Day 648 post 2 Working Shed

I have always wanted a picture of this shed. I love the way it's aluminum glows in the morning sun.

Day 648 Poor Dog, actually two of them

I noticed this dog tied up in a desolate area while on my way to work yesterday. I wished I had my camera. She was still there when I left work and I almost stopped to see if she was abandoned but kept going because I thought she might belong to someone working near by. I did bring my camera to work today as I planed on taking her picture if she was still there. She was. So was a larger male pit bull, a pretty blue boy, with a more pleasing personality. It's nice to see they were not abandoned but I am sure they have a rough life.

Day 647 Bell Pepper

Sometime during the late summer my husband and I visited a local nursery. We bought a couple of tomato plants, a couple of green pepper plants and quite a few varieties of chili pepper plants. After planting we were very proud of our fledgling garden. The next day our puppy Smoky dug it all up. I managed to salvage a couple of pepper plants and one tomato plant. We figured we would not get any vegetables from our efforts, but this morning I noticed five peppers growing on one of the plants, and plucked this one which seemed ready. I don't know what kind of pepper it is, but we grew it ourselves. No pesticides. Ready to eat or cook or dice and slice or photograph. After cutting it open... It is a Bell Pepper!

Day 646 Dairy

I actually took this picture Thursday morning. If I was keeping up on this blog it would have been posted then, but considering I am not actively taking a picture a day, it gets posted today, Sunday, three days late.

Day 645 Disney a Half Moon Conure

This is my best effort of trying to get a picture of Disney flying.

Day 644 Flowers

A few days ago my husband brought home a large vase of flowers for our 18th anniversary. Immediately wanted to photograph the tallest flower in the back of the arrangement. I had some free time and was alone, so today was the day. I took the flower out of the large arrangement and put it in a small orange vase I had underneath our kitchen sink. The top picture was how imagined the picture should be. The bottom is probably the better picture.

Day 643 Fred in the Water

I should call this the whenever I feel like it, taking a picture of Disney, and Fred in the water, blog. Today Fred in the water.

Day 642 Disney a Half Moon Conure

Disney took a bath and I was lucky to get a shot.

Day 641 Fred and Smoky

My favorite subject, Fred in the sprinkler. I was taking Fred's picture when he left both the sprinkler and the ball, Smoky not wasting a second, ran in to lay claim to the ball. So I have his picture too!

Day 640 Disney a Half Moon Conure

I spent the day photographing Disney. We had such fun! I have better pictures than this one, but am posting it because I love the expression on his face.

Day 639 Disney a Half Moon Conure

Day 637 Smoky in the Old Turquoise Garage

Day 636 Sunflower and Praying Mantis

I was playing with my dogs out back and took a look at one of the sunflowers I planted earlier this summer, when I noticed a baby praying mantis sitting on the head of one of them. Of course I had to take it's picture, but the lighting conditions were horrendous! I took a picture also of one of the smaller sunflowers just to get a good look at it. I am surprised to find out that all the ruffly stuff I never really paid attention to, were tiny little flowers in the shape of a five point stars. How cool is that! a hundred tiny flowers in the head of one big flower. I can't wait until the head of the largest sunflower is ready to seed so I can bring it inside to photograph with lights.

Day 635 Disney a Half Moon Conure

I bought great stuff today at a farmers market to photograph, but once I got home I decided to photograph Disney. My favorite portrait of him so far.