Country Road. Dead Battery.

September 4, 2015

Yesterday morning at 6:05 a.m. this is what our driveway looked like. All three cars. Gone.

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Sarah was at work, Steve was at church with a couple guys who meet every morning for prayer, and I was headed to Greenville for my infusion.

Whenever I take a solo journey out of town, I always try to leave at least half an hour early so I can nab some Early Morning, Golden Hour, Delectable Light Moments.

Happily, yesterday morning was full of those moments.  Unhappily, though, as soon as I started shooting said moments, the battery on Mr. Nikon rolled over and died. Feet waving in the air, and everything.

Now, I always have one battery in my camera, one battery in my purse and one battery in my camera bag so I am (usually)  never without a battery. The only thing I can think that happened is that I just didn’t get everything rearranged and reorganized after getting back from New Mexico. Lesson learned.

But the morning was too beautiful to pass by so I set down the Nikon and grabbed my iPhone.  Pure joy. Pure beauty.
(click on any photo to view slideshow of photos at full size)

Non-pictorial note:  My platelets were checked again at yesterday’s appointment and although they are still way below low/normal, they are at least holding steady. So I’m happy about that and, overall, feeling quite a bit better. 

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17 responses to “Country Road. Dead Battery.”

  1. Liz says:

    Lovely photos, Becky. I too was afraid it was a car battery. Hope the platelets improve soon.

  2. Mrs. Pam says:

    echoing Ann… I thought car battery, too.
    When my NEW car was couple of months old, the battery died. got it charged and exchanged for another battery.
    AGAIN, BATTERY DIED, WAS CHARGED AND REPLACED. feared I had a real lemon in a car with all the dumb reasons
    they gave me. fortunately, whatever the problem was, it was solved.
    Go, platelets, go!!!

  3. Jodi says:

    Glad you’re starting to feel better & that your platelets are holding! Hope you have a quiet & relaxing weekend!

  4. AnnO. says:

    Beautiful pictures, Becky! When I saw the title, I thought, “Oh NOOO!!” and figured you were going to mention a dead car battery. When going on an out of town journey, without a spare vehicle handy, that is especially NOT GOOD. While your Nikon does a really fine job with picture taking, the ol phone’s not a bad back-up! I think your artist’s eye has something to do with that! I’m happy things are at least holding steady with your platelets, and that you are feeling better.

  5. Beautiful! So glad to hear your platelets are holding steady!

  6. dmantik says:

    So happy you’re feeling better. Beautiful pictures too, phone camera notwithstanding! 🙂

    Love, Deb

  7. Ann Martin says:

    Glad you had your phone. Beautiful pictures. I do not get up that early unless there is a trip to be made. So happy about platelets on their own.

  8. LeeAnne says:

    Ahhhh…beautiful pictures once again. Even with an IPhone. 🙂 I just love that time of day when everything is waking up and it is so quiet and peaceful.
    I’m happy to hear that your platelets are stable and that you are feeling better. Have a happy Labor Day weekend!

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