Festive construction site decor

Festive construction site decor, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

Unsual but fun ornaments for the construction site
caught my eye every time I drive past so I made a special trip to go and take a picture not even realizing that I would run right past it on Canada Day.

Jun 29 09 puppy dog eyes

Jun 29 09 puppy dog eyes, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

iphone, toyphone - wire haired dachshund on her way to agility - her eyes really are that beauitful

silver under lilac

silver under lilac, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

my two oldest kids have a thriving house and pet sitting business - this month they are looking after a sunny golden retriever in a shady house. I found this silver pot gleaming softly under one of the many bushes and trees that are in the yard.

Hold these precious moments close

Hold these precious moments close, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

my first ever real baby shoot
beautiful Mama and intoxicating 7 and 1/2 week old
I learned so much!
I am so lucky!!!

Holding Still

Holding Still, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

looking for these moments
and freezing them
while everything else keeps moving

Safe?!?

Safe?!?, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

I doubt I will ever be an out and out fan
there is too much sitting
for too long
but there are moments
that my breath catches
and my camera catches
and the catcher catches
that will keep me coming back
from time to time

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Having my camera with my 70-200mm lens
really does make baseball much more doable for me
but I laugh at myself
when the foul balls pop with crazy high speed into the crowd
and I shriek a little under my breath and then inform my family members
that I full expect them to use themselves as human shields to
keep the canon safe.

here and gone iphone Jun 25 09

here and gone iphone Jun 25 09, originally uploaded by gawdessness.

twenty years ago
popeye pizza
spinach and feta and mozzarella
was the order for our dates
when we could stop looking into each other's eyes
we would look around at the other booths
laugh at the vintage decor
dig for quarters for the slightly
out of place, newfangled cd jukebox
picking the the most insipid and synthesized pop music
to play
and then following that with "oldies" from the sixties and seventies
and laughing at the juxtaposition
over the years we didn't go as often
but still sometimes
and always knew it was there
and would be
because it had been
but now it is not
that land it sits on
that rims the university
is 'valuable'
and PIZZA SPAGHETTI
FULLY LICENSED
is not

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I am often pleased and somewhat astonished by what my iphone can do.