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Shelly > July 5, 2009 All's Quiet on the Home Front The Fourth of July is a high-stress night for our canine friends. There's a burn ban in effect, so no roman candles, mortars or bottle-rockets this time. Still, it took us until at least 10:00 am to convince Lucy that there should be no more scary sounds for a while. Once she spotted and chased a few doves and squirrels in the backyard, though, everything was normal again. "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." -- Gerald R. Ford US Republican politician (1913 - 2006)
Shelly > June 30, 2009 Supper was Yummy Every once in a while, I manage to put together a supper that is so simple and delicious that I get downright excited - and wonder why I haven't done it before. Just jullienned and lightly sauteed whatever veggies I could find in the fridge (carrots, onion and celery) in a cast iron skillet and added a pinch of coarse salt and tarragon. Then used this as the bed for some fish fillets baked with a light coating of of Ranch salad dressing -- straight out of the bottle and another sprinkle of tarragon leaves. Who would have thought? “Opening her eyes again, and seeing her husband's face across the table, she leaned forward to give it a pat on the cheek, and sat down to supper, declaring it to be the best face in the world.” -- Charles Dickens 1812-1870
Shelly > January 14, 2009 New lesson. It takes a whole lot of oranges to get a little glass of juice. They had 15 lb bags of oranges on sale for $5.99 the other day, so I bought them. A note of thanks to everyone who was concerned about me being "out of commission." Nothing to worry about, and I apologize for any cause for alarm. I simply thought "out of commission" sounded better than "I couldn't get my act together." "Early morning cheerfulness can be extremely obnoxious." William Feather -- 1908 - 1976
Shelly > December 17, 2008 The original to this photo was a simple sweet image. Two people, fully dressed and sitting upon a beautifully-made bed. Once I added some different treatments and silhouetted the couple, it just came alive. "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." -- Mignon McLaughlin
Shelly > August 19, 2008 Another image from my recent family shoot. Cute cute and very fun family. When we were nearly done with this series, their cat came to the back door and wanted in. He's in a few of the shots too. I spent some time on PP work for these today and can share them with the family in the morning. Hope they like them.
Shelly > August 18, 2008 Fete Noel This beautiful family asked me to take portraits that they could use for their Christmas card -- but they didn't want to look particularly "Christmas-y" Okay . . . I need to do some research on finding and using the appropriate accent marks to go with this headline, but I couldn't resist using a feet shot because the DP community seems to have a fantastic foot fetish. We have some awesome photos . . . and I believe the family will be pleased, but the ZOWIE will come with a bit of PP work. I'm a bit overwhelmed, however, with the workflow issues because I want to be able to demonstrate the finished products but should probably let the family select their images and THEN do magic on them. Going a little bit crazy this week . . . but hopefully once we get past a new PP learning curve it will all be worthwhile. So . . . Whaddaya think? The chair in the background distracts me, so I think I'll work on it next.
Shelly > July 29, 2008 Them's some BIG little dawgs! I know which breeds are fearsome, and have always been just a bit uncomfortable around the tiny ones. Give me a big dog any day. These guys, however, turned out to be pretty friendly. I loved how the door could open over their heads and they'd never even have to move. "Yesterday I was a dog. Today I'm a dog. Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog. Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement." -- Charles M. Schulz, (Snoopy) 1922 - 2000
Shelly > June 3, 2008 Dryer Light The Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah nearly started playing when my dryer light came on this evening. I was afraid that the old machine had bit the dust because it wouldn't turn on for love or money. While I would be thrilled with one of those pretty new energy efficient models, I really don't want to have to BUY one right now. As it turns out, it was just another side effect of the never-ending and still-not-progressing kitchen remodel saga. With the microwave plugged in to an outlet in the living room, if you use it without making sure the dining room light is turned off first, all sorts of breakers and fuses start tripping. We never know which one will go out next. For some crazy reason I can flip every switch in the breaker box with no results. I REFUSE to succumb to helpless female syndrome, but am convinced that our particular electrical system responds only to the Y chromosome. Ahhh. Just one more reason to keep my wonderful husband around still a little longer. "You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in." -- Arlo Guthrie
Shelly > January 18, 2008 Date Night -- Streetcar Named Desire Through a Stemless Riedel Wine Glass. If anyone is wondering, this is why I did NOT go shoot tonight's basketball games. Really had fun with this one. Unfortunately, before too long I lost my "date" to his computer game. I think it was about the time I started lighting and arranging candles for light flickers and definitely before I put on lipstick to try adding a lip print to the glass. Didn't like the lip print. It was sort of trashy . . . and I'm a very classy kind of gal. Much moreso than Blanche! Poor dear . . .
July 5, 2009

All's Quiet on the Home Front

The Fourth of July is a high-stress night for our canine friends. There's a burn ban in effect, so no roman candles, mortars or bottle-rockets this time. Still, it took us until at least 10:00 am to convince Lucy that there should be no more scary sounds for a while.

Once she spotted and chased a few doves and squirrels in the backyard, though, everything was normal again.

"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." -- Gerald R. Ford
US Republican politician (1913 - 2006)
Shelly > July 5, 2009 All's Quiet on the Home Front The Fourth of July is a high-stress night for our canine friends. There's a burn ban in effect, so no roman candles, mortars or bottle-rockets this time. Still, it took us until at least 10:00 am to convince Lucy that there should be no more scary sounds for a while. Once she spotted and chased a few doves and squirrels in the backyard, though, everything was normal again. "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." -- Gerald R. Ford US Republican politician (1913 - 2006)
July 5, 2009

All's Quiet on the Home Front

The Fourth of July is a high-stress night for our canine friends. There's a burn ban in effect, so no roman candles, mortars or bottle-rockets this time. Still, it took us until at least 10:00 am to convince Lucy that there should be no more scary sounds for a while.

Once she spotted and chased a few doves and squirrels in the backyard, though, everything was normal again.

"Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." -- Gerald R. Ford
US Republican politician (1913 - 2006)
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