INTERACTION

The two and a half year old grandboy slides one finger up for a moment of boy and snake interaction before boy and snake go their separate ways in search of lunch.

THE LETTER V

A very quick rendition of the letter V before his tongue goes in. If he had stuck it out a little more I could have had a Y too.

HERO

What this little frog needs is a hero and, with much booing from me,  my sister insists her husband be it. Snake and frog both live to eat another lunch. Quite possibly snake returned for supper that same day.

FAVORITE FOOD

When you won't let go of lunch even after giant hands have picked you up, it's clear this is a favorite food.

ENTRANCE

Don't you hate it when you grab carry out for lunch and it won't fit into the entrance to your office?

EDIBLE

Who doesn't like a nice order of frog legs for lunch?

WILD

I like a garden that welcomes wildlife.

GARDEN

The water garden appears to be a calm oasis of green on a late summer day. With a close look you'll see that it does, however, have one occupant in common with a legendary garden...

SOFTNESS

At this time of year when the garden is mostly seed heads and spent blooms, the grasses add a softness to the scene.

PRICKLY

Castor bean flower. The seed within is very poisonous so the plants should not be grown where small children are likely to find the seeds.

SUMMER FUN

Music is one of the best parts of the summer fun at the Farmer's Market and the once a month Mosey Down Main evenings.   Mr. Bojangles and CW were part of the treat this weekend.

FRUITS AND/OR VEGETABLES?

Farmer's Market downtown Lafayette, Indiana. I think the women in front of the melons were each having an internal debate about the great cantalope/watermelon discussion--is it a fruit or a vegetable?  One lady has even used her Phone a Friend option for help.

AND THE SIGN SAYS...

I love late summer/Autumn Saturdays in my hometown. Purdue University football. The downtown Farmer's Market. The last of the Mosey on Main series.

MOVEMENT

Couldn't stop the movement of those speedy little wings.

CUPCAKE

Creation Cafe's cupcakes are worth the risk of stealing a bite of your uncle's cake while he's distracted.

HANGING

Hanging light fixture in Creation Cafe.

PLEASURE

Sunday brunch at Creation Cafe in the Canal District of Indianapolis is pure pleasure.

IN THE DETAILS

The beauty of this light fixture is in the details you see when it's illuminated.

HIDING

Where's Hollis? Hiding.
He can play this game repeatedly.
I like it when he carefully rips a paper napkin into pieces and hands the pieces around the table so everyone can hide.

RECREATION

Basketball. Soccer.  Those are his sports. The skateboarding is all recreation.

SEAFOOD

UC campus area dining.

FOUR

Need something to read?  Anyone?

MUSICAL

Downtown Cinci streets are musical on Saturday mornings.

ONE-TWO-THREE

"For it's one-two-three strikes, you're out

At the old ballgame."

You hear that a lot when you live in the city the Reds call home.

Reds Museum, Great American Ballpark

FENCES

Construction fences block part of a baseball mural being created in a new development area near Great American Ballpark in Cinci.

AND THE SIGN SAYS...

I wanted a nice loaf of Bad Boy and maybe some Chocolate Cherry.
I should have made an earlier stop at the bakery.

JOY

Sheer joy when he gets a chance to be with his older cousin.

WEALTH

She's a single mom and her family lives hours away. It can't be easy to make the time and the money work. But at moments like this, she'll tell you she's the wealthiest woman in the world.

ENDEARING

I was surprised to find a tongue sticking out at my camera instead of a smile when I reviewed this shot.
Since I don't see him often enough and he's all of two years old I found it endearing.  Once.

The haziness is a result of a quick two year old and not enough adjustment time between air conditioned truck and 95 degree air temp.

CASUAL

They take a casual approach to sales around here.  This sort of roadside produce selling is common.

PLANTS

Pitcher plant.

"Feed Me, Seymour!"

ART

I love art in progress.

FURNITURE

Apex Furniture Manufacturing Building.  In a previous life the building was an icehouse for Christian Morlein Brewery.

THROUGH A WINDOW

You might guess this to be the front window of a tattoo artist.  It's actually home base for an edgy downtown resale shop.

TEAM

It takes a well managed team to work the downtown equine police beat.

And the backside view simply means that sometimes I'm more of a follower than a leader.

CHILDHOOD

Still wearing the spots of childhood.

RULE OF THIRDS

One third corn, one third clear sky on the horizon, one third incoming storm clouds. With a little sunset thrown in for good measure.

AND THE SIGN SAYS...

Having a film crew, complete with real stars, in town to shoot movie scenes was a big deal in tiny town. They booked up the hotel and dined at local fine dining establishments.
I'm still waiting for Captain America or Iron Man to whisk me away.

FACELESS PORTRAITS

Portrait of a little boy in summer. Faded shorts, dirt under his fingernails, bumped and banged up legs.

ANIMAL

Love it when a box turtle show up out back.

FAMILY

The swans have cygnets this year. They've never yet managed to raise a family to adulthood and one baby has already been lost this year. Hopefully the remaining two will survive.

THE LETTER E...

is for euphemism. (with a nod toward Dr. Seuss for the loan of this particular usage.)

SEASIDE

This is as close to seaside as I think he'll be getting this summer.  Practicing his fish netting skills at the lake.

THE LETTER W...

is for worm. I like that he isn't squeamish about holding them or feeding them to the fish in the lake. His mother and aunts weren't so worm friendly at his age.

HEARTWARMING

I remember his mom riding her own red trike and it's heartwarming to see them ride up the sidewalk together now.

RETRO

Love his retro red Radio Flyer trike.  Metal, not plastic, and totally kid powered.  Except for those times he can get someone to push.

BROKEN

He was sitting on the center line, broken from being hit by a passing car, but still gamely trudging across.

UNDER WATER

With last night's "And the Sign says" as introduction, yes, the roadway is under water. I'll go out of my way to drive on a road like this one.

AND THE SIGN SAYS...

You just have to love a road that goes right through the stream. 

ON A FARM

Seeing balloons land in the fields reminds me that it's haying time. Nothing like the smell of new mown hay and the sting of sweat in your eyes, swelling bug bites on your legs and the taste of dust in your mouth. On a farm.