Submitted without comment, photos of a coworker’s fake ficus tree all decked out in Easter crap:
Category: Photography
(Not So) Lazy Sunday
Aren’t they sweet when they’re sleeping? It did not last long. I took Harriet’s photo, then a few minutes later, took one of the kittens. A few minutes after that, all hell broke loose, and we are now enjoying high speed races around the living room. Harriet chases the cats, who are in turn chasing each other. The chase ends when the cats fly up their tree and taunt Harriet from its top platform. As soon as Harriet feigns boredom and turns her back, the cats jump down and the the chase is on again. And please don’t waste your time feeling sorry for the poor, wee kittehs. They are the instigators of this particular game.
Miss Brown is an Unhappy Model…
This is what happens when you take photo requests from Kibologists.
I went to Target this morning, where I found OMGTEALDUCTTAPE!!11!!!eleventy-one!1!!! Now, duct tape is a thing of wonderment and beauty all on its own, but when it is also the very best color in the whole world? Perfection.
(No dogs were harmed in the making of this photo. The human, however, had better sleep with one eye open tonight.)
River Hill Cemetery
Betty Pelfree 1935 – 2002
Johnny Bean
Cinthay Harsh 1814 – 1878
I. G. Ashley DC. Oct.
Mary Josephine Dou’t Wm. & M. A. Gibson Born Nov. 16, 1862 Died April 6, 1883
Plain cross grave marker
Lida Wife of R. B. Gwin Born Feb. 21, 1863 Died Nov. 16, 1892
At Rest
Beautiful Day
I went to Owen County, to take photos in River Hill Cemetery. I’ve driven by it thousands of times, but never stopped. It looks pretty small from the road, so my plan was to take a few photos there, then go on to the larger cemetery in town, but when I actually got there, I realized it’s bigger than I thought. It’s also in pretty sad condition. Like Methodist Cemetery in Ellettsville, there are broken headstones that no one has bothered to upright. They’ve been left to sink into the ground.
There were also a few headstones that looked like they were made from concrete. They’re crumbling now, and I wondered if that was a “poor folks” option. Better than a temporary metal marker from the funeral home, but not by much.
Beautiful Skies
We’ve had bright, beautiful skies two days in a row. That may be some sort of record.
Soda Bread
I ended up with stickier-than-usual dough, so it looks a little messier than I’d like, but it’s very tasty. Also easy peasy to make. It took me literally about five minutes, and most of that was spent cleaning my cast iron skillet.
Lula R.
What a difference a couple of years makes.
September 18, 2007
March 15, 2010
Even accounting for the fact that the bright, unidirectional sunlight in the first photo increased legibility, it’s still pretty amazing just how much further damage has been done to this stone in the two years since I first photographed it. It’s going to be completely obscured by lichen before long.
Railroad Crossing
I went back out to Mt. Gilead Cemetery this afternoon. It was not a nice day for tromping around in graveyards. It was chilly and wet and dark. It was good to get out in the fresh air, though. And I was able to find and photograph a grave for someone, so Mission Accomplished!
Rain on Window
It feels like Spring today. The grounds crew were putting out fresh mulch this morning, the birds have been singing their fool heads off, and the daffodils are starting to poke their green shoots out of the ground. And, of course, the rain. It’s a nice sort of rain, though.
red paper boat 