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(Vintage Wedgwood and Fresh Strawberries)

Another amateur dabbling in photography. Cliche? Yes. It's become the white noise of the blogging world.
I have an excuse. As a painter, I need to take reference photos to paint from. Here are a few photos that I liked. I hope you enjoy them.
Critique, feedback, and suggestions would be welcome. I'm an artist. I can take it!

On principle and policy, I mention that the photos are copyrighted, and reserved for my use only.

(Magnolia Flower)

My friend Sue is a very talented potter. One day she made these lamps for her Sunday School students. Lucky kids!

Apart from haunting junkyards and classic car shows, I also haunt overgrown gardens, looking for onions gone to seed and blossoming weeds.

My current projects include a series of works in clay and watercolor focusing on the beauty of noxious weeds. Maybe I'll post some of them sometime. I can hear Mom's voice in my head now: "She's always been a strange girl."

"Pride cometh before a typo," said my graphic design teacher.

It's that time of year again!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbk980jV7Ao

One of the best movies I've ever seen, and only 16 minutes long!! Enjoy!!!

Three Items of Business: Afton WY, The Cure for Boredom, and the Fountain of Youth

1.

"Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful or to discover something that is true."
— William Ralph Inge

Regarding the preceding quote, the person may not be bored, but they might get exceedingly frustrated! I'm finishing my senior watercolor project within the month, in time for the Senior show. The good part is that I get to go out and take some more pictures of old cars before I watercolor them. I can't get enough of old cars.

2. Somewhere near the Idaho-Wyoming border...



...there is a beautiful waterfall where a tributary makes its contribution to the Snake River. I was there last weekend. It's not often that one gets to make such a small place as Afton, Wyoming a vacation destination! P.S. It's really a beautiful area. Don't miss the opportunity if you're nearby.

3. GREAT news! The people at the store have reverted to calling me "Miss" instead of "Ma'am" and I am STOKED!

4. OK, so four items of business. I just overheard a girl on her phone say, "I can't. I have my homosexual." (What? I must have mis-heard, I thought.) Then she repeated it: "My OBOE SECTIONAL. For BAND." (Oh, ok. THAT makes sense. The end.)

"Christmas decorating with the roommates" -or- " Who's been holding mass in my living room?"

The first time I saw our stairway I thought, "Christmas morning!" After we decorated... I thought it looked a little tacky.  

Sorry the Christmas tree is sideways, but that's as good as it gets, using a Mac. 

All the same, winter can be pretty.  

These are in the park across the street.

Julie!

I didn't know you were on blogger. Perhaps for the same main purpose I am, just to check everyone else's blogs? I miss you too! 

I'm not going to tell them it was me.

You're probably aware that I am not too fond of technology. I'm not very good at using it, either. It makes me laugh! I'm enrolled in an online class. We just had a meeting. They were having an opening prayer and I could hardly hear it. I pushed a volume button and immediately couldn't hear anything. Then I found out that nobody else could hear anything for some time, either! Delicious. I didn't understand what happened! Neither did they. I'm not going to tell them it was me.