As an immediate more up-beat follow-up to my last posting, let me share the above photo, which shows, in my humble oppinion, the purest form of love. Kitty, fresh off killing his mousy cat toy and his mom, proudly looking on. Notice that Chester has thumbs. His mom is very proud of his thumbs
So... I suppose tropical fruit plants and October in Connecticut don't exactly mix. It is with sadness that I post news of the death of my pineapple plant. I am hoping to try again soon. I am very sad.
So... it's Saturday and I just documented a truly excellent event, Lyndsey's first experience with a Chainsaw. She was truly a natural. I don't know what else to say. This photo shows the celebration after she finished up her first cut, creating two distinct pieces of fire wood for some day later this autumn.
It was quite a scene, and I'm happy to share it with you.
I know that at this point it looks like I'll be volunteering with Habitat on Saturday morning, possibly fending for myself plans-wise Saturday night because Lyndsey will be attending her neice's girls-night/slumber 7th Birthday-party... that's a mouthful right?
Perhaps I'll go visit an antiques store or a thrift shop and search out odd objects like animal relics.
What about you? What will you be doing this weekend. I hope you'll be having fun, and perhaps we can all play some games... I've got a good weekend game idea... I call it, "Guess the next scandal to hit the Republican party." Any ideas???? If so, drop me a comment.
My guess as to the next scandal is this: Dick Cheny is, in fact, a robot. The scandal will break when some water spashes on him and he short-circuits, starts shooting innocent civilians with some sort of lazer beam (or perhaps with bird shot... just for old-times sake). Anyway, that's just an idea... I didn't really think about it very much or anything, so if you've got a better idea or story... like I said, post away, and have a GREAT WEEKEND!!!
Somehow I always end up with a goofy smile or expression in photos. I'm sure that I'm not alone in this universe in feeling that this is the case. In fact, I'm quite sure that most people feel that they've got funny looks on their faces in most photos. Perhaps it explains why people seem to react to a camera the same way they might react to having a water pistol pointed at their face. They duck or scrunch or put their hands up to cover their faces.
The thing that cracks me up about the pictures I'm in is that most often I'm smiling in a rediculous huge way while everyone else in the frame has nice, normal, composed-looking smiles. It makes me laugh because invariably the first thought that comes to mind is, "whoa... what was I so happy about???"
The real treasures to me are the photos where this is not the case. They are the strange and rare photo where I actually look like a normal non-crazed human being. They also, however, include the even rarer photo like the one above where I'm in a group of equally smiley crazy people.
Thanks Loren and Lyndsey for helping me out in that department. You both are amazing, wonderful, beautiful and at least for the instant captured here completely overeagerly smiley ladies, and I love you both for it. (and for lots of other stuff too)
This is a random accident photo, but I like it a lot!
Tyler and Loren, you're both making great faces in the background, and I love that the focus is so strong on the plastic cup.
Enjoy, and visit my flickr page for more pics of Lyndsey and my recent trip to DC!!!
I made this drawing/digital image for the front of Habitat's Annual Appeal card. I'm pretty happy & proud of the work. I stayed up too late last night doing it and it ended up still needing tweeking today, but all-in-all it was a fun process. I'm hoping it helps bring in some good donations for the organization, and I certainly had a great time making it.
... and We had some fun.
It's not every visit to friends where you get to see good movies on a rainy Saturday, witness the Eagles in top form, and wear a helmet crafted out of an exploded water polo ball. No no folks... this trip to DC was quite some visit. Click on the photo to visit my Flickr page and see some other pictures from Lyndsey & my superfun trip back down to our Nation's Capital.
