Here is a Picture of a Cat

Sometimes I get a little bored on the Internet. I signed up for google analytics a while back. Never really checked it often but tonight I did and was surprised at what I saw in the traffic source section under "Keywords":


Apparently many folks google about the fantastic HBO series, Generation Kill, and some are searching for Arizona Sweet Oranges. The biggest keywords is the phrase "kill them with kindness."

Next, I go to Google. Type in my blog name:

I am second on the list.

What about Bing?

Maybe I should make this blog more about being kind instead of some self-centered rant? Yeah... prolly could. OK... maybe a little of both?

Apologies to anyone who has taken the time to read my nonsense when you may have been looking for some real answers on how to overcome difficult people.

In the meantime... here is a picture of a cat:

Where Are You?

Right where you should be... feeling what you are feeling. Being in the now.

The Day of the Children

This past weekend I photographed Xico's (pronounced "sheCO" btw) 30th annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration of Life Festival. You can see them all on our fan page on facebook.

While we celebrate life, remember those who have gone before us and dance with death... the children bring magical innocence to this event.

I Knew Rhianna When...

... she was taking in her culture. Absorbing the gifts from her parents and grandparents... when she took my hand and simply smiled.


I Knew Frida When...

... she was a little girl. So sweet. So intelligent and sensitive. An old soul in a young body. You have much to teach us.


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*click on the photos for a full size version* :)

Whaddidyado last Thursday?

Assisted Marv by filming art.

Epiphany Rising:

Self Portrait 7

My reflection on a piece of art entitled "An Original Thought." The art is original but using it for a self portrait? Not so much. I am rarely original.

I am not sure...

... but I think this is a Red-tailed Hawk. Flying over my home this morning. I so wish it had flown lower... closer...

I asked earlier on my facebook page if anyone knew what type of hawk this was. Vicus remarked that it was a kitten-eating hawk.

Chuck read his remark and passionately responded:


But then another facebook friend vaguely said that they do eat kittens... yes, kittens... but he never said it was a Red-tailed Hawk. Regardless... this was one beautiful creature.


Even if it eats kittens.

La la la and blah blah blah

I love my new camera! So far, it loves me. I got a new camera bag and made sure it would be something my long suffering husband won't mind carrying. (Bless him!)

So... what to do with my old one...

Well, if you were me you would think of the young man who asked you very informed questions about photography the last time you photographed an event. The one who told you he just joined the photo club at his school but only had a compact point-and-shoot camera. The one you asked to take your camera out to the crowd... "take some pictures... fear nothing and have fun."



It is his to beat up and break... but it really is mine. Oh yes, there are strings attached, young man. If your grades slip... that camera comes back to me!!! Keep up the good work!

Hello Exhibit Opening...

This is your best shot.

A father showing his son how the artwork on the floor matched the tattoo on his forearm. One of the most beautiful families I have encountered

I will be posting all photos tomorrow to our facebook fan page. I am pretty sure you can view them even if you don't have a facebook page... if you do have a facebook page! Become a fan!

The Camera
It continues to amaze me. I have taken some bird pics that are average... I will keep them for now but there was one I really liked:



A beautiful Western Mockingbird. Oh the songs they sing and the joy they bring me. That is why it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. They rule our backyard but do manage to share it with some rather lovely fellow species... more pics as I get the hang of it.

With sincere apologies to anyone who may read this blog, the ones who may take offense to LOLanything. I give you... my first... maybe my last... LOL Bird:

OK... it is a picture of a cat

I take pics for the nonprofit org I work for. Exhibit openings, festivals, fundraisers.... Most of the pics I took in the past were really awful. Yellow... dark... out of focus... you name it. I convinced myself, for the good or my job, that I really needed a good camera. It worked last time I got my MacBook Pro... right?

So maybe I won't be a video blog... I seem to have failed at that attempt. (If comments count then, yes, I failed.)

I just got my first really nice camera. I splurged. I got a Nikon D90 D-SLR. OMG... it has so many bells and whistles that I am trying to learn!!! On top of the basic camera, I got the zoom lens and the high-falooting flash. I have so much to learn.

Tonight I decided to try to hunt birds with my camera but... I was not alone (click on the piccie to see if full size:)

Tigger was hunting birds as well. This is my first pic that is not one of my foot, the instruction manual or a wall in my house.

I may just become a photo blog. Dunno. :)

If you want to see what I aspire to become... check out Abraham Lincolns Bird Blog.

This is my last video post... for today... promise

Yeah, I am a video blog for now...

This video says it all. Come with me! Let's celebrate, make music, dance and love!