A Picture Uploaded..."The Dragonfly"

Hi folks! I randomly picked this picture to try to upload to my computer to test to see if I have more storage space...and wa la! it uploaded.

The only problem is that I still can't upload new photographs from my camera into my computer. I took a picture of eight loaves of bread that my daughter baked today, but I can't post it because it won't upload. So, I'm disappointed about that. So, I e-mailed "someone" at Picasa and we'll see what will happen.

I had this crazy thought that I'd like to try to blog something every day about these last days of being pregnant...even if it's just a few lines to say I'm tired or something.

So, I got in my third night at the gym last week to make three days of working out this week. So, I met my goal for the week.

Today for some reason, I'm feeling unusually tired and unmotivated. I took a nap and also wanted to lay down earlier. I also broke from my "no-flour" and "no-butter fast" and had a few tiny slices of home made white bread with a tad of butter. Actually, I didn't like how the butter tasted.

But I'm still writing everything down in my food journal and still have every intention of normally abstaining from flour and butter. I did have some wonderful raspberries from the Farmer's Market today, though.

I thought I'd do something fun with this picture. When I first posted it on my family blog last September 3, 2009, it was accompanied with a poem that I quick wrote up shortly after I photographed it.

So, for your enjoyment here is "The Dragonfly"... When a dragonfly came to visit today

The kids were sure it wouldn't stay

So they put a plastic top on it

And called for me to watch it.

At first I screamed when I viewed its size

A dragonfly this big...was a big surprise

But after I saw it's colorful wings

It's big, green eyes, it's pretty things

I decided it wasn't so bad after all

And began a plan to capture it all

I moved the top ever so slow

Clicking, cute little picts in a row

And then I even picked up the top

And, all the while it stayed at a stop

Seconds went by and minutes too

As I captured some of his magical views

And then like that when I glanced away

Off he had flown breaking his stay

And leaving me with his image today

To remind me of his fleeting stay.

But as I pondered his little stop

God made me recall another thought

The little one's He's given us here

Are beautiful too and even more dear

The entrance us with their little laughs

And cute little smiles we photograph

But just like that when we think they will stay

They'll be big enough to fly away.

So, enjoy your little dragonfly

The little apple of your eye

Then when it's time for them to go

You'll be glad their little hearts you know.

Written by Sunshine Mama

September 3, 2009