“no, that is not the shutter button!” “You’re too close, Hobbes, back up!” “dammit, don’t scratch the lens, Hobbes!” “click”
when my daughter left the nest…
…i made sure she landed into her own. her college, in Mobile, Alabama, had dorm room walls, built with cement block. i suppose, to prevent the building from being ripped apart by a hurricane. they tend to grow in the Gulf of Mexico. she is somewhat safe from the violent elements that plague the region….
Hobbes, the cat
what a stunner, yes?
modesty dictate the female must always cross her…paws
and then to feign boredom with any given admiration…as shown here.
art class decoupaged birdhouses
the boys that made these were 6 & 7 years old. Pick a theme, find illustrations/scrapbook paper, magazines, cut out, paint birdhouse close to theme color, let dry, then use Mod Podge on the back of image, apply to birdhouse, again apply Mod Podge on top…when all images are on, paint 2 coats of Mod…
portrait of a tomato
i love the circles of light bouncing off the watered grass behind this lone cherry tomato.
sweeter when wet
my garden this morning after a good washing. September in Alabama is still summer.
waking the sleeping bee
the butterfly bush in the morning light. i think it was a bit too cool out for this bee.
