Author: pixellogia

Working in the yard I found some leftover pieces of last year’s tomatillo plants that I thought I might be able to do something with for a picture today. But later on I looked out the window and saw this hawk or whatever it is in the yard. So, I got out my long lens and started taking some pictures. I realize that the composition of this picture is not fantastic because of the fence, but I though it was kind of cool to see a hawk carrying a pigeon up onto the fence.

I went out and picked some grape hyacinth and taped them to the shed.

It is warm out and work is over for the week. Awesome.

Easter is coming.

I think I should send letters like these to all my nieces and nephews. Then I could ask for ransom for the candy later. Best uncle ever!!!

I am far to awesome…

Wha ha ha ha! Wha ha ha ha ha ha! Wha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

It has been a long week and it is only Monday. I was not planning to use a candy animal today, but I am too tired to come up with something else and so I’m going with it.

I was going to just do another candy animal today, but when I got up this morning to go run the Salt Lake Half marathon, I was greeted by this scene in the back yard. Yeah, snow in the middle of April and on race day no less. But I finished in just over two hours.

The marathon is always a good day. In spite of the residual pain and suffering, there is always the pre-race meeting with all the Huntsman Heroes for a picture and then seeing them at the end of the race too for the after party. It is a fun way to get together with the people that are all hoping for a cure for cancer and raising money for cancer research.

I’m just going to keep making candy animals. Because I actually am kind of enjoying it. I have a half marathon to run tomorrow. Maybe I should visualize being chased by a lion. No, I think I will just run and look forward to getting a high-five and a sandwich at the end.

More candy animals. Today is a horse.

I think I missed an opportunity here with a honey badger caption. I decide that I kind of like the candy rhino, so I decided to add a few other animals.

This rhino was going to go to USC, his mother sacrificed her horn to ensure it. Now, she’s going to spend a few years in the zoo… Too soon? Unlike that joke, this rhino is not in poor taste. It is very sweet.

So, today I signed up to ride LOTOJA again. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment, but I already registered, so time to fundraise and train. I sure hope that this rainy season we are going through gives us at least a few sunny days. I’m sure I’ll be wishing for the rain when it is in the hundreds in a few months, but for now I just want to get outside and ride. Running will be over on Saturday and then it’s pedal, pedal, pedal until November.

Woo Hoo!

Just a different view of the tree in bloom.

The Salt Lake Marathon (half for me) is only days away. That has me thinking about why I run and why I am working on this project. I have to make a confession — I hate running. But I like the people that I run with, and I feel like I need to support them the same way they supported me when I needed it. And I do it to support cancer research, because who knows, maybe the next study will cure kidney cancer and I won’t lose any more friends or family members to it. Or maybe it will find a cure or treatment for one of those other cancers that are just a death sentence with chemo along the way.

So the blossoms on the tree are just that new chance for a new year that some of us have, and a reminder of those things we were going to do but didn’t have the chance because, well, cancer robbed us of the chance.