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  • artistic inspiration, or funky weirdness? Something compelled me to take these pictures of the popped, split-open jiffypop container last night. What was it? I don't know...just the beauty of the foil shape…

  • Leaving on a jet plane later this week. It's a trip of a lifetime for us..and we have been planning for it for almost two years. I don't think we would have gotten to Europe anytime soon if it weren't for going to s…

  • Raku! This pottery class is more involved timewise than I thought it would be. We have spent all of our time on the wheel,(making more and more stuff) and then we run out of time for doing other things like…

  • Grumpy Old Man... When life gives you lemons..... I had a really off night at pottery class tis week. I couldn't get the clay to center right, and the walls of my pots were too thin in places, and too thick in …

  • "Mommy, I want to play tennisracket" Awww....doesn' t that sound so cute? She's such a cute little girl. You should have seen her at the time she asked me this. She was wearing her new pink shirt with embroidered …

  • fashion nonsense... I made my 5th (I think) attempt at fall/winter clothes shopping for the kids today. I am getting more and more disillusioned with the clothing styles. The boy's stuff isn't too bad, but I throw …

  • DANDELION Annie Rankin Annan [1848-1925] At dawn, when England's childish tongueLisped happy truths, and men were young,Her Chaucer, with a gay contentHummed through the shining fields, scarce bentBy poet…

  • "creative warp" Oh, I have been having so much fun with the "creative warp" feature in my photo editor! You can apply it to any picture you wish...it scrambles the image into a geometrical pattern. I have several …

  • August 19th Mama Dove and babes have been in the front yard this past week, taking water from the bird bath and seed from the feeder. I think this is one of the babies in the sycamore tree in the front yard. …

  • Ya'all guessed right... Pond scum it was! Pond scum in the kiddie pool...now that tells you a lot about how we live our lives, ay? But looking at the algae under the microscope helped taking down the pool a lit…

  • ????????????? Ok, all you green-thumbers...do you know what this beautiful volunteer is in my front garden? It came out of the earth in the early spring, and took about 4 months to reach this size (1 1/2 feet…

  • pottery class.... Here's a pot I threw last week in class. We came back midweek to put handles and stuff on these pots. I ended up making a couple of pinecones out of clay and affixing them to this one. Ta d…

  • Jigsaw Puddle Sloshing my boat in the pavement puddle I jiggle the sky above, I fold the clouds in a sheep-like huddle, I bobble the sun inthe blue and white muddle- And then I stand still- Till the jigsaw …

  • Awwww...a sibling love peck! August 11th...a meeting on the swingset (Ds and I had fun adding effects with the photo editor on this one...) This is how the birds greet each other when meeting up...wether it i…

  • more thoughts on art and kids... our five-year-old friend at the pottery wheel...at our newly-embraced art class The crazy art lady called again. This is the lady from the first acrylic art class that had sa…

  • "high-tension meditaion" (dh named this photo) baby doves on the (high tension) powerline today, August 9th

  • busy road trip weekend It's been a runaround weekend! This is a picture of the Gila Mountains in southeastern Az. We went a-visiting family on Saturday, and caught the mountains drenched inthe sunset. S…

  • cumulus illuminous Thunderstorms are beautiful! I curled up with this following passage today... When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the …

  • Beautiful.....the tears are still in my eyes.

  • still hanging on... Are you sick of bird pictures yet??? I have been catching glimpses of them less and less frequently, so I feel the need to take pictures while I still can. These windowcam shots are all blurry…

  • Just a quickie... It's been a busy week! All-artsy. I will try to get back and read and blog tonight. Here's some pictures of the baby doves from yesterday. I feel that their days here are few now. That might be…

  • one week after leaving the nest... dirtywindowcam strikes again! Here's Mama on the right, and the babes on the left...roosting in the tree while it rained yesterday. Look how much they've grown! It's…

  • the answer is.... a turkey feather! ta da! (a turkey feather through the microscope at 30X) Uncskainch was the correct guesser..and the lucky winner! The lucky winner of what? Hmmm...I don't know. Ma…

  • Just for fun... What is this????? I took this picture with the digital camera. I apologize that the detail isn't very sharp...it was really hard to focus. The shape can be deceiving. That's all the hints …

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