xtcian: lingering onward dreamily

July 26, 2009

lingering onward dreamily

7/26/09

A few pics from the summer so far...

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Lucy running past the camera

first orange on the tree out front - they'll be ripe by December

the Libovola (new favorite plant)

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Lucy plays scrivener on our walkway

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patience for the avocado to sprout

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the only pumpkin grown in Venice, CA

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a yellow monarch fluttered by, and Lucy wanted a picture, so I quickly snapped the shutter and lucked out

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the amazing Tessa

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Tessa and Lucy contemplate the sunset in Malibu

Posted by Ian Williams at July 26, 2009 11:45 PM

Comments

Posted by: CM at July 27, 2009 4:48 AM

beautiful!!!!

Posted by: Annie H. at July 27, 2009 9:10 AM

Is it me, or does Tessa get more gorgeous all the time?

Posted by: anon at July 27, 2009 10:43 AM

if I were a conspiracy theorist I would begin to think there is something fishy about the cropping and "angle" of the Tessa photographs....hmmmmmmmm

Posted by: jenx67 at July 27, 2009 2:50 PM

Your wife is absolutely beautiful. And, that butterfly. How you managed to get that in focus while it was flying is amazing. Is that for real!? I have an urban garden. I planted two or three pumpkin seeds and the thing has completely taken over the humble patch (Oklahoma) My 2 year old and bread birds picked the blossoms off the tomato plants. I have four foot tall tomato plants and no tomatoes. This is longer than my usual comment. Don't you hate that - when people have more to say about pictures I post than my brilliant prose. Ha!

Posted by: Ian at July 27, 2009 11:48 PM

I'm not sure how the butterfly got in focus - I think I'd already focused on a nearby tree, and the butterfly happened to be the same distance when I whipped the camera up.

The first buds on a tomato plant are always a problem, but if you lose some and let the leaves grow, the second batch of flowers/tomatoes are twice as yummy because of the leaf growth. Leaves on plant = more flavor. My 4-year-old keeps picking all the mint and chocolate mint leaves in the garden and chewing on them, like Yemeni soldiers chewing khat. It's crazy.

Posted by: Deb at July 28, 2009 7:44 AM

I'm struck awed by that pic of Tessa. It's stunning. Composition, subject, all of it. Too bad she's not acting, because this would be a winning headshot.