Red in the Face

Tomato Face

This new grocery store down the street was hosting a photo contest that was all about tomatoes. The winner received a $500 gift card, which means I probably should have tried a lot harder to win. I had so many complicated and involved ideas, but I waited until the very last day of the contest to take a photo. I don't consider myself an artist-artist, but I did carve this mouth into the tomato, and I think it looks pretty good. I don't generally put up photos of staged faces on this blog, but what the hell. I also don't normally carve faces into my food.

bag of many faces

Here are some pictures of a new suitcase/travel bag that I dug out of a friend's basement:

On this side of the bag, there was only one eye.

one-eyed shiny face

 Two eyes. That's a little more normal. There's still that beautiful shine.

two-eyed shiny face

 Look how happy this one is! That's my cat in the background. His name changes all the time. It started out as Johnny Angel, then switched to Overtime, then Bravo, then Cuba, then Tab. There have been others, but I don't remember them.

Lately, I have been using the camera on my phone because it means that I don't have to use my camera cord every time I want to transfer my pictures. I can be extremely lazy. My phone has a decent camera, but it still couldn't take all the pictures I wanted of this bag. I will eventually use my real camera again. In the meantime, here's a picture of the rest of the cat:

A good morning smile

This is an old picture, but if I had taken it this morning, I would be absolutely certain that my day would be fantastic. Regardless, it still lifts my spirits. This must be why we like caffeine so much--it's so happy to see us!

On an unrelated note, check out glass act and try to tell me that you don't fall in love. I'm the guest writer! Be sure to check out the stained glass on the blog. It's a real glass act, friends.