Chickens 2005
Two barred rock, two buff orpingtons, and one americauna. They belonged to my neighbor. I love the blissed out cooing and chuffing noises happy chickens make while they mooch around looking for food.
Month: April 2015
Redbud
Oldladydog
Frances had her yearly exam today. Everything looks good. However, I walked in to the clinic with an adult dog and walked out with a senior dog. The last time she was in, for a torn meniscus, the orthopedic surgeon commented that her eyes seemed filmy. Like old(er) dog eyes. He was right, so I asked her regular vet for a second opinion. He agreed, and pushed back her birth date to 2007.
I’m not happy about that, but on the other hand, Frances doesn’t care. She’s still bouncing around and raising hell like a puppy. Bullydogs don’t believe in aging gracefully.
More Waiting
As I pulled into the parking lot at work this morning, the rear underside of my car started making an unholy clunking noise. So back to the shop it went. Apparently one of the new brake pins they installed on Friday broke. And this time around, the repair was obviously free, and it was much faster.
Red Onion
This was taken with a +4 macro filter held in front of my phone’s lens. I don’t buy red onions often, because I prefer green for most things. Green onions don’t turn sweet when you cook them. But I couldn’t resist the beautiful purple color of this one, when I was grocery shopping, so it came home with me.
Cyanoprint
Georgia 1946?
This was done with one of those cheap sun print kits. You just lay the negative directly on the paper, cover with plexiglas, expose it in the sun until the paper turns white, then rinse and blot dry. I used one of my grandpa’s negatives. My best guess is that it was taken on his and grandma’s honeymoon.
Unpinned and Broken
I was supposed to go visit my mom this weekend. That did not happen. I got about halfway to Nashville and my car’s brakes started rumbling. Not good. Especially not good when you’re going down a steep, twisty hill, which is the only kind of hill we have around here. So I turned around, came home, and made an appointment for that afternoon to have my car looked at. Turns out, the tiny pin holding one of the brake shoes together um, broke.
Dutiful Ghosts
Dutiful ghosts
tend their scattering
sons and daughters
with mercy and gravity.
As we seek new mysteries
they devour our sorrows.
Thin Mint Taste Test
ABC bakery on the left and Little Brownie bakery on the right. ABC is crispier and has a more complex flavor. It was the hands down winner with coworkers. Yum!
My Porcelain Spine
My porcelain spine
skinned bare
and full of ghosts
tipsy with the truth
of their waxing power
red paper boat 