Dish towel purse

One of the valley quilt shop owners showed me a purse she had made from dish towels so I just had to try to make one as well. I bought a couple of Martha Stewart towels from Kmart and last night, after work, I made my first one. It was so easy and it only took me an hour. I made it prior to the Taj Mahal/Keb Mo show that we went to see last night at the Celebrity which I will discuss later. But here are some photos of the purse.

WSJ

Tom pointed out a Wall Street Journal article reviewing/discussing Alison Krauss & Robert Plant and the new album "Raising Sand". I had previously posted another video earlier in my blog

Here, they are performing Led Zeppelin's Black Dog.
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At the end of their ropes

What are these flowers?

I took the pictures while walking the dogs in the neighborhood.

Messin' with macro

On the new little camera there is a button for macro photos but there is also a digital macro on the menu wheel. I haven't figured out what digital macro is and the book has not been too helpful.

So here, I'm just taking digital macro photos of ordinary things that have texture:


An ordinary welcome mat changed to black & white.

Looking upward at a Ponderosa Pine

Manzanita

I have always had a liking of manzanita
The bark is such a different color and it is so smooth. Smooth as a baby's bottom. Manzanita is heavily present in the Prescott National Forest and we have one in the yard of our cabin. So, I took some photos:

Man's Best Friend

or in this case, woman's best friend

TGIF

Aaahhh. I'm looking forward so much to this weekend. We'll be heading up to Prescott and even though we will be faced with a lot of yard work, at least it is not "real" work. It's been a little stressful at work partly due to the fact that I've taken on much more work but mostly due to a conflict I'm having with one of the other employees. I'm not alone in how I feel about this person because I have plenty of company. Nuff said.

Untitled

This is a house located not far from me and one I drive by every morning on my way to work. I like it due to the fact that it is small, neat, minimal. It also is not your typical Santa Barbara or Mediterranean style that so dominate the Phoenix landscape.


Plus, you can't beat the view across the street. It is one of several public golf courses in Phoenix.

Broccoli diet is a success!

A few months ago the dogs were put on a broccoli diet by the vet. I had to take both of them in for various things on Saturday and so they got a weigh in. Addie is down to 48lbs from 54lbs and Roscoe is down to 44lbs from 50lbs. I'm so happy about that! Addie is 11 years old and excess weight is a bad thing for any dog but especially an older one. She probably feels much better now.

I'll still be supplementing their food with broccoli for every meal. Does this mean I'll start eating broccoli any time soon? I seriously doubt it

Doing the dog paddle