No Kill Nation, one reader at a time.