Tagged to "Show and Tell"

I was tagged for this photo meme by Nancy (nhd106) of Nancyluvspix. 

I saw her entry in her J, looked at it, and said to myself, looks like fun, hope she tags me.  And she did.

 

Official rules:

 

Once you are tagged, you must go around your house taking pictures of things. Then, you post the pictures in your blogs/journals for all to see. The subject categories for the pictures are as follows:

 

One picture of something you made;

One picture of a gift someone gave you;

One picture of something strange;

One picture of something with a pig (Why a pig? Why not?); and

One picture of something unique.

 

My photos are as follows:

 

This coaster I made using a tumbled marble 4x4, chalks, stamps and black dye ink. 

 

 

I had to throw in a photo of cards that I've made.  These all sit in a box on a shelf.  Bah.

 

 

A gift I was given - -  my favorite gift.   This painting was done by my son when he was in Kindergarten.  It's my favorite painting in the whole wide world.  (crayon and watercolor - circa 2002)

 

 

Another gift - my thank you angel from the PTO last June.  I love her.  Beau made her a little silver-beaded halo, see it there at the bottom of her gown - it fell off and I didn't notice until I was editing the photo. 

 

 

 

Something strange in my house...I had a hard time with this one.  I guess this stuffed frog hanging on the doorknob of the linen closet is strange.  (My son gave it to me for Christmas, so it's also a gift! Someone needs to teach this boy to shop!)

 

 

 

This hole is strange, too.  Not to mention U-G-L-Y! ! !  Open into the cellar stairway.  Strange, yeah, but mostly annoys the hell out of me, because it's just one more unfinished project.  Supposed to be a bannister post there.  Or something.

 

 

Ok, the pig.  Yeah, why not? My ceramic switchplate.  It's in my kitchen - says 'Welcome' and has a pink pig painted on it.  I remember when and where I bought it, (1986, craft fair) but I have no clue why.  At the other house we lived in for 9 years, it was in our bathroom, then bedroom.  We moved here and I put it right in the kitchen.  It's strange, odd, weird, I don't know why I like it but I do! 

 

 

 

Something unique - I can guarantee nobody has one of these!  This is a sweet little picture on a wooden plaque that my sister brought me from Germany in 1976 or '77 when she went on a school trip.  I glued a magnet on the back and it's on my fridge.

 

 

 

Another unique thing in my house - my stairs, and what's under them.  The design was ours alone, and I can't imagine anyone else has exactly the same thing.  Nevermind that the middle cubby has a burned out lightbulb.  If you see any dust, it's not mine.  Oh, there's my scotch tape dispenser!

 

 

Alright.  I've showed you mine.  And like Nancy and others who've played, I didn't stick to just one thing per subject!  Oh, well - this was fun!

 

I tag anyone who would like to play along.  Play!

 

 

 

Feline Friday: "Gena on Catnip" Series

Play along with Feline Friday at  (sometimes) Photoblog

pretty in pink

 

"here comes the sun,

       here comes the sun

 and i say it's all right." 

       ~  -the beatles

 

 

my front yard

mountain ash tree

april 28, 2006

mid-afternoon

Guess

 

I have one tulip in my yard

 

This is she

 

(I like to think it's a girl)

 

One question for you - -

 

What color is my tulip ?

 

Guessing game ends whenever I feel

 

like ending it

 

hahahahaha

 

We are dog-sitting

 

Isn't he a hoot??

His name is Riley.  We've got him Saturday to Saturday.

No, my cats do not love him~!!  But he's a good dog.

Feline Friday - Miss Pretty

This week I am putting in a photo of Prue for my Feline Friday entry in honor of Pamela.  Pam was the ultimate cat lover and Humane Society volunteer, and she took in, cared for and loved many animals over the years.  I know she had a special affinity for cats.  I'm sure her kitties miss her.  We will always miss her.

 

So you see, Prue is my rescued stray kitty who I found over 5 years ago, took home intending to 'find her a good home' and here she still purrs.   She had five beautiful kittens before I had her spayed, and the lovely Genavieve who you see featured from time to time here in Paragon is one of those babies.  (see march 17 entry)  The other four went to live on a pig farm to be barn cats.  No, I'm not kidding! 

 

Visit a very serene looking Pickle here.  And in the spirit of stray cats and our dear friend Pamela, play along with Feline Friday.  

 

Round Robin Photo Challenge: New Life

"A positive attitude may not solve

    all your problems, but it will

 annoy enough people to make it

         worth the effort." 

                 -Herm Albright

 

 

Please visit the rest of the Round Robin participants by

by following these links: 

Linking List

Sassy... Sassy's EYE

Karen... Outpost Mavarin

Carly... Ellipsis...Suddenly Carly

Julie... Julie's Web Journal

Erika... Photographs of My Soul

Sara... Animated Seasons

Kimberleigh... I Shaved My Legs For This

Pat... Here, There and Everywhere 2nd Edition (Blogspot) & (AOL)

Valorie... Keeping Our Human Mother On Her Toes & Retrospect USA

Patrick... Patrick's Portfolio

Derek... Derek's Picture Of The Day

Tess... First Digital Photos

Tammy... The Daily Warrior


Celeste... My Day And Thoughts (AOL) & My Day, My Thoughts (Blogspot)

Jessica... Quick Silver

Steven... (sometimes) photoblog

 

New lilac leaf buds

by Phinney

April 9, 2006

Baseball Game!!

 

 

We had a fun night out Friday night! 

Happy Baseball Season!!

 

 

Spring-ishness

Something a little different for a Friday - -

 

I took this photo of the Mallard pair yesterday evening

at the pond 2 blocks and across one street from

my house.   They were interested in seeing if we had

any bread for them.  Next time I will be sure to bring something

for them to eat!!  The were cute, and pretty photogenic. 

Although it was almost dusk and the light was getting low,

I think it came out nice.

 

Feline - or something - tomorrow, I think.  We shall see.

 

Feline Friday

 

Shadow stars again this week.  Beau caught him hiding in a brown paper bag.  Well, I guess he thought he was hiding!

I must apologize for not posting more than once a week for the past month.  How absolutely boring of me!  I've certainly bored myself to tears!  I hope to start doing better any day now.

March was a month of madness (no pun intended) and the work is not over yet.  I haven't taken any photos of anything interesting - this is not to say that I haven't taken PHOTOS, because I certainly have!  They are just of school, and classes, school events, and kids, and school, and kids...and more kids....not my kids though...so I can't really post them in a public journal.  The yearbook is ALMOST done.  Sigh.  Almost.

Spring is beginning to sproing outside (I think) but I haven't been out there much yet.  My back is giving me more trouble than ever, and I am not dealing well with other things going on in my life.  Let's just leave it at that...and I will try to get out there and TAKE PHOTOS!  I miss it!

I want to send a big  THANK YOU!!   to Sassy at her journal Sassy's Eye for mentioning Paragon as one of her favorites.  I am very humbled.  Sassy was chosen as AOL-Journals Guest Editor and she did a wonderful entry full of favorites.  I think she did an outstanding job!  Thanks again, Sassy. 

To visit Steven's journal, click here.  Visit Pickle and his neighbor as they scope out the yard for birdies.  Feline Friday.  Every Saturday, in Paragon.  hahaha.