Balloons are happy things...amen to that. : )

James, the tree is just another repressed toupee image..I am certain of that.

correct ;)

Awesome balloons! I love the dragon eating the apple.

We henceforth recognize Sir James the Balding as Prince of Textures.

Surely somewhere in England is a suitable castle or estate for the new Prince of Textures.

i will post a pic of it very soon

look out on a summers day.....

She's quite lovely. Waiting for that castle shot, Sir James!

will post my dream house soon....

WOW! That's some digs! A little ostentacious perhaps, but I could get used to it.

Just beautiful! My sisters go to the one in Maine every year. The variety of shapes and sizes amaze me.

Love the new avatar Sir James! The way this is surrounded by nothing but sky is great!

Neat little sign. Reminds me of the quaint ones you see in mens toilets in old pubs:

If you sprinkle while you tinkle,
be sweet and wipe the seat.

Urm, just a dump of some upclose bugshot i took a while back that will never make my gallery. These things were about 3 inches long and would sometimes fly into the place we were living some of them just got trapped, obviously forgetting which way they came in. This was was caught by a mad french dude who was with us at the time (mad because he walked around barefoot in shorts with no insect repellent on, and would do pretty much anything) and then he put it on my head when i wasnt looking. So i got him to hold it still so i could take a shot of it:

Great recent images everyone, some fun stuff lately. It may never make your gallery Rich, but that is one cool close-up and I'm glad you shared it with us. Maybe a relative of the cicada? I dig the colors and it looks like he's wearing tinted goggles, heheheh.

quick call the guys who make the allien films....

The High Seat...

Wow! That is one unique tomato. Are you gonna eat it -or- preserve it?

Neither, actually.  It was very deformed and somewhat slug eaten, so it went into the composter.

where theres a wheel theres a way....

LOL @ Awjay. That is so true :lol:

mr grumpy....

Some amazing shots while I was sick. LOVE the bug! Mr. Grumpy is too beautiful for words but you can skritch him under the chin for me. I'd love to spend an afternoon in the high seat writing or dreaming, or dreaming of writing. Wonderful shot of those wheels!

my holes in the ground are bigger ;)

here is one or two that probably wont make my gallery:

Btw - those footprints look really weird... it is like they are "reversed" or something... not like depressions but protusions! ;)

knock knock knocking on heavens door....

The shot was not so good..so I used high key as it should not be used..to cover the shallow depth of field. Enjoy this fly.  This one is disguised as a yellow jacket wasp, but the eyes and body give it awjay...oops, give it away.

square dance.....

Love the new avatar Jay. I think the portrait is amazing, Rich. Those "holes" are quite cool. I would love to see what that knocker is attached to, Jay.

it was a chuch door ... hence the title i gave it... unfortunately i just photographed the knocker

reflected water..

WOW! Those are some very cool reflections Jay. MonetLisa is quite interesting, Kort. Sorry you missed the challenge, our bugs are all trying to move inside to escape the cold.

manhole cover..

We had a class in NYC one year in college, ( It was the seventies), where we were supposed to take rubbings of these like gravestones. Seemed more like we were trying to earn gravestones. I quit and returned to MA to a much quieter exhistence. They are cool, but dangerous up close.