Photo Friday Self Portrait 2011 challenge

So shocked I was when I took these photos off the camera. The lighting was perfect, the setting real and in paradise. I had put my makeup on with a paint roller and hadn't sweat it off yet, the breeze hadn't turned me into hurricane hair girl, and the results were surprising...
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Way too serious looking, but seriously... the former CEO in me, deep thought from still water, or maybe its because I just bumped my broken toe again, but SOMETHING is bothering me, maybe its the scorpion crawling up my leg.

Again with the goofy look

And now for the real me...

Eyes closed, mouth open
just expressing my opinion about the situation
just lettin you know for real what's goin on
FOR.REAL.
I'm working the sparkle eyeliner and rocking the plastic sequin earrings. Yeee Haaaa!

Always Expect the UNEXPECTED (and remember to scroll down)

Photo Friday - Travels

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Love in the Afternoon Plus a Little Input from the Tax Man

The dress was bought, deposits paid, arrangements made, and then they ran Turbo Tax. Oops. It was better to get married in 2010 than to wait until 2011. In fact, it was so much better to get married in 2010, that the difference actually paid for their trip. So, Pam and John had a simple outdoor wedding with a few friends in the frozen landscape of Lake Taho, complete with fur hat and boots, before heading off to paradise for their destination wedding on Caye Caulker. With no family and no stress they enjoyed each moment of their day. And I enjoyed spending those 3 hours with them as I twisted and turned them this way and that like gumby. Actually, they were super easy to photograh, as HAPPINESS is the best makeup.

Photo Friday - Tranquil - Dec 10, 2010

Tranquilo

Behind the Scenery
Just a Little to the Left
Randomness
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Sondra

Sondra created quite the "scenery" as a little crowd drew on the street. She had arrived from Belize City on the Trickster barge, and was carried from the pier to the gallery on a trailer pulled by a golf cart. Important things were happening, such excitement. She was uncrated, de-doored and lifted up the stairs one grueling step at a time. 3 men including a tourist from Denmark, and an hour and a half later she was standing re-doored and all shiny. And I hugged her like she was a tree. I love you Sondra, I said to myself. Its o.k. to love an appliance.

I had remembered everything... that is, except to measure the width on the verandah door. Snap snap went the pinch bar and tap tap from a hammer popped off the moulding, and she slipped right thru. Lovely.

Shirlene poses next to Sondra. "She's pretty noh tru miss Lee, and so BIG."

Where is Old Delia? Old Delia has been relegated to a corner because of her bad ways. Old Delia doesn't like to work, is constantly hot, spoils things and has had many many many many repairmen inside of her. So, unplugged she stands in the corner waiting waiting waiting for the repairman to come to the caye. With Sondra so pretty and cold and big and new, things will never be the same for Old Delia.

Some Fun After a Very Serious Ceremony