165. I HATE THEM, I REALLY HATE THEM

on the same bench as the image in the entry below this one...

I REALLY HATE THEM

i can only imagine the author of this is referring to the couple talking about loving each other 4ever. 

i also think park benches are a great way of communicating. i might start corresponding on the benches...

163, 164: FOREVER EVER?

4 EVA

this was on a park bench at my office. i have no idea what the Japanese part says.

162. ATOYOT

Does anyone remember the video for Roam by the B-52s? there was a picture of a Toyota in it, but the film must have been backwards or something because it said ATOYOT on it. obviously, it struck me as both funny and memorable.

ATOYOT

161. BIG PIPES

i like circles.

PIPES

160. BRYAN, DAHLIA and DEX and ME and ROMY

GREAT FALLS 08

we took the dogs to their first great falls trip. it felt kind of weird to me, since the last time we went was with Romy. It is a year today that she passed away and i still miss her all the time. but i love Dex and Dahlia, and that helps a lot.

ME AND ROMY 07

159. TIME

TIME

i actually chose this one over the non-blurry one...it looked a little more surreal...

157, 158: BALCONIES

156. JESUS IN N.O.

NEW ORLEANS JESUS

although i am not complaining about my travels this year, the one tradition i am kind of bummed about is our yearly new orleans trip. things just haven't really lined up, so i was looking through some of my old photos today and decided to post a few...

155. LET ME IN

I'M READY TO COME IN NOW

Dahlia doesn't pose, or she would get more pictures...

154. TIME TO CLEAN THE GUTTERS

TIME TO CLEAN THE GUTTERS

list

i am working on a photo list and will have some new stuff up soon!

153. SPEEDY

FLYIN' THROUGH

152. CHECKING IN...

this is like the 5th one...

BUT NEVER CHECKS OUT...

i used to have a problem killing these dudes...alas...no more. i mean, i know a dude has got to eat, but not in my house.

151. BIKER

i saw this cool cat on his bike the other day while coming back from artomatic. he actually kinda came out of nowhere and his bike was really loud, so i took his picture. through my window, so it looks a little fuzzy.

BIKER

149, 150: HDR ROSES

this is my first foray into HDR imaging. unfortunately, the wind kept moving the flower, so i will have to figure out something to shoot that is a little more stable...and i have to figure out how to keep the shutter (and my crazy caffeine hands) to keep the camera from shaking when i actually take the pics...

145, 146, 147, 148: ROSE AT NIGHT

NIGHT TIME ROSES

so of course my lens was a little dirty...i might mess around and try this again some other night, but i think i got most of the scubbies off of the pics. damn scubbies. and the last two i muted the color a little...

i am really starting to get the hang of using my camera and playing around with the different functions. i think that is why i am doing this 365 thing, just so i get out there at least once a week and play around.

144. GHOSTY

so i don't know how well this will show up, but i played around with my camera last night, and because i know what i am looking for, i can see it, but i don't know if it will be obvious to people who don't know what they are looking for...so i will post the blown up shot too...(just shut up and post the pics, jt.) click on it to make it bigger!

GHOSTY

143. (EVEN) MORE ART

i really liked this dudes (or dudettes) stuff...i like dark things and sort of scary things which is weird cause i am so happy and chipper. maybe it is sort of a balance or something.

DARK AND COOL

142. ONION

this was in our "fruit and veggie" basket. bryan tried to throw it away and i was all "what? are you crazy?"

ONION

141. SHELL SAMMIE

SHELL SAMMIE

this was a sandwich made out of shells. the artist made all sorts of food things out of shells, and they totally looked good enough to eat!

wow, i totally just sounded cheesy.

140. SPIRALS

SPIRALS

also, i want to get a blowtorch and start doing these huge industrial sculptures. i need to get my ass up and start making art! the tock is clicking!

ok, i totally wrote the tock is clicking and meant to write "the clock is ticking," obvs. 

139. MORE ART

BIG EYES

usually, paintings of people with big eyes scare the crap out of me, but this chick (or dude maybe) had some pretty cool stuff. i took a bunch of cards and flyers, but still need to go through them. once i do that, i will start linking to the artists.

133, 134, 135, 136, 137 and 138: ARTOMATIC LETTERS (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green Blue and Purple)

RED

ORANGE

YELLOW

GREEN

BLUE

PURPLE

132. ARTOMATIC ART

ART

i probably should have written down the names of the people who did the art...i'll get that when i go again. As you can tell, my style and what i like runs a little towards the odd...

131. MMC at the AOM

MARTI and OBAMA

artomatic ROCKED. hopefully heading back again (a few times) to see whatever i might have missed. i am absolutely doing it next year, or the year after or whatever.

130. RED CHAIN

BIG RED CHAIN

129. BENCH

BENCH

i think i may have accidentally gotten some bird dookie in the picture.

128. LEAF

ROAD LEAF

127. LETTERS

LETTERS ON A HYDRANT

126. WENDY'S CAR

WENDY'S CAR

124. SLIT

i am doing picture 124 over, cause the drawing was so old school and kind of a cop out.

SLIT

doesn't that seem like a dirty word??? i think it must mean something else, but everyday i see it, i kind of blush a little! as you may be able to tell, i was driving while i took the picture. wow, i am a safe driver.

125. 5'1

5'1

i brought my camera to work today and saw nothing of consequence...well, that isn't true. the one time i wasn't stuck in traffic i saw a sign i thought was funny, but i was moving and didn't get to my camera in time. but while i was stuck in traffic, i took this picture.

i need to walk more so i can take pictures.

124. FACE

FACE

i need to reinstall photoshop...but in the meantime, here is a drawing i did in my freetime, then played around with it and made it all dotty. an if this face didn't have eyes, i would totally use it for the photochallenge. well, maybe not. 

123. GYPSY

GYPSY

has anyone else noticed an abundance of gypsy moth caterpillars? 

NEW PHOTO CONTEST

The magic bag of photo subjects has declared that my next two subjects are "EYES WITHOUT A FACE" and "SHADOW".

curses. the eyes without a face one was mine (ROCK ON BILLY IDOL!) but now i have to think. i hate thinking. and i still need to do "FALSE ALARM".

122. MORE MONKEY

MONKEY ON THE TABLE

i am hitting the end of my favorite CR pics, so i will have to get off my ass and take some more pics soon...