PaD #10: my favorite color

I think this should about cover it! 

PaD #9: big

this gentle giant, the Tian Tan Buddha can be found at the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island in Hong Kong, where I photographed him in 1994.  He was the world's tallest outdoor bronze seated Buddha prior to 2007, and is still one of the largest Buddhas in China. yes, kids, that is a scan of an actual photograph that I shot with real film, and developed myself in this antiquated place called a 'darkroom'... all kidding aside, you can't really understand the scale of this sculpture (which houses a museum inside) unless you click on it and take a stare at the teeny tiny humans in the bottom left of the photo - like bugs, right?! I just couldn't think of anything 'big' in my everyday life to post, so I hope any and all readers enjoy the Buddha!

PaD #8: lunch

sadly, yes. this is my lunch. some Garden of Eatin' organic blue corn chips, roasted garlic humus, and good old H20!

PaD #7: garden

okay, I have to admit, I'm slightly obsessed with my cucumbers. it's the first time I'm growing them, and they've been a very satisfying addition to my small, seasonal, container garden. there are about 8 or 9 little fruits ripening on the vines, with many pretty yellow flowers, and the trellis makes a nice privacy screen between my neighbor and I. we also planted lettuces, radishes, broccoli, tomatoes, peppers, rosemary, and flowers.  the lettuces are doing great, the radishes were superb, but are all gone now, the broccoli bolted but we've gotten a few small florets, the tomatoes oddly haven't flowered at all, the peppers keep flowering but not producing fruit, the rosemary is gorgeous, the flowers are lovely, and I believe I've already covered the cucumbers...

my son also planted some lemon seeds (he'd plant every seed and pit of every fruit he ate, if I let him), which seem to be doing quite well, I'm happy to say...

the sexy shots of my beautiful pansies, I love them so!

Clotho, Lachesis, Atropos

...and this is my garden helper, Petey : )

PaD #6: chair

wasn't sure what to do for this one when I remembered a shot from the archives that would work great:

what do you think?

: )

PaD #5: on the floor

again, thanks to the kid for this one - these are some weird critters he made out of some of his building toys

'Mantis'

'Legend'

'Hopper'

 'Thundershock'

PaD #4: fun

my son really enjoyed the truck ride at the 4th of July carnival we went to:

and just for good measure, here's my shot of the fireworks: