Thursday, September 27, 2012

Goodwill Heart - Crappy Photo!



I stealthily pulled out my camera ...
I didn't know if they allowed pictures inside the store or not ...
But I couldn't resist this delightful heart!

Snap.

Hide.

Result? Yet another Crappy Photo!

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday"!


Friday, September 14, 2012

Cast Iron Heart - Crappy Photo!



I saw the heart on the spatula someone left in the cast iron skillet.

When I used the flash, the heart disappeared!

When I didn't use the flash, all I got was this
Crappy Photo.

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday"!


Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cobweb Heart - Crappy Photo!


When I used the flash, the heart disappeared.
When I didn't, I could see the heart ... out of focus in the gloom ... but still a heart!

So I have to classify this as a CRAPPY PHOTO.
Or IS it?????

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday"!



Saturday, June 23, 2012

Herb Robert Flower, Crappy Photo!


I was trying to capture the delicate beauty of the (dreaded) Herb Robert flower before I pulled up this highly invasive plant.

And while the flower part of the photo is CRAPPY, the background turned out sharp and interesting in its own way!!!

(If you click on the photo to enlarge, you will better see what I mean)



Friday, June 22, 2012

Bird on a Fence

They had a ground-breaking over at the housing development just up the street ... they're putting in a community recreation area. This is some of the first construction activity I've seen over there in several years. Much of the property still shows signs of the original "master planned" community that was to be ... like fenced in tree patches that were to be saved from construction ...

There really is a scrub jay in the middle of this shot ...
Apparently it didn't like it's picture being taken and jumped behind the tree leaves at the last second!

So ... even though it's a CRAPPY PHOTO of the bird, it's still a great picture of the patterns in the "seen better days" fence.

It's time for "Friday Fences"!!!


Saturday, June 9, 2012

Nice Story - CRAPPY Photo

I must have walked too close to the nest of the tiny hummingbird ...
Or maybe curiosity of the stranger in its world overcame him ...

Because suddenly he appeared - in my face.
When I say "in my face", I mean seriously up close and personal.
For a moment I thought this cutie was going to start pecking my glasses!

I stood in awe and amazement as the little bird hovered for a moment, then flitted to a nearby branch.
That's when I dared to move my camera ...
But wouldn't you know it - the one picture I was "allowed" to take ...
Turned out to be a CRAPPY photo!!!


Monday, May 21, 2012

Vetch Heart - Crappy Photo!

One of the last photos taken with my trusty old Canon before it's demise ...
I was trying to focus on the flower, and got the green stringy things instead.

But the CRAPPY PHOTO turned into a moment of discovery - the flower was a blurry little heart!

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on Guest Heart Thursday!


Friday, May 4, 2012

Slug with Heart - Crappy Photo!




I couldn't resist this shot ...
A slug.
With a heart on his back.
Yuck.
Again, sometimes it's the content of the picture that makes it a CRAPPY PHOTO!

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday!"

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Distant Mountain Heart - Crappy Photo


When I took this shot of through the window of Dad's hospital room, I had forgotten how much my camera HATES glass ...

But even though it's a CRAPPY PHOTO, it's still the only one I have of the heart in the distant mountain range!
(do you see it? It's a tiny snowy shadow heart to the right of the center)

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts" - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday"!

P.S. Dad came home yesterday, and he's doing okay after a run-in with pneumonia (at 86 it's harder to fight)

Thursday, February 9, 2012

Lily Pad Heart - Crappy Photo!


I was trying to take a picture of the heart-shaped lily pad leaf in the pond ... it didn't work, and turned out to be a CRAPPY photo ... with heart!

To see hearts from around the world, visit Random Hearts - and share YOUR heart on "Guest Heart Thursday"!

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Coyote Bop Heart!


We have several packs of coyotes that roam the property across the street. Sometimes at night their cries are rather close and disturbing!!!

As I walked along the trail, I found this pile of coyote, er, bop.

In it was a heart!!!

Sometimes it's not the quality of the photo but the content that makes it a CRAPPY PHOTO!

To see hearts from around the world, visit "Random Hearts", and share YOUR heart on Guest Heart Thursday!


Monday, January 16, 2012

Moss Macro - Crappy but Beautiful!

I must have taken a gazillion photos of the moss yesterday - in the break between storms.

Many of them turned out like this - CRAPPY but BEAUTIFUL!

If you would like to see some of the other photos I got, click HERE!

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

It's a Bird! It's a Tree! It's a CRAPPY PHOTO!

A splash of yellow in the oak tree caught my eye ...
A beautiful bird!!!
I focused my camera ... zoomed in ... click!


What kind of exotic bird did I find?
I ran into the house ... and brought it up on the computer ... zoomed up really close ...
My beautiful yellow bird was ...
Just this "bughouse" ... glowing yellow in the sun.
It's still there, up in the tree, trying to trick me again - into thinking it is something other than a CRAPPY PHOTO!!!