“Object Lesson” Pastoral is not a word that describes life in the suburbs. With no time to head out in search of “pastoral” I amended the prompt and decided that I might be more successful if I looked for serene as we walked around our neighborhood. I suspect that you are looking at this picture thinking that it is neither pastoral or serene. In fact, it isn’t even a good picture. All of those things would be true. So why…
‘Close Your Eyes, Mom!” I am definitely not skilled at applying make-up, especially the overdone make-up that is necessary when one is on stage under bright stage lights. I had to enlist the girls as both consultants as to what to do and then have the do the application as well. It took both of them working their magic to get it done. Today’s prompt’s title is a little misleading. Though it only says from the side, the additional instructions…
“Tower of Solar Power” Happy Flag Day, everyone. As you can see, this is not a picture of stars and stripes. Despite the fact that I had a dress rehearsal tonight for a concert that consists entirely of patriotic music, I failed to get a photo containing stars and stripes. This is a photo of Museum Tower taken from inside the Dallas City Performance Hall in the arts district of downtown Dallas. This tower is at the center of…
“Reach for the Stars” North Texas is not exactly known for its sandy beaches. And, today started with a 5:45 am call for Resounding Harmony as we were lucky to have a spot to sing on a local morning TV show to help promote our concert this weekend. Then I had to teach and then go to the dermatologist. With the way today played out, there was no time or energy to go hunting for sand. This little cactus pictured…
“Oh to Have the Life of the Cat” The cat is the only one around here right now who seems to have time to relax. Between summer school and several concerts in the next two weeks, I barely have time to check my calendar to figure out where I am supposed to be next let alone to have even a minute to relax. This spot on the back of the arm chair in our bedroom is the cat’s favorite spot….
“Hands” For whatever reason, I had a hard time with today’s photo. You would think that photographing “two” would be a simple task; our lives are filled with things that come in twos. I just was not thrilled with anything that crossed my mind. When I thought about photographing two pennies as my two cents worth, I realized that I had better just be happy with something before sarcasm completely took over. I resorted to quotes for a little…
‘Still Playing!” I credit Pac-Man with my success as an undergraduate student. It was my stress release, my therapy, my exercise, my entertainment. I was addicted and this addiction served me well. Almost every night after practicing clarinet and piano for four hours, I would head to the Mr. Gatti’s Pizza across the street from the music building and play a quarter’s worth of Pac-Man. That sounds reasonable, right? Well, it really wasn’t. I could play for several hours on…
“Nuns on the Bus” I thought everyone knew about the nuns on the bus, but apparently I was wrong. Weber and I had dinner with the rest of our family last night and shared that we had been to see the nuns on the bus as they travelled through Dallas yesterday afternoon. They all looked at us and said “Who?” That is when I realized that we watched way too much liberal TV during the last election. MSNBC was all…
“The Daily Grind” Weber’s dad was an attorney for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. This pencil sharpener, which is probably nearly as old as I am, sat on his desk at work. It now sits on ours at home. This is a great pencil sharpener! It’s sturdy and its little knob on the handle is real wood! There is no plastic or parts to burn out on this. And, its opening is big enough for Weber’s “My First Ticonderoga” pencil –…
“Wisdom for Today” I don’t know that this is truly fitting for a catch phrase, but it is the quote that came in my daily email of meditations. I like it a lot and find it to be true for so many people. It also gave me an appropriate opportunity to photograph my new Lego clown. My apologies to Erin and Weber; I know how you two feel about clowns. How much different would our lives be if we all…