Not a legend but the name was fun. This is just the random stuff I've thought about and want to remember. If you find it useful, hurray! If not, you'll know me better anyway.
Admittedly, my photos aren’t the best out there; in fact they’re far from it. My little point and shoot camera isn’t much to speak of. But every now and then I end up with a photo I like… not because my technique is so amazing (someday I hope to get better at that) or that the photo is so well done, but just that it really does MEAN something to me. Even if I still type a thousand words to go with it ;-)
I also do a little bit of contract photography, so I’ll file those items here as well.
This was described as a pretty easy hike. I didn’t think so. It was fairly short; in fact the rest of the group went on to hike farther up the mountain while I sat reading a book in front of the falls. But it was steep and slippery in some places. I’m not used to […]
MoreMy security blanket is my camera. I found this little lady on my door jam this morning, but was afraid to try to step on her in my barely-there sandals, so I just instructed the kids to keep their distance and I’d deal with her after I’d taken them to school. But even with shoes […]
MoreWhat is this? A goathead? A sticker-weed? Punctureweed? Thorn plant? Professor Harris, who taught my Biology this past semester, said that some people call it a Caltrop, but I think the scientific name is most appropriate. Tribulus Terrestris… Tribulation of the Earth. Isn’t it the truth? And yet when I hear the word Tribulation, it’s […]
MoreEver noticed in the movie that Horton’s clover looked much more like a thistle? I painted a clover in class today and it looks nothing like the clover in the movie. But this thistle I found on my way home does: I’ll scan the clover painting when I get it back 🙂
MoreI could not figure out for the life of me why this grasshopper was so willing to pose for me. I snapped a half dozen photos or so and he hardly moved; certainly didn’t jump out of the way when I got up close or one like this. It didn’t dawn on me until I […]
MoreI hadn’t posted these pictures from Seattle’s Pike Street Market. If I had to choose between candy and my choice of ready-to-eat fresh fruit, I’d take the fruit any day. Isn’t it pretty?
MoreHow many women out there swoon for flowers? Could I be the only one? Knowing these roses-in-the-rough cost less than three bucks helps me to keep the gesture in perspective enough to know I must watch for true penitence. And of course, even if had they cost thirty or three hundred dollars, an apology simply […]
MoreI’m a fan of all kinds of cheese, particularly when I’ve got some fruit to enjoy it with. And the other day I was craving some cheddar ‘squeaky’ curds. Given the choice between Cache Valley and Gossner, I’d pick Cache Valley any day. But I wasn’t given that choice, so Gossner it was. And as […]
MoreSo I realized that for a person who likes taking photos, I’ve posted a very small percentage of the ones I like. And that’s something I intend to fix. So interspersed with every-day type photos that might be a bit ho-hum, I’m throwing in a few of my favorites. This is a photo I took […]
MoreUpdate: We figured out what this is called! 🙂 And it’s bad news! But I still think it looks pretty neat. Name that Plant! What wild flower (read: interesting weed) starts out as a curly vine, sports lantern-shape buds that blossom into nodding yellow flowers, opens up to expose long tendrils that look like some […]
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Legend of Velda 