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That's the cord to my new kazoo, which I use to get animals' attention. Whitey and Patches (and their sister Lilly Pad) are available to adopt at The Cat Connection, in Brighton, Massachusetts. They're one year old.
Balsams make really nice, and fragrant, Christmas trees... string together some of those berries from the mountain ash to get a head start on decorations!
I may be preaching to the choir here as I point out that Joyce and I are always quite busy this time of year. I’ll be scrambling around today for last minute ingredients for meals I’m preparing for a Christmas gathering of international students from Duke University with International Students, Inc tomorrow evening at our church’s fellowship hall. The meal is potluck-style, with many members of our church pitching in, as we may be feeding 150+ people. We must be concerned about dietary restrictions of some the students, Muslims for instance, so I’m making a huge pot of gluten-free rotini pasta with Bolognese sauce and southern-style chicken and dumplings… comfort food. Others will be making vegan dishes and desserts. I will be there early to coordinate the kitchen and the food… Joyce will be there to help with finishing touches on holiday decorations.... after she returns from Boydton, Virginia, where she's also setting up decorations at the historic Boyd Tavern along with the mayor's wife... she knows how to hobnob.
At this gathering last year, I sat at a table with a few first-year engineering students from China. Engineering is something I understand, so we had a pretty good conversation going on. That conversation led to issues of regionalism and colloquialism that we found quite funny. "Regionalism" eventually reached across the world when they asked me what I thought of them. I'm sitting there with science-minded young adults brilliant enough to attend one of the most elite schools in the world from a country that insists communism is their only God... and yet, I was able to explain God to them and why we celebrate His birth at Christmas. In doing so, I explained how God tells me that I can't say that I love Him without also loving them... that's much of the theme of the Book of James. They sat silent for a bit after that, though I could see something was whirling around in their heads. As I gathered my stuff to leave that evening, they were lined up at the door to thank me and hug me for talking to them... and one of them now attends church with us. Time spent with God never returns void.
After church this Sunday, we're both headed back to Boydton, a little over an hour away on the far side of Kerr Lake, to participate in the open house Christmas activities there. I will be taking photos of kids with Santa Claus... which should up my ante on the naughty or nice quotient. Time will tell.
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Sassy Assy bikini feauturing the sexy mini triangle top and tie side thong scrunch butt. Accented with black design holograms. One size.
A string of Bungalows at the Hilton Bora Bora Nui resort at sunset. This was taken several years ago, during my honeymoon to the islands of Moorea and Bora Bora in French Polynesia. The colors on these islands are unreal (as evidenced by some of my other posted pictures). When we were deciding where to go on the honeymoon, I convinced my wife that we should go somewhere awesome - your bank account may take a hit, but the memories are worth it! How many opportunities will you have in your life to go to Bora Bora, right? Anyway, we don't miss the money, and we had an amazing experience!
This was mt first trip with a DSLR (July 2012). I was always interested in taking pictures while backpacking, and finally used this trip as an excuse to upgrade. This isn't the best quality picture I've ever taken, but I needed to crop down significantly to get the view I wanted.
Of course when I bring out my lights, half of the string doesn't work. Did I fix it before I put them away after the holidays? No. Do I feel like fixing them now? No.
All that glitters is not gold.
A female Baltimore Oriole visiting our yard, discovered some twine being used to hold some branches of a Smoke Tree in line. She is unravelling the fibers to bring back for nest building, Orioles weave hanging nests so string, long grass, fishing line....all works nicely to tie off the nest.. In this shot you can see that she has successfully started to unravel the twine....
Art print series “Painted String Bass”. Creating this “aged” painting effect began with a sketch of a standing string bass. Then a series of painterly layers followed. Finally a textured, vintage wall paper effect was added.
Macro Monday - String
A mixture of 3 twine strings and 3 cotton strings, plaited and knotted.
To make it more colourful, using red and blue food colouring, I dyed one each of the types of strings and left one of each its natural colour !!
As I was walking around the rose garden I almost ran in to this spider, made me think he was trying to string me along. :)
This was such a cool location and I was so lucky that I got to take this shot while the weather was so calm that the reflections on the lake were so clear.
Literally, a minute after I took this shot a slight breeze started blowing and made it impossible to get any more reflections in the watter.
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Candid street photography from Glasgow, Scotland. I just love the resulting string of bokeh pearls that match her earring. Enjoy!
Sono per il non detto
per lo spazio in difetto
dimentico le domande
che ricordano risposte
abbasso lo sguardo. Alzo il tiro
al filo di gorgiera che stringe
la fanciullezza nel portagioie
la veggenza della fantasia
dove d’amore la morte muore
nel poco, nel niente
di cose
di poco conto.
Marco Luppi