Somewhere out there I reckon there is a mighty fine country song just right for this picture….
Tag Archives: Humor
Walking a Neighborhood in Bloom
My backyard Sour Cherry Tree (and not another pollinator anywhere close that I know of)
Sneaking a picture of neighbor’s Daylily (this took some “stealth photography” exercises in order not to alert the yappy dogs of my encroachment)
Petunias greet the postman every Spring day next door…
I’ve had these Spiderlilies at my front door for many years, although the blooms get less each year as my trees give too much shade (a Jamaican gardener I once knew called these “Trashy Ladies”…he had his reasons and I’ll leave it at that)
Why is it a rose – or that by any other name – poses such a photographic challenge for me…every blooming time?
Petunias-a-plenty
A Clematis twines the neighbor’s mailbox
Spent roses (Hey! Now these are roses I can photograph!)
Just about to burst open to delight all that take notice….
A neighbor practicing his own version of a rooftop garden…apparently
A 1st for Lincoln
Here he is: the FGs. Lincoln turned one year old on Monday, but the celebration started the Saturday before.
I think he’s glad the big #1 is finally here!
Lincoln enjoyed the water table play with all his buddies….
Don’t we all love cake? (his Daddy made the cake BTW – a great Grandma May banana recipe no less)
Lincoln’s Dad and Aunt T (aka FS and FD)
Lincoln and his Mom at the end of a big weekend….
Push, Pull, Swords and More
I love signs…especially the home made ones (with a hand reflection no less)….
And some homemade signs are so blatantly simple, it makes you wonder sometimes….
Some signs just make you go “Huh?”
Others make you nod your head….
Some are…well…I have nothing on this one….
And then we always seem to come back to those “huh”" signs….
Spring Already?
Surprised? Nawww, not these two youngens…the mild temps had them a bit playful and with the Scottie Princess Zoey whimpering at them, at my side, gave me a momentary pose of curiosity to capture….
…that is until they go and do something like this! What did they think this was, Valentine’s Day or something? The Princess and I just looked at each other in disbelief after this oh-so-brief public display of affection (trust me on this – Scotties know these types of things should not be a common, every day occurrence).
The Men’s Club
These four Tom’s tried to divert my attention from the hens by strutting away from the group in a defensive march…”don’t worry guys, I’m not after your women”
The Holiday Decorator Type of Guy
I think I’ve been each type at some point or another….
The Weather It’s Christmas Daily Cap(s) (351)
Nine days before Christmas and its 75° – Frosty has lost his hat, turned his back to the street, broke his arm, and longs for snow on a Christmas tree that is outside the house….
Wait a minute…aren’t these guys supposed to be in Mexico or someplace further south about this time of year? Don’t hold me to it but I think these butterflies are juvenille “Painted Lady”.
Yup, that’s a lady bug on my dag-burned backyard dandelion….
Maybe they only stopped by for a drink, and they will soon be on their way….
I’m thinking Zoey should have snow balls hanging from her beard this time of year instead of pine needles….
This is but one of the five or six juvenile “flutterbys” I camera-chased in my backyard this afternoon….
Just experimenting with an iPad app….
The Christmas Around The Neighborhood Daily Cap(s) (350)
On the back/side yard fence facing the street…
There’s always a tree that needs lighted…even if you only have 1 spare strand of lights to string
If I didn’t know better, I’d say this is really Santa’s sleigh disguised as a hedge…and it’s lighted at night – like a landing strip or something!
OK, so this Red Oak leaf is not so much Christmas-y….but Zoey found it as interesting as me on our morning walk. (BTW, all these photos came out of my iPhone 4S today)
The Changing Socks Daily Cap(s) (348)
So tonight, over a cup of Oolong tea, I experimented – same “pose” and different results…this shot was without a flash…can you make out the silhouette?
See how I am? Doing the Bokah business (personally I like to call it “all fuzzy back there”) with the feet in focus, the Christmas tree “back there”, and this shot with a white fabric draped across the flash….
Red fabric, and another sip of tea….
Green fabric….
Did some pink cloth stuff with this one, and still it’s “all fuzzy back there”….
