The Traveling Moustache

The Traveling Moustache, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Happy Halloween!

The Love of My Life

The Love of My Life, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Halloween or my husband? You'll just have to wonder.

Old man in a peanut

Old man in a peanut, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Who knew you could sculpt on a peanut?

I keep thinking about an older Saturday Night Live skit celebrating (?) George Washington Carver. If I remember correctly, which is doubtful, the joke was that despite all the uses for the peanut he discovered, he drove himself crazy trying to make a phonograph needle out of a peanut.

So Very Austin

Gnome, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Taken at Maker Faire Austin 2007. Austin is very big into its art cars.

Mr. Reaper

Mr. Reaper, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Halloween is descending upon us and that means I've been very, very busy. I'm reposting this photo just so you know I haven't fallen off the face of the earth. I haven't been taken. I'm still here. I took over a hundred photos at last weekend's Maker Faire but I haven't been able to do anything with them. And now I'm in the throes of cleaning up my house. Tomorrow night is decorating night and I'm hoping to transform the interior of my house (the downstairs, anyway) into something resembling an old abandoned house. Wish me luck! Hopefully, I can photograph it in a way that it at least appears spooky, even if it really isn't in reality.

Drama

Drama, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

I can't remember exactly what started her tantrum, but it continued because I got out the camera and started taking her picture. That made her really mad because she didn't want to laugh at my goofiness.

portal

portal, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

If I could, I would have a giant aquarium in the middle of my house. And I mean giant. Like room-sized.

the most patient katydid

the most patient katydid, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

She tolerated all sorts of poking and prodding from the kids but also put up with me sticking my camera in her face. Later, though, I guess she had had enough. We went out after dark to go Halloween shopping and she was still there on the sidewalk. Lili got too close and the katydid jumped onto her leg and then jumped away into the bushes. It scared the you know what out of Lili.

bonding

bonding, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Another silhouetted aquarium picture. This time it's daddy and daughter.

preen

preen, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

After the "4-D" movie

After the "4-D" movie, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

You know when you go to Sea World that you're gonna get wet. Even in the 3-D movie. There were little nozzles in the seats and in the ceiling that sprayed blasts of air and water during the show. It made the movie very exciting!

The Hat

, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

What I really love about this picture is the hat. She never tolerated hats before. Never. But she bought this hat that morning and wanted to wear it even inside the coral reef exhibit.

pile up

pile up, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Rolling down hills in tutus. What could be better than that?

I'll have that one.

I'll have that one., originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

Why, oh why didn't I eat any of the food?

Purple & Blue

, originally uploaded by MonicaSmoot.

The photo gig on Friday night went well. I learned a few things, though, and will be better prepared for the next one. And I'm thinking there will be next ones, unless the client tells the event planner that my photos sucked. But I thought they weren't so bad and I'm not too worried about that. Mary, the event planner, asked me if I would be willing to work for her again and I told her yes. Now I just need to finish making my business cards.