“My What Big Teeth You Have!” I don’t like masks. One, because I am claustrophobic and can’t stand anything over my face. (Just ask the OR nurse that tried to put an oxygen mask on me before the good drugs had kicked in.) And two, hiding behind a mask is just kind of creepy. I am a “what you see is what you get” kind of person. I am also a very, very tired person. Truthfully, I am an…
“Do I Look Like I Care About Halloween?
“The Hand” This is not at all the picture I had in mind for today. I snapped several random shots this evening hoping for something that was even remotely on the mysterious side. When I saw this image, the Emerson quote came to mind. There is nothing really mysterious about this. Truthfully, there was nothing mysterious about any of the photos I took tonight. I had to abandon the daily prompt and go with the muse. Emerson is right…
“Technical Patience” I have patience with a lot of things, but technology is not one of them. I want my phone, the technology at school and my computer at home to work how I want it all how I want it to work and when I need it to work. When technology does not perform as I expect it should, I become frustrated very quickly. Weber is just the opposite. He will spend hours trying to find out exactly what…
“Corner Store” As is always the case on Wednesdays, my time for accomplishing the daily photo is very limited. The thing that came to mind (and that was convenient because it is on the way to choir rehearsal) was this empty corner store. It sits on a fairly busy corner, but it houses no businesses. The more I thought about the notion of the building being forgotten, I realized that this corner store is symbolic of something much bigger that…
“Around” The intended goal for today was to focus on roads or paths and their leading lines. I figured I would take a walk on my favorite walking path that is not far from home. It has a lot of foliage and often nice reflections in the water. I walked along a took a few photos from various spots, but nothing felt right. I don’t know if this was because the skies were gray and overcast, weather which I really…
“Happy Dance” After church and a nice brunch at our favorite local cafe, Weber and I went to the Santa Fe Days celebration in Carrollton. Relatively speaking, this is a small festival, but one that is enjoyable and was manageable in the little bit of time we had before Resounding Harmony rehearsal this afternoon. Artists of all kinds had booths filled with Native American paintings, jewelry, weavings, photographs, food and public service information the culture. There were also drummers and…
“Saturday Morning” It is the second Saturday of the month; that means that it is self portrait Saturday. Woohoo! Not! And, to make matters worse, I woke up with a horrible headache, the kind the makes morning look worse than shopping on Black Friday. I wasn’t the least bit hungry, but I was counting on a cup of coffee to at least help dull the pain. “Caffeine: The Drug of Choice” This is the look of someone who has not…
“Red Pull” It has been one of those weeks – full of the the normal stuff that drains my energy and a few extra things that drained all of my reserves as well. All of this has left me exhausted and in a “not very good” mood. I went to school with Weber this morning because I am going to be serving as a mentor for kids at his school. I am looking forward to the opportunity and the…
“More Spider Than Web” This is not the photo that I was hoping for today. I had images in my mind of a beautifully symmetrical web coated with dew glistening in the morning sun – preferably one where the spider was not at home. As you can clearly see, I did not get that picture. As the saying goes, “Life is what happens while we are busy making plans.” This is what life had planned for me today. As I…