A little inspiration…

I’ve not been very inspired lately.

In fact, I had a blog post started early last week and was completely uninspired when it came to finishing it.

Yep, Mother Nature has a lot to do with it – I mean, come on, it was April 19^th and it was still flurrying (Is that a word? It probably is in Buffalo).

My poor daffodils were confused. I don’t blame them one bit.

Writing wasn’t the only outlet I was uninspired in. There was also photography – you know, she took away two weeks of my new gig at my happy place (Lancaster Speedway)…she’s not on my nice list.

Then, suddenly, inspiration appeared.

In the form of a few birds.

Actually, some loons…and grebes…and goldeneyes…and osprey.

Work took me through UB’s North Campus last week, and the ponds off of St. Rita’s Ln. were full of migrating birds and ducks.

An oddity of Mother Nature’s wrath? Maybe.

Maybe I’ll forgive her. I’ll think about it.

See more photos on Facebook and Smugmug.

Laying Low (not by choice…)

Yep, I’ve been pretty quiet lately – not by choice, but by season. See, my real-life job is weather-influenced…as in snow-plowing. Mother Nature has not been kind to us this year (I’ve used a few choice names for her…), and particularly on the weekends, leaving me little time to do much of anything besides wait for the phone call to come into work – and little things around the house while I’m waiting (like cleaning the basement…little things, y’know?).

That’s not to say I’ve been completely quiet:

• Christmas is my favorite holiday (in spite of the snow), and I was able to enjoy it a bit longer since I had my decorating done by the end of November.

• I was able to do some baking (strategically between snowflakes, of course): cinnamon rolls (the post-plowing breakfast of champions!), mini pigs-in-a-blanket to keep my dad happy, and this easier-than-it-looks pane bianco (already planning to make this again).

• I was given the amazing opportunity to live out a dream: I will spend the 2018 season as the stock car photographer at Lancaster National Speedway. Having grown up at the track and practiced photography in the stands for many years, this is an absolute #dreamgig.

• I’ve been dreaming that this winter will end soon…

(Is it spring yet??)