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| My friends and I were relaxing on their deck and were joined by a baby praying mantis. I popped a closeup lens on my phone, but when I tried to take the picture the mantis jumped onto the phone! (This picture was taken with my regular camera.) |
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| Eventually, I coaxed it into letting me snap this shot with the closeup lens. (Working with insects takes patience!) [Linking back to Macro Monday and i heart macro.] |
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| "We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because rose bushes have thorns." —Abraham Lincoln I choose to rejoice (and be careful). How about you? [Linking back to Pink Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday, and Today's Flowers.] |
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| 'Tis the season . . . for asparagus—and lots of other yummy things for sale at our local greenmarket. [To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme.] |
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| at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 53rd Street. The building on the left is Philip Johnson's so-called Lipstick Building. Its most infamous tenant was probably Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme cost so many so much ($65 billion!) and landed him in stir until 2159. [Linking back to Skywatch Friday and Weekend Reflections.] |
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| The Pillsbury Doughboy stopped by our office recently—and one of my young colleagues just couldn't resist! [To see more of the Thursday Photo Challenge, visit Dale's meme.] |
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| Well, after how many ABC rounds (I believe this is my 8th one), it's finally come to this: X = X! I found this one on a wall in Paris—and it kind of reminds me of the Zentangles (but that would be a "Z") that I draw as a form of meditation. [To see more ABC posts that feature the letter X, go here.] |
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| The owner of these cute boots is one of the charming people who gather every Sunday in front of the St. Medard church in Paris to play music, sing old French songs, and dance (and socialize a bit too). She is one of the dancers, but also . . . |
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| one of the singers. If I lived in Paris (sigh), I'd be there every week. [Linking back to Ruby Tuesday and Our World Tuesday.] |
