Weekend flew by once again.

I'm glad I didn't get around to washing my car today as it's started raining this evening. I did get to vacuum it out though and besides, the exterior is still somewhat clean from the wash I gave it Sunday a week ago. Other than some minor bug splatters, it's doing well.

Saturday's weather finally gave me a chance to work in the yard a bit. I've SO been needing to rake leaves as they've gotten out of hand since the last time I raked. I filled up my yard waste bin pretty quickly amid also trying to teach my dog to do a handshake. (I have to multi-task you know) Having an iPod really comes in handy when doing any kind of work so I'm really appreciating having it now. It keeps things upbeat. Anyway, after filling the bin, I whipped out my handy-dandy tarp to use for moving piles of leaves to the front curb where hopefully 1 of 2 things will happen:

1. the city comes and vacuums it up

OR

2. the wind blows it all down the street into other people's yards

Bagging the leaves is an option of course but it's such a pain in the butt to do by yourself. Much easier to do it my way. There is a gamble that a number 3 might happen though and that's where the wind blows it all BACK into my yard, which would suck.

Saturday night was lots of fun as I attended the Addy Awards ceremony at the Roundhouse in Huntsville. This is an awards banquet for members of the Tennessee Valley Advertising Federation when entries are judged and awards presented. Ate some good food then collected the awards we received. Afterwards, a group of us headed over to the Jazz Factory for drinks and to inhale smoke (secondhand in my case).

Today, I hoped to have success at getting a photo of some Bradford pear trees (they're blossoming now) for a project I'm working on. I told a friend about what I was doing and he called me with a location he spotted while he was out with his family. I found the spot he was talking about and let the landowner know what I was doing so they wouldn't get too excited when I was scrambling all over their place shooting from different angles. The sky could have been a little less cloudy but I think it will still be workable.

It's getting late already so I'm going to do some light reading and then slip into bed. I'm looking forward to a good week. Tomorrow evening is the Taste of the Valley event here with most local retaurants participating by providing their signature dishes for us to eat. Got my tickets in my planner. Bon appetit!