Wake up to a sunny day, not a cloud up in the sky
Then it starts to rain, my defenses hit the ground
And they shatter all around, so open and exposed
I found strength in the struggle
Face to face with my trouble

it's a good place to be "ugly"

Run for your life

No time for goodbye, he said
As he faded away
Don't put your life in someone's hands
They're bound to steal it away
Don't hide your mistakes
'Cause they'll find you, burn you
Then he said

We were walking 'long the ocean
Together hand in hand
When I stopped to write "I love you" in the sand
And when I looked up you were standing
Ten miles out at sea
And in a sweat
I woke up from that crazy dream
As I reached to hold you in the morning light
It was just your pillow
I clung to so tight

For a minute there
I thought it was you
for a minute there
My prayers had finally come true
For a minute there
I began again to live
What I wouldn't give
For just a minute there

please

Ref was a picture I took of my eye at the lake a few days ago after swimming, The dark circles under my eyes would be a pretty color if they were somewhere else.

songs....when I was a little girl that I made up as i went along... the notes, the lyrics, I didn't care who heard me, it was pretty, and I made it up. I used to wear my hair just like this, I braided it myself. Sometimes I still fix my hair like this but i wish I still had it in me to sing made-up songs.

It was a hundred and seven
We were heading to town
She had her sleeves rolled up
And the windows rolled down
That girl is a cowboy

Robert Earl was singing out
The "Buckin' Song"
With every word that Keen was bringing
She was singing along
That girl is a cowboy

Sometimes the best cowboys
Ain't cowboys at all
She's got my back
Even when it's against the wall
When I need a friend
She's the guy I call
'Cause sometimes the best cowboys
Ain't cowboys at all

and has the nerve to send me a memo with a link to this picture. Just rub it in, you old dirtbag.
(I'll get you back, you just wait and seeeeee) :)

things up.... I don't even need a screwdriver.

to whipporwills

ref: a photo I took in my garden one night last week. I changed it some, I usually do, even when doing realism and working from a photograph.