DollsArtCats

This is a sphere of onyx with a geode-like internal tunnel from the top to the side facing the camera--that is a blue flashlight balanced on top, trying to illuminate the inside. I was having a lot of trouble with the low light and the close focus, so this one is blurry. Here is a slightly better one: If you get your face close to the hole, the lit inside of the black sphere is "full of stars". It's so cool and it was less than 20.00 from Etsy, which means I probably could have gotten something similar for less on Ebay, but I still think it was a good deal. Squirrels are back! They get scarcer in summer, I have no idea why. The rain continues, but drizzly, which is livable and makes nice patterns on the spiderwebs, which are everywhere: The big spider over my window has vanished (I suspect a woodpecker) But I did get a chance to photograph it's web before it disappeared: I won't miss the wrapped bug lunch packages or spider droppings, t...

OK, it was just in the morning, and it didn't stick, but by the time I went to go visit Akutenshi7 the weather had warmed up to only 41 degrees F, so I am glad we moved all the palm trees inside, where they are taking up a lot of the living and dining room (there is another palm you can't see to the right of the photo). Originally we had planned to go to the Kane County Flea market, but mostly because I hadn't yet eaten enough cookie dough to be winterized and immune to the cold, we went instead to a bookstore that had central heat. I did some Christmas shopping too. I'm liking my new camera--it takes nice macro pictures when I remember to set it correctly. Here are a couple of backyard toadstools: I haven't quite figured out how to set the depth of field--this photo of Ereshkigal is two photos put together, as I managed to get the calender in back in focus on one, and then the doll in the second one. And now I have to tidy up a bit as K will be here any seco...