293/365 Begins With "P"

"Playing With Mrs. Pota….Pumpkin Head"

I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.

- Henry David Thoreau -

I love this man!  How can you not when he speaks such wisdom?  I guess this means that he would not have been interested in sharing that 10x10 cabin in the woods with me.  

292/365 Golden

'A Golden Day at the Fair"

It was a beautiful fall day (finally!) and we went to the state fair.  I didn't take as many pictures as I would have liked and very few of the ones I did take had anything golden in them.  The truth is, most of the things at the State Fair of Texas that come anywhere near being golden are that way as the result of being deep fried.  I am happy to say that we consumed no deep fried, or any other, food at the fair.  If we had, today's photo may well have been of a funnel cake!

I did spot this one tree that had bought into the notion that it really is fall.  The building with the golden cap was a nice bonus.  I didn't notice the Texas flag when I was shooting tho photos, but I like it in the frame because, well, we were at the Texas state fair.

I took a few more pictures that may be worth posting, but we went to a party tonight as well and I haven't had time to even look at all of the day's photos.

291/365 Patience

"Technical Patience"

I have patience with a lot of things, but technology is not one of them.  I want my phone, the technology at school and my computer at home to work how I want it all how I want it to work and when I need it to work.  When technology does not perform as I expect it should, I become frustrated very quickly.  Weber is just the opposite.  He will spend hours trying to find out exactly what is wrong and what to do to fix it.

Lately my computer at home is either suffering from severe emotional trauma, probably because of the expectations I have placed upon it, or it is just plain possessed.  Before we tried an exorcism, Weber ran some diagnostics and repairs to see if he could get it to behave properly.  I am happy to say that so far, after thirty minutes or so of use tonight, there ain't no misbehaving'.  I am keeping my fingers crossed!

I am so thankful for Weber's patience with this kind of stuff!

290/365 Different Angle

"Ode to the Laundry Basket"

My brain is fried - I've had way too many things pulling me in way too many different directions lately. You know you are in trouble when you wonder what it would be like to live at the bottom of the laundry basket, where people are constantly tossing their dirty clothes at you.  You know its time to call a professional when you are determined to figure it out!  

You know you are curious too!

If you live with someone who wears colorful socks (and does their laundry regularly), living in the laundry basket could be kind of cool!

289/365 Forgotten

"Corner Store"

As is always the case on Wednesdays, my time for accomplishing the daily photo is very limited.  The thing that came to mind (and that was convenient because it is on the way to choir rehearsal) was this empty corner store.  It sits on a fairly busy corner, but it houses no businesses.  The more I thought about the notion of the building being forgotten, I realized that this corner store is symbolic of something much bigger that has truly been forgotten - the small, mom and pop, independent and locally owned shops and stores that used to be the mainstay of every town in this country.  Most of them are gone now because they can't compete with the big box stores and Internet commerce.  If the United States still relied on these kinds of businesses, nearly ten times more people would be employed than are now because so much of the work in the big stores is automated thus displacing the human worker.  It all comes down to how cheaply can the big guys get things done so that more money ends up in the pockets of CEO's.  I think what we have really forgotten is the value of human beings.

288/365 Creepy

"Not So Creepy"

I learned today that photographing creepy is definitely not my forte.  I always consider it a good day when I learn something new.

287/365 Around the Corner

"Around"

The intended goal for today was to focus on roads or paths and their leading lines.  I figured I would take a walk on my favorite walking path that is not far from home.  It has a lot of foliage and often nice reflections in the water.  I walked along a took a few photos from various spots, but nothing felt right.  I don't know if this was because the skies were gray and overcast, weather which I really do love, or just that I was just plain tired.  This particular park has a lovely seating area that overlooks the water.  In the middle is a huge tree with a circular bench around its trunk.  Today I was fascinated with the lines and curves in the bench.  And, that sort of fit the prompt.  It did!  Sort of…if you use your imagination!  The photo is kind of abstract but I like it.  

Then there is the path itself...

"Rounded Corners"