Ruby Tuesday
Red just pops out at you. It says boldly, “Here I am!” Perhaps I love ruby red because ruby is my birthstone. Many advertisers use red in their ads to attraction your attention. Get you to act on whatever they might be selling. Here is a little excerpt...
Monochrome Weekly
This is my second week participating in the Monochrome Weekly Theme. I have been purposely shooting some photographs in black and white this past week. Now don’t get me wrong, I love photographs with colors that just burst out at you. But there are times when...
i {heart} faces #24 “Let’s Hear It For The Boys!”
No Girls Allowed! At least in the picture. All you moms out there are more than welcome to read my contribution to this weeks i {heart} faces theme, “Let’s Hear it for the Boys” This wonderful picture was captured last Friday when I traveled to my...
{POTD} Preparing for the red, white and blue
Good morning to all of you! As for me, I have yet to crawl into bed because I am working on some crafts to sell over in my Etsy shop called Crafted by Patty. I am working on customizing an electric simmer pot with some homemade water slide decals for the Fourth of...
{POTD} A stock of summer photos on Sunday
Sunday has dawned the official start to summer. Soon it will be time to lock ourselves inside where the swamp cooler runs 24/7 to keep cool during the hot days in the desert sun. And starting tomorrow I will waking with the sun so that I may get in my daily walk...
Fix It Friday #17
Quickly before I leave town for the day. My friends over at i {heart} faces posted this adorable picture of a little girl that needed some fixin’. I saw it and I got inspired. Here is the before… and here is one fix, kinda cartoonish and here is the...
Friday Fill In Fest
As I was surfing my Blog Reader, I came across a Theme: Friday Fill In thanks to 3 Sides of Crazy and just had to join in on the fun. And…here we go! 1. All children alarm their parents, if only because you are forever expecting my mothers curse for revenge...
{POTD} 6/19/09 Friday’s Flowers
Friday is here at last. I survived one week {so far} with the kids home. Will I make it through the entire summer {that remains to be seen}. Today my kids, daughter’s boyfriend and I are traveling down to the Los Angeles area to spend the day with my mother...
{POTD} There are Thirteen of them actually
My friend Thorne wrote a blog post today about 13 ideas for Creavtive Upcycling. After reading this I headed over to Thursday 13 to see what this day was all about. Then the inspiration came to me. 13 things I love about the desert in pictures.