Tawny Ford

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Monday, July 13, 2009

Okay, You Win!

For months, shoot, years probably, people (and you know who you are!) have been after me to 'show more'--first, in the photos I periodically mail out, and then on my website.

I have repeatedly stated, both sweetly and then progressively more adamantly, that I don't traffic in 'those' kind of photos. The Internet is overloaded with sites with 'those' kind of photos, as are the adult magazines that you can purchase wherever they sell stuff like that in your town.

But I'll tell you what; I'm tired, just plum wore down from all of your begging. You win. Happy now?

So here it is, a photo of my pussy!

Be good and be careful, take care, stay strong.

Hugs,
Tawny
http://www.tawnyford.com/

Friday, June 26, 2009

Such A Peaceful Moment

When I've been having 'one of those days' and I'm at my very wits end,what you see in this photo from Tallulah is what I try really hard to visualize in my minds eye.

I imagine I'm in Ludington, Michigan, right on the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan. It's a pleasantly warm evening, a gentle breeze is blowing and the sun is working it's way down.

I'll tell you, it never fails to calm me down and give me hope. Sometimes, I even feel the breeze blowing my hair away from my face, sometimes I even smell the water.

I bet you have a favorite place too. And sometimes, when things are tight, if you go there in your head I betcha you'll feel better, at least for a moment or two. And sometimes that's all it takes to turn a day around.

Be good and be careful, take care, stay strong.

Hugs, Tawny
www.tawnyford.com

Thursday, June 25, 2009

We All Got Stuff To Do

Summer is the time for home improvement projects everywhere, I guess. At least it is on my street.

You figure I'm home all the time waiting to hear from you (hint! hint! 248-615-1300) so I see and hear my neighbors when they're working outside. And don't even say 'but Tawny, I tried calling you last week and your machine said you were out shopping!’ Even the most devout of people who work from home have to leave at least occasionally to restock their larder (smile).

The big thing, at least right now, seems to be landscaping. The folks to the left of me ripped out all of their shrubs. The guy from across the street kitty corner pulled the stumps out with a chain attached to his truck. Then those neighbors bought new trees--one of them some odd looking artsy-fartsy kind of tree that, surprisingly to me, looks great--some shrubs, and about a gazllion huge Hosta plants. I'll tell you, the front of their house looks like it could be in Better Homes and Gardens.

The neighbors down and across the street had a contractor come in and pull out all of their cement driveway all the way back to their garage. It'll be a day or two before they get 'whatever' back in its place. I'm assuming it won't be concrete just because theirs wasn't cracked or broke or anything. It looked great.

Speaking of which, I wish I'd thought to ask them if I could have their old concrete driveway. Why? Because mine is in disrepair. Cracks and buckles abound. I've gone ahead and sealed them with some stuff, but new (or new to me) would look nicer.

Even in my garage the floor is cracked and buckled. Again, I've sealed it and it's okay, but it's not pretty.

Halfway down the block the elderly gentleman who lives there just finished his new garage. He had one that was attached to his house by a breezeway, but apparently he wanted bigger and better because he knocked the old one down, tore off the breezeway and rebuilt in the backyard. And it's gorgeous! He makes furniture in his spare time now that he's retired and he's built one heck of a nice workshop.

My garage, all two and a half cars of it, isn't used as a garage. It's a workout room, a gym, filled with all sorts of gym equipment I've picked up at stores and garage sales. All the things you would normally store in a garage--lawn mower, snow blower, shovels, hoses, etc.--reside in two sheds in my backyard.

Yes, I said two sheds. One of them houses the lawn furniture in the winter.

I have a few things to do here myself this summer. The trim on the house needs to be repainted, the wood shed needs painting again, the trees in the backyard could stand a pruning of dead branches, etc. And my kitchen is in dire need of a new paint job and a new garbage disposal. And a new sink and counter tops sure wouldn't hurt. Not granite though. I'm good with Formica.

I'll bet you have your summer work projects cut out for you, too. Hope you get yours all done.

Be good and be careful, take care, stay strong.

Hugs, Tawny
www.tawnyford.com

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

And Another One Bites The Dust

I've been watching the reality TV show Jon and Kate Plus Eight, on TLC, for years, ever since it debuted. Jon and Kate's adorable little children hooked me. I tune in each week to get a little dose of sunshine in my day.

I don't know if I ever mentioned I was a fan of the show to you or not. I'm not one to critique TV shows, I don't do it very well. For the most part, with TV and movies, I can only say that I do or I don't like it. Nothing technical, just a yay or a nay.

With TV shows it's all actors and actresses playing roles. Just because, let's say, Susie Q. Moore plays a waitress in a show, which does not mean that she's really a waitress in real life.

But Jon and Kate Plus Eight are a real family living in Pennsylvania with eight children. One set of twin girls and one set of sextuplets, three boys and three girls.

You'd just about have to be living on the moon not to know that Jon and Kate have been having marital problems. Their troubles have been on the cover of numerous magazines at the checkout aisles of grocery stores and drugstores. It's been mentioned as part of the daily news on local and national TV stations. Even if you've never watched their show, it would be nearly impossible not to be aware of what's going on with them.

None of their personal business is any of my business. I just know that the kids are adorable and I watch the show each week.

This past Monday, at the end of the show, it was announced that Jon and Kate have filed for divorce after ten years of marriage.

Again, it's none of my business.

But I'm saddened by it. Why? Because I know that the children are going to be impacted by their parents decision. Good or bad, their little lives are never going to be the same. No matter how much their parents will try to keep life 'normal' for them, it won't be. For example, Dad isn't going to be living in the same house with them. Sure, he'll still see them. But it's not the same. He'll get busy with a new place to live, a new job, a girlfriend. Maybe he'll remarry and have more kids. He'll have a whole other life.

Initially I'll bet the show was designed to let us see a real family living a real life, at least as real as life could be while under the scrutiny of a TV crew with cameras and lights.

Now it appears that we'll see a real family dealing with the heartbreak of divorce.

Be good and be careful, take care, stay strong.

Hugs, Tawny
www.tawnyford.com