Garden
Mr Tomato Man
So sometimes life just throws you the unexpected! True story below (or it could be)!
Just when you think you have met every weird person on the plant... a strange visitor comes to dinner. You never really know what Mother Nature will bring to your back door. She does have a sense of humor! Be ready for every visitor my friends!
The story begins in a small suburb north of Chicago, on a fine summer's eve.
A few days ago, I went outside to pick a few tomatoes from the plant garden out back. Yes, this is the garden which originated the "Spring Gangster's of 2008." The evening was calm and warm, like any other summer night, maybe a little too warm. We were making some home made salsa, and nothing is better in homemade salsa than home grown tomato's. Nothing out of the ordinary tonight, nothing that is, until I saw him.... Who you may ask? Tell us who?
Who? Well... Mr. Tomato-Man that's who!
At first he just hung there on the vine, with his little orange skin and his little green nose. I barely paid attention to him and went about my business of picking tomatoes. One tomato. Two tomato. Three tomato. Yum! My only thought was of combining my newly acquired bounty with some fresh cilantro and onions.
Then all of the sudden I heard a sneeze. A what? A sneeze? I looked around wanting to give pleasantries to whomever the early flu was surrounding. I saw no one. "How odd", I thought to myself, "no one is here". Nonetheless I continued about my business again.
Suddenly, out of the right side of the garden I heard a cheery and enthusiastic "top of the mornin' to ya lassy", spoken in a fluent Irish accent. It was as if a Irishman had landed in my backyard. I stopped for a moment and contemplated. Then I thought and thought and thought some more.
And when I finished thinking, I scrunched my eyebrow and wrinkled my nose as hard as I could and I thought some more. I didn't see anyone in the garden with me. "Hmmm" I mumbled to myself.
After a few minutes of thoughts, "Do tomato's talk?" I exclaimed loudly to no one in particular. Gosh what the neighbors must have been thinking! Here I am talking to my tomato plants. "Hey, down here missy!" And to my surprise I saw a little orange and red face popping out from underneath the tomato vines. What a lovely surprise to have a visitor for dinner, especially a noble!
"Mind if you take me inside for the evening miss, it sure does get scary out here at night and it sure does look nice and cozy in there ma'am. I'm not sure how many more nights I can hide from those backyard critters scurrying around these parts."
Well, as if the day couldn't get any weirder, I responded in my most courteous voice "but of course fine sir, a gentleman should never be outside on such a stuffy evening, you'll catch a tomato-cold". He smiled, took one more sneeze, and hoped into my hand. "Thank you young lady" he said in between yawns, and closed his eyes for an evening nap.
We made salsa that evening as planned, but with one less tomato in the batch. It tasted just fine for us!
And that, my dear friends, is how I came to know Mr. Tomato-Man. Now, maybe he wasn't really Irish and maybe he didn't really speak out loud. But you just take a look at the photos attached and tell me I am wrong. Maybe it really did happen? ;)
Happy summer everyone
P.S. These photos were taken (by me!) the next day, after his nap of course.
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Spring Gansters of 2008 Part 2
This evening was the birth of my new flowers! I have watched these babies grow from mid March to the blooming orange beauties of today! To pictures of them as babies you can refer to the previous blog article – “Spring Gangsters of 2008”.
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Spring Gangsters of 2008
Spring Gangsters of 2008 is the first on the photography series we will do looking into simple live objects! In this segment of the chronicles I will follow the life cycle of the garden flowers through their happy days of growth and their struggles to survive. This may not be about wedding photography in the least bit, but still an enjoyable read!
THE BEGINNING:
Spring has finally the northern suburbs of Chicago Illinois! We northerners have long waited for the snow to melt and the baby green sprouts to show their pretty faces through the brown-grey cracks of dirt beyond our doors. You don’t believe me? Well dear friends please have a view below of the breathtaking images captured just in the Little Wet Dogs’ backyard.
CAST OF CHARACTERS:
Valerina the virgin - “A ways to go until I am grown” and “Breaking out” shows a beautiful purple flower coming through the dirt into the spring. She doesn’t wait for any man to help her. She lifts herself up and grows up into a big girl! Will she grow up to stand taller than the boys or will her shadow cast darkness on the others?
Baby Frankie the Tumultuous Tulip – “I am a big boy” shows us Baby Frankie the Tulip as he makes his first appearance on earth. Son of Big Boy Frankie the Tulip, Baby Frankie resembles his father in perseverance and strength. Notice his full figure? He is goes to be a fat little man, but we will love him none the less. I am willing to bet he will be the first to bloom and have the strong red vibrant color in the entire neighborhood. Any votes on if he will be stripped like his father?
Jose, Juziu, and John – “The three amigos” tells the story of three friends growing up in the suburbs of Chicagoland! These Chicagoans play together, live together, and go to school together. Will their friendship withstand the battles of life? Who will become the strongest of the trio? This trinity of grace and beauty will need to rely on each other for food, water, and protection to survive the forthcoming early spring frosts.
Yakavetta and Alphonse – “I will always love you” depicts the never-ending love story of two flowers trying to grow up and start a family. Alphonse struggles to make ends meet while Yakavetta tends to the bed. They have only a limited time in which they most product an offspring to carry on their genetic code. Get to getting it on!
Bugsy the Bedder, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Charles “Lucky” Luciano star in the hit photo “Run For It Bugsy”. Not much needs to be said about these three clowns. You will have to return next week for their story or else Bugsy may just need to pop a cap in your bum. Word!
Please return next week for the next chapter of “Spring Gangsters of 2008”
Details of the lens:
- Focal Length & Maximum Aperture - 50mm
- Diagonal Angle of View - 46°
- Closest Focusing Distance - 0.45m / 1.5 ft.
- Filter Size - 58mm
- Weight - 290g
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