the farm on the side of the road

a visual feast. Christmas lights all year ’round, American flag covering the window & a tree…branch? holding up the roof. Cool beans

the guard dogs looked a lot like sheep…

when i pulled over into the ditch opposite this farm, all i heard was BAAAaaaaa. utterly terrifying. The farm also had a security system, step up to the fence & be attacked by FIRE ANTS. And i had NO idea that one could have sheep in Alabama. It gets so hot & humid, i’ve been…

an Alabama farm…really?!

emu, llama, chickens, rooster, sheep…all in a pasture of fall yellow flowers. it felt more like seeing a gathering of Noah’s animals. It was so cool! ~amy

a museum in his pocket…

The title of this post was a story told to me by my father. Louis Rosenthal was walking around downtown Baltimore with his young son. A man stopped to greet Louis & said to Louis’s son, “Your father walks around with a museum in his pocket” I love that my own son has a drive…

the graphite feather…

…may be too heavy to take flight. However, in one way it can…art can make the imagination take flight, if your brave enough.

“oh, don’t be camera shy”

“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….