Polly says, “WTFBBQ?!”
Henry says, “Is it food?”
I found tie-dye duct tape at Target, so of course, I had to buy a roll. They also had it in plaid.
Month: May 2010
The Girls
Polly McFattyPants
Henry Sharkopotamus
Sleepyhead
Harriet’s breath got kind of (okay, really) stinky a couple of months ago. I was going to schedule her for a dental cleaning, but it occurred to me that she hadn’t been chewing on her bones lately. I hunted around and found one under the couch and one at the bottom of her toy box. I dug them out, primed one with peanut butter, and she immediately set to chewing. Her teeth aren’t back to normal yet, but they’re much better. Hopefully she’ll get them in shape on her own, because at her age, I really don’t want to have to have her anesthetized unless it’s absolutely necessary.
I can’t believe I didn’t notice that she’d lost her chewy bones! I feel terrible. Poor puppy!
More Raindrops
You don’t usually see photos looking into the center of an iris, so I thought I’d take more of them. And because we’ve had more (and more and more and more and more) rain, there are more raindrops.
Columbine
One of the maintenance guys brought me a couple of columbine plants. I don’t know what kind yet, but he said he thought they were the typical pointy-ended variety. I put them in the ground last night, and they seem to be perky today, so hopefully they’ll be happy and will bloom this season. They’re still pretty small, so it’ll be awhile. In the meantime, this is a top-down shot of the Rose Barlow columbine that’s taking over the end of one of my beds.
And an Instant Review: Seido Case for BlackBerry Phones
Love! I got one of their semi-hard cases, the Innocase 360. The plastic is stiff but flexible, with a matte surface that’s grippy and feels nice to the touch. It comes in two pieces and snaps together. There’s a built-in screen protector and keyboard cover. Both fit tightly, and if anything, the keyboard cover makes typing even easier.
A Dark Mark
Last summer, I took a photo of an itty bitty smudge on the window outside my cubicle. It’s still there.
A Dark Mark, August 2009
A Dark Mark II, May 2010
Baby Crow
I heard a flutter of flapping wings, then angry squawking, and when I looked out the window of my cubicle, I saw this little guy. A fledgling crow! I’ve never seen one before. He was righteously angry and very cute.
Raindrops on Irises
My favorite weather guy who screwed up Saturday’s forecast? He actually wrote a blog post to apologize for getting it wrong. As if he were the only one. Weather.com and our NBC affiliate were incorrect, too, but you won’t find either of them apologizing for it. This is why he’s my favorite weather guy.
In the meantime, the flowers are really enjoying all the rain. Me, not so much. A tree fell on a neighbor’s house (no wind, just super saturated ground), and I’m pretty sure a transformer also blew. We were without electricity for a few hours this afternoon. Yuck.
Concrete and Bumblebees
Kevin-Lee Scroughan 1960-60 GS
This was yet another homemade concrete grave marker.
Fieldstone Grave Marker
I’ve seen lots of blank fieldstone markers–just hunks of uninscribed, raw rock–but I’ve never, ever seen this sort of criss-cross pattern incised on a headstone before. I don’t know if it was preliminary to an inscription that was never made. If so, it would be unusual, as none of the other fieldstone markers in this cemetery were inscribed.
Gilbert West Married Roda Laman March 20, 1869 Died April 30, 1906
This is the first time I’ve seen a man’s headstone inscribed in this way, with his wife’s name. Usually it’s the woman whose headstone says “Wife of…” Fabulous!
Brown / Marion Lee 1862-1930 / Lourena 1864-1930 / Paul 1901-1930
I wonder what happened to this family, that killed them all at the same time.
Bumblebees on Multiflora
It was bright and sunny while I was at the cemetery, but as I was driving home, I noticed the sky in the west had darkened. I got home just before it started to rain. The weatherman had promised that Saturday would be nice, BUT HE LIED!
Lanam Ridge Cemetery
Lanam Ridge Cemetery, Yellowwood State Forest, Brown County, Indiana
Fieldstone Grave Marker
Peony
Bumblebee
Grave Marker with Geodes
I know that lens flare is a bad thing, but it’s so pretty. It’s like sparkly fairy lights.
It was a beautiful morning for a drive in the country, but it’s a good thing I got started fairly early, because despite the fact that the weather guy said it was supposed to be nice out today, I could see rain clouds gathering in the west as I was driving home. So, I timed it perfectly, I guess.
Millipede
I went to pick up the cat I’m sitting for, to take him for his weekly sub-q fluid treatment at the vet. When I got there, this little guy was trucking across the garage floor. He was moving surprisingly fast, so I couldn’t get a good close-up with all of him in the frame. Or in focus, for that matter. I grabbed a piece of cardboard, to block his way and force him to turn around, so that I’d have another chance to get his picture before he disappeared into a pile of junk, but I accidentally touched him with it. He immediately curled up in a pinwheel, which was kind of cool.
red paper boat 