I've moved!!!

I've moved yet again!! I do like Blogger but it doesn't quite have all of the things I want and need it to do so I'm moving!

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Thanks!

Oh Skybus, How I Love Thee!

For the New Year, Skybus had a limited seat sale for $20.08 each way. I have some close friends that live in Skybus's newest destination, New Orleans, so I called them up and found out when was good for them and booked my flight!! I think it cost me more in gas to DRIVE to Columbus than it did for my flight!

I had a wonderful time and took a LOT of pictures. I stayed one night in the haunted Myrtles Plantation and had a really great time meeting new people and having fun ghost hunting. I also toured a few other plantations in the area while there (I have a fascination with them).

A few pictures...


Le Beau Plantation


The Myrtles Plantation


Nottoway Plantation


Miss Petra as a Ladybug


Evergreen Plantation


Slave Cabin @ Evergreen


Petra again

Enjoy the slideshow! Hit "notes" to see the captions for each image. I'll fully admit, I went a tad overboard with the pictures!

Justin + Jenny Slideshow

I'm trying to figure out the slideshow thing so I thought I'd start with Justin + Jenny! Hopefully I figure out how the heck to work the flash part of it but for now You Tube will have to do!

Enjoy!

Justin + Jenny 12.21.07

I filled in as a second shooter at the last minute for Everlasting Images based out of Toledo, Ohio. Justin and Jenny were such a great couple, both were extremely calm and took everything in stride. Their bridal party was a hoot! The guys got into a snowball fight prior to the ceremony and the girls rocked out in the church prior to the ceremony with hula hoops and blow-up guitars! The girls finished it all by serenading Jenny with "Going to the Chapel" which was adorable! The ceremony was full of love and the reception was a rockin' good time! Thanks for the opportunity to share in your special day!

I may have more shots when I get the ones I wasn't able to back up personally from Everlasting Images :)


The Guys


The Snowball Fight!


Going to the Chapel!














Gotta finish it with the awesome bridesmaids!

The ADORABLE Master "A"

This past weekend I took a journey north to take some pictures of a very happy three year old, Master A. He was a total cutie and loved his trains, Hulk, sloths and his parents too. Just a complete sweetie pie and his family was wonderful as well. Here are a few of my favorite shots!









Thanks for a wonderful shoot! You guys were great!

Operation Bubble Lights

Welcome to Operation Bubble Lights!!!

Although Christmas may not quite be my thing, something has held onto me with a death grip since childhood - BUBBLE LIGHTS. Some of you may be guffawing and going "holy crap I remember those!" and most of you, especially anyone from my generation are going "huh?". Let me introduce you to my obsession so you can spread the love and maybe even get the t-shirt.



From the wiki for Bubble Light:

A bubble light is a decorative device consisting of a liquid-filled vial that is heated and lighted by an incandescent light bulb. Because of the liquid's low boiling point, the modest heat generated by the lamp causes the liquid to boil and bubble up from the vial's base. The liquid is almost always methylene chloride, but some early bubble lights used a lightweight oil. The light from the lamp illuminates the bubbles from underneath, causing them to shine.

Bubble lights for Christmas decoration were introduced to the US in 1946 by NOMA, one of the largest American manufacturers of Christmas lights. were also used in operating accessories for Lionel and American Flyer model trains (in the case of American Flyer as bubblng oil wells), and they were also used in a larger form as decoration for Wurlitzer jukeboxes.

As Christmas lights, bubble lights were very popular during the 1950s and 1960s, and into the 1970s, before miniature "fairy" lights became popular. The original design used a miniature screw base (E-10), such as those used on C-6 cone Christmas lamps. These early designs were nominally designed to operate with 8 on one string, in series, at 15 volts each. However, they were often packaged with a nine-socket string to extend the life of the bulbs. Bubble lights could also be purchased individually for use in an already-owned light string. Modern incarnations either use candelabra base (E-11) 120-volt bulbs, or push-in "midget" size miniature bulbs (most commonly ten 12-volt bulbs wired in series). Bubble lights were being manufactured by the Telsen Electric Company Ltd(1935), in Manchester, England, possibly as early as the late 1940s.

Did you feel the new wrinkle grow in your brain? I hope so, because bubble lights are worth the effort. In the coming days I'll be posting more oddities from my Christmas Tree as I dig them out of the vault. If it's 50's, it's probably on my tree somewhere. FYI I was born in the 70's!

Crappy Christmas!

I'll be the first to tell you that Christmas isn't my thing. I don't want to go into the sordid details but I've had a lot of tragedy happen on or around Christmas and it's the one holiday that I honestly could do without. It doesn't mean that I don't adore decorating in my tacky ways though (I am obsessed with bubble lights!). I had an assignment for one of my photo classes and I couldn't help it, this idea came to me and I had to do it.



I have a serious streak of dark humor and I found this funny. So I went and made a card out of it too.



The inside reads "Hope your holidays aren't crappy!" I am amused by it. I think some people will get a kick out of it. Here's hoping!

I do take nice pictures too... I promise.



That is a picture of my grandmother's ornament (she painted her own) with lights around it. As the season gets closer and my Charlie Brown Christmas Tree comes out, I'll be posting more. I may not love the holiday but I am all about the gaudy decorations!

BRING ON THE BUBBLE LIGHTS!