The South

Recently one of my friends blogged about place-ness I've had some similar moments myself- most recently yesterday afternoon as I was walking Rusty. It had just rained and it was misty out and humid of course- but not unpleasantly so. It also didn't hurt that I was walking by Bassett Hall which is where the Rockefellers stayed when they began restoring Colonial Williamsburg.





The mistiness shows up a little bit better in this picture at the golf course-



And here is the obligatory picture of Rusty- here he is trying to sneak over to greener pastures- I'm not sure what he saw over there but it must have been very intriguing.



I've been dreading summer here. I've never been a fan of summer- the weather part not the vacation from school part (at least not since I can remember) and it's been even worse since I've lived here- summers here can be quite miserable. I had hoped to spend much of this summer at home but alas- one must work- and work I will. This summer is going to be an exceptionally busy one. I was worried that I wouldn't have enough money to pay the bills let alone cover luxury items- you know, like food. So in order to avoid standing on a street corner with a cardboard sign reading- "will lecture you in history for food" I signed on to 4 different teaching gigs- assuming that one or more of them wouldn't work out. Well right now it looks like they all are going to- I'll find out tomorrow for sure. I am really excited about the opportunities but I am also a little worried about managing it all!

Sorry- I got side-tracked there. I was going to say that it was nice to have such a pleasant walk and to enjoy living in the south. I will try to remind myself of that during the miserable summer months ahead.

Colonial Williamsburg

I thought I'd share some more pictures from my walks with Rusty- I kind of felt like I had posted so many pictures of our walks around CW that I had little new to share. But I am realizing that there are still many things that I am noticing for the first time or am seeing from a new angle and it has been kind of fun to start exploring all over again. And Rusty loves CW- so many interesting things to smell...

Lambs

It's springtime in Williamsburg, which means there is added cuteness to my walks with Rusty- in the form of lambs. Even Rusty will slow down and watch them frolicking. I was going to say play- but frolicking seems much more appropriate.


They are also cute when snuggling with their mothers-



Or when they are making new friends-




Ok, enough cuteness, back to reading about violence...

It's Spring!

I love Spring (I know that makes me very unique). Rusty and I had a lovely walk




Rusty doesn't like sheep as much as he likes horses.





Apparently Rusty likes vines even more than horses, this was too funny not to record- I don't know if you can hear it but he keeps snorting.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I didn't want Rusty to get pinched so I got him a St. Paddy's Day t-shirt. As you can see he wasn't overly fond of it.



He didn't mind it once I took him for a walk though...







The sheep thought he looked snazzy.



He was especially happy that the squirrels are back. Can you see the squirrel in this picture? (Rusty didn't)



I'm glad to be back in Virginia- but not too happy as I am sick. Rusty guilted me into taking him for a walk (it was the first time it hasn't been raining when I was free since we've been back-he hates the rain so we haven't been able to go for a walk). I felt better after seeing how excited he was to run around but now I feel worse- ugh.

On the bright side- I was offered a summer job today- yippee! I don't have to be destitute this summer! (Now I just have to decide if I really want to accept the offer- long story).

Happy Thanksgiving

Rusty and I went for a walk around campus and took a couple pictures, I don't think I've ever seen an actual holly bush (is that even the right name?)

Thought I'd also include some of my Christmas/ Thanksgiving decorations...