ODC: Myths and Legends

ODC: Myths and Legends, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Slay the dragon, Sir Lancelot.

Actually, my thought was that this photo were be included in the assignment called "magic and magicians."  When in actuality there was no assignment entitled that; it was called "myths and legends."  When I realized I was barking up the wrong tree I turned to Merlin the Magnificent instead of Harry Potter spells.  Unfortunately I still haven't figured out a way to get everything clear in the picture.  Used my macro camera and when I focus it's always on one spot, not the entire picture.  Don't know if that's how macro is anyway as I tend to have that problem with my other lens as well.  The object of this photo is from a snow globe that I have.  Years ago my family would buy snow globes from the San Francisco Music Box Company.  I absolutely loved getting those presents; unfortunately, they left our area soon there after so I only have four or five to call my own.  But they are all gifts from the heart that I will always treasure.

ODC.Words

ODC.Words, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

For all of the dogs that we've had over the years, this is the first one that we had to warn intruders about. He's loving and protective but he does has big teeth! We've known that he has a propensity for biting; but as many dog lovers do, we overlooked the bad because he was and still is a part of the family. After an unfortunate incident a couple of years ago, I decided that I'd better put a warning sign on our fence. We've had numerous people enter our backyard unannounced, but never had an actual face to face meet-up. So I got my warning; let the others be warned as well. And if you plan on entering my backyard let me know beforehand!

Our Daily Challenge: Brown

Our Daily Challenge: Brown, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

Another menial job that I leave until I need to do it. I do like shined shoes; just not the mundane polishing act. One more year of polishing these babies and out the door they go. My new mode of foot cover will be flip flips morning, noon, and night.  I only have a couple of pairs of shoes that need polishing on a regular basis.  I tend to wear slides or fabric type shoes that don't require a regular coat of polish.  It's not to say that I don't like shiny shoes and even when I resort to shining mine, I like the end result.  Of course, I could ask the retiree at home to do this job but I think he'd think that would be to lowly of a job- unless he was getting paid somehow.....that's not going to happen any day soon. This brand of shoe was a life saver albeit super expensive.  I had suffered from heel spurs in both feet for years and I came to the realization that the pain was never going away.  It's not easy standing on your feet for 7 hours feeling like you are standing on two golf balls. But I came upon this brand by chance and the pain disappeared eventually.  I guess it could have resulted from the various treatments I underwent, but I will be thankful for these shoes nevertheless.

Our Daily Challenge: Spiky

Our Daily Challenge: Spiky, a photo by scookster on Flickr.

The sun is out, the temp is warm and the grasses need trimming. Ah, so much to do so little time.  Been gone oh so long from this blog site.  I don't know what exactly happened.  I do know that some health issues got in the way and then my motivation died out.  Had a couple of other projects going and wanted to get those completed so that I could get back to my camera.  Maybe the winter had something to do with my apathy. But these last couple of days the temperature has warmed and the sun has come out.  I know that it may be short lived- winters in the midwest are never ending.  But I am hoping that by taking this picture my motivation will return.  Decided to use my macro lens for this picture.  I had something else planned for the "spiky" assignment but left it at school.  So opted for some dried grasses in the backyard.  Eventually will have to trim these grasses back, but for the moment they make decent backdrops.  I even have some bokeh going on in this picture; not sure what that means but I think it's there.