August Blog Challenge Day 9

Today's Challenge was to post a picture of a place that has had the biggest impact on me. In thinking back through my life and trying to determine a specific place that has had a big impact on me and the one place that I kept coming back to was:

If you don't know where this is, then perhaps this will help:

Yep, Texas A&M is the place that has had the biggest impact on me. Admittedly, I wonder now if it was the best choice for me. But, having gone there I have to admit that I would certainly NOT be the person that I am today and I would not have had the experiences or know many of the people that I now know. I definitely would have had a different road to travel had I not gone there, but deep down I'm very glad that I did.

I am an Aggie. 

August Blog Challenge Day 8

Today's challenge is to inform the world who my favorite super hero is and why. I have to go back to my childhood to identify who would be MY favorite super hero. After thinking through my options, and realizing that female supers are few and far between, I opted for Isis:

I remember bits and pieces of the show The Secrets of Isis.

The reasons that I want to be this super hero are:

1. In her non-super state her name is Andrea. 
2. She is a high school science teacher, although I would have preferred history. 
3. She found the amulet that gave her the powers while on an archaeological dig. I think back and wonder why I didn't go into archaeology...should have thought about that when I was thinking about what I wanted to be when I grew up. 
4. She has a virtually unlimited array of superhuman powers and abilities (of course she is actually a god). 
5. She speaks in rhyming couplets. 
6. Even in her non-super state, she has the ability to communicate telepathically with her pet. Yeah, her pet was a bird but I figure if she had a dog she could communicate with him as well. 

So, going forward, if you hear me mumble the phrase "Oh, Mighty Isis", know that I'm just channeling my inner super hero powers....

August Blog Challenge Day 7

Today's Challenge was to post a picture of a place that I have been. Well, as you know, I've been a lot of places lately, so I decided to find a picture of someplace that I've been to, but it has been a long time....

This is a picture of Longwood Plantation. It is located in Natchez, MS. When we lived in Mississippi we took one of our family trips to visit some of the historic battle sites and antebellum homes. This would be when I was in elementary/junior high time frame, so many, many years ago.

Sadly, there is a lot of those trips that I do not recall, but I've never forgotten this house. It is thought to be the largest octagonal house, unfortunately, it was never completed. The interior was never completed. All worked stopped on the building when the Civil War broke out and it never was restarted.

You can visit the building and see where the scaffolding remains and if I recall correctly you could even find the tools where the workmen left them....of course I may be thinking about the Winchester Mystery House...

The other thing that I remember is that this house was being built by Dr. Nutt, so I have always thought of it as the Nutt House, but if you Google Nutt House, you don't find Longwood. I guess I should thank my parents for taking my sister and me on these trips, I may not have appreciated it at the time, but in the long run it has made my life so much richer. 

August Blog Challenge Day 6

Today's Challenge is to discuss something that I am looking forward to.

No, I'm not looking forward to the ghost of Patrick Swayze coming to visit me. Nor am I looking forward to Demi Moore in any way, shape, or form. What I'm looking forward to is taking pottery classes.

I've signed up for the classes and they start in September. The first classes (and there are 14 weeks of classes, if my math is correct) are going to be hand-forming pottery, which does not include the use of the pottery wheel. The second half of the classes is actually "throwing" the clay and using the pottery wheel. I've never actually done any pottery before, so this will be interesting. I find the idea of creating something out of clay fascinating and who knows, maybe I actually will be good at it and become the next ceramics phenom in the art world....or I'll make an ashtray for my Dad, who doesn't smoke....