This picture captures the excitement of the moment and the beauty of the child.Anticipation

Here are some photo's (not the greatest pics I've taken), of some seed pods, a catapiller and mushrooms.  Can anyone please tell me: What flower comes from each of these seeds? -What are these flowers? What kind of catapiller this is and moth or butterfly that this little guy will become ? - What do I turn into? and also, What kind of 'shrooms are these? -'shroom #1 and 'shroom #2
As with ALL Gods creation, This IS Joyful Symetry indeed !!!

Our little town had a festival down on the square today.  Looked kind of ordinary.  The best stuff was behind the tents.... where I caught these two fellows hard at work people watching... but what they didn't know, was I was watching them...

So just one question here....

Do you like your Cowboys In Color
 
or Cowboys in Black and White ?

Thanks for looking!

We recently entered our 1976 Truimph TR6  in the Connecticut Truimph Registry's British Car Show.  Much to our surprise, we took 1st place!  Here's my entry....Joyful Symmetry.
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my husbands' parents have been married for over fifty years and his dad is in his seventies!
they live on the coast and we live on a farm in central texas. it's about a five-hour drive, so, we don't get to see them that often.
imagine our surprise, when they snuck up on us yesterday
driving this!
 
buck, evil & sam!!
love,
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The police in Las Vegas, NV have confirmed the identity of a woman who was found running around the streets with a camera hanging around her neck as KayN; she refuses to give her full last name, and will admit to only one of the crimes she has been accused of committing.  She admits to stalking people with the express purpose of causing utter chaos in their lives when their photos are published.  However, she takes the fifth when questioned about the drunk & disorderly conduct claim, trying to table dance on one of the roulette tables at the Luxor and the claim that she was seen hanging out the balcony window of her hotel room dangling her camera by it's strap.  She refuses to answer any more questions and has requested a lawyer, only she can't remember the name of her retainer.  Says it's either Surferguy, Chef, JoJames3, JustPeachy, Loweho or Turbo.....and claims somebody by the name of BusyB will get her out of the pokey as soon as she can win enough money at the slots.  More on this story at 11.

I can only HOPE this doesn't happen.........lol........
All kidding aside, I am leaving for Vegas in the morning; will be there for 4 days, then I'm off to TN to see my family and pick up my Baby dog (my toy poodle); my daughter has been keeping her for me since July......when we went to China.  Just thought I'd put a post in for the theme before I head out......I'll try to check in some while I'm gone, but can't promise anything.  And, who knows, y'all might just see Busy and I on TV........as the biggest winners Vegas has ever seen!  Yeah, right........

joyful symmetry

Hope y'all enjoy!

This picture was taken at my NCO (ALS) graduation right before I put on SSgt....My husband and I were both in the Air Force......since then he has gotten out, but I'm still aroundSSGT

I have always loved taking pics and having pics all over my house, but last year I've gotten really into it.
The pics are from Mt. Rainier last Christmas, when it was cold and there was plenty of snow....and I just happen to catch a beautiful Washington suset somewhere a long the way......snow cold Mt. Rainier sunset

My Pups  Hunter Madison

B. Bashful Candice
E.  We have it.
A.  But We are Coming.
C.  Kiss my butt feathers
H.   I am Symmetrical and not leaving S.G.
  This was a great Beach day and this is proof my friends.

Joyful Sky

Architectural Symmetry

I have had a hard time getting out and being creative lately. I'm almost even tired of taking pictures of my son, almost. I though this picture of Aiyana's birthday party was cute. I took this at Iao valley, it's the  ceiling in a pavillion there. Finally I thought this would work well for the  symmetry theme.
Mahalo and Aloha

simple joy
symmetry interrupted

 
some color

Comments and advice always wanted!

The dictionary discribes symmetry as:
  1 the quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis. 2 correct or pleasing proportion of parts. 3 similarity or exact correspondence.

  — ORIGIN Latin symmetria, from Greek sun- ‘with’ + metron ‘measure’.

To me these are all a "pleasing proportion of parts."

Wagon Wheels BW
Train Trestle
Blackberry Leaf BW

Trying to take pictures of moving objects in 25MPH winds is a little challenging,But it gave me something to do this afternoon.Its a beautiful fall day here in Iowa where the landscape is quickly turning from summer to fall,This is my favorite time of the year!I'm not sure what this little guyis but he was more than welcome in our garden.The quest for a monarch with open wing's was very difficult in the wind but here is one shot I thought was allrightMonarch 2 Here are a few other shots from today,hope you enjoy them..Thanks!aster Symmetry grasshopper

Post Number 101.  I wanted to honor my Grandfather on my 100th post, but the Chrysler Building photo distracted me.  I’m at my childhood home in Flushing, Queens and there are boxes of photos in the basement.  The photos in this post are the earliest ones I found. They were found in a white envelope that fell out of a recent photo album (1975).  There are other photo albums from the 1940’s, but this envelope was just waiting to be found.  

The photos are postcards with black fountain pen Italian writing on the back.  The first photo is from about 1910 and shows my Grandfather as a teenager in a small town outside Naples, Italy. My Grandfather is the middle person in the back row.  The older gentleman sitting down with a pipe I can assume is my Great Grandfather. The second photo is my Grandfather, he is in his twenties in about 1920, I believe this was taken just before he immigrated to NYC. When he arrived in NYC in 1922 he opened a general store at 1 Christopher Street, in Greenwich Village, not far from the thumbnail.  He raised 4 daughters, my mother the eldest, and 3 sons.  He returned to spirit when I was seven years old and I knew him well.

The joyful symmetry spans time and spirit.

1. 1910  
                                 2. 1920

My 100th post distraction
3. 42nd Street Canyon looking east from 6th Ave.

 Just for laughs

 Nature's  dance

What makes me smile? Seeing my friends out on the water! Or A beautiful sunset on the way home from the lake.

A place that makes me happy? Alaska's Denali National Park Whittier Alaska Seward, Alaska Clearwater Beach Niagra Falls

Here is my entry for this bi-weekly challenge....

Joyful

 Symmetry
 
Early morning breakfast in my front yard.....Hope you enjoy!  

My entry into the current challenge.

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Got to scratch that itch.

I could shoot these all day, does anyone know what the bag limit is?

 As the wind was hollowing at the window, Ann and Suzy were talknig abut the new gossip in town... They say many years ago a strange came into town and nobody knows how but, he built a gold mine that brought sufferance and pain amoungh thoes lands...Even though he was new in town he sattled very nice, down the old ranch and had a wealthy propriety. After a few years "the stranger" began to worrie that he had no wife...no children whatsoever... he was misserable! He tried to find a good wife for him but because no one in town wanted him...he couldn't find one. So he put up a plan... he kidnnapt the maiors daughter and hit her down the gold mine away from  town. Her name was Candice, she was a blonde blue eyed, sixteen yeard old girl. She the most beautiful girl the town had seen in a century..."
  "Suzy!Ann! Come on down staires dear! Your father is home...."
  "ooo is mom Ann, let's go i'll tell you the rest of the story later."  DESCRIPTION_HERE

Friday morning one of my fellow teachers came to my room just minutes before the children arrived and told me to look out the window.  He knows that I am always looking for a picture.  The east side of the playground was just filled with spider's webs that were glistening in the rising sun - we had a fog that morning so they were full of dew.  Unfortunately a student destroyed some before I could get out there and some were too high up for me to shoot without something to stand on.  Once I took attendance I told the children that we were going to take a walk for devotions and see something special (remember that I teach in a Christian school).  So my 16 kids followed me out on the playground and we were all in awe of the beautiful webs.  I only got a good shot of one - so you tell me what you think.
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