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Saturday, December 30, 2006

The Adventures of Yertle the Turtle

These photos were taken with a point-and-shoot. At some point, I want to re-take all of these to see if I can do better with a digital SLR. Some of them will be easy to improve upon -- such as "Turtle admires himself".

Turtle, of course, is only too happy with all the attention he's been getting. He likes excursions.

TURTLE SQUISHED BETWEEN A BIKE AND A TREE
Turtle squished

TURTLE AND THE STEAMBOAT(the non-edible variety)
Turtle and the steamboat

TURTLE TELLS THE TIME
Turtle tells the time

TURTLE ADMIRES HIMSELF (where is my nose?)
Turtle admires himself

TURTLE RIDES A HELMET
Turtle rides a helmet

TURTLE THINKS HE'S FAMOUS
Turtle thinks he's famous
(DLSR. Point-and-shoot here.)

The weather was perfect for an excursion with Turtle and my bicycle yesterday afternoon. Teenagers were out flying their kites; folks were out jogging. It was a beautiful day. Even when a construction worker rolled down the window of his pick-up and whistled at me, it felt more like college guys being friendly in Spring-time. I almost hollered back hello. :)

Marina South is mine. That expanse of water, the pavement by the sea, the breakwaters, that ugly sun-dial, it is all mine.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

you become a turtle :)

long life de turtle...

Anonymous said...

TURTLE AND THE STEAMBOAT(the non-edible variety)

Which are you referring to?

Anonymous said...

Marina South is mine. That expense of water, the pavement by the sea, the breakwaters, that ugly sun-dial, it is all mine.

Marina South is mine. That expAnse of water, the pavement by the sea, the breakwaters, that ugly sun-dial, THEY ARE all mine.

Tsk, tsk! Happy 2007

mis_nomer said...

kops, yeah turtle have a long long life. :)

jim, haha! though we do have turtle soup...

eric, now Yertle wants to go riding with you instead!

Anon, thanks! :) I've changed the spelling error, but I'll keep to "it is".

Anonymous said...

smudgie and turtle should meet. heh.

mis_nomer said...

of course! :)

Anonymous said...

how about tigger and turtle? should they meet for a run :)

mis_nomer said...

like the tortoise and the hare? :)

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Anonymous said...

The pics looks really incredible....These ones are really adoreable......I mean these turtles and the way you articulate them is really wonderful....Great going..