Adoring

Murphy looks at me sometimes in the most adoring manner. I know I make it all up, but it's fun.
We're spending the weekend in Boulder, UT, doing a small road trip. Staying at the Boulder Mountain Lodge, a very nice establishment with Hell's Backbone Grill on the property. The Grill is quite well known for excellent food, which we sampled last night. Plus an excellent wine list for those of you that indulge.
Diana and I were sitting in the Adirondack chairs in back of our room, listening to the ducks and yellow-headed blackbirds in the nature preserve right next to us. Murph turned around and I had to take his picture. The more I worked with it in color the less satisfied I was, and B&W turned out to be the way in which I envisioned him!

Murphy's gift

Murphy and I were messing around out front and he ran through the white flower bed and broke off a beautiful tulip! So we picked it up and took it to his Mom who put it into a neat little vase and set it on the windowsill in the kitchen. Later that evening, I took this picture, using a tripod and remote release and ambient light. Then, with a slight change in white balance, I came up with this! And I like it!

Going to San Francisco with flowers in your hair!

Many of you may not be old enough to remember the song that had the lyrics "If you are going to San Francisco, wear a flower in your hair".. So Murphy was hanging out on the deck today and he got a flower in his hair - or on his ear! He's such a lover anyway that he is a great hippie!!