Cupcake frenzy

My niece and nephew hate cupcakes. They despise them. Really. Can't you tell?

To their parents, Ben & Melissa, I apologize again for the 20 pounds of sugar they each ingested on Sunday. I get to do this kind of fun stuff with them, and then it is oh-so-convenient that I get to pass them off to you immediately after. Sleep tight.

Sincerely,

Katie

PS - There was seriously NO color coordination between clothing and icing. Totally their call. And I'm pretty impressed.

Southaven Circle West

This was the house I lived in until fourth grade. So teeny!

Tilt shift

At some point in my adult life - a few years ago, maybe - I drove by my elementary school in Southaven and was shocked at how small it looked. When I was young it seemed so huge and imposing. Thinking back on it, my sixth grade teacher seemed inhuman or immortal or...I don't know, definitely not a real person...but in reality she was probably a girl in her early twenties that just got out of college. She would've been 10 to 15 years younger than I am now. Perspective can really blow your mind.

Anyway, my older brother played baseball at Cherry Valley in Southaven just down the road from the house we grew up in. I employed a tilt shift technique with the photo below using my large format camera. The point is to reduce a life-sized object so that it looks like a toy-sized version of the real thing. Particularly appropriate when trying to visually describe this phenomenon, I think.

Summer...

...will be over before we know it, so I took a moment today to snap a few pics of the yard while everything is blooming.

If my camera is on at home Gus always makes the cut.

Surprise visitor!

Crepe myrtle out back.

I'd just gotten finished watering the flowers.

I have no idea what this is, but I obviously need to water it more.