Fred Says

Sunday June 1 2008

Fred says: "Here I am, ready to pitch for the

Red Sox with a goodly amount of

neckware to fly around when I throw those

98 mph change ups.

Blibber Blabber

May's End

Saturday May 31st 2008

One more memorial Day shot--same boy

with his father reading Dr Seuss's

Fox in Socks, which may make

him squirm and turn

and grab the flag

that's near the bag

where puppies wag

their curly tails

when they tip over colored pails

WHEW................

ended here, is my nonsense tale!

You can not end it
No you can't..
Forever,
you must rave and rant
and never rest till you are done
with all the words
that are so fun.
And this of course. will never be
so talk you will, eternally...

(Jill)

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Fox in Socks is a children's book by Dr. Seuss,

first published in 1965. It features

two main characters, the Fox and

Mr. Knox, who converse almost entirely

in densely rhyming tongue-twisters.
The book in some ways bears a

resemblance to Green Eggs and Ham,

another book by Dr. Seuss. Both

stories contain two main characters:

one who is stubborn and wants to

be left alone; the other, a persistent

and sometimes annoying opposite

.....WikipediA

Nancy's Poppies

Friday May 30 2008

In Nancy's yard the poppies grow

by the stone wall side

Where the breezes blow

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The Candidate

Thursday May 29 2008

'"Can't a bird eat their breakfast in peace?

I'll answer your idiotic questions when I'm

finished.".....and so it goes with the bird

politicians and their paparazzi.

Market Flowers

Wednesday the 28th May 2008 I include this photo for future generations

to see how the plant sales crop up all

over the place in the Springtime.

This is at the Big Y, but numerous small places set

out displays that make you smile. I wish the sellers

came home with you and planted them as the

May flies are out there just waiting for me.

MEMORIAL DAY FLAG HOLDER

Tuesday the 27th of May, 2008

Here's a little boy watching the parade downtown.

I love the hands in this photo, as they say

to me, that the responsible father is not going to let the

child poke any body's eye out !

Fighting Fuschias

Aren't they such awesome flowers!

Playing around with the photo was

fun.

Well, Hello, there.....

Monday the 26th of May

Sitting on a bench with hot coffee cooling

beside me and wondering what I can photo

from this position---then, VOILA! my shadow

is there waving to me, so I took a photo to

prove it.....

The Fish That Ate........

Sunday May 25th 2008

Made me laugh to see this photo of

Cydonia exploring his fish cave type thingy.

You know how cats love to go inside paper bags,

anything tipped over and apparently fish.

Ellie's friend took the photo.

Corey

Monday the 19th of May 2008

My grandson, Corey asked me to take

some photos of him today. This is

my son Kent's youngest child. They sure

grow up fast and it's a pleasure to

be able to do something for him.

Growing Up

Saturday May 24 2008

Here's a layer type collage technique I

kept trying to figure out this past week..

and finally got it to happen. This trial and error

education sometimes works. This is my brother

back in the 1940's with a family kitten.

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I am working to get a job done for my class

reunion where I am to create a presentation

for the ones who have passed

on , which numbers ten. I am

doing ten special composites

which will have additions

of what was written in the

year book, like a memo, on

the composites of each one.

It is a sad job as I speak to each

one, but find it very worthwhile.

I'll have them laminated at Staples

and will make them into a presentation

book for all to look at and remember.

Back Side

Thursday May 22 2008

Another 'guess where' in town---

it shouldn't take too long to figure this out.

That brick work has been around for a long

long time, I would imagine. How many

times the steps were taken for various

reasons.......

Drunken Bird ?

Wednesday May 21 2008Redwing slurs: "Show me the way to go home....."

I noticed this am, that another all black

bird also walked this way, so I'm thinking

I have misjudged the poor fellows

and this is some sort of dance routine.

Tagged Treasure

Tuesday May 20th 2008

A great tag sale find last week

where the tag sale CEO said, I

don't know what I've got that you might

want except this ceramic hand???

I said "That has my name on it !"

Thank you Mary, for each year

being the perfect hostess....

Shadow Play

Sunday May 18 2008

Taken yesterday as I looked for shots where

I usually find some and the lighting was

different than before. I'm letting the

Staffordites guess where this is.

Can you hear Anthony Newly?

