Hoggie Hunt

It has been my goal for some time now to get better at using our camera and stop loving auto mode so much, because I just need to toughen up already. So Saturday evening as a post-dinner date activity, Paul and I decided to try out some photo skills and find some of my favorite creatures, ground hogs. 

My zoom lens was needed, since those hoggies just hate getting their picture, and love to scurry away. We walked up one path with no success, and maybe just pictures of me and Paul, but once we rounded a corner, a beautiful sight!

 Two deer! And plus, if you will notice, off to the right had side, a ground hog! Oh what delight was brought to my heart. We inched in for a closer look, and that deer just decided to be so cooperative as well!

Before he skuttled away into the brush, he looked back one more time, just enough for a slightly blurry shot - silly tree taking all the focus!

But can you blame that hog for running away into this? New Jersey is just being a green delight lately. So lucky to have this right next to our house and all around. Animals and plants abounding.

And of course, the most handsome of walking companions (we all know that I like pictures of people and Paul likes pictures of things, so one camera-walk has to appease the both of us). 

 Right before we got back to our apartment, to what should mine wandering eyes appear, another fat hoggie! A double spotting--- this is unheard of!

This guy (the hog) was even more photogenic then the last (referring to the last ground hog, not my husband), and let me snap a few before he waddled into the ditch. I feel like he looks very sassy in these pictures, like he is saying, "Just look at this profile"or "Sure, take a picture, I'm fantastic".

Paul, on the other hand, mid-yawn, was ready to go watch Stage 7 of the #atoc (Amgen Tour of California, you non-cyclist fanatics). 

REWIND. That morning, I had finally, after years of hair plainness, decided it was time for a change. After months (and months) of pursuing the interests for hairs that I loved, I finally braved up and took the leap. 

Upon meeting my very Jersey hair stylist, I was just a little nervous about what was going to happen. And mid-foil, bore my troubled soul to the instagram world. Because really - THIS  or THIS is not really what I was going for. 

Best news of the day is that I don't look like I'm on the Jersey Shore! I like the new hair, and even though it wasn't what I really asked for, I feel happy about it none-the-less.  I probably took of 3-4 inches, and am so happy it looks healthy and thicker and summery. 

(I still haven't seen a picture that I think really looks how it looks in person, but this one the most accurate I think. Thanks for all the pre-appointment advice and encouragement!)