“The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?”
Jef I. Richards (US advertising professor)
TIME: 8:49 PM
PLACE: Home
SUBJECT: Paper towels
Some days (yesterday) you have so many photos you can’t choose just one to post.
Some days (today) you have no freaking clue what you are going to take a photo of for the day.
Hence…a paper towels picture.
“The difference between a man and a boy is, a boy wants to grow up to be a fireman, but a man wants to grow up to be a giant monster fireman.”
Jack Handy (American Writer and cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1991-2003. Famous for his Deep Thoughts comedy sketches.)
TIME: 12:23 PM
PLACE: Missouri History Museum
SUBJECT: DramaQueen, StellaDella & MonkeyBoy
I told the kids not to eat any breakfast this morning and at 10:30 we arrived at Crown Candy Kitchen to partake in a Heart Stopping BLT.
StellaDella enjoyed it.
My son uttered these immortal words - ”I can now die without any regrets.”
We then went to the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.
One of the current exhibits was “Fire! Friend and Foe” That is where they stuck their heads in the photo prop and MB tried on a much-too-small fireman’s costume. They also sat around a (pretend) campfire and (pretended) to roast hotdogs and marshmallows and play a ukulele.
A successful summer field trip!
“I put that x*$% on everything.”
Frank’s RedHot slogan. © 2012 Reckitt Benckiser LLC.
TIME: 10:32 PM
PLACE: Kitchen
SUBJECT: Frank’s bottle and tater tots
MonkeyBoy’s tater tots were hot both temperature & taste-wise. Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for his baseball team this evening. They lost.
Red and black bug on yellow
Waving in the breeze
I should have used my tripod.
Haiku by Sujomi
TIME: 7:29 PM
PLACE: Front yard
SUBJECT: Milkweed bug
A quick post this evening – I liked the contrast of the red and black milkweed bug on the yellow flower.
Raspberry Facts:
* The raspberry is a member of the rose family and a bramble fruit like the blackberry
* Raspberries have a hollow core.
* Raspberries are known as "aggregate fruits" - they are composed of smaller seed-containing fruits, called drupelets, that are arranged around a hollow central cavity.
TIME: 7:35 PM
PLACE: Back yard
SUBJECT: Raspberries
I had pruned the raspberry bush all the way down to the ground last fall as it had grown out of control. That thing came back with a vengeance. I was thinking that we wouldn’t have any berries this year because I cut it all back. I was wrong.
“The good guest is almost invisible, enjoying him or herself, communing with fellow guests, and, most of all, enjoying the generous hospitality of the hosts”
Emily Post (American authority on social behaviour, 1872-1960)
TIME: 9:30 PM
PLACE: My brother’s kitchen
SUBJECT: Bug
We were at my nephew Michael’s high school graduation party this evening. This bug flew in and landed on the ceiling fan pull-chain. I was lucky to get a steady shot…my niece Shayne Marie kept poking me while I was trying to take the picture. That’s ok – I got her back. The bug fell on the counter and as she was leaning in to take a closer look, I goosed her on the back of the neck and made her jump a mile high. I’m a mean Aunt like that.
Nigel: Temper, temper. Now come along, my dear. We're going to a parade. And everybody loves a parade!
Rio, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, 2011.
TIME: 8:13 PM
PLACE: Main Street
SUBJECT: DramaQueen & friends
(taken by HandsomeHusband as he went by)
The big annual Shriner’s parade went down this evening. HH drove his Corvette and MB rode shotgun along the route. DQ was stuck with babysat SD and my nephew and niece as my sister and I decided we would rather go out to eat and have a few beers together. Around 10 o’clock, we made our way to where they were sitting and caught the end of the parade. It’s always a long one.
