Thursday, May 07, 2009

All sorts of stuff...

When I'm working... I supposed to be chock full of all sorts of customer service skills...

And, I'm usually pretty good about it... I smile alot, I'm chock full of yes ma'ams and yes sirs, and I even laugh at tired one liners... but today for some reason I wasn't quite able to muster it up. I tried. I kept telling myself to just smile and get on with it... but I'm afraid all I was able to manage today was a semi-polite indifference.

We all have bad days I guess...

Part of the reason is that the summer heat is starting to hit right after 2 really wet weeks and it's humid out there... I felt like I was walking through soup. But I did manage to stop by the side of the road for some wildflower pics... I thought it might cheer me up a little. Didn't really work, but it was a nice break...

Here's some Indian Blanket, or Galliarda. It always amazes me when I see these in seed catalogs.

And the next two are Yucca filamentosa blooming in a field of Coreopsis...

I also stopped in a city park and saw a Duck and ducklings...

And when I got home, the Prickly Pear had it's first bloom open today... of course it was closing up by the time I got here, but you get the idea...
And really that's about it....
later!

4 comments:

  1. Oh, Claude...you always find the most amazing fields of things!!! Love your prickly pear bloom!!! Those filed of flowers are so awesome...especially the Indian Carpet!!!
    I got my box of rocks from SAM today...am about to post the pics! Nice stuff! That was fun!

    I am seriously thinking of taking a Geology course...if I can afford it...in the Fall. Want to join me? I will do an evening class probably....or Saturday.

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  2. The wildflowers are wonderful! I hate those kinda days!

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  3. I can relate to your mood! I worked in PR and HR for 25 of the 35 of my working years, and having to phony it up was the hardest part of both jobs. When I would drive home in the evening, it felt like I had to deliberately force myself to peel off that phony smile. I'm not really that outgoing, so it was a strain.
    You always find the neatest things while traveling for your work!
    Aiyana

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  4. Just recieved the cactus Thanks!!!

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