Happy Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2023June 18, 2023 by Dusty Roads | 2 Comments

Father’s Day

Recently Calvin and Hobbes cartoons started showing up in my Facebook feed. C&H is definitely one of my all time favorite cartoon strips and with the arrival of Father’s Day it made me think about how fathers influence our lives. A lot of comments on the cartoons talk about how mean Calvin’s Dad is to him but I think that just people who are too wrapped up in today’s PC climate. I think what his dad does is hysterical. After all, Calvin could bring out the worst in most people.

Calvin appreciates his father’s wisdom and to prove it here’s a Father’s Day strip for your reading pleasure.

So Happy Father’s Day , Dad. We love and appreciate your words of wisdom!

Happy Easter

Posted on April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 by Dusty Roads

Easter Wishes

If a picture is worth a thousands words, here’s 3000 words wishing you a Happy Easter

Easter Bonnets on Ducklings

Make Way for Ducklings – photo credit Deb Neumann

Easter Kittens

Photo from media library

Happy Easter to all my Peeps

Easter Peeps

Merry Christmas from our House to Yours

Posted on December 25, 2022December 22, 2022 by Dusty Roads | 2 Comments

Merry Christmas

Here’s a Merry Christmas trip down memory Lane from Christmas past.

I love this picture of Rocky. He was the best cat. He only let me get this one quick pic then he went after the costume to get it off.

Santa Rocky 2013 photo credit Deb Neumann

Meet the Snow Family. My little photo experiment.

The Snow Family – Photo Credit Deb Neumann

2014 Christmas House

Added a little Photo magic to the house in Taunton, Turned it into the 2014 Christmas House. All your favorite characters are visiting.

Christmas House 2014 Photo Credit Deb Neumann

A Christmas Fantasy

Here’s Rocky again in 2017 with his little friend, the Christmas mouse.

Rocky & the Christmas Mouse 2017 Photo credit Deb Neumann

Is That Santa in the sky?

Taunton- The Christmas City

My city is proud to have the nick name- The Christmas City . Every year they try to out do the previous year when the set up displays on the green.

Taunton Green 2013 Photo Credit Deb Neumann

A Merry Disney Christmas

Disney world 2016 – photo credit Deb Neumann

Christmas Present

Things change and life goes on. This year I’m trying to get used to my new life of retirement. Rocky passed over the Rainbow Bridge a couple of years ago and even though I swore no more cats I am once again living with two tiny terrors. No Christmas tree this year. The Kids are too young and would make short work of any tree or decoration.

Their names are Banner and Balboa and both are insanely funny, affectionate and royal pains. Banner is more of a gentleman than Balboa. Banner is sneaky in his destruction. Balboa is in your face. Banner steals my keys, my fit bit right off the charger and miscellaneous other items. But Banner is also willing to watch the birds out the window for hours and is content to sit near me, a quiet companion.

Banner Guarding the printer 2022 Photo credit Deb Neumann

Balboa has many aliases. He is Sir Talks A Lot, and Wreck it Ralph to name just a few. If he can’t find something to get in trouble with he will create it. I find cat toys in my bed. He likes the high road. Banner likes the floor. As frustrating as he can be, he makes me laugh because his antics are just over the top. This is just one example. It wasn’t “posed” I just hadn’t put the bowl away and I turned around to find he’d stuffed himself in it. You can see the “insanity” in his eyes!

Balboa 2021 Photo Credit Deb Neumann

Like I said, Balboa takes the high road

Balboa 2022 Photo Credit Deb Neumann

Christmas Future

Unlike the Spirits in Dickens, I don’t know what the future will hold. As the saying goes, nothing is certain except death and taxes. So as we head into 2023 I wish for good health and prosperity for all my friends and family. Maybe next year I can have a tree!