white irises and news

white irises on black
I am really proud of this picture.  Normally, I’m not nuts about irises – they’re pretty and all, just not one of my favorites.  But these – that pure white of the petals?  So dreamy.  I’m guessing these blooms had just opened when I discovered them on campus and I photographed the [...]

“i would like you to dance”

“Take a cha-cha-cha-chance (birthday).  I would like you to dance (birthday).  Dance!” (from Birthday by The Beatles, of course)  All this to say it’s Joel’s birthday today!  Please take a minute to email him or leave a comment on his blog wishing him a very happy birthday!
Happy birthday, Joel!  I may have promised not to [...]

still catching up

car-stopping sunset, bailey island
Hello, lovely friends.  I’m still a bit quiet over here – this week, which as you know I designated as my get-caught-up-with-photos-week, has turned out to be busy all around.  I did some substantial uploading of pictures to my Flickr page this week:  a bunch from my father-in-law’s 60th birthday party, some [...]

top ten tuesday: busy expressions

wine and yoohoo (it’s a winning combination!)
Ah, this picture makes me smile.  I guess I’ve gotten to that age where parties aren’t just about the adult beverages…
As per my promise in yesterday’s post, I’m working hard to get caught up with my backlog of photographs.  In the past two nights, I’ve uploaded a bunch of [...]

miscellany monday

single tulip, Lewiston
~ In case you haven’t already read it on his blog, I thought I’d let you know that Joel’s car was recently vandalized (albeit in a pretty minor way).  Presumably by some nutjob who considers himself a member of “the party of tolerance” or some garbage like that.
~ I heard a good joke [...]

flickr friday

Update:  I started this post very early this morning before I got sucked into the daily fray of work.  Now it’s 4:11 p.m. and I still haven’t finished it and I’m giving up the dream.  It’s just not going to happen.  But, hey, at least I got through the flickr friday favorites — as I’ve [...]

file this under: no sh*t, sherlock

Well, du-uh.  I found this article via poppypundit.  As he said, next thing you know they’ll be saying that liberal bias dominates higher ed…  Ha, ha!
Even Harvard Finds The Media Biased
by INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY

Journalism: The debate is over. A consensus has been reached. On global warming? No, on how Democrats are favored on television, radio [...]

flickr friday

For your entertainment on this chilly, gray Friday (note – so completely and utterly NOT SFW or for anyone under 18 for that matter):

My co-worker – who has recently developed a shoe habit that rivals my own, due in no small part to my tutelage I like to think – introduced [...]

david and heather

It’s official.  I am incredibly, extremely, hopelessly and in all ways totally behind on managing my photographs these days.  The couple above – Joel’s very good friend David and his lovely bride Heather – got married at the end of April and I’m just now getting around to mentioning them on the blog.  Just call [...]

top ten tuesday: tools

This picture gives you a good idea of how confident I’m feeling lately about our ability to renovate:
Seriously.  This is what we should be doing with tools — playing.  Not renovating actual rooms in an actual home.  A home that we expect to live in.  What the hell were we thinking?!
Needless to say, the kitchen [...]