Hello Friends.
I hope that your weekend is off to a good start.
I am in the middle of sewing a baby quilt and I and about 2/3 done. The next part is the fun part for me when I get to quilt it.  That means sewing all the pretty spirals and curls the bind the top, middle puffy fabric, and backing. All that practice "Zentangling" has paid off.

This Saturday's challenge for the SMILE ON SATURDAY group was "Funny Art".  Here is the photo that I posted on FLICKR yesterday.  I took this photo at the Marietta's Museum of Art and Whimsy.  This museum is located in Sarasota, Florida.  The photo was taken in the women's bathroom, there is art everywhere!  

Have a good day, all.
Do you remember the nursery rhyme, THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE?

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Good Day All. A beautiful blue sky, light wind day in South Dakota! 
The little house on the prairie, not the real one in DeSmet, SD from the book. Just saw this along the road and had to photograph it.

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Good day to all.

A common flower here in SoCal and a favorite subject for me is the misnamed African Lily (a misnomer because it's not a lily). This one was taken three mornings ago...

   

Chickens have not laid an egg all week.....maybe they are too old?  Time to get some new chicks, I guess. We call them peeps!  This one is molting......


   

I think human hands are are fascinating (and an example of the clever and efficient solutions that adaptations that evolution can create). Over the years I've tried now and then to photograph hand, but never had much success. I decided to try again last week, but lacked a model. Do you know hard it is to photograph one of your own hands? Even harder if it's your dominant hand, which can increase the problems caused by hand tremors.

As with my past attempts, this one wasn't a resounding success. But Here's one that turned out not too bad...

   

I wish you all a good week.

Greetings all. Yesterday was a miserable day here, weather wise. Rained all day with temps in the mid 40's F. Starting out that way today, but is supposed to stop by mid morning and perhaps a little sun later. I really wanted to take the new camera out yesterday, but might try to this afternoon. Of course I will get a chance tomorrow to photograph 2 of our grandsons as they compete in the state wrestling tournament.

I took these two photos in Texas. First is a Hispid Cotton Rat and I believe the tern is a Forster's Tern.

Hope all have a good weekend.

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Spotted yesterday morning on one of my walks around the neighborhood.

I suspect this daffy found its own way here - it seems to be in a spot where nobody would have intentionally planted it...

   

Natalie - notice that I was paying attention.

Good morning all. A little cooler here this morning than yesterday but still not bad.

A few more from the Panama Canal trip. Photo 3 is not the best, but I found it interesting. Apparently some type of insect eggs, but very small and I didn't have the best lens for a close up shot.

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Happy Hump Day everyone. It promises to be a nice day here today and I plan on uncovering the motorbike in a bit and taking a little ride. It is already about 66F so it will be perfect weather.

PSA: I am thinking about removing any members that have not posted in 6 months or more. I figure if it has been that long then that member is probably lost interest.

Here are a few more images from Texas. And yeah, I still haven't gotten to mat adjusted yet...

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Good day to you all.

I chose to produce a floral image that wasn't dark; this is another taken 2024/02/21, a morning when the rains finally stopped, everything was clean, the light was wonderful, and the colors pure...

   

I FINALLY got my broken Nikon lens back. Cost $279 but it appears to be as good as new.