Skyline

This is the San Diego skyline, as viewed from Coronado Island, at night!

CUTE

My very favorite animal is an alligator. I bought these at a VERY neat store called, "Mary's Secret Garden." Aren't they cute together!

GLOW

WIN

My son's little league trophy from when their team won first place!

GLASS

These are antique salt & pepper shakers I begged my mom for until she gave them to me. (Thanks Mom!) The tops are really ornate - they're quite beautiful - I picked this shot because you could see through the "glass" to the background.

DRAWER

A wonderful library card catalog file that my Aunt Cindy gave me. (Which obviously needs dusted! Sorry!)

TEDDY BEAR

I just bought this bear from a 96 year old woman who attends our church. She made the clothes to dress the bear and was selling it to raise money to buy her grandchildren Christmas presents. Isn't she darling?

LACES

These are my boots for when we go out to the desert to ride our motorcycles! (Well, I ride a quad.)

FROSTY

It snowed here this weekend! I've only seen snow maybe a handful of times my whole life. It snowed about 12 miles up the mountain from our place...

S.O.S. (Show Off Sunday)

My favorite picture from this week.

CELEBRATE

This is the view from my back door. I know this is a dark picture - that's because it's POURING rain. It NEVER rains here - well, almost never. Rainy days are my favorite!!! I totally wish I could call in sick today, stay home, curl up on the sofa with a quilt and a good book, a cup of coffee, and have all my curtains open to enjoy the view. Instead, I'll go to work - and open my blinds there to enjoy the view. Anyhow...rain is my reason to CELEBRATE today!

CARD

This is not the card I'm sending out to everyone, but I thought I'd share them with some friends. I thought it was especially cute because the little dog reminds me of my dog, Hanna. The inside reads: So when does the eat and drink part begin? Happy Holidays!

CHRISTMAS

A little corner in my office.

CHILLY

A "chilly" glass of iced espresso with creme!

COZY

Here's a picture of my dog, Hanna, she comes to work with me sometimes. She has a bed & blanket that stays here at the office. I don't think she appreciated me waking her from her nap for this shot - she sure was cozy!

SOS (Show Off Sunday)

This is a beautiful potted plant in front of my friend Johanna's house. I just loved the colors on this and couldn't resist taking a picture!

SPS (Self-Portrait Saturday)

SOFT

My wonderfully soft, fuzzy, slippers my mom gave me a couple of years ago for Christmas.

BRISTLES

SMOOTH

This horse clock is on our Pastor's desk. He's had it for years and just loves it. It is very smooth to the touch.

ROUGH

An old piece of driftwood in my front yard.

WET

For whatever reason Blogger won't let me upload a photo that has a frame and text on it. I started trying at about 7:30 this morning and have finally given up. So what you get today is my "Wet" photo...as is.

GRAIN

This is a shot of my old beat up picnic table outside. This photo is not B&W - that's just how faded (and dirty) she is.

ALLEY

This is a picture of the alley behind our church. Not really exciting, but clean anyway!

SPS (Self-Portrait Saturday)

MINITURE

I know my settings were way off on my camera here, but I kind of like how it turned out anyway. This is a little miniature angel ornament. I don't normally collect things like this, but I went to see a friend of mine in the hospital and stopped by the gift shop on my way in. I saw this unassuming little angel there with her "Live a Good Life" stamp. I immediately thought of my friend who was the most giving person I believe I've ever met. I bought this then, knowing I would keep it as a reminder of my friend Ray, and the example of "live a good life" he gave us all.

COLLECT

I love magazines and by them by the dozens it seems. Each month I have a new "collection". They mainly consist of Scrapbooking, Photography and gossip mags.

ANXIOUS

I had an appointment with the "Infectious Disease Specialist" today. I must admit, I was quite anxious. It sounded scarier than it was though! :-)

CONFUSED

My beautiful sister - with her favorite seasonal drink - Cranberry Margarita!

EXCITED

A peek inside my son's Trick-or-Treat bag!

SAD

The word for today is "Sad" and we were supposed to capture this feeling without using a human to express it. This is my side yard, and blown down fence, the winds really tore things up around our place. It looks sad - and when I look at it I feel sad. We'll hopefully be getting things back in order this week. *Feel free to click on the photo to enlarge the details.

DUSTY

Catching up - this was the word for March 2nd. I love old buildings!

GREEN

CROCKERY

My Grandma bought me this set of dishes when I got married - still love 'em.

AUTUMN

This was the only tree with ANY color other than green on it between my house to my son's highschool to my work. (This is in the back lot of the church.) I'm so grateful it was there though - isn't she a beauty! I just love fall colors!

S.O.S.

S.O.S. stands for Show Off Sunday. We pick a random photo we took, and liked, and post it. This was from vacation and I just love it.

BLADE

MESH

This is part of the screen to my office door. **ETA** I work in our Church as the Office Manager. My office looks out to the Fellowship Hall.

TRAY

CARDSTOCK

This is my "to go" stash for when I go out to a crop or scrap at a friends house. Fun!

WHEEL

Finally got one up - and on time too. This is against a wall at a house by the lake - LOVE IT! Aren't the colors fab?!

SPONGE

Sorry I've been missing for a while. I haven't been feeling well. I'm doing better now and am hoping to be back on track. In the mean time my friend Melissa has joined the group. I've posted a link to her blog on the sidebar.

THOUGHTFUL

Ran across this guy at Shelter Island.

DISH

This is Hanna's water dish at work.

CLOUDS

I went outside to take a "Cloud" picture today and there wasn't even one in the sky. Not one! So I had to do a cheat. I took this on vacation a couple of weeks ago up at Mammoth. It's so pretty there. I loved the way the clouds framed the trees in this shot.

APPLES

Today's word was "Apples". I just happened to have a wooden bowl full of fresh apples sitting on my table.

WHITE

Edit*Adding a cheat. Had to, it was perfect for the prompt!

This photo was taken during one of my photo classes - our instructor wanted us to take a picture at night using a long exposure and we had to catch the lights & reflections on the water - but the boats had to remain white!

OK, don't laugh at me, but this was the only thing "white" that I had in the office (and I had to dig through the First-Aid kit to find 'em). I had some plain paper - but that's pretty boring. I know Q-tips aren't the world of excitement, but I tried to make it interesting by focusing on the stick part of the Q-tip and blurring the swabs. I also like the reflection caught on the desk. It's all I could do with a Q-tip! (P.S. Lin - if you happen to stop by today - would you invite me to see your blog - I've missed seeing your and Joshua's pictures!)

EYE

This is my son's eye. He has such bright blue eyes and unfortunately I didn't capture that very well, but I still like this picture.

FAT

This is the "fat" lady of the bunch. She's also the orneriest. (I wonder if she gets grumpy when she gets hot too?) She's full of character anyway - totally rules the roost!