Heavenly Gate

If I could marry a garden gate, I would choose this one.

W/E

What's everyone doing for the Weekend?

Be safe & have fun.

xoh

Alpha Process

Those of you familiar with my blog,

know that one of my favorite things to shoot

is found letters for my "Alpha Series."

Here's an excruciating peek into how it all goes down...

I find something that has some "letter potential..."

and I sit very still, waiting for the letter to appear.

In this case, we were at the park with the varmints.

They could have been screaming & whining all around me,

but I would be oblivious, as I watch my message come through...

The Hubby usually takes over the varmint watch.

He has endless patience, and just let's me do my thing. 

Most of the time.

When the "Cap L" appears, I get all excited...

then I think... what will he do next?

Is that a "7"?

If I flop it, it is.

Or should I wait to see if it makes a "C" or an "O"?

I'll just sit here & keep shooting.

:-)

xoh

July 4th Weekend '09

We packed up our varmints & took them 

to the Berkshires for the long holiday weekend...

The trip up was rainy,

but the closer we got, the more things cleared up.

We stayed in a beautiful house by a lake.

The walls had eyes.

baby seal eyes.

Demon chihuahua eyes.

There was a traditional July 4th BBQ....

with the usual ratio of hot dog to dessert.

Lots of trees and flowers,

but this one was my fave.

Plenty of these....

and a bunch of really cool art at the Berkshire Arts Festival:

[ she was art, even if she didn't know it. ]

I LOVE these prints, but had a hard time shooting them in the sun.

Leo P. Donahue, Artist, printmaker.

Also fell hard for this resin coated coffee table, 

by artist Lara Moore at Bella Bella. 

but the booth I remember the most had these:

Antique tin people, made by Marcia & Bill Finks.

You can see more of their artwork here.

I have much more to blog about from the weekend,

but I'm being yelled at by the pile on my desk....

More to come soon!

xoh

Tagged.

A few weeks back, Jane tagged me,

and asked me to post about

6 Uninteresting things that make me happy....

Sorry it's late!

Here's my list:

Blueberries.

Eyelashes.

Bags in the wind.

Pop-tarts.

Microwaved Mallomars.

And this:

Taking pictures of people taking pictures.

Summer Project

The littlest varmint, has been inspired lately 

to make dogs out of fruits & veggies.

The inspiration came from this book,

which was a gift from a dear friend.

I have to admit, it was fun.

And a welcome break from doing data charts for an 80 page catalog. :-)

Thanks for the book, Hugh!

-h

Nightmare

Me: I had a nightmare.

Him: What was it?

Me: We were at the beach at night, in a big crowd, watching fireworks. 

As the first round came down, it exploded like a bomb on the beach. 

Being so close to the explosion, we were propelled into the darkness. 

When I got up & shook myself off, I couldn't find you, & my phone was broken.

Him: That's a scary dream!

Me: What should we do if that really happens?!?

Him: Meet me at the flagpole.