impossibly blue

These are this week's wildflowers.

Upland larkspurs.

There's been a lot of rain, so they're everywhere.

They match the impossibly blue sky.

hobbyhorses

These guys are my "hobby"horses.

They know they're props

and show up whenever they see the camera.

I don't own them, but we've got a deal;

they eat the grass while I photograph them.

Two of them are good saddle horses,

and the sway-back is a rescue.

I think they do a really good job

of completing the scene up here on Rabbit Mountain.

That strip of sunlight out on the plains

is almost 100 miles away.

landing lights

This is the door mat at the ranch.

It appears to have landing lights on it.

If that's what these are, they're the closest thing up here to social networking.

We're in a valley, behind a mountain and out of range. Of anything. No internet, no cell phone (except from the top of Rabbit Mountain) and the land line runs under the river. (There's so much irony in that last phrase, it would be funny, except for that weird buzzing sound.)

If it weren't for the satellite, we'd be on Mars.

Maybe we are.

lawn ornaments

We're off to the ranch

where the cows and the lawn turkeys roam.

The fluff ball between the two big girls is a wee goblet

eyeballing some yummo grub in the grass.

discretion

Discretion is the better part of valor?

It's definitely not the better part of color.

confession of a color junkie

'Tis what it is.

cooler inside

I think the heat's getting to me.

dog days

Good news! It's the dog days of summer!! Yow!!!

wires

I could knock myself out trying to avoid

photographing the wires.

Why?...

I kinda like these.

shade

optimism

Two days ago, I was sure I smelled a gardenia.

I was sitting in traffic at the time, so it was obviously an aromatic hallucination.

Tail pipes notwithstanding, I was possessed by the fragrance.

Though the climate here will surely kill it,

I bought a gardenia plant today.

It's like chocolate; sometimes, you just gotta have it.

studio dogs

There are a lot of dogs in my studio.

One of them thought a group shot would be nice.

may moon

This was the full moon rising last Thursday night.

I think the photo looks a little like one of Loriann Signori's beautiful pastels. It's this blurry because it was taken hand-held, and I'd had one glass of wine (cheap date).

I don't know what Loriann's excuse is.

I don't think she needs one.