The Patron of Hopeless Causes

This Family of Mine

This family of mine... The girl child leaves (again) on Saturday, going back to her studies in archaeology as a Junior. And the boy child (neither of them children anymore, really) leaves tomorrow - breaking his mother's heart. He's going away to the university as a freshman studying history and anthropology. They're a couple of nerds, I suppose, but we like 'em.

The dog and the cat, they're staying here.

Hello, Gorgeous

Sunflower and Bumblebee

Don’t Let the Bastards Grind You Down

“You know that your time is coming round,
so don’t let the bastards grind you down.” -U2

State Fair Mothra

It's a Sphinx or Hawk Moth - spotted at the Iowa State Fair.

Electric Icon

Reflector 6

From the "things you find in the street" collection.

Coming in for a Landing

August Sunflowers

Sunflowers. Sunflowers everywhere in the yard.