I fit!

My cat likes boxes, no, not likes them, she loves them, they all belong to her, at least in her not so humble opinion. I got a box of photographs delivered and after I took the pictures out she had to get right in.  "Who says I don't fit? I fit just fine, see!" Forget the back leg and tail hanging out over the edge..
She is nicely posed in front of some storage boxes I just covered with contact paper, thus the nice granite like background ;)

Bright and early

This morning the sun was coming over the horizon and streaming through the trees as I was headed to work. As I got to a signal, I pulled out the camera but the angles weren't great so I continued on. Then when I hit the traffic jam that happens each morning, I had this view and I grabbed the little camera again and was pleased with the shot.

Hello Lady

I didn't spend much time on photography again this weekend but thankfully my own backyard often provides me opportunities for some good shots. That's great for the sake of time and my knee, today's photo is simple, a ladybug on a leaf of the trumpet vine. His bright colored red against the nice green of the leaf and the background a sea of green.

Three Toed Box Turtle

Isn't this the coolest looking turtle? Rolf was kind enough to find this little guy for us. After all the rains, we had a nice muddy area where the water drains out of our yard and down to the creek. Rolf went over and found this fun little play thing and picked it up in his mouth to play with his new little "ball" toy. We shooed him away and found this cool little turtle tucked up in his snap close shell. Eventually he peeked his head out and then after deciding it was safe, he made a "run" for it. We helped him into the garden area and let him continue his journey.

13 innings!

What a game that was! I spent 7 hours at the Ballpark in Arlington tonight. I love baseball but I have to say that was a bit much. It did bring back memories of the 14 inning game at Long Beach State in March of 2007. We didn't get out of there with Matt until close to 3 am and I had to fly back to Texas the next morning. Tonight's game had us staying late to see the Rangers come back and beat the Yankees on a homer by Nelson Cruz to tie the game in the 8th and then another to win it walk off style in the 13th. After the game, there was more Blue Man Group and fireworks. I was doing pretty well on timing tonight and caught a few shots with good contact, tags at base, etc. Murphy is one of my favorite players and this was his single in the first inning.

Sunlight

The rain has stopped and the water is receding. We like getting rain here but that was certainly more than enough for a little while. It got warm again today, which we could do without but the sun felt good, even the bugs think so. The clarity isn't what I'd like here but overall I like the light and shadows and colors.

Flood!

It rained for most of the last 36 or so hours, finally stopping in the last couple of hours, for my trip home. The road I usually take home was closed due to flooding so I went for a walk with the camera. There were plenty of opportunities for photos on foot. I had just a short walk, maybe a mile and a half or so and had some great sights, another fish crossing the road, a snake, road signs nearly covered in water and of course the rushing of the water itself. I took a different angle on this photo and walked up behind the railroad tracks. It's a play on perspective as the water is not nearly as high as the tracks but I liked the view.