feeling existential today



how do we know we're in the present?
and just what is the future anyhow?
how can two people grow up in the same house with the same people and have two completely different perceptions of that experience?
do you believe that our greatest lessons come from the relationships we have in our lives?







the local fire department has been holding out on me.
they never told me that their fire trucks were so interesting to explore with a camera.

i'm not even believing that these flowers in my garden are still blooming this late in the season.

mother nature impresses me.
human nature interests me.

and although mother and human have the same last name, i am not so sure they are related.
could it be that human is mother's unruly child?

at any rate, to me they are both fascinating.
different from one another, but both resilient.

always entertaining, and i am constantly surprised by them both.

look closely

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this little wasp found the most perfect place to take a nap. wouldn't you just love to curl up in a flower and take a little snooze in the afternoon sun?
i can't think of anything better.

happy monday



we had dinner at the home of another couple and after dinner, the guys decided to go and play some music together. i watched them as they walked into the other room and each picked up a guitar. the minute they began to play, they became oblivious to everything around them...they went to another world. they became transcended. it was a place where no one else could go and only they knew how to get there. musicians are like that. all artists and creatives are like that.
it's being in the moment.



an afternoon game of chess on these red chairs could actually entice me. unfortunately to mr. ntm's dismay, i don't have the brain power for chess.

but i certainly have enough brain power to sit on these cute red chairs. especially if the sun comes with the deal.

and a soy latte.

happy clothes



don't necessarily make a happy person.

maybe she wasn't happy because she didn't get to do what she expected to be doing that day.
or maybe she had a fight with a friend, or maybe it was because she didn't feel good.
maybe she was happy, but just not happy at that particular moment.
or maybe she had had the best day of her entire life, until i asked to take her picture, and then her entire day was ruined.
all because i asked to take her picture.

who knows?

we never know what people carry around with them, do we?
but she was rocking those orange corduroy pants and bright pink scarf.
from the neck down... to me, she looked happy.



sometimes it's necessary that we look at things in black and white.
or at least try to look at things in black and white.
i'm one who's always concentrating on the grays,
i have to try to remember that i wouldn't even be able to see those grays if it weren't for the black and whites.

fortune cookie thursday

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sometimes i wish it were. but then again, that's the trick isn't it?
and the fun.

i'm still learning, learning learning all i can about this camera of mine. trying to make it do what i want it to do. exploring all i can find. trying to magically absorb it into my brain. taking it all in.

i stumbled upon this food for the photographer's soul. go down their list of blogs that speak photography and be amazed at what you find.
also being a fan of these guys, they will email you a daily photo from their collection. it's been one of the nicer things waiting for me in my inbox.

enjoy!

hay!





look at these SO clever hay bale masterpieces!
these are nothing to sneeze at....

mr. ntm and i went back to our alma mater in athens, georgia this weekend to visit some friends. and even though the town was mourning the fact that the dawgs were handed their butts on a silver platter by florida state, we still had a lot of fun.

thanks kt and tim for a great weekend.