Front Yard Oasis

We went for a walk around the block across the street from us and came upon this gem.  What a beautiful front yard garden.

Baby Blue

 

Simple but Complex

Saw this interesting flower while on a walk today.

Boudoir Blue

I'm sexy and I know it.

Variegated Beauty

 More tulips.  So pretty.

Tiptoe through the Tulips

Springtime is in full bloom.

Field Trip

A truck ride and a trip to the pet store.  Life is good for our new pupper.

Relaxed

"Ahhhhh, dis is the life!"  We adopted a pupper this evening.  He likes the comfy furniture.

Bananas for Bananas

Another one from the circus.  The circus is so glitzy and glamorous, that I decided to go rogue on this one and stick with black and white; except for the delicious, juicy bunch of bananas that this 7500 lb lady could hardly wait to scarf down.  As far as she was concerned, there was no noisy audience, no bright lights and no human on her back – just bananas.  

Ribbony

This afternoon we had the opportunity to go to a small circus show at a local arena.  

Today I'm wrapping up a 5-year project.  Since May 17, 2017, I've been giving my blogs 1-word names that end in "y" that sounds like ē, expanding this requirement in the past year or so to be any word that sounds like ē at the end, singular or plural.  I decided a while back to end that requirement today, May 22, 2022.  It doesn't mean I won't use them; it just means I won't tie myself to that anymore.  Over the years I made up some words, but most were found using my trusty Merriam-Webster thesaurus and unabridged dictionary.  Yes, "ribbony" is in the unabridged dictionary. 

Clearly

 Today is a complete Techie Corner day.  

I bought a couple new image editing programs.  I typically use Lightroom, Photoshop, and On1 Effects, but recently I got sucked into a Facebook ad for some new software by Topaz Labs.  I was skeptical at first, but they offered a free trial so I couldn't refuse.  

I was fiddling around today with their program called Gigapixel AI.  It's software to upsize photos, but it also does a fantastic job of revealing facial detail.  Today's image is part of one I blogged on a couple of weeks ago.  The one on the left is the best I could do with what I had.  The right is a couple of clicks in Gigapixel AI.  I could probably have smoothed out some of the facial features in image one if I had felt like it.  But the hair!  How did they manage to get it to look like hair again with individual strands?

I really like what it can do, now all they have to do is figure out how to translate that fine facial detail into fine detail for the rest of the image.

Dopey

 When you haven't had that morning cup, er pot, of coffee yet.

Hodge-podgery

 "Hey everybody, let's make a DIY park bench.  How hard can it be?"  

As seen in 2021.

Uncomfortably

When your friends convince you to go on a new ride at the amusement park, but you are a little unsure.

Avidly

Mom and her favorite pastime.  As seen in 2008.

Impetuosity

That's a 1000-watt smile right there.

Good-heartedly

 A thoughtful couple who lives two doors down left us a bouquet of flowers in memory of our dog. 

Aeronautically

More from the Washburn Park Water Tower.  Several planes flew over while we were there.  

Descendingly

More from the Washburn Park Water Tower.  The tower sits on top of a hill with views of the incoming airplanes, like this one.

Knightly

 More from the Washburn Park Water Tower.  This dude means business.

(That white spec to the right is the moon.)

Threnody

 We had to say goodbye to this one today.  She's now reunited with her boyfriend and true mama. 💙

Sentries

Took a little cruise on the motorcycle this evening with a friend of mine.  She directed me to a fascinating water tower in the heart of south Minneapolis.  I've lived in the city for most of my life and don't ever remember seeing this before.  

Using "the Googles" I have discovered that this is called Washburn Park Water Tower. It was built from 1931 to 1932 during the Great Depression.  The architect also designed the chapel at Lakewood Cemetery, among other places.  It is no longer used for water storage, but it's on the national register for historic places, so hopefully it will continue to fascinate people for years to come.  Click on the link above for more details about the site.

I'm really enjoying the new places I've been discovering lately, without ever having to leave the metro area.

More to come from here.

Melancholy

I've been thinking about my grandma this evening.  Here she is getting her corsage pinned on by my mom's friend and bridesmaid on my mom's wedding day.  Grandma died from cancer just two months later.  She was only 53.  I wish I could have known her when I was growing up.  I have been told that she loved kids and made the best cinnamon rolls on the planet.

Ampy

 Love you, mom.  She was a goofball from a young age.

Thrillingly

Always a sight for sore eyes after working late on a Friday.  Waiting waaaaaaaay out at the end of the empty parking ramp for me.
 

Loyalty

 I don't care what we do, daddy, as long as I'm with you.  

Blarney

This evening I helped out my husband with a job cleaning up the trash that is left after the winter snow-plowing season snow mountain has started to melt.   You've probably seen these mountains of pestilence and waste in the parking lot of your local neighborhood box store.  

The mountain of doom melts slowly, so this will probably be a process over the next few weeks – A twisted archeological dig of sorts.

Tonight's inventory of the flotsam and jetsam of misery included: 

• work gloves
• vinyl disposable glove
• dirty diaper 
• security badge
• possibly part of a key fob
• booze bottle
• plastic Coke bottle with pee in it
• disposable masks - several
• switch cover from a device of some kind
• candy wrappers
• plastic bag
• broken watch/Fitbit band
• paper towels
• broken stakes
• bunny head; no, it was not a toy.
• a large crow lying on its back in the grass; no, it was not sunbathing.  Think - Weekend at Bernie's
• pieces of concrete
• and much, much more.

That brings me to my awesome find of the evening.  A real, live, honest-to-goodness Pirate Doubloon!!  If you look at today's image, you will see that it's even written right on the back.  That proves it's real!  I am so happy with my awesome find.  I'm rich!  It makes picking up all the rest of that nastiness worth it.  Well, except for the pee bottle.  Pee bottles are never worth it, not for all the pirate doubloons in the world.

 

Ecology

 The moss is happy and thriving with all of the rain we've had lately.

Budsy

 Spring!

Maniacally

My future husband, acting like the star of a horror flick.  As seen in 1986.

Drenchingly

At our mystery spot yesterday, we also went out on a walking bridge to look at one of the lakes.  Ponds? The heavy mist coated everything in water droplets, including this budding tree.  It almost looks like the seed pods are encased in ice, but they are just heavy with water.  The seed pods look like fuzzy caterpillars.