Masquerade

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"Everyone has a 2am and a 2pm personality. 

I'm more interested in the monster you 

become at 2am rather than the human being

you pretend to be at 2pm."

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Not interesting or effective because of being used too often : not fresh or original...(My WORST nightmare)

So...

I once had one of my professors (not a photography one) tell me that my photos were "trite".  I should never take photos of puppies, kittens, balloons, babies, flowers or other animals.  (Glad to know I wasted all of that time, money and effort on my BFA in Photography)

Hmm...

Well...here are some more of my "trite" photos of the dreaded flowers...

I'm a rebel.  What can I say?

(This bug looks kinda fake...)

I took this photo from the front seat of my dad's car...from pretty far away.  I was trying to get the raindrops which looked like diamonds draped through the pine needles.  This is another one of those happy accidents...if you look closely you can see the gossamer web woven through the needles.

We also happened upon these headstones in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.  I go to a LOT of cemeteries, but I think this is the first headstone I have seen of someone who fought in the Revolutionary War.  Pretty cool!

I did some research and found out that there are even older graves.  Richard Stockton's (1739-1810) is the oldest marked grave in the cemetery.  I'll have to look for him next time we're up there.

'Cause the truth you might be runnin' from is so small...

So...

This past week the All-Star Game was played here in Cincinnati.  I happened to see the blimp one afternoon and I realized that I know where they park it at night - Lunken Airport!  So, Pappy and I had a little photo safari (along with breakfast at my new favorite place - Krispy Kreme) and made a morning of it.  Here are some photos of what we saw.

Nightcrawler...

"And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough..."

Ok...

The other morning on my way home from work, I happened to see this crazy looking shrub out of the corner of my eye.  I actually whipped into a driveway and turned around to go back.  Holy crap...it's called the "Golden Hour" of light for a reason.  Needless to say, I ended up shooting over 100 photos of the dew on the delicate flowers.  I really wish I had a couple of L Series lenses.   My 40mm Pancake lens isn't too shabby but, oh, what I could do with some nice glass...

Sorry...I couldn't choose....again.

"Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven, Like the first dewfall on the first grass." ~Cat Stevens

Well...

Dew drops...

I actually passed this on my way home and turned around... 

Open your eyes to the world around you.  It is truly astounding.

Cleaning up my desktop...

Ok...

These are a couple of random photos I still had sitting on my desktop.  One of them is from April (I have no idea why it hasn't been posted yet).

Flower Power...

Stargazer Lilies...STINKIEST flower in the world.  Anyone who tells you differently is lying.  Through their teeth.

When my brother Adam got married, his wife chose Stargazer Lilies for her bouquets and my mom was the one who did her wedding flowers.  Emily was one of the bridesmaids so she brought home her bouquet and had it in a vase on the dining room table.  The day before, someone had given a German Chocolate Cake to my dad, which also happened to be sitting on the table...right next to the bouquet.  Well, unbeknownst to us, German Chocolate Cake is an excellent absorbent material.  I was so happy to be having a big hunk of cake for my breakfast!!  I cut my hunk and was standing in the kitchen when I forked a huge piece into my mouth,  GAH!!  Never in my life have I EVER stood over a garbage can and had all 4 fingers in my mouth removing chocolate cake.  Stargazers smell horrible...and taste even worse!!  I honestly can't remember if I have tried to eat German Chocolate Cake since then.  Ruined me forever.

Well...nevertheless...they are beautiful.

We also have Montbretia growing but I wish there were more plants.  It's gorgeous.

 And Anna presses all the buttons...

Doh!!