Ember swims in his little tank thinking little fishy thoughts. Bobbing to the surface when I plop some food in. Gliding to the glass to watch me pass by. He is entirely dependent on me, yet he doesn’t worry. What does he have to worry about? He swishes around in clear water, the light comes on, the food falls from heaven, he rests on his plant, he blows bubbles, the light goes out. . .day after day.  I would not mind being Ember for a day, I think it would be peaceful.

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I had to clean Ember’s little tank today, before vacation, hoping my son remembers to feed him while I’m away. Maybe Ember should be a little worried, lol. I placed him in a wine glass for his portrait session, but shhhh don’t tell my husband, he’ll never use that glass again. ;0)

This will be the last post you’ll see in the project until I get back from vacation, sorry I will bombard you when I return, lol.

The evidence is left behind every morning, broken acorns across the patio table.  Further proof that summer is fading.  I could sweep the patio several times a day and still some would remain.  Instead, I’ll let them pile up, there’s more important things than a messy patio.  If your days are numbered, and let’s face it, all of ours are, do you really want every moment filled with the monotony of cleaning up after squirrels?

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Our first attempt at a little video. The flying squirrels are still coming regularly. I am moving the date on this in case you missed it and because I signed up for a youtube account so hopefully you can view it easier.

I am the juicy grape struggling to come to my full potential while the twisting vine of cancer struggles to confine and snuff out.  I’m so very thankful for the pruners of this world coming to my aid!

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The chaos of life has been giving me problems with this project, but I’m still trying to dig deep and get these emotions out.  Occasionally I catch myself barely tapping the surface and I know that’s not what this is about and I struggle to go deeper and rip out the root of all the ills that cancer brought to my soul.  Thank you for your words of encouragement, they mean the world to me!

PS – I am currently limited to only using my macro lens.  I hurt myself and cannot tolerate the 8lbs of camera and 400mm lens right now.  I feel like my arm has been cut off.  If you remember me telling you about my missing rib, and showing it to you, if not click here to get the full story, that’s the area of my chest currently give me some pain.  I’m thinking maybe it’s just a pulled muscle from lugging the big camera around so much lately.  Hoping it will work itself out.  Either way, when we come back form vacation it’s time to see the oncologist and get scanned so we’ll find out I’m sure.

When you finish chemo and are finally deemed cancer-free you are thrilled to have met your goal.  You count yourself lucky to have survived the beast, to have battled, and WON!  You spend some time floating in the clouds and regaining your strength.  As time goes on that horrible time in your life gets further in the rearview mirror, but you know the beast is always out there circling.

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While sifting for shark’s teeth we came upon several small crabs. I thought this one was pretty tiny, until I saw. . .

Now he’s tiny! These were taken with my little waterproof point and shoot.

Can you tell he’s no bigger than a penny? It’s so funny to see something that small get all defensive, lol.

Macro Monday is easy to play, snap a macro (or any close-up) photo, post it on your blog and come back here and sign Mr Linky. MM started on Sept 29, 2008 – Thanx to all of you for helping make it such a fun start to the week!