Shadow Shot Sunday ~ in the curio cabinet

Today I visited my hairdresser. Regular readers will remember my previous photographic foray at Maureen's Place back in April! She has a lot of interesting stuff.

I got lots more pix while I was there to share ... stay tuned.

Visit our hostess, Tracy, at Hey Harriet, to see lots more shadowy photos and join in the fun.

Our patio pal returned today

I took this through an old and not too clear sliding glass door..so I took liberties and enhanced the photo. I thought the contrast would show off our chipmunk friend better. ;-)

Yard Art

Time got away from me last week and I didn't participate in Mary T's Yard Art on Thursdays meme.

But I'm back with a photo of our new garden flag. Never a dull moment around here!

Actually I had a difficult time choosing between this one with a hummingbird and one with a ladybug. My daughter chose this one.

See lots more examples of garden decor at Work of the Poet.

Caught him!

With the camera, I mean. Through the sliding glass door. That's why the picture is not clear.

He must live near the patio, because he keeps coming around.

Why am I calling this chipmunk a he? Maybe he is a she.

How can one tell?

Sepia scenes ~ It's Libby!

Our neighbor Libby visited me Friday as I was snapping a photo. She likes to stop by and say hi. She's a friendly feline.

Below you can see Libby in living color!

See many more fun sepia shots at Mary T's Sepia Scenes blog.

Ruby Tuesday ~ anchors aweigh

Yet another shot of the interesting garden lovingly cared for by a friend. I've posted several photos from our visit two weeks ago, most recently on Sunday. This photo is straight out of the camera.

If I had cropped it I would have gotten rid of the dandelion for her.

;-)

Visit our hostess, Mary T, to see many more photos featuring shades of red.

* We are having problems with our Internet connection...it has been slower than slow and after having to struggle with it all day for work yesterday I had to walk away.

Our daughter called the provider last night and they may send someone out today if it's not better. I hope so..it's so aggravating.

I've been bad about visiting blog friends lately. I do hope to catch up with everyone.

Shadow Shot Sunday

I saw these colored jars in a friend's garden I visited the week before last, and knew I had to photograph them. They reminded me of the colored glass photos posted by our blog friend Sylvia K.

And I captured some morning shadows in the bargain!

Go visit our awesome Aussie meme hostess Tracy at Hey Harriet and join in the shadowy fun!

Looking at the Sky on Friday

This is Hawk Hall, the newest dorm on the campus of the University of Hartford.

Our son, Kid Two, lived in it when he was a freshman. It was only a year old at the time.

It's Friday and time to look at the sky. Visit our hostess, Tisha, at CrAzY Working Mom and join the fun.

A neighborly visit

I went out this morning to take a photo of the bloomin' day lilies and look who stopped by to say hi. Why, it's our friendly feline neighbor Libby.

= ^. .^ =

Happy Friday to all!

Sepia scenes ~ steeple

This is one of many century-old churches in a former mill town in southern Connecticut.

This church is beautiful inside, as are all of them built by the immigrants who lived here and toiled in the factories of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

I took this picture from the next street over. Interesting criss-cross of wires, eh? I thought so.

See many more sepia photos at Mary T's Sepia Scenes blog.

They're bloomin'

Straight out of the camera this morning ~ I've been watching these lilies under the front window grow for the past several weeks and today I got my reward!

Ruby Tuesday

Ralph posted photos of the Memorial Day Parade for Ruby Tuesday, but these are two that he didn't use!

I doubt he would have used this one that I took of him watching Sunday's parade go down Main Street. :-)

See many photos featuring a little or a lot of red at Mary T's Work of the Poet blog.

May we never forget their sacrifice

I wish everyone a happy and safe Memorial Day holiday today.

Shadow Shot Sunday

How lucky was I to see these shadows just as we pulled up at the restaurant where we went for dinner after our daughter's graduation? Pretty lucky!

You can see me in the side-view mirror. I didn't even realize I was capturing myself as well.

You will find lots of shadowy pix for Shadow Shot Sunday over at Hey Harriet, hosted by our awesome Aussie friend, Tracy!

Yard art ~ a friend's garden

On Wednesday morning I met a friend and we took a walk. Luckily I also took my camera along, because I gave her a ride home and ended up taking pictures in her backyard sanctuary. I sepia-fied one of the photos here.

Lots of flowers and yard decor!

See many more fun photos of Yard Art at Mary T's Work of the Poet blog.

