As I recently outlined, this little guy is the reason that Lion’s Head Garbage Can can’t be named Crosspatch, even though I suspect that both represent the same children’s book character.
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As Pictured Below: Crosspatch
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged books, childhood, Crosspatch, iPhone, photograph, postaday2011 on February 7, 2011| 1 Comment »
As Pictured Below: Curiosity irritated the cat
Posted in As Pictured Below, Cats, Photographs, tagged cats, Gladys Kravitz, iPhone, neighbors, photography, postaday2011 on January 29, 2011| Leave a Comment »
The construction guys next door were making plenty of noise this week, and Yang’s inquiring mind wanted to know what was going on. Note that in his quest to see down into the yard, he has pressed his head against the glass so hard that his ears are flattened.
I live with the reincarnation of Gladys Kravitz.
As Pictured Below: Rare find
Posted in As Pictured Below, Christmas, Home, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged accessories, animal rescue, cats, Christmas, Christmas tree, collection, decorating, fireplace, golden, Hipstamatic, holidays, home, Huntsville, iPhone, mantel, New Leash on Life, New Leash on Life Marketplace, photograph, sparkly on December 23, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I have a ramshackle collection of holiday decorating accessories — when you don’t put up a tree due to extraordinarily inquisitive cats, you make do with whatever fits on the fireplace mantel. You also don’t buy many new items, since that mantel’s not getting any bigger.
I couldn’t let this golden burst of sparkle sit on the shelf, however, when I found it at the New Leash on Life Marketplace today. Only 25 cents, too, since all Christmas items were half off.
I’m not entirely sure it’s going back in the Christmas box after the holidays are over.
As Pictured Below: Furry weirdness
Posted in As Pictured Below, Home, Huntsville, Photographs, tagged alabama, alice in wonderland, animals, caterpillar, Huntsville, iPhone, photograph, sidewalk, TiltShift Generator, TiltShiftGen, wildlife on December 22, 2010| Leave a Comment »
I found this little guy (or girl) traversing my front sidewalk today. Given the usual behavior of caterpillars and beetles in my front yard, I expect him to be in my kitchen tomorrow morning, ready to scare the sleepy out of me at 5:45 a.m.
He could at least stay for a chat, a la Alice in Wonderland.
As Pictured Below: Bringing the Heat
Posted in As Pictured Below, Home, Photographs, tagged cold weather, favorite things, fireplace, fireplace insert, heat, Hipstamatic, home, husband, iPhone, Presto HeatDish, remodeling, renovations, salad spinner, space heater, TV on December 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »
We were going to spring for a new fireplace insert this year to heat the first floor so we wouldn’t have to move the TV upstairs for the next few months. Turns out that, like so many renovations we attempt to undertake, this one’s going to require a lot more work and money than we had planned on.
Rather than lugging the TV upstairs, however, the husband came home with the
Presto HeatDish Parabolic Electric Space Heater. It is quite simply amazing, putting out enough heat to keep us warm and toasty on the couch. It’s made it onto my list of Favorite Things (it’s kind of like Oprah’s, but with more Apple gadgets and a salad spinner), a list that’s pretty difficult to get on.
As Pictured Below: Jolly Decor
Posted in As Pictured Below, Christmas, Photographs, Travel, tagged Christmas, cold, December, decorations, iPhone, Manhattan, New York, photograph, Rockefeller Center, TiltShiftGen, TiltShiftGenerator, travel, vacation on December 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Freezing near the Rockefeller Center, I ungloved one hand long enough to get this shot, because I knew I just HAD to run it through the TiltShift Generator.
If I make any more trips to Manhattan in December, I’m getting a pair of those iPhone-friendly gloves.
As Pictured Below: The Groove Maker
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, tagged iPhone, Mardi Gras, photograph, toys on November 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
As Pictured Below: Fright Night
Posted in Eats, Photographs, tagged candy, Halloween, holidays, husband, iPhone, jack-o'-lantern, Photographs, Pumpkins, Snickers on October 31, 2010| 1 Comment »
I couldn’t decide whether this image was scarier in black and white or color, so I posted both versions. Calluna pointed out that the jack-o’-lantern seems to be giving a “death stare” to the fallen leaves. It’s always fun when somebody else finds something funny or poignant in one of your photos that you didn’t notice.
I’m off to buy the bag of emergency candy that my husband claims we have to keep on hand, just in case we get trick-or-treaters after three years of coming up empty. Methinks somebody has a craving for tiny Snickers.
As Pictured Below: TiltShift Atlanta
Posted in As Pictured Below, Photographs, Travel, tagged apps, Atlanta, bridge, Coca-Cola, Coke, iPhone, Mexican Coke, miniaturizing, photo effects, photograph, photography, TiltShift, toy train, train, train set on October 26, 2010| 1 Comment »
I had purchased the TiltShift Generator app last year after seeing some inspiring photographs on SevenDead, but I never seemed to find the right subject for its miniaturizing effects.
Finally, I saw this scene while crossing a bridge in Atlanta last week and had to stop. The app did just what I expected it to, making the scene look like an elaborate toy train set. Then I had a Mexican Coke. In Atlanta. Where they make regular Coke. But that’s another story for another post.
A Quick Trip to the Bat Cave
Posted in Photographs, Travel, tagged alabama, bats, batyaking, canoe, caves, Guntersville Dam, iPhone, kayaking, Lake Guntersville, North Alabama, Sauta Cave, TiltShiftMaker, Toy Camera on July 6, 2010| 2 Comments »
We finally made it to Lake Guntersville to see the bats emerging from Sauta Cave at dusk last weekend. We missed the group “batyaking” trip due to the husband working overtime, but since we had been waiting for nearly a year to see these bats (they only do their massive-flight thing during the summer), we dutifully loaded our kayak onto the truck and headed to the Guntersville Dam, where we schlepped the boat down a rocky pathway to the water.
Immediately, I realized why the batyakers make their trip in a big group on a Friday night: We were the only kayakers in a huge gathering of power boats ending their Saturday boating (on a holiday weekend, no less) with a trip to the bat cave.
And how much do I love saying “bat cave”?
The power boaters were the most polite boaters I’ve ever encountered, however, so we really had no worries mingling among them. The trip from the launching point at the dam to the bat cave (heh) took about 15 minutes at full kayaking speed; we got there at about 7:50 p.m.
We didn’t see any bats until around 8:15, when we started noticing them swooping around the boats like little X-wing fighters. No pics, because it was nearly dark when they emerged and they moved so fast that I didn’t even know where to aim the camera.
After about 30 minutes of action, the bats seemed to be finished, or maybe it was so dark we just couldn’t see them anymore. We kayaked back to the launching point in the dark, which was kind of scary yet awesome, and reloaded the kayak.
This is definitely must-see entertainment for North Alabamians with a canoe, kayak or other boat.
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