My baby turned 9 today! Yes, nine. NINE. Jeez, she’s almost in the double digits. She chose a very fun thing to do for her birthday weekend so we’ve been celebrating since yesterday morning and won’t be through until tomorrow! I’ll tell you all about it, for now I just wanted to share her sparkly […]

Lastnight’s sunset over in Davenport, view from the Skywalk. Yummy, isn’t it?

Lastnight was a little VIP party and public “coming out” of the Catfish that were done for the Catch-A-Catfish program. These fish are all going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder in August, and I’m hoping mine comes in 1st place as far as charitable dollars goes. We shall see. The comments people […]

I thought this was a unique capture, usually the foreground is the focal point. I chose to do the opposite and reverse focus to the background, and it plays a little trick on my eyes when I view it.

For the first time ever, I present my photography, framed in really expensive stuff, and ready for showing in my very own living room! (That air intake vent has been a PITA since we moved in here. I wish I could hide it!!) These are all 16×20 black frames, and I chose a 8mm archival […]

Why is it that when I’m trying my best to be understanding and caring, the one I’m trying to understand is the one I understand the least at that very moment? Why is it that because I care so much, the only thing a lack of understanding brings is intense sadness and/or frustration? Why is […]

I found it! I saw a commercial the other night and just thought about it, and went to the website. Of course it’s one of those glamorized “weight loss” things, those magic pills, you know. “Here! Pop a pill and you’ll be SKINNY! I PROMISE!” Right.

I don’t think I’ve shared this pic with you! Of all the poppies growing in my wildflower garden, me likes this one the best. I think it likes me, too, because it seems to keep coming back in the same spot, reincarnating itself. I know that I’ll be painting this one, some day over the […]