Thanksgiving Break - Ouch!

What a hectic week this has been...

as the weather-vane in this picture

suggests, I did not know 

if I was going up or down...

that was just about the time

my back went out...

then I knew I was going down!!

My prairie-life is far from boring

most of the time...

If I can get out and

capture a few serene shots

of the farm, I am grateful...

These Dakota skies never let me down...

Some paint work in town 

kept me in the creative zone this week...

Our small town is lucky enough

to have a new bakery/coffee shop/eatery

opening SOON...

They commissioned me to 

paint something special on one wall...

Sall applied his artistic hand-texture,

and I high-lighted it with paint and glazes...

The shop will be called "Sweet Grass"

and that is what the customers

will see when they first enter the shop!...

Speaking of baking and eating...

How was your Thanksgiving??

Our electricity went out for a couple

of hours Thursday morning...

I was seriously beginning to wonder

if we might be driving to McDonalds??

It finally came back on just in time 

to get our small turkey in the oven!

We assembled the stuffing the night before,

but I still had a pie to bake....

a corn casserole to make,

squash,

 and potatoes and gravy to fix...

I got the corn dish 

and my pumpkin pie together

and when I bent over 

to check the pie in the oven

that's when my back went wacky!

after that my day was shot...

I didn't feel like setting a fancy table,

the food didn't taste good ,

and all I could feel was 

pain shooting through my spine...

the only good thing was that 

I got out of doing the dishes!

After about 36 hours of laying flat on

my back, the inflammation has gone 

down and I feel good enough to sit

at my desk again....

it's a good thing, because

I have 598 photos to process!!

Did I mention I'm trying to get 

a photography business started? 

Sunday I spent a couple hours 

on a family photo shoot...

four of the cutest kids...

Barns....Bales....

and Boots....

A little time consuming,

but 

it's doing what I love to do!!

Next week I train for 

another part-time job...

wish me luck,

and don't step on any

cracks....

you never know who's back

it's going to break!!

Have a great weekend!

Lisa