My Flip Side – W7

The ‘It Was My Birthday’ Edition

birthday bath

on the way to the salon

after haircut

my birthday feets

birthday bathroom photo nonsense

“The Flip Side” is a meme I’ll be joining in with every week. It gives you an opportunity to share a self portrait – reflection, shadow, or classic type portrait. This is a great incentive to practice the art of the self portrait if you want to increase your photography skill. My interpretation is going to involve my sharing of photos that have any part of me in them. I’m going to share several every week, that I captured the previous week. I hope to see you playing along, too!

Weekly Winners, October 24-31

October 24th – 31st
Some of these shots taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (on loan from a friend)
Others taken with my iPhone.

It sits there, with no Sanford and no Son.

I’ve got his eye.

Gettin’ his Spidey on.

Pretty pumpkin paints, all in a row.

My favorite clown.

Fine fellows in a fabulous field.

A gourd in one hand, pumpkin ice cream in the other…
the smile I love in between.

Birthday Lunch, Part 1

Birthday Lunch, Part 2

Chocolate Pudding Happiness

Lunch for two.

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so wise, the moon

In a lonely backyard under a full moon
weeks of untamed grasses
tickle the bottoms of bare feet

wind chimes usually soft and melodious
sing out furiously, keeping time with the
stinging breath of a riling wind

while goosebumps break the skin
unprotected by sleeves of any kind tonight
a chin tilts skyward; hair whips madly

clouds up above that might otherwise linger
on a warmer, more lazy night
rush by overheard now

hurry hurry hurry
the wind is chasing at them
biting their heels, anxiously

lips part in a lack of self awareness
arms hang at sides, uselessly
eyes widen, taking it in, lost in the clouds

they seem to cover the sky
but for spaces of black ink in patches
large and small, leaked from some large well

and puffy thick here, thin and wan there
they flow, flit, fly by
racing past the moon

the orb burns bright and wide and round
and doesn’t flinch as each band of cloud
stretches and gallops before it

the glowing eye, stoic and almost aware
instead creates an explosion of color, a rainbow
bursting from nowhere, everywhere, right there on each cloud

lips purse and eyes narrow
then the mouth bends in a crooked smile
gears spin in my mind as my right brow arches

oh to be like the moon -
to brightly color and then chase away
all the fluff that dares to come between you and me.

My Flip Side – W6

Waiting in the Car Edition

“The Flip Side” is a meme I’ll be joining in with every week. It gives you an opportunity to share a self portrait – reflection, shadow, or classic type portrait. This is a great incentive to practice the art of the self portrait if you want to increase your photography skill. My interpretation is going to involve my sharing of photos that have any part of me in them. I’m going to share several every week, that I captured the previous week. I hope to see you playing along, too!

Weekly Winners, October 17-23

October 17th – 23rd
These shots taken with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (on loan from a friend)

Now you see me… even if you don’t.

This is what Whoopie Cushion Joy looks like.

Balloons possess a special kind of magic.

The handsome fellows I live with.

Polly wants a… corncob.

It’s goat lunchtime!

Wish Time.

On the move at the bounce house.

Finding his scooter legs.

Little Pretties.

My Wednesday lunch date.

Setting up camp… in the back yard.

Mini Photog

That smore didn’t stand a chance.

Burning bright.

I caught him in the garage, trying to steal my bike.

It was a long week.

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This is what happens when I go to the bathroom to pee.

When I left the room he was making lovely drawings in his notebook.

If I’d had to take a dump, do you think he’d have progressed to his arms and face?

My Flip Side – W5

Clicking into the black-backed glass.

Shadow Swinging

My shadow is a secret ballerina.

“The Flip Side” is a meme I’ll be joining in with every week. It gives you an opportunity to share a self portrait – reflection, shadow, or classic type portrait. This is a great incentive to practice the art of the self portrait if you want to increase your photography skill. My interpretation is going to involve my sharing of photos that have any part of me in them. I’m going to share several every week, that I captured the previous week. I hope to see you playing along, too!