Sometimes Boo's are good. (well in this case great!)
Ha! I really haven't been into halloween for quite some time. I mean a guy of my stature doesn't really need the all you can eat sugar-ho-down that this particular holiday offers, and I'm not really keen on better than your average horror flicks. What was wrong with Freddy and Jason? I haven't even seen those wildly japanesey grey dead children long hair of doom flicks either. But I do appreciate a good costume, be it concept, design, execution or exhibition I find it's my favorite part of freakshows like Dragon*Con. Throughout the images of my childhood, there exists amusing snaps of my brother, my cousins and myself in strange garb. Filipino Cowboys? It could happen. (pictures taken by my Pops, who I just now realize is the original inspiration for my love of photography).
I'm going home this weekend to hang with my parents and deliver some kind of tasty Ipod music solution for my sister for her birthday, but one of my missions is to find a picture of the best Halloween costume I ever wore. My mom sewwed together 2 Native American (ah come on, Lil' Indians!) outfits for my brother and me complete with props bought at some kitschy tourist trap in Wisconsin. Or was it K-mart? All in all the same thing really. Anyway, I remember vividly the reactions we got where ever we went and my Mom glowed at the attention her crafts-womanship got her. Heck it was even WARM. If you've ever trick-or-treated in Chicago, you know the end of October is really just the time most kids first learn of frostbite. Here's something that should bring a warm smile to your face though...
Awwww, this darling fall-chicken was in the clutches of a maternal catwoman. Danny and Michelle had come down for a mini-vacation, and on their last day we decided to head to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens with the intention of admiring some flowers and the possibility of admiring the fascinatingly strange visions of Niki De Saint Phalle in mosiac form. Acompanied by our friends in blog-shenanigans Shaun and Maura, we made our trek to the "flowery part" of Atlanta. In doing so we stumbled across Goblins in the Garden, the ABG's annual Halloween + Children celebration. It made the experiance a bit more crowded, but thoroughly enjoyable because of the little goblins present. So we got to do some people watching, brushing up on our botany, art appreciation, and in my case photography of all kinds.
Flower Near-Macro Shot (Maura named it as a snapdragon, and she made it talk to our bemusement):
Candid Portrait of Bloggers who can't stand real Sunlight in place of office flourescents:
A Sun kissed Mother to Be:
Purty Rocks (Shiny and Reflecty):
There's also a bunch of grapes, a cracked self portrait, Frogs a la' Dominguez, Scarecrows, and Air Jordan. I invite you to leave your own comments on the pictures that strike your fancy ;-).
I'm going home this weekend to hang with my parents and deliver some kind of tasty Ipod music solution for my sister for her birthday, but one of my missions is to find a picture of the best Halloween costume I ever wore. My mom sewwed together 2 Native American (ah come on, Lil' Indians!) outfits for my brother and me complete with props bought at some kitschy tourist trap in Wisconsin. Or was it K-mart? All in all the same thing really. Anyway, I remember vividly the reactions we got where ever we went and my Mom glowed at the attention her crafts-womanship got her. Heck it was even WARM. If you've ever trick-or-treated in Chicago, you know the end of October is really just the time most kids first learn of frostbite. Here's something that should bring a warm smile to your face though...
Awwww, this darling fall-chicken was in the clutches of a maternal catwoman. Danny and Michelle had come down for a mini-vacation, and on their last day we decided to head to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens with the intention of admiring some flowers and the possibility of admiring the fascinatingly strange visions of Niki De Saint Phalle in mosiac form. Acompanied by our friends in blog-shenanigans Shaun and Maura, we made our trek to the "flowery part" of Atlanta. In doing so we stumbled across Goblins in the Garden, the ABG's annual Halloween + Children celebration. It made the experiance a bit more crowded, but thoroughly enjoyable because of the little goblins present. So we got to do some people watching, brushing up on our botany, art appreciation, and in my case photography of all kinds.
Flower Near-Macro Shot (Maura named it as a snapdragon, and she made it talk to our bemusement):
Candid Portrait of Bloggers who can't stand real Sunlight in place of office flourescents:
A Sun kissed Mother to Be:
Purty Rocks (Shiny and Reflecty):
There's also a bunch of grapes, a cracked self portrait, Frogs a la' Dominguez, Scarecrows, and Air Jordan. I invite you to leave your own comments on the pictures that strike your fancy ;-).
posted by Nevkil at
11/01/2006 01:58:00 PM
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