Fun with Flash

I like experimenting...if you never experiment (take mild risks) you may never learn of things otherwise hidden.  What have you got to lose?  Take this photo for example.  The only thing I did differently was I experimented by turning on my flash in the second photo.  Cool!

Diesel dishwasher

Diesel:  Hey Ma...whatcha eatin'?
Me: Chocolate pudding pie.  Why?

Diesel:  I think I can help you.

Me:  Really?  How?
Diesel:  Like this.

Sleeping BILL

Get it?  Sleeping BILL?  Like Sleeping PILL...but only it's Billy...so I did a little play on words.  Bill instead of pill.  Ha!

Okay...so maybe I just crack myself up.  But hey...somebody has to keep me entertained.

(thump thump...is this thing on?)

Scenic Snow Storm

Snow makes everything look beautiful.  Pure, white, clean.

Snow coral...at least that's what this bush looked like to me.  (of course Mark had just woken me from a nice nap to help put horses out...so sometimes I see things differently)  The irony here is that this is a burning bush.  

Wow...everything looked like it was covered in powdered sugar.  Hmmmmm...I'm craving donuts.

Let's talk man to man

And that (Dear Diesel) is where babies come from.

Yeah, I figured you'd feel that way...considering you are neutered and all.  G'night.

She's Baaaaaacccckkk! My 1965 SS180 Vespa!

My 1965 SS180 Vespa (also known as a Super Sport) has been vacationing at Mark's shop.  She was not running properly and it took a bit of diagnostic expertise to figure out her issues.  I knew she would be back eventually, but I had no idea Mark would surprise me for Valentine's Day by fixing all that ailed her,  mounting my whitewall tires, adding my baby moon hubcaps and my new center stand.  He is the best man ever...and not just because he brought my scooter home.

Introducing...(drum roll please)...Lucia!  (thank you again Mark...I love you to pieces!!!)

  

Fun with Photoshop

When I took this picture, I had my white balance (on my little point and shoot camera) set for cloudy and I turned the flash off.  It yielded some cool results.

Then I took the same photo and adjusted the color in Photoshop.  Interesting.  Looks totally different.   I like each equally for its special quality.

Deflated Diesel

Diesel are you tired?  Huh?  You very very very tired?  Awwwwww...

It's okay buddy...go back to sleep.  Good Boy.

Picturesque Scenery...

Right outside my front door...on my little dirt road.  The Carroll hounds are located just over the far ridge.  We are treated to a fun site when they take hound training walks down our road...but this was a first.  They actually had horses and hounds.  Awesome!

(Cheech was beside herself)

Spirit Guide

Have I ever mentioned that I truly believe that the hawk is my spirit guide?  No?  I haven't?  Well, listen up.  The Hawk is my spirit guide.  There...consider yourself informed.

It may be coincidental, but it really seems that when I am in turmoil, or things are unsteady in my life, a hawk appears.  And when I say it appears, I mean it shows up in very unlikely places.  (On a street light on the JFX, on a phone wire along a traveled route and right outside my flippin' front window!  He (or is it a she?) was AMAZING!

ps.  Yes, that bird house is a cat with its mouth wide open...the irony of it all.

Scarey Ice Claws!

I swear to God this icicle looked just like a scarey monster claw reaching under the porch to snatch my lovely bird chimes.  Yikes!

Timber? Timbre.

I think she is confused...her name is spelled Timbre...not Timber.  (still not exactly sure why she has taken such a liking to the firewood holder, but it sure makes storing wood in the house a challenge)

Grrrrr...snarl...

...gnashing of icicle teeth!  My gate says KEEP THE HECK OUT!  (poor farm owner security system)

Silver Feather Grass

I tried to catch these when there was a lovely dusting of snow on them...but now that I really look...they are  still just as lovely without.