beautiful monsters

I confess i am a monster murderer. I don’t mean to. I have a green thumb…but orchids take one look around my house & begin to give up the ghost. I have to keep them via photos. These images were taken at Sweet Pea Garden Shop, Homewood, Alabama. with my iphone.

the mischievous Gatsby

Do you want to play a game? No, thank you, sir. Focus is soft, but i am showing it anyway because he looks like he has a Santa beard. One curtain down, the other to go. I’ve never had a cat that really knocked things of flat surfaces before. I’ve owned lots of cats over…

single moms need selfies…

with their children Before the divorce, there was a spouse that could photograph the everyday things. Single moms need to take photos of themselves with their offspring. Selfies are such a kid/teenager thing…which is perfect! Grab a kid & ask them to take a photo with you. I promise you- you need these images, because life may…

posting to social media

my kids photographed their sushi before devouring it. This place has the BEST FOOD…Rock and Roll Sushi located at Patton Creek in Hoover, Alabama.

waiting on the sun

to give me this view for a few minutes. i know this view will disappear in a few weeks, as the sun shifts into a new season. However, i do have a disco ball that hasn’t lit up my kitchen since last summer…

sizing someone up

my great grandfather, Louis Rosenthal, carved this man…he is this big i didn’t have my macro lens with me…too tiny to get him sharp.  after a thousand shots, i gave up. but this gives you an idea of how small Louis Rosenthal’s work is. again, i tried to get this ring in focus, as it…