Trunk Monkeys

AHH!! SO Cute. :-D

Amazing horsemanship

Lorenzo : the Flying French Man...
by alatebo

Laugh for the day...

Life's Unanswered Questions.

(FEEL FREE TO ADD SOME OF YOUR OWN. I GOT THESE OFF THE INTERNET)

1. Why does the sun lighten our hair, but darken our skin?
2. Why can't women put on mascara with their mouth closed?
3. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
4. Why don't you ever see the headline Psychic Wins Lottery?
5. Why is abbreviated such a long word?
6. Why is a boxing ring square?
7. Why is it considered necessary to nail down the lid of a coffin?
8. Why is it that doctors call what they do practice?
9. Why is it that rain drops but snow falls?
10. Why is it that to stop Windows 98, you have to click on Start?
11. Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
12. Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?
13. Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
14. Why is the third hand on the watch called a second hand?
15. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
16. Why isn't there a special name for the tops of your feet?
17. Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
18. If you throw a cat out of the car window, does it become kitty litter?
19. If you take an Asian person and spin him around several times does he become disoriented?
20. Is it OK to use the AM radio after noon?
21. What do people in China call their good plates?
22. What do you call a male ladybug?
23. What hair color do they put on the driver's license of a bald man?
24. Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?
25. Why do they call it a pair of pants, but only 1 bra?
26. Why is it called tourist season if we can't shoot at them?
27. Why do you need a driver's license to buy liquor when you can't drink and drive?
28. Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
29. Why are there Interstates in Hawaii?
30. Why are there flotation devices in the seats of planes instead of parachutes?
31. Why are cigarettes sold at gas stations where smoking is prohibited?
32. Have you ever imagined a world without hypothetical situations?
33. How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work?
34. If the 7-11 is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, why does it have locks on the door?
35. You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of it?
36. If a firefighter fights fire and a crime fighter fights crime, what does a freedom fighter fight?
37. If they squeeze olives to get olive oil, how do they get baby oil?
38. If a cow laughs, does milk come out of her nose?
39. If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn your headlights on, what happens?
40. Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of a drive-up ATM?
41. Why is it that when you transport something by car it is called shipment, but when you transport something by ship it's called cargo?
42. Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
43. Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
44. If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?
45. If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Stone Mountain Field Trip

Today was my photography class's first field trip. We went to Stone Mountain State Park in NC. It was just beautiful! That word or my pictures can't even describe it. I have got to find a way to get up there again. Michael G drove me up there. And yes, for anyone who wants to know, I was up by 6:45 AM on a SATURDAY. :-P We only stayed for an hour or two and then we had to head back but it was definitely worth it. I hope you enjoy the pix!



Widow's Creek Falls at Stone Mountain

Another view of the falls...

Some moss with the water in the background. Kinda simple. But it's pretty.



A view through the trees... (This was looking right out above the waterfall actually.)



One of many different deer that had come out of the forest it eat the grass by the road. They all looked like they needed it too. lol



Deer #2 was kind enough to look up when I whistled. The others paid no attention.



Like this guy... Made no difference to him whether I was in the car or out. I think he would have let me hand feed him had I tried but we were in a hurry so I stayed in the car.



Guess who?



Another view through the trees. Gorgeous.



I thought this was such a peaceful scene. The stream is a bit filled up with logs and stuff, but it caught my eye. :-)



Historic Hutchinson Homestead




A wild turkey! :-D Or the tail feathers of one anyways.



The wall of a shed onthe homestead. You could only see inside through some cracks but there was farm equipment and dried tobacco leaves hanging inside.



This pic might look a little odd. But that's because it was my first attempt at layering forground and backgrounf images. I took this pic twice. Once with the exposure set for the inside of the barn (The tabacco leaves) and once with it set for the wall of the barn on the outside. So I got one image with BRIGHT washed out walls. And one image with darkness in the middle. This is the result of combining. Could use a little work for sure, but I'm learning every so slowly. :-)

Hands...

Hi all! I'm back. :-) Here's what I've been up to.... Hand pictures. Yeah I know... Kinda odd. But they can be awesome! Oh and one more update.... My camera is on it's way! Me and Dad just ordered a Nikon D80 and it should be here within the week. Am I excited? Ohhhh yess. Here's some pictures for you guys!


Michael playing his good ol' mando


Coolest board game pic... lol No I don't know where the idea came from, but it was fun while it lasted. If you play imagin-iff, you can see the hand is fixing to put the pawn down in the winners circle.


The setup I used to take that one little pic... Yupp it's redneck.

A poem

One of the best poems I've seen in a long time. A friend read it to me over the phone and I just had to post it on here. Enjoy!


Single Girl's Prayer

In 1939, Ruth Bell wrote this poem about her future husband. This was before she met Billy Graham.

Dear God, I prayed, all unafraid
(as we're inclined to do)
do not need a handsome man
but let him be like you;

I do not need one big and strong
nor yet so very tall,
nor need he be some genius
or wealthy, Lord, at all;

but let his head be high, dear God,
and let his eye be clear,
his shoulders straight,whate'er his state,
whate'er his earthly sphere;

and let his face have character,
a ruggedness of soul,
and let his whole life show, dear God,
a singleness of goal;

then when he comes (as he will come)
with quiet eyes aglow
I'll understand that he's the man
I prayed for long ago."

To Grandmother's house we go!!!

Hi all! I'm baaack! I finally got around to taking some pictures. These are mainly for class but some of them turned out really good. I may have them printed for Grandma since it was her flower garden that I visited to capture these shots. :-D Today was a bit cold but the sun was still shining and it was beautiful. Me, Mom, and Caroline took the kids (Samuel, Elijah, Lydia, Moriah, and Jackson) to the Science Center in Hickory for a sort of field trip. They had a blast! Well, enjoy these pictures. I'm out for now! The kitchen is waiting for me to come clean it. Have a nice day everyone!



Grandma's back porch.



My Buddy--Practicing using framing elements.



Buddy again...



Grandma's front porch.



Beautiful!



First dogwood bloom




Jackson on a mission. lol I have no idea where he was headed but it must have been important.

Moriah in her own little world. :-)



Lydia--pondering what she'll play on next.

Moriah and Lydia in the play room.

Playing with the blocks



MYYYY grandma's hammock!! :-D (Practicing lines pictures)



Come spring...



That first bloom is always the best!



See what I mean? The more pictures you take, the better it gets! :-S JUST kidding...




My little friend. I followed him around... see his wing? That's the only way I could tell the difference there were so many of them!



Here he is again!



Yep! That's him again.



Grandma's lilac bush... The smell is just wonderful!!


Mmmm....

A Blah Day...

What have I been up to? Nothing. That's probably an understatement... Yeah. You guessed it. No new pictures to post. :-P

Ok so I've been slacking off on my picture taking. Ugh I knew I would. :-S But just so you can have something new to look at, here's som pix from a month or two ago. Me and Melissa went to Murray's Mill to take some pictures for our class. We got some good ones too! Murray's Mill is beautiful. :-)

Missy doing what she does best!

An old barn across the pond at Murray's Mill

Just a random shot of a pinecone in the pond...

Murray's Mill

A swing on the porch of the old general store across the road from the mill