No Rest for Snakelover

This post might be better for an f-stop friday. But I expect to be away from the computer for the next couple of Fridays, so I decided to post it today.

On a website I frequent, there's a bi-weekly photography contest that I usually try to enter when I can. This time, the subject is "Reptiles" and entry ends tonight at midnight. Now, you would think this contest would be right up my alley! I mean, think about it... photography and snakes. What's not to love?

But despite almost two weeks of keeping an eye out for reptiles, up until Saturday, I didn't have anything to enter. Then I happened to look out Mindy's back door and... would you believe it?... a copperhead was laying on her back porch! What luck!

It took me a bit to catch it, being that I was armed only with a fish net. But Mindy brought me a rubbermaid tub to put it in and then I headed to the woods in search of a natural setting for what turned out to be a nice photo shoot. This is the photo I entered in the contest...



The winner will be announced tomorrow. Wish me luck! Here is the one I almost entered...



Out of lots of pictures, these were my two favorites. I thought I liked the second one better. Mindy liked the first one better. After looking at them side by side, I had to agree with her.

When not taking reptile pictures, Mindy and I were working our tails off getting ready for the Zapp show! Whew! I'm still exhausted! But I feel very good about what we got done. As this is likely my last post until we get back, wish us luck there too!

f-stop Friday - Periwinkles

On the day Mindy and I worked on the window display at Winnie & Tulula's, I captured this photo of potted periwinkles in front of the store. Click on the photo to view a slide show of the window display.

Hope you have a great weekend!

f-stop Friday - Old Glory Alaska Style

We will never forget.

This Hallowed Ground

No, not the civil war book by Bruce Catton. And maybe "hallowed" is a slight exageration. But I did get the feeling that there's something very special about this piece of real estate!

On Labor Day weekend, Mindy took me to the place where she will be set up near Zapp Hall in Warrenton. I got to see the lay of the land. Up close. Personal.

I liked the colors, textures, highlights and shadows of this nearby rustic outbuilding. It seemed very photo-worthy!



I hope I am not treading on her toes to blog about our visit, but it was exciting to finally see this place in person! I'm pretty sure she will do a thorough blog later, so consider this only a sampling!



Talk about chippy white paint! It's quiet now, but not for long! I look forward to meeting new and old friends there very soon!