Paradigms...where shift happens!

Wish I had thought of this...

...but I didn't; I found it on line this morning:

Having the love of your life break up with you and say "We can still be friends" is like having your dog die and your mom saying "You can still keep it."

Talk about shifting paradigms...

imagine what's going through the little guy's mind in this shot I got at my coffee hang out yesterday afternoon. The big guy is Angus, a mastiff,  who is an absolute door mat when it comes to small dogs. His admirer on the right is Pugsley, apparently a cross between a flea and a gnat. Click on picture for a full size  image.

When I got home from...

...the re-enactment and downloaded my pictures from the camera to the computer I was anxious to see if my efforts at continuous shooting had worked out at all. Much to my surprise the blind squirrel had found an acorn with this shot of the muzzle flash from a Union weapon. Click on picture for a full size image.

145 years later

Civil War buffs filled the streets of downtown Fredericksburg with the sound of musket fire and the smell of black powder as they re-created the Battle of Fredericksburg. There was no way I could ignore a photo op like this.