cheese vs. yogurt--it's in the culture

alice rocked back on her heals and shifted her toes in her shoes, puzzled yet again. smoothing her frock, she tried to think of what she said that now had the caterpillar in a heated self-discussion. at least, it made more sense for him to be talking to himself; he jumped subjects so quickly that alice felt slightly dizzy from just trying to listen.

as she continued to watch the excited insect prattle on, alice slowly began to string a few of his words together like beads for a hodge-podge necklace, but his response still made very little sense in relation to what she had said. afraid to say anything else that might further agitate the life-sized bug, alice simply nodded to reassure him in his point, plopped heavily into a sitting position on the ground for which nanny would have scolded her, and sighed. the words the caterpillar spoke were familiar to her, but it was far from the same language.

3x5 -- john mayer

I'm writing you to
catch you up on places I've been
And you have this letter
you probably got excited, but there's nothing else inside it
didn't have a camera by my side this time
hoping I would see the world through both my eyes
maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm
in the mood to lose my way with words
TODAY skies are painted colors of a cowboy cliche'
And its strange how clouds that look like mountains in the sky
are next to mountains anyway
Didn't have a camera by my side this time
Hoping I would see the world through both my eyes
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm
in the mood to lose my way
but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
NO more 3x5's
I Guess you had to be there
I Guess you had to be with me
Today I finally overcame
tryin' to fit the world inside a picture frame
Maybe I will tell you all about it when I'm in the mood to
lose my way but let me say
You should have seen that sunrise with your own eyes
it brought me back to life
You'll be with me next time I go outside
no more 3x5's
just no more 3x5's

half way

it's more than half way through the summer. it's strange to me that it's that close until i start school again, in a different setting than i'm used to. i'm excited though--i looked and i will have met my financial goal for the new semester! and, i got a small scholarship. *do a little dance!*

i was drawing again yesterday. sending me to work without anything to do is a bad idea.

fourth flag

actually, there are five.
i didn't take as many pictures as i was planning on. things turned out a little differently than i thought they would. at any rate, at one point i decided to shoot the flag (wow, that sounds anti-patriotic) for angle-work. i really liked the sun. and the flag. America is pretty Awesome. i love her a lot. go USA. and i remembered to shrink the pictures! Happy Fourth, all!

summ summ summertime

honestly, i had more fun this year than i have before, and i didn't spend a dime.

i love summerfest. and the parade is one of my favorites. i mean, how often is it that traffic is completely stopped, crazy people drive (and walk) the streets, and everybody cheers? the town loves it. and the whole town is there. people were claiming patches of grass for days before the parade.


even people (or mascots) from other towns come. i love cosmo, and on a segue, he's prime. if i could do one of those "sexy cat" meows, this would be the place for it.





i like this one because it's a good overall shot of the carnaval. and i love the way the ticket booth in the middle glows. that's pretty awesome.



and the fireworks are just plain cool. you have to realize though, that the folder of my favorites, has fifty pictures in it. these aren't even the best, they just are the first ones that caught my eye. i might put some more up sometime, but these will do for now. have a great summer, all.



p.s.- i remembered to make them all small!