Icon - Herb Ritts

One of my favorite photographers is Herb Ritts.  Although he sadly passed away in 2002, his work is still heavily featured in magazines and books.  He focused on black and white photography and portraits.  He is probably most famous for his celebrity portraits commissioned for Vanity Fair, Interview, GQ and Rolling Stone.  Right now I am lusting for one of his coffee table books but they cost the big bucks!

Here are some of my favorites of his:

all photos by Herb Ritts via google images

Busy, Busy, Busy

It's crunch time.  No matter what, this time of year is always the busiest for me.  The first day of school is this coming Monday.  So, this past week has been a major rush to get my classroom, paperwork, files, lessons and supplies ready.  Although this year wasn't so bad because I didn't move classrooms (after 5 years of teaching I have moved classrooms 4 times).  It's still been crazy hectic.  You see, I am a list maker, and the list for the beginning of the year (boy) is one that I keep in a binder and reuse every year.  But each year it gets tweaked and added to.  Even with that list I have two more going right now, one in my iphone and one on another piece of paper.  Seriously, today it felt like whenever I scratched out one thing that I completed, 3 more items were added to the list.

See that smaller piece of paper on the notebook?  Yeah, that is what I have planned to finish tonight.  It's 9:41 pm, I have a feeling I'll be up again till 1:00 am as I was last night.  Tomorrow is "Meet the Teacher Night" and we have training in the morning.  So, that means 4 hours plus whatever I can do tonight to finish up everything for the first day of school.  I have a feeling the weekend is going to be all school work too.  Ugh.... think good thoughts for me.

This Thursday the husband, the fur babies, and I headed up to Killeen for the weekend.  We had a great time of eating, swimming, drinking and eating some more. 

 Jack and Colby swimming in the pool.  Colby jumped in right after his run, hence the shirt. 

 Cindy and Jack at the Vineyard at  Florence.

 Mom and Dad at Inwood Estates.

 Trey and Tatum walking on the square in Georgetown, Texas.

 Jack

Walking to the Monument Cafe.

window internet shopping

Payday is Friday...but even then I seriously need to save my $$$!  We have several trips coming up soon that I really need to save for.  So, instead of spending real money, I will spend fake money!  It doesn't quite match up to the thrill of receiving something new in the mail but it sure is fun!

KALLISTO -- 22k Edged Amethyst Slice on 24k Gold Adjustable Ring

Set of 2 Ocean Shoreline Sea Glass Aqua Blue Half Gallon Mason Jar Pendant Lighting Fixture

NEW Decorative Designer Pillow Cover - 20 x 20 Garden Crewel Sea Glass on BOTH Sides

NEW Decorative Designer Pillow Cover - 20 x 20 - Thomas Paul by Duralee - Topiary Maize

Rhombus Silver camera strap

 

Vintage Atlas EZ Seal Jar filled with 1 lb Assorted Sea Glass

Joplin and Murphy

 Joplin - Colby took this picture.

Murphy

Yup, these are my babies.  My fur babies.  This weekend they went with my husband and I to my parents house in Killeen, Texas.  They have a huge back yard with tons of plants, a pool, and a vegetable garden.  The yard keeps them entertained and they also had their cousin Marley, a chocolate lab, there as well. They have been sleeping ever since we got home. 

Goodbye lazy days...

Today is my last full day of my summer break.  I teach kindergarten in a district that has a year round school, so we only have a 6 week summer.  I am sad about not getting to water my plants in the morning anymore and not getting to spend lots and lots of time with the fur babies.  But I am getting very bored and when I get bored I spend money.  So, with that being said I am ready to get back to school.  Plus, we have a bunch of fun things coming up like our anniversary trip to Gruene, TX, a Jim Gaffigan concert,  and the Austin City Limits Festival. 

I am also in the process of setting up an Etsy shop to sell my pictures.  So check back for the update on that! 

Mom's Butterflies

My  mom loves butterflies.  She has a butterfly house where she houses caterpillars and then feeds them throughout their life cycle until they hatch.  After they hatch she releases them.  She also has tons of butterfly plants that attract them and then they lay their eggs on them. 

 Black Swallowtail