Day 261: Barn by Missy

this is the barn in my backyard growing up... it was constructed solely to house my dad's motorcycle... it was MUCH bigger than my mom thought is was going to be, earning it the nickname 'the barn' rather than 'the shed'... this barn not only stored my dad's harley, but it also was the hiding place for my dad's zap comix and anything else he did not want my mother to find...

Day 260: Barber by Missy

i mentioned to my dad this morning that my theme today was barber... he suggested that i go up the street and around the corner to where there used to be a barber who worked out of his house... my dad couldn't remember if it was still there or not since the barber, aka 'griff', went outta business in the seventies when all the guys wore their hair long...
well. here it is. not operating, but still here, none the less.
i think 'griff' may be bitter...

Day 259: Button by Missy

Day 258: Blonde by Missy

as of today, i am blonde...
that could change at any minute...

Day 257: Bye by Missy

this is what we see from the window when we leave the house...
morning and night...

Day 256: Blah by Missy

this was my favorite book when i was little, the blah, by jack kent...

Day 255 Black by Missy

black magic wielder

Day 254: Bulb by Missy

hello, filament?!?!

Day 253: Barbecue by Missy

we bbq'd last night...
we had a gas grill, but it caught on fire and the knobs melted off...
i love the colors of this photo...

Day 252: Bucket by Missy

Day 251: Bone by Missy

this is an xray of starla bee's chest, obviously... poor thing has had MANY xrays in her short life so far... more than me!!
i'm pretty sure this was when we were following up her two (yes, two)
heart murmurs...
this photo though, made me recall a memory... picture it... little awkward, yet sassy as ever, 13 yr old missy in class looking at a boy's xray of his broken femur... what the boy didn't realize (!?!?!?) is that you could see his entire 'package' in the xray... i, knowing full well what we were looking at, pointed, & asked the kid what 'that' (his junk) was... he got ridiculously embarrassed and then angry and super nasty to me, which i deserved... i'll never forget that... i still feel horribly about it...
(don't judge me)

Day 250: Ball by Missy

inevitably, balls around our house get lost in the ivy...

Day 249: Beach by Missy

we spent this 90degree april day on the beach...
i got a sunburn on my back to match the burn on my front...
i could live on the beach...
so excited that this is possible already!!
(love this pic, too)
AND!
i came home to my repaired imac...
it's so sweet and quiet again...
: )

Day 248: Beware by Missy

around these parts you must always beware of the jersey devil...
my friend really saw him!!
for reals.
(i really love this pic)

Day 247: Bride by Missy

ok. i cheated... twice, actually...
so todays theme was supposed to be beach, but i switched it up since i'm going to the shore on wednesday... no one will mind, i'm sure.
and this, of course, is a photoshopped pic... i found this yves saint laurent 1965 wedding dress pic and had to use it. i did however take the photo of myself today... that'll be there on my fickr so you can see me in all my unretouched glory...

Day 246: Bunny by Missy

i admit, the easter bunny did not make a basket delivery this year...
what's the point when candy and sweets are always readily available?
these are gross and they hurt my throat...
but i ate one anyway.

Day 245: Bell by Missy

Day 244: Boom by Missy

Day 243: Birch by Missy

Birches
by
Robert Frost

When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been swinging them.
But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay.
Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust--
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen......

Day 242: Mammal by Missy

love him.

Day 241: Macaroni by Missy

there are some in these parts that would call this capellini, macaroni... they might call rigatoni, macaroni... penne, fusilli, farfalle...
yup! all macaroni.
those same few also refer to tomato sauce as gravy...

Day 240: Maple by Missy

i know.
enough with the photoshop already.
i will say this...
i did nothing to this shot but invert the color.

Day 239: Machine by Missy

Day 238: Mobile by Missy

thank heavens for my mobile!
how else could i pull up pics/info on 'vajazzling' on the spot!?
(i really just wanted to use the word vajazzle...)

Day 237: Music by Missy

too many funny things about this photo...

Day 236: Mixture by Missy

chaz bundick, aka toro y moi,
is a handsome mixture of african american and asian...
long live chillwave!

Day 235: Mountain by Missy

hope no one minds that i worked this in photoshop...
this is tadasana
(mountain pose)

Day 234: Meter by Missy

gas meter

Day 233: Meat by Missy

my dentist once told me that i have great teeth for tearing into meat!

Day 232: Microphone by Missy

would you believe me if i said that i spent
all day today in front of a microphone?
believe it!

Day 231: Mist by Missy

not much to say about mist...
i do hate it thought when someone mistakes 'missy' for 'misty'...

Day 230: Melt by Missy

'begin doing what you want to do now. we are not living in eternity.

we have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand-

and melting like a snowflake...'

Day 229: Milk by Missy

got milk?
uh. yeah?!
at least two gallons at all times
in the fridge 'round here!!
i crave milk!

Day 228: Madness by Missy

an irish blessing

may the goddess bless the two who thought that the glass bottle was just extra thick.
may the goddess bless the one who told them that 1pint 6fl.ozs. meant 22 ozs. total and not that 1pint = 6fl.ozs.
(MADNESS!?)
may the goddess bless with long life the family of sheep who allowed their lamby to be sacrificed.
(baa ram ewe!)
may the goddess bless those who did not eat the lamb...
& may the goddess bless those who did.
may the goddess continue to inspire paul hewson, david evans, larry mullen jr., adam clayton, and the entire house of pain clan.
may the goddess protect the winged creatures of the earth, the lovers and kevin barnes.
sláinte!

Day 227: Midnight by Missy

my first idea didn't work out...
i waited all day for this...
(not really)

Day 226: Material by Missy

textile...

Day 225: Mythology by Missy

i took too long editing this photo...
i love this theme...

Day 224: Moxie by Missy

moxie is one of the greatest words... not used enough.
i think of moxie, the strange but delicious carbonated beverage, first off.......
but then i think of the unbelievably awesome movie bugsy malone, a favorite...
that's what i was going for here...
if you've seen this movie, you'll know...
you'll know...

Day 223: Marble by Missy

in high school, i made a lot of marbleized paper...
(it looked way better than this, though...)

Day 222: Mystical by Missy

i felt like i could've gone in a million different directions...
but while out today i passed by a yard covered with crocuses...
it seemed fairy-like to me...

it made me think of a poem...

She took me to her elfin grot,
And there she wept and sighed full sore,
And there I shut her wild wild eyes
With kisses four.

Day 221: Monster by Missy

'there are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them...'
~andre gide

Day 220: Mod by Missy

i think these chairs are totally fab!

Day 219: Maudlin by Missy

don't let my lachrymose trick you...
i'm one tough cookie.
(sorry about yet another photo of myself... no one would sit for me...
and no one else can cry on demand)

Day 218: Mix by Missy

long gone are the days of mix tapes...

Day 217: Match by Missy

Day 216: Mirror by Missy

i saw a HUGE mirror on the curb out with the trash today while on my walk... i went back later with my camera and an idea but it had been already been collected by waste management...
i think this worked out better than my original curbside idea! it was hard to choose a shot... they were all so good!
so crisp!!
yay!

Day 215: Micro by Missy

Day 214: Mexico by Missy

frida kahlo was from mexico...

Day 213: Magnet by Missy

i don't have anything to say about magnets...
i researched... i pondered...
nothing.

Day 212: Magic by Missy

Expecto Patronum!
(Starla's patronus would be a dove)