Kitty!

Amee shot these pics or our cat, Cookie.

Slow Ride...

I bet he never even calls her.

A Butt for the Weekend

This is another of the shots I did way back in my Wraps series.

A Pint on St. Patrick's Day

Separated at Birth?

One's lovable, one's surely not.

Ides of March

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
The evil that men do lives after them;
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus
Hath told you Caesar was ambitious:
If it were so, it was a grievous fault,
And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it.
Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest—
For Brutus is an honourable man;
So are they all, all honourable men—
Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
He was my friend, faithful and just to me:
But Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
He hath brought many captives home to Rome
Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill:
Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?
When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff:
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And Brutus is an honourable man.
You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
Yet Brutus says he was ambitious;
And, sure, he is an honourable man.
I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke,
But here I am to speak what I do know.
You all did love him once, not without cause:
What cause withholds you then, to mourn for him?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me;
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause till it come back to me.
From Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar."

More Pinhole Images

The top image was taken on a poker night--it was about a 20 minute exposure. The next image was poker night, but I forgot to wind the film after that shot, so I double exposed it. I call that one "Poker Tree."

In the Morning

Here are a couple of shots I took a few days ago. I can't figure out the icicle. It wasn't near anything that could drip into it, like a stalagmite; I just found it that way in the middle of the yard. Any ideas how an icicle could grow up like that? Morning wood, maybe?

Some Inspiration, hopefully

Abico Yusuke, Japan
Achim Shulz, Germany
Hisun Wong, Hong Kong (this was a 96 minute exposure!)
Diana Hooper Bloomfield, North Carolina

These are from web galleries, posted for your inspiration. These images are all copyrighted by the photographers.

Get Ready!

The tiny writing says: For complete information about WPPD, including how to build a pinhole camera, galleries of past years' events, and resources, go to www.pinholeday.org or contact me.

Good Ol' Chucks

The shoe that never goes out of style, even if it's never quite "in" style.

Playground

While organizing my data cd's, I came across these shots from the past. They were taken at the playground by Piedmont Elementary, I think.

The Hottest Band in the World!

When I was 10 years old, my older brother came home with KISS "Destroyer." At the time, I knew KISS was without a doubt the most awesome band in the world; plus, all parents hated KISS. My grandmother said "they look like witches!" So when I spotted the DVD set "Kissology, Vol. 1 (1974-1977)" I couldn't pass it up. Watching it was a bit like stepping into the wayback machine. I remembered all the rumors: Ace Frehley's boots had magnets in them so he could lean way back without falling over, Gene Simmons had a cow's tongue grafted onto his, Gene spit out pig blood, etc. It's great fun if you were ever a KISS fan; if you weren't, you can pass and call Michael Lipton and grouse about how much KISS sucked. Of course, by 1979, they did suck (I was made for lovin' you, baby). So Vol. 2 can be called "Suckology," and I won't complain.

Pinhole Images

Here are 3 images from my new pinhole camera. The exposure scale on the back of the camera worked well; all my negatives were well exposed. I had shots ranging from 40 minute to 1/2 second exposures. Sharpness was pretty good, the shot of the hydrant was hand held (not recommended).