Picture Post

To start, a brief note: I've updated my links lists for the first time in many weeks, so check out the new additions. If you believe I've unintentionally left you out, you're probably wrong and I meant to leave you out because I don't like you. Kidding! (Probably.) If you've been added to my links, you win! This means I love you and stalk you, by which I mean that Bloglines stalks you on my behalf. Hooray for linky love!

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And now, to the pictures I promised in the title. Last weekend I went to the shopping center with Aussie Boy (G'day, Aussie Boy!) for lunch, window shopping, and photo-taking. We had a good time, and he was kind and patient to put up with my repeatedly stopping to take almost 400 photos. Here, I share with you some of the more interesting shots of the day...

The epitome of luxury:


celebrates the Resurrection with jewel-filled eggs!










Because nothing says, "God so loved the world..." like diamonds in little plastic eggs.

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While walking through one of the main plazas in the mall, we saw an adorable little doggy:

Hello, Cute Doggy!

See Cute Doggy sniff.


See Cute Doggy maul Tigger.


See Cute Doggy get way too close to the camera.

Not too long after we paused to admire Cute Doggy, another cute doggy came by to make friends. I think it was love at first sniff:


Eventually, they had to part ways, but a Beautiful Toddler came to play with Cute Doggy, and I think that softened the blow. Unfortunately, Beautiful Toddler and Cute Doggy had a somewhat tempestuous relationship, brief though it was. Here is their story:

Beautiful Toddler: "Hello, Cute Doggy. I think I love you. Would you like to play?"

Cute Doggy: "If by 'play' you mean 'lick your hand,' then yes! I would love to!"


Beautiful Toddler and Cute Doggy: "Come! Let us run and frolic, basking in our new love!"


[Cute Doggy and Beautiful Toddler become entangled, and Beautiful Toddler comes crashing on her Pampers-cushioned rear.]


Beautiful Toddler: "I HATE you, Cute Doggy! You're UGLY and STINKY like POOP!"


Beautiful Toddler: "I'm only waving goodbye because Mommy says I should. But I still hate Cute Doggy."

My favorite part of that last picture is the look on the older sister's face. She looks like she just ate a fart.

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Aussie Boy had to buy something for his one-year-old nephew. He said something to the effect of his having no idea what kinds of gifts would be appropriate for that age level, and I told him this was no problem, as I was an expert. It didn't take long to convince him of the awesomeness that is Sandra Boynton:


He also bought Go, Dog, Go! which is one of his beloved favorites. After a while, we found a set of statues who seemed well suited to pose with it for us:


In case you can't tell, that is a dog in the middle:


At least, we think it is. All of these statues were very strange to us. Here's a picture of the first one we found, with Aussie Boy for scale:


Those things creep me out. And it turns out the the sculptor is my supervising teacher's landlord. He's made millions off these tiny-headed freaks. Who woulda thought?

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That's it for today. I got tons of great flower shots, so I'm thinking of making May a month of flowers - at the end of every post, I'll post a flower picture, just to add some spring beauty. What do you think?