Some call this fabric color “aqua”, some may say it is “turquoise” – I’m calling it “just blue”….
“peachy”….
And then this one is a “naked flash”….”I’ll now have another cup of tea, please, and maybe some other colors of fabric”
The Obvious Daily Cap(s) (339)
Water and Fire (truck)….
Really? Is there any other kind of tacos?
Yes it is….
The Pie Toss Daily Cap(s) (321)
Each of the last 4 years, the Friday before Thanksgiving, my company has a rousing, lunch hour game of flag football to raise money for a worthy cause. Past games has sent money to Children’s Hospital, a soup kitchen, and Scottish Rite. Hospital. This year our money goes to the family of a co-worker that unexpectedly passed away a few weeks ago. Whipped cream pies-in-the-face always end to this day of fundraising.
Ryan, this year’s event coordinator, gets a pie-beard (and foil cap)….
Newlywed Andrew catches one square in the chops….
For some, the pie comes to them…for others, they go to the pie.
It’s maybe only once a year that a boss catches a pie to the face and grins about it….
Austin was a real trooper here – he took this pie to the chops for his dad….
Perhaps my favorite: a double pie smack to and from Kips and Angela….
Kips wipes away the cream….
Angela searches for a wash rag….
- Raymond’s Texas Longhorn shirt was just asking for it….$3000+ was raised for Tommy’s family. Great company event, gracious contributions from the employees. Can’t wait for the Christmas party now!
The Denton Daily Cap(s) (320)
Spent the day in Denton (Texas) today…this Canna was singing to me: “I will survive….”
One of the guys in the office came running back to me this afternoon and simply said “Look!”. I did, said “Oh!”, and took a picture….
And by the time I got outside the office building, I had this sky to photograph….
Wait a minute…would you hire the sign company with a sign in need to a sign?
The Saturday Boot Scootin’ Football Daily Cap(s) (315)
My beloved Kansas State Wildcats traveled to Fort Worth to play the TCU Horned Frogs…I had great seats along side a great friend….and the Cats won!
It was a very purple crowd….
You will need to forgive my photographic skills with this post – I did not have the media guy’s high dollar equipment, but merely my iPhone and shirt-pocket Canon to “snap” photos….
The pre-game saw pants of wild-ness….
And costumes from the book of out-there-ness….
But what caught my eye the most were the boots…TCU gals wear skirts and boots to the football games for crying out loud!
Purple Leggins and Boots….
And Just Purplely Decorated Boots….
Black and Brown Boots….
And Boots with “FROGS” on the heel….hey wait a minute lady, where are your boots?
We got your all Purple Boots….
And a walking closet of Boots….
Bare leg and Blue Jean Boots….
Tall Boots….
Fuzzy Boots….
Shoes amongst the Many Boots….
Ahhh yes! The occasional Wildcat Boots would come along….
The junior Frog had no Boots….
And guy’s boring shoes kept hiding the Boots from me….
We had your Tennis Shoes, Knee Braces, and Boots….
And TCU Boots next to Sneakers….
Strappin’ Boots….
Sandals with heels and Boots….
Boots standing, and Boots walking away Boots….
Shoes, Flip Flops and TCU Boots at the curb….
And Curly, Pointy Toed Boots….
The think the Cheerleaders should have Boots….
I really could have used my “good” camera this night, but my “bitty” camera got my point across….The Cats gave the Frogs the “boot” 23-13
The Caps, C(K)ids, and Cameras (307)
Each year at work we hold a tailgate party – clients are invited to a lunch BBQ and everyone is encouraged to show their favorite college spirit. This year…not so many hats were worn
Even the deserting school of the Big 12 was represented…
You can probably imagine some of the “smack” conversations going around with so much Texas school apparel being worn.
Family and kids are always invited – one of my co-worker’s daughter
Poor girl…Dad’s “picking” on her
Some of the camera people were happy the entire time….
Hey wait a minute…who’s that…and in particular, who’s guy behind the guy with the camera?
The Unnatural Weekend Remnants Daily Cap(s) (296)
Monday morning at the lake park gives discovery of several items left behind over the weekend…stuff that just ain’t natural.
