My azalea bushes in my front yard. For 14 years they have given me a stunning week of pinkish purple loveliness but they have really gotten rangy and scraggily and I cannot stand to look at them the other 51 weeks of the year. This week is their last hurrah.
My favorite camera in the whole world may have shuddered it's last shutter. It is making coughing raspy last breath senior citizen sounds and only turns on occasionally. It is not the fanciest or most expensive camera but it has captured the moments I will treasure forever. It has been the sixth member of the family at every special occasion, road trip, award ceremony and just the ordinary humdrum days of living. Thanks old friend..you have served us well....and thanks for the memories.

