Come in, she said, I’ll give you....

There's been a request out there to tag one image as one's best photo of 2005. I really can't do that objectively. I'm not a good photographer and I don't know what makes a good photo. I don't really understand most of the images that Buzznet says are good. Despite my MFA, I'm still the sort of person who is more concerned with content than composition.
I do images that tell stories. My photos are nothing more than an extention of my life and my writing. I've really enjoyed my time on Buzznet over the past year. I'm so happy that so many of you seem to enjoy checking in on my blog with such frequency.
So...this is my favorite image of the past year. I had to do some work on the original photo...a few of the unretouched photos from this series are available to view
HERE.
It absolutely is…

Same Spidey. In the rain.

I found this guy in one of my little old lady's yards. I visit shut-ins on Sundays.
I mentioned that I was going to be taking in an evacuee...or trying to, anyway...and was busy cleaning the house and trying to find storage for everything that's in my study/guest bedroom.
She told me that I'd better be careful if I took in a black person, "cause folks don't like black folks up here."
I drew myself up in my best imitation of a church lady and said, "As a Christian woman, I could no more consider that as a criteria as to whether I would help a person, than I would consider marrying a donkey." I think I may have managed a little sniff at the end. If you can out-church people up here, it's pretty much smooth sailing.
"Oh, well...that's not how I feel, of course...."
Of course.
So, now, just to be contrary, I'm…

A green moth...very small. I love the green though.

Finally got one of these guys to sit still long enough to get some decent shots.

I got lots of moths. I think I'm going to spend the winter identifying the ones I don't know then maybe do a little field guide to my back porch with a buzznet book.

I got lots of moths. I think I'm going to spend the winter identifying the ones I don't know then maybe do a little field guide to my back porch with a buzznet book.

I got lots of moths. I think I'm going to spend the winter identifying the ones I don't know then maybe do a little field guide to my back porch with a buzznet book.

I got lots of moths. I think I'm going to spend the winter identifying the ones I don't know then maybe do a little field guide to my back porch with a buzznet book.

I got lots of moths. I think I'm going to spend the winter identifying the ones I don't know then maybe do a little field guide to my back porch with a buzznet book.
Pretty one.