Surprise!!!

A couple weekends back my step-dad came to Kansas City.  The main reason we had him come out the weekend of the 15th is because that was the last weekend of the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Kansas Speedway, and he was to drive on Sunday the 17th (he didn’t know).  The family decided to get the experience for him for his birthday, but his birthday isn’t until November, so the last thing he was expecting when he got here was a “birthday surprise!”

The plan was for me to tell him the morning of the experience, but I just couldn’t wait that long considering we pass the race track on the way home from the airport.  Since it was later in the morning when he arrived,  we were both hungry.  I took him to Granite City for brunch since we don’t have those in Ohio (where I’m originally from).  Of course it was right across from the racetrack so he could see it while we where eating…which I thought was a nice touch for when I told him.  Long story short…I told him and he was SUPER excited!!!!

Unfortunately my Canon Rebel is being repaired right now due to unknown causes (this was going to be my first change to use it on something other than my pets and flowers) .  I did have my point and shoot though, which I gotta say is a great lil camera, plus I can take video with it.

Photo #1: This was my first attempt at layering in PSE.  It took me awhile to get it, but I think it turned out pretty good!

Bruce right before the Ride-along!!!

Photo #2

All Suited up!!

 

Photo #3

Coming back in after the ride-along.

Photo #4

Bruce taking lap all by himself...he was so nervous about messing up...haha.

Photo #5

Bring it!

If you knew me, you would know that I am always looking for a new project to do.  I tend to have 5 things going at once that I never end up finishing.  So why start a new one?  Well, it’s just what I do…HA.  However, I have a really good feeling about this one!

While Stumbling on the internet I came across a great photo blog.   In this blog I found a 52 week (1 year) photo challenge.  Basically every week you take a photo of a given subject…ex:  chair, nature…and the point I think is to get you to look at those everyday objects in a whole new way. To think outside the box….I have been feeling a little trapped in lately, so this is just what I need.    In the past I have tried the 365 day challenge.  The idea seemed easy at first, but with my busy schedule it just wasn’t practical to take photos everyday.  One photo a week, that I think I can handle.  We shall see.

I was going to make my own list, but this list from Shutterboo is a pretty good one:

1. Chair
2. Cocktail
3. Window
4. Color: Red
5. Medicine
6. Books
7. Map
8. Speed
9. Color: White
10. Time
11. Candy
12. Zipper
13. Water
14. Color: Green
15. Fork
16. Cold
17. Road
18. Feet
19. Color: Brown
20. Fire
21. Toilet
22. Eyes
23. Lingerie
24. Color: Yellow
25. Cards
26. Up
27. Puzzle
28. Suitcase
29. Color: Blue
30. Door knob
31. Reflection
32. Shoe
33. Smell
34. Color: Orange
35. Smile
36. Change
37. Hands
38. Music
39. Color: Black
40. Skyline
41. Hot
42. Bridge
43. Button
44. Color: Purple
45. Hat
46. Down
47. Fruit
48. Grass
49. Color: Pink
50. Bicycle.
51. Pencil
52. Mail

So I think I am going to post my photos on Sunday, mainly because it’s my only day off and it will give me something to do while the Mr. is watching football.

So please stay posted and feel free to join in! I would love to see how you interpret the subjects =).

Cat Boy!

Zipper

Double Rainbow

This was outside my front door today. I uped the contrast so you could see the second rainbow better.

Flowers

"Forget about airport security. See you later Suckers! I'm takin' myself a Hot Air Balloon Ride!!!"

More to come on my Flickr…

Tulips

These are the flowers I got for my sister for her graduation from Kent State!! Congrats Mal!!!

Curiouser and curiouser!

“”If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn’t. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn’t be. And what it wouldn’t be, it would. You see?”

“What if I should fall right through the center of the earth... oh, and come out the other side, where people walk upside down.”

Zip-pity do DA Zip-pity…Zipper kitty!!!

Yesterday Mike and I went to Animal Haven and adopted a kitty.  His name is Zipper, because his markings do kind of resemble a zipper. He is, I am guessing, about a year old.  He is such a LOVER and a crazy purr machine.   He has a pretty bad cold, so we are keeping him separated from Jake and Roxy for now.  I am going to take him to the vet on Tuesday, but I am hoping, being away from all the other cats in the shelter will make him get better on his own.  The cold isn’t getting him down though, because he took over the apartment as if it was his own within 10 min of bringing him home.

April showers bring May Flowers

April Showers

April showers bring May flowers,
That is what they say.
But if all the showers turned to flowers,
We’d have quite a colourful day!

There’d be bluebells and cockleshells,
Tulips red and green,
Daffodils and Chinese squill,
The brightest you’ve ever seen.

You’d see tiger lilies and water lilies,
Carnations pink and blue,
Forget-me-not and small sundrop
Glistening with the dew.

We’d have fireweed and milkweed
And many more different flowers.
Mexican star and shooting star,
Falling in the showers.

And if all the showers turned to flowers
On that rainy April day,
Would all the flowers turn to showers
In the sunny month of May?

Here are some of my favorite photos of the flowers that I photographed last spring.