Lucky Dorito

What a fabulous weekend, visiting with my friend Shannon. I’m headed back to my home, my family, and reality today!

Guess what?! I’m in Texas to visit my sweet friend, Shannon, for her birthday. We’ve been planning this trip for a while but…..she didn’t realize that I was in cahoots with a few of her Texas friends to arrive a day earlier than she expected and be a part of throwing her a surprise 40th [...]

Last weekend we went to visit my MIL for her birthday. My sweet sister Lena came over for a bit and I borrowed her micro lens to take photos of the beautiful flowers my MIL received for her big day. (sooo gonna have to get me one of those babies someday! The micro lens – [...]

It’s hard to believe I’ve made 600 posts on Lucky Dorito. 600. Thank you, dear friends, for hanging out with me here for so long. I enjoy blogging as much as I ever did – I just seem to have less and less time to do it. But… I’ll probably be around for another 600 [...]

Five Moments of My Week: 1. I saw an 18 year old male patient, who had never received dental care before. He said his parents couldn’t afford to bring him in so he just got used to the pain. He had extensive decay, including 7 teeth with large abscesses and several totally rotted down to [...]

They can’t bear to look at each other.

The third stop along the two hour drive to Lena’s was here – at this very secluded little creek that runs into a cave. I have only been there in the summer before but since I was passing by and in the mood to stop for photos, I decided to go ahead and stop there [...]

When I was a little girl, my mom told me that these giant walls of rock that were cut out for the roads to go through were actually stair steps for the Jolly Green Giant to use. (This particular picture is just one step, whereas sometimes the steps are two or three levels high, cut [...]

For the past 15 years, I’ve lived a little over 2 hours away from my hometown. Each time I’ve made the drive, I’ve noticed this little old house and always thought, “Some day I want to get a picture of that place.” Up until about five years ago, I often noticed a wreath on the [...]

I found a WordPress app for my phone so I’m trying it out.