Surpriiise! It’s another rose!Yeah, sorry. I just really like them, okay?This one is taken at the Memphis botanic garden. It was a great mid-September family expedition.… Read the rest...

Okay, I confess. As much as I love photographing flowers, I have no idea what most of them are. Sometimes I take pictures of things and then spend ages trying to figure out what in the world I’ve just photographed. This is one of them.Sadly, flowers and I don’t really… Read the rest...

Yellow is Mom’s favorite color, so it’s never a surprise when her garden is filled with daisies and sunflowers and things like these black-eyed susans. She’s got a remarkable green thumb but rarely gets to utilize it because of her autoimmune health issues. Toward the end of summer and early… Read the rest...

I really love statues. This one in particular belongs to my mother, sitting on the corner of her front porch. My father has grown to dislike this statue, wanting to throw her away as she ages and begins to crumble, showing cracks and heavy wear.  I’ve always thought that the… Read the rest...

A butterfly enjoying one of Mom’s flowers. Truly, her garden is a wonderful place.… Read the rest...

I’m scared of bees. Like, really, really scared of bees. I originally planned to take a picture of these pretty orange flowers in Mom’s garden, but when I got to them, I discovered they were covered in dozens of fat bumblebees. I was terrified, but determined to get a picture… Read the rest...

I never outgrew the teenage goth phase.I still have the boots and the clothes and I’m not entirely sure where my black lipstick went, but Halloween is in two months and I’m sure I can get another tube pretty easily. Naturally, in a really stereotypically teenage goth fashion, I love… Read the rest...