ROSE

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To my wife Rita: Happy 41st anniversary!
Ok, my son forget to post this yesterday on the actual anniversary but I don't know how to use a telephone, so I couldn't remind him.

LADYBUGS

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When I'm sitting around and don't feel like getting revved up with a political piece, I do something simple and easy like this which I finished on my birthday in 2007. Every spring we get ladybugs in the upstairs bathroom. I think they hang out under the jacuzzi. Ladybugs are so perfect looking and when you look at their shape, you can't imagine how they can fly.

FULL HOUSE

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The Yankees played the Red Sox that day and won 4-1. It was a full house so I used the playing cards motif to complete the pun. This was the old stadium...you can tell because there's the old courthouse in the background. We were seated behind 1st base. For all four of us the seats cost $800. Lunch was $80 and all I had was a frankfurter.

FANTASSY

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This shot was taken in the BVIs in 1997 during one of my sailing trips. We were on the beach on our way to get the dinghy and I see this girl wearing a thong, she's got a nice body so I take the shot. A year later I revisited the photo and the thought of creating the lips, broken hearts, and stars motif nicely complemented the pun writ large.

Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders

BEES

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Goodness gracious I don't even remember doing this one...it's been 13 years and I've been a busy bee.

SLICK WORLD

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There are 30,000 capped wells in the ocean right now and they don't even know where half of them are. That's not good. This represents our earth surrounded by a layer of oil which will choke out the green space. Here lies Slick World.