To err is human ...

... but doggies are never wrong.

Take this picture for example. Please!

Alpha throws nothin' away. Even his bad photos get used.

Here's one that should have ben in the bit bucket.

But instead Alpha plays with things like saturation, hue, contrast, definition, highlights, etc.

So you be the judge? Was this one worth saving? Or did the bit bucket get robbed ;-)

You perhaps can guess my vote (poor bit bucket ;-)

Paint-by-numbers

Now you may have to look closely to see it.

You can double click on the photo.

Can you see this is a paint-by-numbers painting of moi?

I bet you want your own copy doncha?

Well, I fooled you -- just Alpha playing with iPhoto.

Kinda cool though.

I need an artist to paint this up.

Alpha, that leaves you out (hee, hee)

I'm so dizzy

Hey, Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Hope you all have a great turkey day (or tofurky day, or in my parent's case, nice Indian vegan dinner, hee, hee).

So check out this photo. Makes me dizzy just looking at it. Don't ask Alpha how he captured it, because it was just a fluke. But it's kinda neat.

And here's what the woods are like where we were walking that day. All the leaves had just recently come down, and it's rather loud walking through them. And with Alpha's, ahem, great movie skills, I expect this short movie may make you dizzy as well.

Oh, are you looking for some more nostalgia? OK, this time thanks to Tommy Roe and Freddy Weller:

[chorus]

Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinnin'
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, makin' it spin
You're makin' me dizzy

First time that I saw you, girl, I knew that I just had to make you mine
But it's so hard to talk to you with fellas hangin' round you all the time
I want you for my sweet pet
But you keep playin' hard to get
Goin' around in circles all the time

[chorus]

I finally got to talk to you and I told you just exactly how I felt
Then I held you close to me and kissed you and my heart began to melt
Girl, you've got control of me
'Cause I'm so dizzy I can't see
I need to call a doctor for some help

[chorus x2]

Art? Really Alpha?

Alpha, what's up?

Are you calling this art? I mean, really Alpha?

Why don't you just admit it when you overexpose a photo, and you have to play with all the iPhoto tools just to salvage something.

Hee, hee.

OK, I admit, I kinda like the way you can see all of my individual hairs. This would be a cool pen & ink drawing.

Colorful

Ah, there goes Alpha again with some photo-manipulation.

But I have to admit. It's kinda cool.

OK, I like it -- it's colorful and it's art.

Yep, he calls it art

Hey, at least I'm colorful. But really Alpha -- really?

Something big is coming ...

... you can see it in the sky. Everything looks so electrified (which is very appropriate, given we are at a windmill site near Vaihingen Enz).

Stay tuned to this blog for the important announcement.

It's all just a blur

This is from our walk down after visiting Neuschwanstein castle (you know, the one Walt Disney modeled the Cinderella castle on).

It was so cool taking our trip down to Bavaria with Alli's friend Cheryl. We packed so much in to a short visit, that it's all somewhat of a blur (get it? ;-)

I'll show you more pictures later. Here is one to remind you of the castle:

Colorful blur

See how much color I can add to the forest. Woo hoo -- I run like the wind.

No one can catch me. Not even Alpha's fancy schmancy camera. LOL.

Frito line art

Oh jeez -- he's been at it again.

This time it's "line art". Alpha, won't you give it a rest? ;-)

Electric Frito

Uh oh. It's Alpha-art again. (Sorry everyone ;-)

This is in honor of our visit to AM Solar. We are getting Thistle Dew Too upgrade, and if you are curious, you'll be able to read about that over here.

Anyways, this is a photo of me lounging in their waiting room. Suitably electrified ;-)

Art ... and a cutie pie

Well, he's at it again.

Alpha took a perfectly good picture of moi, and messed with it.

But you know what? When you have naturally good looks, it doesn't matter.

Your cuteness shows through all of the alterations.

In fact, I'm the only thing that make his "art" look good (hee, hee).

And if you want to see me in my natural state, check it out:

More Frito art (sigh ;-)

One again, Alpha's been tweakin' the photos too much ;-)

I was walking with Mom and Alpha after one of our thaws (we need more of those, BTW). Water was running down the street, and I walked through it. Alpha took a photo with the sun reflecting of the water ripples.

And somehow this is what he ended up with.

Don't blame me. I'm just the model ;-)

I call it: "Frito's Finale"

Alpha's done it once again. Took a flawed photo and made it into "art."

I kinda like it -- how about you? Click on it -- you will be able to see the brush strokes.

Oh, and about the name. Don't worry, it's not the "end" of Frito-a-Day. It's just a double-entendre on my touche -- get it?

Electric Frito

OK, speaking of a blur! Has Alpha run out of good photos or something?

Naaah! (Well, maybe.)

I'm sure he just thought this one was cool. He's on a plane right now, and that usually means only one thing. He's getting in touch with his creative/artsy side ;-)

All I can say is to have patience. That's how the rest of the family survives (hee, hee).