this Memorial Day.

  This Memorial Day, please remember to thank the men & women who have fought for this country. The soldiers are the reason you can grill your hot dogs & wash them down with beer. Some bellow, with profound arrogance & unbelievable stupidity (a prevalent combination today) “I’m American, get out of my country” “This…

ever notice that the camera can’t catch red?

red or hot pink flowers are difficult for the camera to ‘see’– sometimes the images come out muddy or look as though the red has been added in later…this Zinnia was a stunner, you’ll have to take my word since you can’t see it. 🙂

i’ve got the Monday blues

lucky me. it took me 15 minutes to pick the blueberries this morning. it took about 3 minutes for our family of five to eat half. the tomatoes & one strawberry came out of the gardens today too.  

WordPress Weekly Photo challenge: Contrasts

This is Blue, my solid white Siberian Husky, with Sweet Pea–a Humane Society Rescue. Sweet Pea was up there for about five seconds, so composition wise…not so great. BUT contrast between little dog & big dog is there. White dog & black dog is there. It shows enough of Blue to tell that he thought…