Cats

Gloria doesn't like the flash of the camera, but she is very happy, otherwise. I am no longer shoving antibiotics down her throat, nor putting a warm wet compress on the area where her anal gland had an abscess. It turns out she does not like the acidophilus, either, but I can hide a bit in her food...

Miss Kitty doesn't like the flash, but she has not been sick, thank heavens!!

Tomato Flowers

Still hanging out in the photos of last summer. Do you blame me, when the wind chill this morning is -30?

I am part way through the practical part of my course. It is more fun than I had expected, but doing it means that I am that much closer to being out there, looking for a job...

Daylily

Daylilies from last summer, captured in the late afternoon sun...

sun and warmth - they feel like a distant memory...

Castor Beans

Still working on the photos from last summer - 

these are macros from a castor bean plant.

For such a huge plant, the flowers are tiny.

Mrs. Mouse

My Mom took a class in leatherworking, the year before I was born, and she continued with the hobby for many years. She must have made this mouse, with her baby in a walnut shell carrier, about 20 years ago.

Hollyhock

A hollyhock from last summer.

I have finished my exams, and I have a final average of 85%. I have another week of classes, about resumes and stuff, and then two weeks of practical, and I will be done...

Sunflowers

I like all the little hairs on the bud of the sunflower

and the way the light comes through the petals

 



Clover

I am still editing photos from last summer.

One dewy morning, I was crawling around the lawn, capturing clover blossoms...

Amaryllis

I only got a few images of the amaryllis before it faded away...

4 AM Ponderings

Jake needed to go out about 4 this morning (remember he is an old man, and doesn't last the night any more), so, as I was lying in bed trying to go back to sleep, I was trying to decide whether, if I used a horse shoe as a frame, I would be better off using a photo of the horse's head, or its foot... No idea where that came from.

Friday, I wrote my first final exam. The last one will be a week from tomorrow. Then I will have five weeks about the computer program and working in an office environment, and my two weeks of practical, and I will be done my course.

Christmas Cactus

My Christmas cactus and my amaryllis are both blooming. Guess what you will see tomorrow...

Raspberries

The birds and I did not get all the raspberries

before the temperature dropped.

So I am gathering them now, but not for eating...

Blue Eyes

This little beauty is called Blue Eyes.

It is at the college gardens. I wasn't too impressed with it last year, but this past summer, it had filled in, and made quite a statement.

I wonder how long it blooms...

Winter Sunset

It has been much too cold to go for a long walk, so I have not been taking many photos. For this one, I just had to open the front door...

Family Photos

My Mom and myself and my sisters. I am the one standing, with the white shirt.

And part of the table, with me in front of the bookcase.

Only one of the great grandchildren came (rather than watch her brother's hockey game), and none of the grandchildren. They are all visiting her separately this year.