SOOC #18 Here Lizard, lizard, lizard

My son has the best eyes! He always find neat little critters no matter where we go. He found this lizard near our campsite in the Keys. Snapped with the point and shoot. :0)

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SOOC #13 painted petals

I am just in love with these flowers! It's the first year I've had them in my garden and I think they will stay. I love how it looks like the red is painted on, starting dark then fading away.

And I could not resist this partially opened bloomed. I love the curly petals.

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SOOC #12

I have been trying to change my attitude towards the chipmunks driving me crazy. They are everywhere, so I might as well embrace them, lol.

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sooc #11 Happy Birthday Honey!

Today is my husband's birthday, and since he is 6 months younger than I am he has finally caught up! I called one of friends in the wedding cake business to make him a cake. He loves her cakes! We went to pick it up friday and it was very hot, an hour and a half away and it sweated a little on the way home. But it's all good.

The only direction I gave her was I would like a camera on it and that he likes yellow. She did great!  After I took this photo I said, "Ok, I'm done"

He was holding the knife ready to cut and waited so patiently, not, for me to finish playing with it.  I barely had the words out that I was finished and the first cut was happening!

Jennifer really does make awesome cakes! They are always so moist and yummy (the sweat didn't affect the taste at all)! I'm going to include a link to her website in case any Wisconsinites are looking for a cake for a birthday, wedding, or any other celebration. Saves me answering emails, lol. You can see more of her wonderful creations at Cakescapes!  And remember, all these photos are straight out of the camera, no tweaking involved. :)

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SOOC #10 Drink much?

We found this sign while in the Keys. Me thinks the other side might be more honest?

Thanx to my crazy husband for giving me his version of a drunk bum.

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SOOC #9 Ground Squirrel

I really liked how this little ground squirrel posed for me. :) If I were to edit this photo I would just lower the green saturation a bit so it would distract less.

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SOOC #8 Flaming Petals

Flames in the greenery.

I love reds and yellows!

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SOOC #7 berries

One day, while sitting in my yard, the sun hit something bright red in the woods, I grabbed the camera and viola - berries.

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SOOC #6 more flowers, lol

Given the right light it just seems that flowers don't need any tweaking, lol. Hope you don't mind.

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SOOC #5 ~ My Flowerbed

I love these happy flowers in my front flowerbed. They are strong, surviving the winter easily.

And a flower in a pot in my backyard.

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SOOC #4 flower

The big reason we bought these flowers was because of the color. I liked how it was kind of a dull color, it felt aged, antiquey. :)

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Hope everyone has a great 4th, and a safe one!

PS - Tristan's first fourth of July, a sparkler had a piece come off and burn his arm, he still has a scar from it! I felt horrible (I was holding him) and I still do! Be careful!

Historical SOOC #3

I've been to Ripon, Wisconsin several times before, but just now noticed this little historical spot.  Who knew that Ripon's claim to fame was being the birthplace of the Republican Party?

I snapped these photos with my cell phone, and I remember to not touch them in any way, except to resize for here. :0)

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Straight out of Camera Sunday #1

I'm hypercritical of my photos and I feel like every one needs at least a tiny bit of tweaking, but when I saw this one I thought it was close enough to perfect that I resisted the urge to manipulate it in any way.

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This is my first time participating in SOOC Sunday (Straight-out-of-camera).