Rhapsody (and mystery) in blue

When I shared a "May flowers" photo of this flower earlier, I hoped someone would be able to tell me what it is. Guess I'll have to continue to enjoy it's unique form and shade of blue without proper introductions!

The other morning while I was doing chores some fog moved in. This is not our foggy time of year, but we're in the middle of a soggy weather pattern which is probably contributing. Anyway, the subtle beauty of our natives maples drew me in, so I snapped some photos to share the magic with you. Click on any image to lose yourself in the details. :-)

That's it for now from . . .

Send in the clowns

Yep, that's a clown's nose and grin if I ever saw one.

And reclining like this does nothing for his dignity, either. (In his defense, it was kind of warm in the house.)

Jackson, our lovable and lovely Aussie, is often on the move and hard to photograph. (For the above I put him in a down-stay and whispered, "Deer!") He's more inclined to race around the house and through the accessible pastures, sometimes barking to let all the wild birds and beasts know they'd better get off his property. I wish I could capture for you the swish and swing of his pantilooned posterior as he trots ahead of me on our way back to the house!

When I saw this photo on my computer screen, it begged for a fancy texture like those Country Girl uses on a lot of her gorgeous photos. Well, I haven't had the time to tackle the learning curve of applying fancy textures, but I did play around a little with some of the easy ones available on PhotoShop. Below is a sampling of what I came up with. Which one is your favorite?









That's the dog at . . .

More May flowers

Finally, a shot of Boo with the Three Gulmusketeers (click to biggify). He doesn't know he's wee!

That's it for now from . . .

Amarillo by evening...

...down from Oregon.My folks left before dawn this morning after a short visit. How much can you stuff in a few short days? A visit to the da Vinci exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, a play-off game between the Portland Trailblazers and the Houston Rockets,a lot of reading,lamby love (yes, that is Beau showing clear signs that he is musket!), building a "fort" in the woods, eating, visiting, laughing . . . it wasn't long enough, but we sure had fun! And they left with a dozen eggs from the ladies in their carry-on (they called from the airplane; no problems getting them through security!)."Well, of course there were no problems; our eggs are GREAT!"

Happy May Day from . . .