Here are some photos I've been meaning to post for a while.



Sparky loves to walk our retaining wall in search of lizards who invariably escaper her pathetic attempts to catch them quite easily.




Earl Grey enjoys the new pottery basket I bought him. Purple Pano Dragon enjoys his new pitcher as well.





This giant poodle topiary guards the sidewalk along my daily commute route. Scary, no?





My last day in Rome I happened upon a store selling packages of rather fancy pasta. So I bought two of them.




Whoa, Nelly! Let's take a closer look at that bag! Oh my -- guess we'll be having peckeroni and cheese tonight!



Last spring my college friend Karen got married. Unfortunately I could not attend the wedding. Earlier in the summer, however, I put together this gift for them (and finally finished the frame in August).

Stained glass makes for a difficult subject to photograph, but here are three views under different lighting conditions. (The piece is meant to be hung indoors on a wall so that light reflects from its purple/blue irridescent surface.)



Reflected bright light



Reflected shadowed light



Transmitted bright light



Ciao -- time to get the water boiling for some fresh peckeroni tonight!