Saturday the 17th May 2008

My first two visitors to the hat feeder

I had on the table 2 days before it was

"discovered". So they came yesterday

in the rain......

Cover Me Stories

Friday May 16th 2008

What is this all about?

It is a cover idea

to be filed now, for a series of short stories

when I finish enough of them.

They may end up

in a journal or remain mysteriously undisclosed.

Trial Smile

Thursday May 15th 2008

A page from a journal I am working on

where I used my own photographs

with this result. I did not have a clue

when cutting out the dog, what the

page would be about---but that glove

on the back steps I took Mother's Day,

seemed to want to be used---and

then things fell into place.

Heard Bird

Wednesday May 14th 2008

Here's the Mom or Dad with the nest in the

porch beams this year---here he is calling

attention to himself so I will keep away from

where ever the nest is.

Fushia Fiesta !

Tuesday May 13 2008

Mother's Day from Kurt---

these flowers look unreal

...they are so vivid and

their construction so complex.

Mother Nature outdid herself

over and over again with flowers.

Seven Marbles

Monday May 12 2008

This is a close up shot of a beeswax collage

and in experimenting with different shutter

speeds and ISOs--the marbles came out this

way---all those 7 highlights are a mystery.

Maybe I should go up to Foxwood

Casino today and play 7's all day long

till I win enough to buy a studio/place

on the coast! (with housekeeper,

and handyman)

Mary Cordelia Field Fowler

Sunday May 11 2008

I surely miss my mother and how

she cared about me. I think this photo

was her high school graduation photo...

The smaller

photo looks like her mother but

isn't. During her last three years

after her stroke, I would go to Maine

to be with her on Mother's Day,

which I felt my children did not

understand.

GUESS WHERE

Saturday may 10th 2008

A photo from the 'door' collection I

have---I'm wondering if the Stafford

people recognise this place---most of them

have seen it many times and perhaps recall

going inside when it was open-----that's

all the hint I'm giving out......

Special Violettes

Friday May 9th 2008

A photo I took today out in the yard---that

I have altered in three different sites--

to me this looks like a cool Lucite box edge

or a piece of jewelry. I like how it looks like

you could run your fingers over it's

edges like flower braille .

Huge Shade Tree

Thursday May 8th 2005

To think this was a spindly sapling

Francis brought home one day----

and now has the look of having

been in my yard since Colonial times !

Maine Roses

Wednesday May 7 2008

This photo was taken of the Ruga Rosa

wild red roses yesterday. The new

bright green spring leaves are opening while

the fall rose hips still hold on. This reminds

me of my own life's cycle. Each year

I watch these Roses, loving the fact that

they come from the coast of Maine.

They are as sturdy as the rocks and

like the tides, return bringing joy.

Bird Sketches

Tuesday May 6 2008

Here's a page for my sketch journal I am

compiling---I usually used a very simple

box of basic watercolors---a pencil, eraser and

and fine point pen . It seemed to be able

to do everything I needed, especially for

sketch book things. I've always liked

birds in my work.

Dad Tribute

Monday May the 5th 2008

Since this blog is for my children,

I am including the "Dad" set up

that I imagine they will appreciate.

I just so completely turned the

living room from what it looked like

(a nursing home) for years that

I felt the need to add this for them

In the many months it has been there

no one has mentioned liking it etc.

Ah well..........

Garden Angel

Sunday May 4th 2008

I took this photo of a garden statue because

of the sharp contrasts the

shadows created---I can see many uses for

this image in my work even if I

think the horn looks like a funnel

someone stepped on !

STAR COW

Sat May 3rd 2008

One of my small paintings I love for

how the cow looks special with that

star---I miss all our cows now and

wish I had good camera equipment when

they were around . Of course I took

a photo of her out of the car window,

and decided to leave the barn in the

scene to frame her head. She

appears in the mood to be

interviewed---what a mooving

experience that would be. In our

family we all had license plates

with Moo on them---the parents

(Francis and I) had Moo 1----

then there was Moo Too,

Moo 3, Moo 4 and Moo 5.

Well, I'll moove on now.....

see you tomorrow.

Seeing Spring Signs

Friday May 2nd 2008

So Spring has finally come to Spring Street

in Stafford Springs !

I'd like to sit out on that balcony type porch

with good cup of coffee and good

conversation with Historical Society

(this is where they are located)

member looking over the Stafford Springs

area with stories to tell.