“A Man, A Plan, A Hat” We are wrapping up May and Healthy Vision Month. Today’s reference to safety was directed towards eye safety and the importance of wearing sunglasses. Weber is very good about wearing his sunglasses. He also is good about wearing his hat in the winter to keep his bald head warm and in the summer to keep it from getting sunburned. I, on the other hand, should wear a hat and sunglasses all the time, but…
‘Soulful Squirrel” Today’s photo was an object lesson in sometimes you do the best you can with what you have at the moment. This furry little guy was sitting on his branch looking in the back door at the dogs. I know most people consider squirrels to be a nuisance, but I think they are cute. We constantly fill the bird feeders only to see squirrels swinging from them like trapeze artists. That’s OK. Plenty of seeds end up…
“Spilled Milk” I have always loved black and white images. I have learned recently that what I really like is mono -chromaticism. Black and white just happens to be the most common manifestation of that. This one was a lot of fun to play with. I could have inserted “beer” for “coffee” and the text would have been equally meaningful, but I took this shot early in the day and was still drinking coffee. I also had a debate with…
“Freedom” “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ” Abraham Lincoln The greatest number of American lives lost in a single war, 650,000, were lost in the Civil war, a war fought on our own soil Today I am thankful for all the freedom that I have – that which I am given because of the sacrifices of others and which I have because I had…
“Twilight Showers” Today’s photo prompt asked us to photograph twilight with a phone camera. Once a month, we are asked to use our phone cameras to achieve the daily prompt. I have not fully embraced this yet because I usually get terrible pictures with my phone. Most of the time they are blurry and grainy. I don’t know what I do wrong, but it annoys me! I did, however, follow the guidelines of the day and took these with my…
“Moving On Up” Though she turned twenty-one in December and legally became an adult then, today Erin really “finished” her childhood. She moved into her first apartment where she signed the lease and is responsible for all of her own bills. The move is because she has a “real” job with a real salary as a spatial analyst. We went over for dinner tonight. It was funny to see all of the things that she has taken for granted…
“Storyteller” I have several of these ceramic storyteller figures that were made by one of the art students and school. Each one is unique and equally whimsical. They just make me smile…and smiles are good!
“The Other Side of Beauty” Somehow yesterday got away from me and it was 11 pm before I took the day’s photo. Needless to say, I was left photographing store-bought cut flowers rather than something growing outside in natural light. That gave me the opportunity to engage the tiny bit of creative energy that I had left at the end of the day; or, would that be night?
‘Twenty” Keepin’ it real today…this is a fairly common image of my everyday. The number associated with the unread emails in my Inbox has a few more digits.
“Hopelessly Devoted” It is hard to believe that Adidas is almost ten. It seems like it was only yesterday that he was a phone stealing puppy. He was intended to be the kids’ dog, but he has been a mama’s boy from the beginning. He and I have been through a lot together. I know he would go to extremes to protect me. When Weber and I got married, Adidas was not sure that he wanted to share. Whenever Weber…