It's been a good day all in all.  We have had a beautiful little white cat that appeared to have adopted us hanging around the patio, etc.  At first she would appear only in the evenings but lately she would be here all day long.  Since we are leaving for Florida on Saturday we were quite concerned about what to do about her, she is obviously a domesticated cat who loves being petted, etc.  She is completely snow white with beautiful yellow-green eyes.  Anyway, I mentioned the cat today to my oncologist as we were having our semi-annual visit.  She mentioned that another of her patients whom she had just seen this morning had lost her cat and was wishing for a new kitty.  My oncologist gave said patient our phone number, a call was made, she came to meet Miss Kitty and now our homeless little friend has a good home.  What a wonderful day!!

For a little upper, copy the url below, paste it into your address line and sit back... relax... ENJOY

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=oXvJ8UquYoo&vq=large

The Daily Show
Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook

This is a very funny piece by Jon Stewart...  Is he the only one with some semblance of sanity?

The ant's story...  climg up the stem, make one's self presentable to enter the sacred heart of the lily!




























The heart of one of the dark lilies.  Why wouldn't an ant want to climb in?  Inviting indeed!

 This lily has a spider doing a balancing act, perhaps hiding from the insect above.
 I like the contrast of the blooming lily and the dead...  the process of aging.

 A little wasp drops by for a sip...

Full on shades of yellow...

Once again, the full blooming and waning of the lily...

Was hoping you might enjoy some lilies... but of course, there is nobody currently following this blog.  However, I truly believe that at some future date there might be someone or someones...
These lilies were captured digitally on July 27 of this year.  They were growing in our back yard.

Currently, great relief.  I left my beloved camera at my sister's a couple of weeks ago.  Since we are leaving for Florida in a week, I needed to retrieve the camera and we thought we were going to have to drive down to Wareham to retrieve it (it is bulky, expensive and currently in a backpack so difficult to transport up here).  Today my darling sister called to tell me she will have it packaged and on its way to me tomorrow... two day delivery.  Hooray, no rush trip tomorrow.

I have no idea what kind of flower this is but I thought this looked like what a bee might see on his approach, or perhaps like sea serpents swimming in a sea of yellow in some alien land which hot pink shores...
bees or serpents... I'm going with serpents!

David and I?  Enough said!

I guess in order to blog, one must write something at least once in awhile.  So, I've had my 'permanent' implant inserted and a little work done on the right side as well...  no, the above is not a picture of me... it is of my sister's dog Ben taken while we were down in Wareham visiting her and her husband.  I love this picture of Ben, think it is quite appropriate as a lead-in to Halloween... he looks just a little spooked here.

Okay, secondly, I did not know there was such a thing as Toad lilies... but guess there are (at least according to my sister), and there are three pictures of that flower!  I love how the petals are attached to the stem... and the whirlamagig thing that sprouts out of the top.  Oh, and the color... love the color.

Am reading a very good book at the moment, Slow Boat to Purgatory.  I discovered this book one evening while dining with friends at a great restaurant named Papa J's (the best salmon ever and other great food)...
The owner chef dropped by our table to see how we enjoyed the meal and admitted that the stack of books neatly arranged on a table by the entrance had, indeed, been authored by him and were available for sale.  Anyway, am a little over half-way through and am enjoying the journey very much.  It is a suspense story much in the Dan Brown style.  So, if you like The DaVinci Code or Angels and Demons, give this book a try.  You can get it at the restaurant, Amazon, Barnes and Noble as well as elsewhere I'm sure.  The author is named Vernon J. Baker.

That is enough for a periodic blogger... my fingers grow numb and my brain likewise.

It was raining.

How does one entertain oneself if it's raining?

An obvious solution is to hang a hummingbird feeder by the house and then practice taking photos of the little birds as they come to feast at your 'table'.

I recently purchased a Canon 70-200mm 1:2.5 L IS II USM lens and wanted to try it out. So I mounted it on the front of the Canon 7D, placed both on the tripod and shot away. I was very happy with the bokeh produced by the lens when I opened up the aperture of the camera. I was also very pleased with the quality of the images. I did process these through camera raw and Photoshop CS5 with some editing using Topaz software (not on all the images but some).