dedmanshootn > sunny pink
dedmanshootn > mountain laurel blossoms and buds
dedmanshootn > mountain laurel blossoms
06/24/08

this is per request of angele who wanted to see the flowers when they opened from my 'hairy buds' dp several days ago. knowing what to call this plant is thanks to karinaboese. had a heck of a time getting this posted. uploaded fine then when i tried to access the gallery to put on title etc puter crashed. i rebooted 3 times but couldn't open any gallery on smugmug tho e-mail etc worked fine. did a bunch  of other things and decided to reboot and try one more time. got lucky. my puter is betting balkier and balkier and unfortunately i can't afford to fix or replace it. if worst comes to worst i can at least e- someone from the library's puters to let y'all know what's happened but if this puter wipes out i won't be able to upload any longer. hopefully it won't come to that. this is rambling on and on because i got frustrated and stayed up too long, tho at least i use punctuation unlike SOME people, dita ;-), but i'll wrap up now. hope you are having a much better day than mine is so far
dedmanshootn > pink wild rose aka a pretty weed
06/13/08

just realized its friday the 13th here in the us of a. my fav day usually. a bit heavy-hearted tho as DOD (my dp 05/16/08) is in the hospital and the docs don't really know what's wrong except that he's not doing very well. i won't be posting this week-end as i'll be down there being with him tho i'll almost surely have something to backpost when i get back home as using my camera is like breathing to me, not absolutely necessary but a good idea if i want to live. i had some things i much wanted to say about the posting and comments yesterday but i'm so tired i'll just have to wing it and hope it comes out right as i'm posting this then off to bed early. i didn't enter the contest because i expected to win, nor do i now, tho i'd certainly like to be awarded something. i entered for the education. education has costs, the cheapest of which is money as far as i'm concerned - tho many would disagree with me to judge by their actions. my purpose in bringing what i consider injustice to public attention wasn't that i expected people to be 'fair' or that life itself is fair since i've known from gradeschool that life ain't fair and SO WHAT. i did want to hear what y'all had to say about voting other people down to build yourself up. clearly that can't ever work i've always thought and i was heartened, and not at all surprised, that that is what y'all think also. when someone started pushing down many peoples fine work here on smug, including some of my own, i was miffed. after some reflection however i left my pics with the thumbs activated because my goal isn't so much that my work be on any 'top' list, tho that's certainly pleasant, but that people enjoy it and that i get feedback from peers so i can improve my craft. i've learned a great deal by opening my smug page and especially since i joined the daily community, i thank you all. bottom line is that for me anger is like murder and i don't consider this 'thumbs down' crap anything to kill over so i ain't gonna be angry either. its really more like the foolishness is like fleas, annoying til you realize what it is and take appropriate measures...then forgotten. i agree with all of you who expressed that 'ok...so what' attitude and agree that the worst thing that can be done to the mean-spirited is to leave them the joy of their own company and move on with one's own joy. of course my commentary was a blatant appeal for votes also so in that vein...please click on that pretty poppy in this gallery and vote the links ;-) thanks one and all for the joy, education and votes! (even whomever votes everything down...may you find something real to put that energy to). i can't imagine a better place to be posting thoughts and pics nor a better group of people to share both with. blessings on you all in massive measure
dedmanshootn > a fly on pink
dedmanshootn > small fly and wet pink flowers
dedmanshootn > pink clover flower
dedmanshootn > mayleen (clematis montana) blossom
dedmanshootn > beauty on a burnt stump
05/19/08

this is by the sidewalk at the top of the stairs from yesterdays shot. i decided i'd up and down the stairs for a bit of exercise and to get a daily pic even tho i'm still struggling with a bad cold. had my eye on this stump for a while. got down a bit late so had to compensate some with the flash
sunny pink
dedmanshootn > sunny pink
sunny pink
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