Friday Photos: My Colorful Trip to a Conservatory

It’s nice to get out of the writing cave once in a while and see the beauty in the world around me.

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

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(c) Sloan Parker, 2013

 

Link Roundup: Fun, Funny & Touching

Man Reading In Bed

(c) www.fotosearch.com Stock Photography

Fun & Funny


Books, Libraries & More


Beautiful, Heroic & Interesting

 

Friday Photos: Men and Their Dogs

If you’ve been following my blog for long, you know I’m a huge animal lover. So a guy who not only likes and respects animals, but also pours on the affection toward his pet without a care about how he “looks” to anyone, now that’s my kind of man.

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(c) istockphoto.com, NanJMoore 2008

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(c) istockphoto.com, Floriana 2011

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(c) istockphoto.com, Eldad Carin 2013

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(c) istockphoto.com, icefront 2007

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(c) istockphoto.com, cerenzio 2004

Favorite Link: Weird Books That Really Exist

These 11 Weird Books That Really Exist are equal parts funny and disturbing. They came from AbeBooks’ Weird Book Room, which is seriously worth a few minutes of browsing time. With titles like Teach Your Wife to Be a Widow, I Told You I Was Sick: A Grave Book of Curious Epitaphs, and How to Live with an Idiot much laughter and WTFery will ensue.

Friday Photo: A Gay Romance Author’s Furniture Polish

LoveYourWood

(c) Sloan Parker 2013

I recently bought this new-to-me brand of furniture polish. When it came in the mail, my honey read the back label, just shook her head, and said, “Of course you’d buy this kind.”

Me: “Why?”

She handed me the tin and said, “Read the very bottom.”

I looked at the label and saw their tagline: “Love Your Wood.”

Her: “And the instructions…”

“rub onto wood in a circular motion and rejoice”

Me: “Yeah, you can’t forget the rejoicing. That’s the best part of rubbing your wood.”