hibernation

clearly the blog is in trouble, tough to deny this. with the hope of having it live a long and prosperous life, i have decided to put it to rest for a few weeks. i need to relax, recharge my batteries, and live without the pressures the blog has brought on for a while.

i am loaning my digital camera to allen for his use during his european vacation (yes, that is the same vacation which he planned during joey's wedding, one helluva guy).

the blog is not dead, its pulse has just been slowed to an embarrasingly slow rate. i would like to thank the thousands of people that have sent letters and emails from all over the world in support of the blog. i really feel as though all humans have come together as one through the connection the blog has created. grand re-posting date has been set for july 1, 2006. mark your calenders. the best is yet to come.

i will leave you with an inspiration quote i read today...

"you f**kwit, f**ing photographers you should be shot, you should be all shot. thank you."
-sir elton john

no words will work

a special photo of the day from my sister/guest photographer kirsten rostkowski.

luck or skill?

mother's day bulldog beauty contest

the unforgetable fire

the murph 70

do they know the other is there?

ak is having lots of picture posting problems (alliteration) and will resume postings this weekend. all days passed shall be accounted for as photos will still be taken on a daily basis. i hope i have not ruined your day. i wonder if anyone will actually see this...

saturated surfers

behind bars

free the sand.

www.6cheek.com

keep me warm and I will
bend but not break and
stretch me out and I will
return to my original shape

the next batman

j walker

where the red fern grows

this is not a fern (is it)? but for some reason this is what i pictured the "red fern" as while reading the book.

aspiring foot model

i have the determination and the discipline to be the best... maybe the best in the world.

$4.50 a bottle!!