June 30, 2011

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My kids are visiting from Indiana so expect to be subjected to pics of them this week and next! lol! This is Jonah in his new Bass Pro cap.

 

June 29, 2011

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Mother and child...

June 28, 2011 Daylily

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June 27, 2011

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June 26, 2011

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The Hemingway Restaurant at Bass Pro in Springfield, MO, is gorgeous! The food was good too!

June 24, 2011

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June 23, 2011 Collin & Oreo

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Collin with his buddy, Oreo.

June 22, 2011

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Rocky, playing in the backyard.

Stormtrooper

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Playing with some Star Wars action figures in my son's room...I couldn't think of anything else! lol!

 

I took this one on my phone just before leaving work today...the clouds were so beautiful!

High Key Cicada

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I spied this cicada in a web...well kinda. It was suspended by each wing...I whitened out the background (which was white siding) and amped the detail for this look in Lightroom...sharpened and resized in Photoshop.

Pretty in Pink

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I love summer blooms!
06-19-11

Deer Skull 06/18/11

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A friend of my son's found this deer skull this week...it has been scaring my dachshunds every time they go outside! It's kinda funny.

Coneflower

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The first coneflower or echinacea bloom of the summer in may 'special' colors. ;) Taken with 50mm lens f/2, 1/2000 sec, ISO400 and processed in Lightroom.

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Found this bumblebee on some lamb's ear today.

Tuesday, June 14th

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Grandma Oreo

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Our dalmation, Oreo or Grandma Oreo to some, sitting by my computer this afternoon and I just happened to have my camera...and I needed a daily pic. Oreo is fourteen this summer...we think. She came to us in about Dec 2007 and the vet guest she was about six months at that time. She was pregnant too and had thirteen pups not long after her arrival...two of which died not long after birth. Oreo was abused and wouldn't let a male come within close distance of her for some time. Her eyes are full of cataracts now, she has trouble hearing and holding her bladder (among other things)...doesn't get around too well most days either.

Over the years she has been a good dog who has loved her family greatly! =)

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Yucca Blooms

 

I LOVE the color in both of these pics! I've been pretty sick the last three days so when I went outside for inspiration, I found that my yucca had bloomed...here are the results. I used my new 85mm 1.8 lens which I pretty much LOVE!! lol!

Thursday, June 9th

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The rose bush is on the downward slide as far as blooming goes. I still think they look pretty in the old fashioned type view.

Through the window

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Playing with some focusing in this one...just wanted to do something different.

Shiny Things

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Our little pine tree in the backyard.

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A tiny oak tree.

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Cicada in the nymph stage...all beedy eyed and white.

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