Odds and Ends

U.S. Army's Spirit of America - Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps AIMG 3832

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: There sleeps Titania sometime of the night," From Act II, Scene 1 of a Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. Taken for The Sunday Challenge: Books The book used was The Annotated Shakespeare, A. L. Rowse, editor. The texture used was created by Kerstin Frank and can be found at www.flickr.com/photos/kerstinfrank-design/14670997398/in/photolist-omqGp1-oxqXjY-oMTPKY-owVSzM-oNsueh-ofAVY1-oxrgaf-ofGihH-op2n2u-oT67hh-oS6DJm-onTpK9-oLTF8t-oT5SGj-opNWPk-oR2Gst-o7U7vZ-oKXEmk-orqNT7-ouJgUL-owwjKw-oLhipg-pcmEdK-ouwC7S-pa9iQk-oNK3HD-p7Bmy7-okUuiD-oPZNfG-oxc54t-otwGuS-pgAGVm-o7U6qc-p1kurg-opnm6o-ouHvXK-p3HFtB-oj7Z3b-oHgf9f-oHZMbh-p4mxNB-oVHhrN-p6eJGw-o7NFEg-oQ8tur-pj2F9y-ouUgkv BIMG 4319

The Sunday Challenge this week was books. This would also fit with the forced perspectives and possibly, the legs challenges. AIMG 4324

Grey squirrel AIMG 4428

Taken for the Sunday Challenge: Grey Idiom: Tickling the ivories is a colloquial expression for playing the piano. This phrase references a light touch (tickling) to a piano's keys, which were traditionally made of ivory veneer. Nowadays, piano keys are made of plastic and most people believe that ivory looks out of place except on an elephant. AIMG 4435

Taken for the Sunday Challenge: Grey GIMG 4448

"By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes." Macbeth Act 4, scene 1, 44–45 HIMG 4459

12/22/08 Dog and broom SThailand2 286 (Fall 2014)

Not the Sunday Challenge: Pushing the Boundaries. I played with the exposure compensation (-3) to darken the Venetian blinds, leaving only slits of light. I also pushed my husband's patience as I walked around the bedroom at 6:00 AM with my camera to capture the morning light. PIMG 4513B