At The Orchid Show

February and March brings the orchid show to the Missouri Botanical Garden. I usually go with my camera. As the years pass it feels like I'm going to shoot the same thing at the same place, yet every year there are discoveries. I'll run with this for a few days.                                

Madeleine Monday

My son-in-law, Brian, is a professional chef (and a very good one). Looks like there was an extra lobster in the kitchen on a recent night, so home it went to the family. Does Madeleine think it's a new toy? Does Gizmo the cat share that idea or wonder it is its dinner? iPhone shots by daughter Emily, buffed up in Photoshop by me.                       

Camera Camp Day 3: The Maine Lobster Festival

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OMG it's late. The optional morning shoot is at 7 AM and it's half past midnight as I write this. Not gonna make it. These are scenes from the Maine Lobster Festival in adjacent Rockland, ME, our assignment for Wednesday afternoon.

The Fourth of July in Ridgewood, New Jersey

According to my esteemed brother-in-law, Melvin Mark, Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, the caption for this picture should be:

When you're serving Corona to friends, don't be shellfish.

He suggested that I offer the photo to Corona for one million dollars, plus another million for the slogan. Seems reasonable to me. I get a commission on his part 'cause I put it on the Web.

My (other) sister and brother-in-law have a family tradition of extravagant Independence Day parties. The photo is but a sample.

TOMORROW: What happened to Ming the Merciless and Strangetastes when they took on NYC with cameras for weapons?

All images and text © Saintlouismodailyphoto and Melvin Mark, Ph.D. All use or reproduction prohibited without the express permission of the aforesaid. And I mean it. I'm a lawyer.