Dreaming of Charleston

Night Bridge

A Winter's Day

Through the Fog

Up and Away

Frozen Potomac

ABCs of Boredom

Heather and I will often sketch little drawings when we're watching TV... passing the notepad back and forth and making up rules as we go. Sometimes we'll play Hangman or Tic Tac Toe... sometimes we'll go with a theme. On this particular evening, we were both feeling sick and to entertain ourselves, we started our personal ABC drawing.

We alternated letters... Heather started us off with "A is for Apple (iPod)" and I ended with "Z is for Zeb" (Heather's military brother). There's definitely artistic license in some of our interpretations... our purpose was mainly to make each other laugh and we definitely achieved that! :)

Comfort

Blowin' In The Wind

Peel Back The Layers

Count None But Sunny Hours

Just one bite...

Red Delicious

Earth laughs in flowers...

Nothing gold can stay...

If these shoes could talk...

Not all that glitters is gold

It can't rain all the time

For King and Country!

My brother-in-law Zeb leaves for Basic Training in the morning. He'll be gone until mid-December and then will continue his training to be a Combat Medic in the Army.

Zeb has volunteered to be deployed "as soon as possible". He's not interested in things like the GI Bill or the income or bonuses or medical care that come with being in the Army... he wants to make a difference in the world. Heather has often said that he was born in the wrong century -- Zeb has the honor and valor of a 15th century knight fighting warlords (and dragons) for the hand of a fair maiden. He's brave, honest, intelligent and a truly good person.

Heather is pretty upset tonight. She's very proud of her brother, but they're close and she already misses him. She's liberal... quite liberal... and wasn't thrilled to hear that he was joining the Army in the first place. She's gotten past that, but still she worries... we all do, and this is just Basic. I imagine the worry will increase quite a bit when it comes time for deployment.

In addition to being a brave knight in the wrong century, Zeb is also an amazing photographer. He has an eye for taking the most incredible pictures... he can really capture a moment. He is responsible for the majority of my "Wordless Wednesday" photographs.

We'll miss you Zeb. Be safe and hurry home to your family.

Then the carousel started...