chochiyo_sama

When we did all that cleaning this summer in my porch, i gave my niece Cora the antique bed I had bought at an auction for $300 several years ago. This apparently set off a frenzy of redecorating in my sister-in-law, who redid both kids' bedrooms and her own. I took pictures of the kids' bedrooms because i thought they were so cute. She had not finished her and Jack's bedroom at that time, else I would have taken pictures of that too.

Here is Caleb with his "best friend" Bitsy. When he was just a wee little lad, he had a black toy cat that he called Bitsy. When they got a couple of real cats, he named this one Bitsy after the stuffed cat.

I like his red lamp very much. I wish i had a pink one just like it.

Here is his collection of cool stuff. Note the superhero motif in his bedroom.

Here is Cora in her new bed with her new bedding and the two beanie baby kitties she made off with from my house. I was told that, when she saw the bed for the first time all put together, she said, "Is that great big bed all for me????"

Caleb had to get in on the picture too, because god forbid he not be in on the attention. lol.

Here are Caleb and Cora, and Cora's little buddy Alysa. (Not sure how to spell it. It's pronounced "Ah LEE sah." She and Caleb are mortal enemies. They appear to hate each other intensely.

And here we have my cute chubby little toes with their most recent pedicure job. Mom, Kim, Kari, and Kari's friend Tina all went to Vegas Nails and had our toes done. after that we went to Subway for sandwiches. We witnessed some guy just screaming at his wife. He was being a total dick. In retrospect, I wish I had said something testical withering to him, but I didn't. Unchallenged, that sort of behavior continues and worsens. I feel guilty that I didn't nail his ass. Or at least call the cops. He was shrieking the F-bomb at the top of his lungs. Stupid ass loser.

You can see that Tyggy had to hurl herself in front of the camera too. All kids like to be in the center of attention, I guess.

Peaches likes to get high. She is always on top of something.

I stayed at school last night and corrected papers until 7 pm. When it got to be 7 pm, I was just too burnt out to do one other thing. So, I got in my car and drove to Culver's to buy a burger. I saw that the clouds were absolutely stunning. This time, I was able to catch them in their glory a ocuple of times. Here are my pictures.

Taken from the drive through lane at Culver's.

Making use of the telephoto accessory to show the clouds a little closer. Look at the dramatic light affects in the clouds! Ah, to be able to paint like that would be a phenomenal gift!

This is a particularly horrid little subdivision in NW Rochester, but look at how glorious the clouds are. Look how gorgeous the clouds are--notice how the light is hitting them from underneath and throwing all the shadows upwards. Soooo cool.

The colors in this picture are so delicate and lovely.

Here I have zeroed in on the big mass of clouds over the subdivision.

This picture is a broader view. Love the shapes of the clouds, especially to the far left.

This is just stunning. I stopped right in the middle of the road to take this picture (after carefully looking to see that no one was coming up behind me like a bat out of hell.)

This was taken down by Oxbow Park. I love the light on the clouds.

Telephoto option used here. The light!!!

Same location, slightly different perspective. Seeing this in a small picture is so different than seeing that glory spread out across the sky!

This picture is taken while looking East. The clouds were over Oxbow.

And NOW, for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!

In the board room the other day, Cecelia proclaimed that feet were ugly. I beg to differ. I happen to think that I have very cute feet!

Here they are--this is the pedicure I was on my way to get last night when I got my freaking speeding ticket.