Friday, May 31, 2013
My House "in the middle of my block, my house"
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Painting Digitally
I took these photos today at my house and then I used Picmonkey to "paint" them digitally. What fun!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Skinny Legs
I love this picture. I took it of my grandson, Liam, in 2007. Titled it "Skinny Legs" because their shirts are so big it makes their legs look like sticks...ha! I mean, can you read those numbers?
Monday, May 27, 2013
Hampton Court Palace
Looking through old photos and came upon these from my trip to England, June 2007. We did not see the inside of the palace but had an extensive tour of the wonderful gardens. I took these pictures with my old Sony point and shoot. I did get some great pictures from that trip.
Agaphantus
Lupine
Lake Windermere, Lake District, Great Britain
Some where in Wales
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Decoration Day
After the Civil War ended, Decoration Day was established as a day to decorated the graves of the war dead with flowers. It gradually changed to Memorial day and was established as an official holiday in 1967 as a day to honor those who died in the service of our country.
The photo above is our city's way of honoring those who died for our country who were from the area. Each flag had a tag with the name and other information about that individual who gave their lives for us. I looked at some of the tags and saw a lot of Vietnam veterans....my generation. By the way, we had a Memorial Day parade...the first in over 5 years. Due to budgetary issues, we were unable to afford a parade and a service was done instead. I understand that fund raising was done to support this year's parade.
Wishing everyone a happy holiday weekend! Remember those who gave their lives in the service of our country.
PS: Look closely at the photo and you can see the wheel of our "gun".....from WWII, I believe.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Friday, May 24, 2013
A Charm ( of American Goldfinches )
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Last Breath of Spring
This weekend, will set up my front porch....bought a beautiful fern at Home Depot to hang. I always feel that when the porch is ready, summer is here. Of course, that isn't always the case when the weather turns cold and wet and the glider is covered. I hope that this year I can sit out and watch my world on Pagel Street go by.
Sitting on this fence, small and with the sun glinting off is a Bluebird.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Graffiti: made in Detroit
We walked around to the outer edge of the market on the service drive. Risking life and limb, we crossed the service drive to get a better angle as the cars went whizzing by. It was all worth it to get great shots of this colorful artwork.
Gratiot Ave. and service drive
Even the dumpsters were interesting
I won't pretend to understand any of this! I can't even read what is written here. All that I know is the art is beautiful, colorful and you could stand for hours looking at all the detail. I love the ladies sitting in the window and my favorite "Detroit Rock City"Sunday, May 19, 2013
Backyard Flowers
Friday, May 17, 2013
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