Tracks (054/365)

TIME: 10:22 PM
PLACE: S. 8th St, between W. Lincoln and W. Harrison street, looking south east at the crossing
SUBJECT: Wet train tracks

This capture, straight out of the cell phone, was a nice surprise.

Keys (214/365)

TIME: 4:24 PM
PLACE: Hardware Store
SUBJECT: Key blanks

We needed some additional house, garage and padlock keys.
Guess who was sent to get them?
~*~*~*~
Can I say I really, really, hate taking photos with my cell phone?
This is out of focus and I hate it.
But it was all I had.

Peeping (079/365)

TIME: 7:15 PM
PLACE:  Five Below
SUBJECT: StellaDella

Stella wanted to go to Five Below to see what they had.
They had a place to take your photo as a Peep bunny.
So glad she is still willing to oblige her mother’s whims.

Electro Freeze (069/365)

Bart: Rough day.  Apu…Pump me a Squishee and don't spare the syrup.
Apu: Oh, perhaps you would like to try an experimental flavor of my own concoction. A delicious Chutney Squishee.
Bart: Oh... okay…
Apu: You can really taste the chutney!
The Simpsons: Season 3, Episode 22, The Otto Show (23 Apr. 1992)

TIME:  6:15 PM
PLACE:  The White Cottage
SUBJECT:  Electro Freeze machine

They opened for the season yesterday.
I’m pretty sure my dad was there when they unlocked the door.

Lights, Camera…I Want!

TIME:  1:48 PM
PLACE:  Estate Sale
SUBJECT:  Movie Light fixture

I hit the 2nd day of an estate sale (50% off you know).
The home looked like an ordinary 50’s tract house from the outside.
But it was pretty sweet on the inside.
This light fixture was in the dining area (note the exposed beams).
It wasn’t for sale.
Bummer.

Quit Teasing Your Sister!

TIME:  1:14 PM
PLACE:  Westhaven Pool
SUBJECT:  DramaQueen

I had to be stealthy while taking this picture.
I sooo wanted to move the Styrofoam cup. 
But then DramaQueen would have known something was going on.
And I had to see her reaction.
I’m a horrible mother.

Testing at the DMV

TIME: 10:16 AM
PLACE:  DMV
SUBJECT:  MonkeyBoy

MB took the written test for his driver’s permit today.

He passed. 

May the Lord have mercy on our souls.

Magic Beans

TIME: 6:24 AM
PLACE:  Work
SUBJECT:  Coffee Beans

These are very important this early in the morning.

Triplets

TIME:  12:55 PM
PLACE:  Effinger’s Garden Center
SUBJECT:  Baby robins

A robin built a nest smack dab in the middle of the annuals of our local garden center.

I was dive-bombed by Mama Robin while taking this photo.

Power (188/365)

TIME:  8:13 PM
PLACE:  By the White Cottage
SUBJECT:  Electric Substation
(taken with cell phone – I hate taking pictures with the cell phone.)

After spending the day sanding and stripping woodwork for the bathroom, I needed ice cream. 
I went to the White Cottage and ate a Concrete with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and chocolate syrup.
It perked me up.

Second Sun (320/366)

TIME:  4:08 PM
PLACE:  Work parking lot
SUBJECT:  Sky

As I left work, I noticed an unusual sight in the sky.  The sun and a 2nd incandescence that you can see to the left of the photo.  Don’t know what it is, some say it is due to Chemtrails, others say it is a sign of the Nibiru Cataclysm.  Looks like we are all doomed.

Bleacher Steps #1 (318/366)

TIME:  8:36 PM
PLACE:  Away Basketball game
SUBJECT:  Looking down the bleacher steps

Away basketball game this evening.  I’ve been seeing the variations in the bleacher steps at all the different schools.  I feel a photo theme coming on.

Fall Field (317/366)

TIME:  9:53 AM
PLACE:  State St. Road
SUBJECT:  Cleared field

We are all off for Veteran’s Day, but MB still had basketball practice this morning.  After I dropped him off, I took this photo.

Twins (308/366)

TIME   7:09 PM
PLACE:  Movies
SUBJECT:  Pa-pa and StellaDella

Pa-pa met up with me, StellaDella and MonkeyBoy for the 7:15 pm 3-D showing of “Wreck-It Ralph” at the downtown movie theater.

View From the Bleachers (299/366)

TIME:  8:09 PM
PLACE:  Junior High
SUBJECT:  Gym

Basketball season has begun.  MonkeyBoy made the 8th great team.  Therefore we will be spending many evenings here in the coming weeks.

Hail, Hail Rock & Roll! (291/366)

"Roll over Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news."

Chuck Berry (American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, b.1926)

TIME:  10:22 PM
PLACE:  The Duck Room, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, MO
SUBJECT:  Chuck Berry
(all taken with cell phone)

When I found out that Chuck Berry still puts on concerts about once a month at Blueberry Hill, I decided I needed to see him while I had the chance.  My Dad and brother Mike joined me.  I wasn’t expecting too much – I mean, the man turns 86 tomorrow (Oct 18th) – but I can honestly say, it was $35 well spent.  He put on a great show.  He was having a good time, so was the audience and he can still play a mean guitar.  Love you Chuck!

Private Screening (286/366)

Homer Simpson: (inside a movie theater) "BORING!"
Lisa Simpson: "Dad, we can't see the movie"
Homer Simpson: "I can't believe we're paying for something we can get on TV for free. If you ask me, everybody in this theater is a giant sucker, especially YOU!”

The Simpsons Movie, 20th Century Fox, 2007

TIME:  8:52 PM
PLACE:  The movies
SUBJECT:  L-R, Brother Mike, Nephew Michael, Niece Brandi, StellaDella, DramaQueen and Dad

We went to the 9:05 pm showing of Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie” and ended up being the only people in the theatre.  We’re special…or we stink and nobody wanted to be in there with us.  Naaah – I’m going with special.

Helped Out By the Husband (275/366)

I love my husband more today than yesterday…yesterday he got on my nerves.

TIME:  Texted to me at 6:27 pm
PLACE:  ??
SUBJECT:  Sunset

Me:  Pretty
HH:  Like you.
Me:  Awwww

Rays of Light (265/366)

TIME:  4:35 PM
PLACE:  Highway on the way home
SUBJECT:  Sun rays

Whenever I see rays like this, I like to believe it's my mom saying "Hi"

Pressed Tin (252/366)

“This world has too low a ceiling for aspiring man!”

J Wallace Hamilton

TIME:  7:31 PM
PLACE:  Downtown
SUBJECT:  Ceiling in ice cream shop

HH had a chicken and beer dance, DQ went to the high school football game, so that left me, MB, SD and our cousin, who was here playing with SD, to figure out something to eat.  We decided to go downtown and eat sushi.  After, we walked down to the ice cream shop and the three younger ones ate some ice cream.  There is balcony seating in the shop.  All the better to admire the original tin ceiling in the space.