the tomato stealing pup

Cole (4mo puppy of mysterious parental origins) & i went out to garden. Alabama is still summer & there are tomatoes. We are so SICK of tomatoes, but…Cole is not. My back was turned from him & i hear my husband say, “Coles is eating your tomatoes” See?! 1. i photographed my bounty. 2. i…

oh lily, see how you float?

i think the inside of these waterlilies look like they belong in tropical reefs…i can just picture Nemo hiding inside of one. The Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

How a king may go…through the guts of beggar

  SOUND BITES & TALKING POINTS were invented by parents of young children. Here is an example that every parent has said (yelled), at least 10,000 times, “GET. YOUR. SHOES. ON. NOW!!!”  Simple words to catch the attention of our young, simple minded, uneducated (& wild) children. A way of capturing their attention while they…

my son is inside his origami box

i have several commissions to paint…but this was too much fun. My son makes origami boxes & paper cranes with post it notes.

a heart of stone…

this photograph was taken on the shores of Ireland by a wonderful friend of mine.