Calendars

Calendars, yes plural. I love calendars. Growing up, my mother kept a calendar hanging on the wall by the ugly green rotary-dial telephone. My father had a pawn/gun shop. He gave gorgeous nature calendars (suitable for framing) from Remington to his customers. The day blocks were a nice size for mother to schedule our lives. When my boys were in school, they each had a calendar in their room plus we used 2 dry erase-calendars on the fridge - monthly and 4-month. I like calendars that express humor, give inspiration or information, and as inexpensive decor. Except calendars are no longer inexpensive. My Outhouse calendar set from Tractor Supply was almost $20 with tax!!! But I love it! It piques my curiosity. Is that really an outhouse on a pier? It is sitting on roots, where is the hole?
 Gary Patterson's Cats calendar is a sentimental favorite. Gotta love those cats. Of course, I have to have a calendar with Bible verses. Nothing trite though. I have dreams of creating calendars. Dreams - as in aspirations. Weird, huh? There are places in Montevallo that need to be in a calendar. Not man-made buildings on the historic college campus. Nature.
I love to see the cows on Salem Road. By mid-July it appears the cows are snorkeling in their little lake with only their heads bobbing in the water. Driving to work at sunrise, I see some amazing things. The little creek on Spring Creek Road is breathtaking early in the morning as it rushes over the rocks with a mist above it. On Hwy 119 I have seen the fog so low that you could only see the deer shoulders and heads moving around the pasture. It would take a better photographer than me and much better equipment to put on paper what I see. I guess that is part of my fascination with some calendars, beautiful photography. Not mountains in the distance or the red barn or the white church. Photos that tell a story or inspire questions. One of my favorite calendars was black & white photographs of old cemeteries in West Virginia.

I have one last nail waiting. This weekend I'll find the perfect calendar for it.

This was my best shot of the vulture tree. The week before it had been a crow tree.

The cows did not care for the paparazzi and proceeded to leave.

I love interesting clouds but the photo pales in comparison.

Shamblin Cemetery

Our family cemetery would make a great calendar. A fund raiser??