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Geocaching and a New Chapter

Good morning everyone.  This week isn't really much of a blog as I have been busy packing, moving... again, unpacking and trying to settle in to my new place.  I haven't really had any time to sit and write anything.  Just like I did the last time I moved (nine months ago), I've selected a few pictures to hopefully reflect my newest chapter in life.  I must admit that the last chapter ended much sooner than expected.  I don't want to go into much detail as to what happened as it would bring too much of my personal life into this and I do try to keep my personal life out of my blogs.  It is suppose to be a blog about geocaching.

The last time I moved, I shared some pictures of sunrises and sunsets to reflect the closing of a chapter and the beginning of a new one.  For those who follow me on FB or Twitter will be familiar with these pictures and what accompanies the pictures most days of the week.  I love seeing the sun rise (unless I'm trying to sleep in) and the sun set.  It is so amazing to watch and each morning can be different, depending on other weather conditions.  I am lucky to be assigned to the fourth floor of my work and have an excellent view of the sun coming up, depending on the time of year.  Right now, the sun is up as I'm getting out of bed.  When it turns to Fall, Winter, and Spring, I can be at work to catch this.





I love capturing the transition from dark city scape to daylight.  It's also cool to see the transition of the sun as the seasons change.  The above set of pictures is from last Fall and below is during the Winter.  You can see that the sun rises further South in the Winter.  Right now, being so close to Summer, the sun actually rises behind the building on the left hand side of the picture.





As mentioned, for those who do follow me on social media will know that I have something to say each day with the pictures.  Even if it's cloudy out, I still post a picture accompanied with what crazy holiday it is that day.  Since this blog is scheduled for June 7th, let's see what crazy holiday is celebrated.  June 7th is National Boone Day, (to celebrate Daniel Boone, one of the first American Folk Heroes), National Chocolate Ice Cream Day (yum, I love chocolate ice cream),  National VCR Day (does anyone still own a VCR?  Does it still work?), and National Cancer Survivor's Day (I know of two local geocachers that are cancer survivors; Sneaky Shields and crackerjackie.  Kudos to those brave women).  Recently I added a new piece to my morning posts called Opening Lines.  It is the opening lines to a song.  Sometimes it's a song I heard on the radio while driving to work, or just one that I have in my head.  It looks like this:  "Six o'clock already, I was just in the middle of a dream.  I was kissin' Valentino by a crystal blue Italian stream".  It's up to you to guess what song that is and possibly have it stuck in your head for the rest of the day.

That's it for this week.  Hopefully I'll be done unpacking soon so I can compose something more about geocaching.  Until then, be happy, be safe, keep your distance, wash your hands, and most of all, try to have fun.  Peace out.


(Geo-dog didn't come with me.  She stays with my boys.  She is a character and I will miss her)

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