Sepia scenes - a friend's garden

Took a walk today with a friend and visited her garden after we walked. I snapped lots of pix, and decided this one looked good in sepia.

Join the fun and see many more sepia scenes at Mary T's blog of the same name!

Floral fun

I bought this plant today. I like the yellows and oranges.

I keep having ideas for how to spruce up the yard. The problem is they all cost money.

So, should I just pull out the credit card? I'm thinking that's what I should do.

After all, we want our property to look nice. All the neighbors keeps theirs neat and tidy around here. Well, we do too, but I think we need more FLOWERS and yard art. More exterior decorating!

We must all "cultivate our garden" as good old Voltaire said way back in the 18th century. I tend to agree with him.

Ruby Tuesday ~ flags and flowers

These red flags are being carried in the recessional at our daughter's commencement ceremony last week at the University of Hartford. It was difficult to see the grads. There were so many people in the audience!

The weather was perfect, with plenty of sunshine and blue skies.

This is the University of Hartford flag flying next to the state of Connecticut flag on campus.

Some geraniums I spotted on campus. I immediately thought Ruby Tuesday when I saw them. ;-)

See many photos featuring a little or a lot of red at Mary T's Work of the Poet blog.

Shadow Shot Sunday

Our daughter Allegra graduated from the University of Hartford last Sunday. I already used this photo in one of my many posts this past week about her graduation, but Ralph's shadow was too good not to use for Shadow Shot Sunday, so here it is again.

~ After the festivities were over.

I snapped these photos as we were walking back to the parking lot. Allegra says she still can't believe she has a bachelor's degree, almost a week of decompressing later.

Now if she only had a job.

See many more shadow-filled photos at our awesome Aussie friend Tracy's Hey Harriet blog and join in the shadow shot fun.

Um, orb?

I was rather surprised, to put it mildly, when I put this photo taken after Sunday's commencement ceremonies on the computer and took a look.

Of all the photos we took that day it is the only one with an "orb" in it. Now I realize a lot of people don't think that orbs are spirits among us, coming by to say hi.

But it is interesting/fun to consider it, right Linda?

My immediate thought was that it was the spirit of one of Allegra's three late grandparents wanting to be a part of the celebration. It was a happy family event, after all!

Looking at the sky on Friday

I haven't participated in Tisha's fun meme for several weeks, and needed to return to see what kinds of sky photos people are capturing!

I snapped this through the windshield Sunday for Ralph (Airhead 55) as he was driving and thought I'd share.

It's straight out of the camera.

Yard art ~ aerial view

It's Libby!

Our favorite feline neighbor Libby may not be a lawn decoration, but she is posing between our goose and one of my many gnomes that are definitely yard art.

Libby lives across the street and often stops by to say 'hi.'

See lots more yard art photos at Mary T's Work of the Poet blog each Thursday.

Sepia scenes ~ bear with me

I took this picture in West Hartford, Ct. and was thinking of using it for Thursday's Yard Art meme. But it came out well in sepia, so here it is.

The bear was on the lawn in front of an art gallery where our blog friend Linda had a photograph on exhibit in April. Ralph and I went to the reception and you can read about our afternoon here.

This was the scene in front of me moments ago as I was writing this post. Somebody wants his supper. He is making little squeaky noises at me.

See many more sepiafied photos at Mary T's Sepia Scenes.

Our son works at graduation

Cameron, Kid Two, worked the technical stuff at his sister's commencement ceremony Sunday. The main ceremony was streamed live on the Internet, and Cam was an integral part of that coming together.

He will be a junior at the University of Hartford in the fall and we are as proud of him as we are of Allegra! Here he is onstage with a variety of dignitaries.

On the right is Jennifer Rizzotti, the university's women's basketball team coach, who was selected as the commencement speaker. She joked that she realized it was unusual for a sports coach to be tapped as commencement speaker.

But not to worry. She was a perfect choice, and had a great message for the grads!

Rizzotti is such a wonderful role model for young women. She was a star player on the University of Connecticut's first national championship women's basketball team in '95 and has coached at the University of Hartford for 11 seasons. I can tell just by watching her interact with students that she truly cares about them.

Allegra loves her. She saw her in action with the basketball team as the pep band that Allegra was part of traveled for tournaments to places like Louisiana, upstate New York State, Baltimore and more.

Next to Jen Rizzotti is the Most Rev. Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of the Hartford, who was one of the honorary degree recipients. Not sure about the others...

I think I am done posting about the graduation. But who knows?