First the hat, then the shoes. I will admit I spent a brief moment looking for some confused half-dressed guy looking desperate for sun block and toe nail clippers…even looked in the drain pipe (didn’t find him)
Oh wait a minute….maybe the mystery half-dressed guy was simply playing through, got angry when he couldn’t find his errant shot. and tossed his hat and shoes about in a fit of irritation. “Hey buddy! It’s over here laying on the yellow stripe. Ah go ahead – I’ll let you tee up this shot”
The My Dog The Cat Daily Cap(s) (292)
The Princess Zoey…I swear she thinks she’s cat sometimes
A contented nap this evening while in front of the television….
She’s watching me watching her watching me photograph her…..
The State Fair of Texas Daily Cap(s) (281)
Food at the State Fair of Texas is all about the 70-year old business of making Fletcher Corny Dogs….
And a dish of ‘Fried Jambalaya’ wins this year’s Best Taste of the State Fair
You know you’re in Texas, at the State Fair when the hood of the golf carts are decorated as one would expect…..
We grow our hats big down here….
And purses in the shape of quilted fish…
Fried Mexican Fire Crackers….
Orange flamingos at the Lagoon await their evening “Chinese Lantern” show….
Happened upon the Pillsbury pie judging – I LIKE PIE! but I would be danged if these ladies wouldn’t give me a fork for a taste….
The wall of ribbon-winning jellies, jams, pickled whatevers, and the like….
Oh geez…you figured out quickly your in the textile area of the Creative Arts Building when their golf cart is covered in…in…in yarn stuff
Dancing in the streets! (The Children Alpine Dancers) – made me break out in true Von Trapp family song “Edelvise, Edelvise…hum hum (couldn’t remember the words, nor could the folks on either side of me)
Fried Mac-n-Chese Sliders gets the ‘Most Creative’ food pick of the Fair
I wonder how Mom and Little Brother convinced Dad and Big Brother to push them around the State Fair….
Barbecue Texas style is done off a flat bed semi-tractor trailer…at the front door of the Midway.
The Chicken Fried Cactus Bites…won’t do those again
With the main Fairgrounds being 60-70 years old, you can find some pretty neat Art-Deco detailing in/on/around the buildings….
Big Tex saying “Howdy Folks” and mounted police plodding through the Fairgrounds!
A nice finish to the day: Deep-Fried Divine Chocolate Tres Leches Cake…
The Professional Choice Daily Cap(s) (270)
One fun part of my job lets me best-pick material for various projects. This one needed a letter color picked. Which one did I choose? Classy Brass? Coffee Brown? Brilliantly Black?
The tree hugger in me says “let’s reuse this”…..
I have a niece who, for the longest time, thought I (a landscape architect) did nothing more than design sidewalks. I hope she doesn’t see this and think I had anything to do with it!
River rock in a roadway median? Does that make sense? In the flat lands of Texas? But yes, it does have a nice variety of colors….
Sometimes even the best-conceived site plans simply do not work right….
The Odd Tuesday Daily Cap(s) (269)
It was an unusually windy morning and I figured the sunrise would be less than spectacular. It turned out colorfully OK – glad I was there to see it….
So I went back to the giant spider web this morning and found another creepy-crawler moving into the same territory. I always knew I didn’t like snakes…now I don’t like spiders. He moved…I ran away flailing my arms and slinging my Canon wildly over my head because don’t you know his elastic-man, incredibly far-reaching vicious teeth were about to chomp into me….
What a lousy commute to work I had this morning (don’t ask!). Now I realize this photo is horribly out of focus and without much creative composition since it was “snapped” through the windshield of my truck, but while impatiently idling in stopped traffic this guy spoke to my camera while standing on the side of the road. Love the yellow gradations on the petals of this sunflower.
Many of y’all know I’ve got this thing (more like an obsession) about photographing homemade signs and in particular, those of entrepreneurs that do their own vehicle advertising. This one capped off the day (I was almost out of daylight). I think I can guess what “PATIO COBERS” are based on the rest of his “stylized” advertising (the side of the trailer was even better but I couldn’t get the picture)….
