Day 314

Music is what feelings sound like

Day 313

“The trees taunt you; the sand mocks you; the water calls your name and they say golf is a quiet game”

Day 312

I wanna be a cowgirl !

Day 311

"Death is not the end, it is simply walking out of the physical form and into the spirit realm, which is our true home. It's going back home." - Stephen Christopher
( went to a wake for a very dear friend's husband tonight..Rest in Peace Spike)

Day 310

“While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about.”

Day 309

The Bug
I had one last night and today...but not THIS kind...
Since my college days, I have always wanted a VW Bug...they look so fun and playful and always remind me of summer and my favorite flower...the Daisy.

Day 308

This is my dinner...cause this is how i feel today...yuck!!

Day 307

I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the USA

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rnf7DS5YlQ&feature=related

Day 306

Spent Easter Day driving my son back to College after his spring break...Umass/Amherst.

Happy Easter

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart...pursue those.”

Day 305

After a great day of shopping with my friend, Mary, we stopped at Barnes & Noble Cafe for a Starbucks break!

Day 304

I love the City
Huntington Ave, Back Bay-Boston MA
This is the T-Station at Northeastern University.
Scott and I went into Boston and met Mary, his girlfriend for lunch.

Day 303

Frank Lloyd Wright:

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Day 302

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles

Day 301

I am grateful for those who have come into my life that I am able to call "Friend". For each has touched my heart in a very unique and special way. And they have all made my soul blossom.
~AmyLou

Day 300

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Day 299

Walk Between the Raindrops ~ by Donald Fagen (Nightfly album)

Take a moment to listen to this song. This is one of my all time favorite songs. It brings back memories of another life time. Nice memories.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKmOI12oHqE

Day 298c

Jet Blue to the Rescue.
After our flight got cancelled from AirTran. We quickly got on the phone with Jet Blue and booked a 4:14pm flight out of Ft Myers to Boston today...Airtran gave us a refund of our cancelled return flight...but it still cost us $230 extra just to fly Jet Blue...Who cares...Jet Blue got us Back to Boston Saturday by 7:30pm.

Day 298b

Arrived at the Ft Myers airport at 8:30am to find out that our flight with AirTran was once again delayed 3 hours. Our 10:10am flight was now scheduled for 1:20pm.

At 12noon....we heard over the intercom system that our flight to Boston has now been Canceled....The next possible flight home was not until 11:00am on Sunday with layovers in Tornado infested Atlanta GA. and we would not arrive in Boston until Sunday night at 9:30pm. UGH...DOUBLE UGH

Day 298a

Today, Saturday March 15th we had an 10:10am AirTran flight out of Ft Myers Florida back home to Boston. This was the beautiful Sunrise we saw on the way to the airport.
This is how we started our day!!

Day 297

Saw this red flower in different stages of bloom on a tree in Naples Florida. Can anyone Identify this for me please? Very cool looking I thought.

Day 297.a

Yup...this is me. Amy Lou the Golf Girl.
Today is our last Day in Naples Florida. Had another great day on the Golf Course. Loving this warm weather. We had a great week!!

Day 296

Riviera Golf Club, Naples FL

It was a beautiful, sunny, blue sky morning on the golf course this morning. And today I played the best that I have all week. Tomorrow's tee time is 10:15am. Yippeee I can sleep in...finally!

Day 295

It's a small world. Meet Kevin Shea,Professional artist/painter.

As you all may know I am from Eastern MA and am vacationing in Naples Florida this week...Tonight we were downtown Naples..on 5th Ave which is a very buzzing place at night. Lots of shops and restaurants. saw this guy painting and asked him if I could take his photo. We got to chatting about photography, painting, nature etc and it ends up that he lives in Newburyport MA (which is 15 minutes down the street from me) and every year he spends a month in Naples painting and conducting painting workshops. And does the same in Newburyport. He was an interesting man and it was a pleasure to meet him. It is indeed a small world!!

Day 294

Aside from being in warm weather and playing golf, capturing this image is one of the highlights of my trip to Naples.

Day 293a

Day 293

White Ibises

OK...so there is no doubt that I am in Florida!
You don;t see this on the golf courses in Massachusetts.

So I played my first round of golf for the 2008 season and I smoked the ball...The first drive off the Tee was fantastic...and I played a good round of 18 today. Tomorrow's tee time is 9:15am...so i can sleep in tomorrow..yippeee.!!!!

Day 292

11:00pm...Finally arrived in Naples Florida at our destination. It was a Looooong day. Our flight was supposed to take off at 2:02pm. So we got to Logan Airport/Boston at around 12noon only to find out that our flight had just been delayed.and was not taking off until 5:05pm...ugh...a 3 hour delay. We made the best of it...went through security...and i kept beeping...so i had to get the full treatment of tht wand and the pat down...Phew...I passed. At 4:40pm, our plane still had not arrived at the gate. We finally boarded and took off around 5:15pm. The flight was smooth, and uneventful. Thanks goodness. But did not arrive in Ft Myers until 9:30pm.
Am off to bed now...Tee time on the golf course is set fot 745am tomorrow...See you all tomorrow!!

Day 291

Packing....Hey everyone, I am officially on vacation and flying down to Naples Florida tomorrow....anxiety drugs-check, camera-check, laptop-check, cellphone-check, shorts-check, bathing suit-check, golf clubs-check., white sandals-check, black sandals-check, brown sandals-check, black flipflops-check, white flipflops-check OK I think I have everything..I will still be posting daily..since i am still working on my 365 Project....For all my New England Friends...I will try to bring back some nice warm weather back...
And I HATE flying...so everyone please send positive thoughts tomorrow as i board the plane at 2pm tomorrow..
hugs and kisses....!!!
AmyLou

Day 280

when you're on the outside baby and you can`t get in
i will show you you're so much better than you know
when you're lost and you're alone and you cant get back again
i will find you darling and i will bring you home
~By Your Side ~ Sade

Day 289. Not feeling too creative with my camera today so I wanted to share a little more of my first sketches from 2007.

“One of the great undiscovered joys of life comes from doing everything one attempts to the best of one's ability. There is a special sense of satisfaction, a pride in surveying such a work, a work which is rounded, full, exact, complete in its parts, which the superficial person who leaves his or her work in a slovenly, slipshod, half-finished condition, can never know. It is this conscientious completeness which turns any work into art. The smallest task, well done, becomes a miracle of achievement.”

Day 288a

Building Art, Salem MA

Day 288

About a year ago,before i started to get heavily into photography, I started to teach myself how to draw anime characters. I did research on the internet, downloaded copies of drawings, and worked a lot on facial features and the eyes. I kept a note book of my drawings...and then I all of a sudden I stopped drawing.

Today...i took highlighter in hand and just decided to draw a face...this is what I came up with in about 15 seconds. I'd like to start practicing my drawing again...it was fun.

I know this is not great by any means...but ya got to know me...i could barely draw a circle before i started doing this. *giggle*

Day 287

“Perhaps our eyes need to be washed by our tears once in a while, so that we can see Life with a clearer view again.”

Day 286

“-You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
-What mood is that? -Last-minute panic.”

~Calvin & Hobbes

Day 285

“Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.”
~ Dr. Seuss

Day 284

Today....it is all about the Shoes..a girl just can't have enough.
Aren't these just the coolest???