May 2009 Mosaic

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Another month in the books. Can you believe I have posted 175 pictures to date (including fill photos)? I sure can't. And, even better, I didn't miss a day this month. Yay! Here are this month's fill photos:



This is our group shot from Luke's first Braves game.



This is Tigger in her "prepped for pill insertion" mummified state. We had to do this to her twice a day for a week. I don't know who was more annoyed about it, her or me (who had to get up with DH at 5 AM every morning to give her the darn thing before he left for work).



The Sidney Lanier Bridge, as taken on a return trip from Waycross. DH, being a structural engineer who designs bridges for a living, always loves going across this thing. We all do, really. This was one of the better shots. It's hard to get a good one of the gray concrete and white cables when it is so overcast!



One of those "happy accident" pictures. I was *trying* to get a close-up macro shot of the shell with the beach fading to blur in the background. However, not being fully dedicated to my craft, I was not willing to lay on my belly and get all wet and sandy so I could see the screen. I held the camera down, clicked, and hoped. Didn't get what I wanted, so I took a few more (and did finally achieve the shot I intended), but upon reviewing the shots when we got back, I saw what a treasure I really had. So glad I listened to the advice of "never delete photos from the camera. Wait for further review on the computer."

2009-05-31

Luke, showing of Lego creation #2. I never did get a shot of his first solo Lego creation, and it has since gone on to life as a bat robot spaceship instead of its intended form. This one, however, is a robot speeder. What could be cooler than that?!

2009-05-30

I think this might well be what the inside of Luke's brain looks like right now. It may look like just a bucket of "Twinkletoys," but each is a sparkling piece of imagination.

2009-05-29

I didn't really get the shot I was after. I spotted this magnolia tree in bloom out the car window, but the contrast was hard for the camera to handle (dark leaves vs pale blooms), and we had to pull away before I could adjust the settings to spot metering. Magnolia trees always make me think of the tree that used to stand in my grandparents' front yard on St. Simons Island.

2009-05-28

Does this look thin and *crispy* to you? Looks thin and floppy to me.

2009-05-27

Hand in hand in the parking lot.

2009-05-26

It has always fascinated me that you can actually see where the rain is coming down and where it isn't. Unfortunately, it "came down" on us virtually the entire way home, but we made it.

2009-05-25

I can't tell you how many different bubbles I chases around outside trying to get this shot. By the time I got over to them, got it in focus, and was ready to push the button, the bubble usually popped. Still not the best shot, but it's the best one I took.

2009-05-24

Ready for our beach outing! This is also Luke's first pair of flip-flops.

2009-05-23

The wreath outside of Captain Joe's in Waycross, decorated for Memorial Day. It was really well done, and the wreath is probably 3-4 feet in diameter. We went to visited my grandfather, but all of the group shots were taken by my mom, so this will have to do for a photo from me.

2009-05-22

Yeah, this was fun. Luke was not paying attention where he was going and banged into the shopping cart handle hard enough for it to swell up immediately. Caught him right under his eye socket, too. Mom ran over to the inside-the-store Subway and got him some ice, and we ended up buying a cheap washcloth to wrap it in (just $1; totally worth it). So for the first time in his life, Luke got to ride in the cart portion of the buggy, something I usually am very against, but it was easier to do that so he could hold the ice on his face and we could finish shopping. I just knew he was going to have a black eye all weekend, but he did a very good job with the ice, and unlike his momma, he hardly bruised at all.

2009-05-21

Tigger sitting in the window, looking rather startled for some reason.

2009-05-20

My grandmother used to make these card balls. She saved all the fronts of her Christmas cards and made beautiful geometric shapes from them. If the backs were gold or silver, she would save those, too. She made one completely from gold backs and had it hanging in her kitchen for as long as I can remember. When I got married, I requested she make one for me, and it now hangs in my kitchen, right above the sink, just the way hers did. Thanks, Granny.

2009-05-19

DH doing the ritual weekly cleaning of my windshield at the gas station.