Saturday, June 6, 2009

A little of My photography




My black lab.






An old truck that will someday be mine and a donkey from my mother's farm.










An obnoxious squirrel.






























Flowers from my own garden.

I enjoy dabbling in nature photograpy. Flowers, trees, birds, animals, its all so beautiful. I love the very tops of trees, and big puffy clouds in the blue sky.

Photography

I enjoy dabbling in photography, but I dont have my dream camra yet. Here are some photos I like.



I love photos of the sky. Big stormy clouds and the sun about to go down or come up.
























I think of country wildflowers growing in an empty field...














Great Truths

GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED:

1) No matter how hard you try, you can't baptize cats.
2) When your Mum is mad at your Dad, don't let her brush your hair.
3) If your sister hits you, don't hit her back. They always catch the second person.
4) Never ask your 3-year old brother to hold a tomato.
5) You can't trust dogs to watch your food.
6) Don't sneeze when someone is cutting your hair.
7) Never hold a Dust-Buster and a cat at the same time.
8) You can't hide a piece of broccoli in a glass of milk.
9) Don't wear polka-dot underwear under white shorts.
10) The best place to be when you're sad is Grandpa's lap.

GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED:

1) Raising teenagers is like nailing jelly to a tree.
2) Wrinkles don't hurt.
3) Families are like fudge..mostly sweet, with a few nuts.
4) Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
5) Laughing is good exercise. It's like jogging on the inside.
6) Middle age is when you choose your cereal for the fibre, not the toy.

GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD

1) Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
2) Forget the health food. I need all the preservatives I can get.
3) When you fall down, you wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
4) You're getting old when you get the same sensation from a rocking chair that you once got from a roller coaster.
5) It's frustrating when you know all the answers but nobody bothers to ask you the questions. 6) Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.
7) Wisdom comes with age, but sometimes age comes alone.

THE FOUR STAGES OF LIFE:
1) You believe in Santa Claus.
2) You don't believe in Santa Claus.
3) You are Santa Claus.
4) You look like Santa Claus.

SUCCESS:

At age 4 success is . . . not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is . .. . having friends.
At age 17 s uccess is . having a drivers license.
At age 35 success is . . having money.
At age 50 success is . . having money.
At age 70 success is . .. ... having a drivers license.
At age 75 success is . . having friends.
At age 80 success is .. . not piddling in your pants.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Children's Books

These are some of my favorite books from childhood:

  • Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (1947)

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle (1979)

  • Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (1955)

  • The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, ill. Lane Smith(1989)

  • Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina (1947)

  • The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone, ill. by Mike Smollin (1971)

  • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, ill. Lois Ehlert (1989)

  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - Judy Barrett

  • If You Give a Mouse a Cookie , by Laura Joffe Numeroff.

  • Are You My Mother?, by P.D. Eastman

  • Amelia Bedeliaby Peggy Parrish

  • Ramona the Pest Beverly Cleary

  • Frog and Toad are Friends by Arnold Lobel
  • The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss