Fed Up!
Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
I don't have much to say... but I had to say something.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Sunday, December 05, 2010
Thursday, December 02, 2010
Two-headed Cat
Two-headed Cat
Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
Figured out how to make my old digital camera double-expose, it will actually do up to nine exposures on a single frame.
Kibbles!
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Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
Kroger Grackles having a purina cat chow party in the parking lot.
G's Chaos
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Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
Every now and then Gman goes crazy and rewires/reconfigs/reorganizes (and many other "re-" words) the puters and gadgets in the house. I'll just tell you it ain't pretty, I generally opt to stand outside and watch from afar.
UBS...Unidentified Blooming Shrubbery
UBS...Unidentified Blooming Shrubbery
Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
Discovered this blooming yesterday. Maybe it is some kind of Mallow? Maybe you know what it is? Maybe some one could tell me?
:-)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Day Care Entourage Scrambled Curbside
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Originally uploaded by Michael-Ann
During the summer it is not uncommon to see a group of day care kiddies strung together and headed for the city park that is around the corner from us. Every time I see them, I can't help but think how curious they look, all the little kids close in height being led on a rope by some caretaker, like a little group of criminals on a chain gang.
Yesterday, I was surprised to see them go by and managed to grab my camera. By the time I got my telephoto lens mounted, they were well down the street from me. As I snapped off pics hoping for a focused shot, I had no idea what the group was doing. I was taken aback at seeing one of the children had fallen--looks like some kind of child torture.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Lazy Sunday afternoon
Pulled out the pressure washer and gave the little Bay Hen a badly-needed scrubbing. Of course, no sooner had I finished, Mr. Handsome jumped on board and gave the hatch door a territorial spray...jerk. Gordy roasted our weekly coffee on the front porch.
Had a visit today...
...from a House Wren and...
an Opossum.
House Wrens are migrants that we don't typically see around the yard until fall/winter. This little fellow has been fussing for two days now. Maybe he doesn't like all the hungry cats hanging around.
an Opossum.
House Wrens are migrants that we don't typically see around the yard until fall/winter. This little fellow has been fussing for two days now. Maybe he doesn't like all the hungry cats hanging around.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Hello peeps! Sitting here on the front porch, and it's rainy Tuesday morning here in Humble. Many of my feral feline buddies are hanging out with me. The art show last weekend wasn't as big a success as I might have hoped (that's right, I didn't sell anything) BUT everyone there was pleased with the turnout. I was very happy to spend time with Chelsea, Jamie, and Shannon... LOVE being with the kids. It was nice to see so many come out in support of me too.
I am relaxing a little now and beginning to enjoy school. My initial panic due to realizing I had to go back and teach myself parts of speech before I could get started on my homework has eased into a feeling of "okay I think I can do this thing...mostly"
I like my english teacher, she is a little spunky curly headed blonde who seems easily diverted into relating personal accounts, but certainly knows her english. She told us about having a mastectomy due to cancer and I have since noticed she makes no attempt to conceal the lack of one of her breasts, which I admire greatly... hmmm... wonder why?
It is interesting to be learning now what seemed so out of my grasp all those years at Kindle/Lindy. Back in the beginning I tried to do my best to write well when it was expected of me, but soon gave up and left it to my Nazi editor/boss to rewrite everything I did to the point of not being able to tell that I had originally written it at all. Oddly, despite my lack of training in grammar et al, I secretly felt my way of saying things made better sense than hers, I just needed "polishing" in the punction, grammar, and tense departments.
Gordy has been wanting to "upgrade" my old phone to an iPhone for quite some time. For my birthday he surprised me with a brand new iPhone. At first I was unimpressed with the complexity of it, but have quickly come to really like it and mostly for reasons unrelated to what one would typically use a phone for. You know the Apple saying "There's an app for that"? Well after perusing the app store I can tell you that is 100% true. Not only is there AN app for any conceivable thing - there are many apps. Kinda makes me wonder what app could G and I possibly do that hasn't been done pretty well already?
I have downloaded three apps now. Solitaire, Flickit Pro (a utility for uploading/viewing pics to Flickr on you phone, and an app called "Hipstamatic." The latter app is kinda cool, it emulates various old film camera lenses and films and creates old analog effects on the pics you take. Here's a link my Flickr set of random effects:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-ann/sets/72157625000139226/
Well that is about all I have at the moment. Hope everyone is doing well and life is being kind to you.
I am relaxing a little now and beginning to enjoy school. My initial panic due to realizing I had to go back and teach myself parts of speech before I could get started on my homework has eased into a feeling of "okay I think I can do this thing...mostly"
I like my english teacher, she is a little spunky curly headed blonde who seems easily diverted into relating personal accounts, but certainly knows her english. She told us about having a mastectomy due to cancer and I have since noticed she makes no attempt to conceal the lack of one of her breasts, which I admire greatly... hmmm... wonder why?
It is interesting to be learning now what seemed so out of my grasp all those years at Kindle/Lindy. Back in the beginning I tried to do my best to write well when it was expected of me, but soon gave up and left it to my Nazi editor/boss to rewrite everything I did to the point of not being able to tell that I had originally written it at all. Oddly, despite my lack of training in grammar et al, I secretly felt my way of saying things made better sense than hers, I just needed "polishing" in the punction, grammar, and tense departments.
Gordy has been wanting to "upgrade" my old phone to an iPhone for quite some time. For my birthday he surprised me with a brand new iPhone. At first I was unimpressed with the complexity of it, but have quickly come to really like it and mostly for reasons unrelated to what one would typically use a phone for. You know the Apple saying "There's an app for that"? Well after perusing the app store I can tell you that is 100% true. Not only is there AN app for any conceivable thing - there are many apps. Kinda makes me wonder what app could G and I possibly do that hasn't been done pretty well already?
I have downloaded three apps now. Solitaire, Flickit Pro (a utility for uploading/viewing pics to Flickr on you phone, and an app called "Hipstamatic." The latter app is kinda cool, it emulates various old film camera lenses and films and creates old analog effects on the pics you take. Here's a link my Flickr set of random effects:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael-ann/sets/72157625000139226/
Well that is about all I have at the moment. Hope everyone is doing well and life is being kind to you.
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