Several months ago I decided April 1st was my quit smoking day. Obama has just given me even more incentive to succeed this time. I know April first seemed like a strange day to choose but I liked the irony of it. I must not be the only one who believes in irony. 😀

Here’s hoping for fine weather and clear sailing through the spring and summer. By fall I’ll have it kicked! You’ve had your warning, expect an even more grumpy me than normal for a few weeks.

While my kids were here yesterday and we were just hanging out sorting boxes of their old school papers, the sirens went off and I looked online and saw a tornado warning, heading our way. So we stood at the door watching the rain pouring down and the wind. It was blowing hard enough that soon I could see blue sky to the northwest, even though it was still raining here. Then the sun burst out and I said grab your cameras and we headed for the back door. Sure enough, there it was…just for us 😉

Three down, three to go 😉 She’s the tallest one yet. More pictures at my brother’s blog.

I may start boring you like some crazy old aunt, but I loved these pictures 😀  Tucker and Lilly are having a grand old time!

Look at Lilly go!

Tucker isn’t far behind! You can see more at Eloquent Equines. I may not be able to contain myself by the time the next four are born. Will have to take a road trip. 😉

I got followed by this guy on Twitter from my area, Jon Swerens, so went and checked out his site.  Not only is his blog really interesting, like the post telling me how long it would take me to burn $825 billion dollars (and that answer is mind boggling), but he does digital work for  The News-Sentinel that I just love. That is what I wish I was making a living at. But better yet, he is a fantastic musician, and has a couple of free songs on his website. You must go download “River”. That man has a beautiful voice. He also has a cd for sale and I listened to those that I could. They are instrumentals. I think that River song needs to go with my River image 😉  I found him refreshing after being followed by so many marketing, PR, and yes even blogging types. I do have an interest in those things but I feel so inundated with that stuff and along comes a guy that is coming from somewhere else than that, my two real loves, music and art. He’s aiming for 100 downloads of his song and it’s worth it…well, of course it is, it’s free! lol

I think it’s pretty clear I’m not in this for making money, certainly not with this blog, so I’m not sure why I follow so many who that is the main focus for them. I am not even too sure I like that many following me given my subject matter so often. It’s one thing to put it out there knowing only a few people who know me read it. Ah well, kinda late for that worry I guess.

Look at the legs on this boy! I think I need to make a trip to southern California, but then I probably wouldn’t want to leave again 😉 See more pictures on my brother’s blog.