Hello?

Hello...

    Hello...

         Hello....

Is there anybody out there?

Or is this blog of mine just a waste of what little time I have left on this planet?

CYBERSPACE
is such a lonely place.  In fact, it's cold as hell...

Candy Apples

It's APPLE SEASON!

ENJOY!

Love Fruit

"Tomatoes and oregano make it Italian; 
wine and tarragon make it French. Sour cream makes it Russian; 
lemon and cinnamon make it Greek. Soy sauce makes it Chinese; garlic makes it good." - Alice May Brock (of Alice's Restaurant fame)

Harvest in Full Swing

This is a photo of last year's corn, grown during a normal year. I haven't taken any pictures of this year's corn. It's too depressing. Instead of golden yellow with plump ears, this year's crop died before it's time. Rains never came, which stunted growth and inhibited proper pollination. The corn stalks are a sickly gray-brown and the ears are short and poorly filled out with kernels.

Pastures are burnt up, so besides being no corn for cattle feed, there will also be no hay. NO CORN + NO HAY = NO BEEF. Forget steaks! Bye-bye hamburger...

Wells and municipal water supplies are running low. Ponds are drying up.  It's going to be a bad winter, with sky-rocketing prices for food. Now might be a good time to invest in emergency needs, including non-perishable food and bottled water.

Heavenly Blues

A morning-glory at my window 

satisfies me more 

than the metaphysics of books.  

~Walt Whitman

Excuse Me!

Excuse me!  Can I have a little privacy here while I finish bathing?

Lotsa Luck

Be prepared, 
work hard, 
and hope for 
a little luck. 
Recognize that 
the harder 
you work 
and the better prepared 
you are, 
the more luck 
you might have.
~Ed Bradley

NOTE

NOTE ON THE PHOTOS BELOW.

I apologize for the poor quality of these two photos of my paintings, below. I was in a big hurry this morning and it was misty-rainy outside, so I couldn't photograph them in natural light. I had to grab a couple shots in the studio, under incandescent light.  So they're a bit warmer in color here than they are in real life, and not real sharp.  I hope to replace them with better ones soon, but I was in a hurry to get them to the gallery.