Artwork of the Day: Look Out For That Snake!

Posted on April 1, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Erin Nicole

April Fools!

These snake statues are all over the place at the Dallas Arboretum. I always jump a little whenever I sit down near the waterfall and suddenly see one of them near me.

Artwork of the Day: Armadillo

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Erin Nicole

Yesterday was Texas Independence Day and the armadillo is one of our state’s unofficial mascots. I’ve taken better pictures but armadillos are shy and this is the best one I’ve ever been able to get of one of them. As soon as I snapped this picture, he disappeared into the nearby bushes.

Artwork of the Day: Mardi Gras Walker

Posted on March 1, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Erin Nicole

This was taken at a Dallas Mardi Gras celebration in 2018. As you can tell, our Mardi Gras party is not as much fun as the one in New Orleans.

Artwork of the Day: Kissing in Hawaii

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Erin Nicole

Happy Valentine’s Day!

The Shattered Lens Live Tweets Super Bowl Sunday!

Posted on February 13, 2022 by Lisa Marie Bowman

I don't know, that kind of sucked. Not as many good commercials as usual. Still not as many movie commercials as in the past. #SuperBowl

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) February 14, 2022

And the Rams win! Hurry up and celebrate! I'm missing Euphoria! If I miss the Maddy / Cassie fight, I'm going to be hurt. #SuperBowl

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) February 14, 2022

Happy Super Bowl Sunday!

The Super Bowl just ended so I guess it’s time to recap the reaction of the members of the TSL Team who watched and tweeted about it. Jeff, Erin, Case, Leonard, and I all watched and …. I don’t know. The game kind of sucked this year. I didn’t care about the game and I thought that commercials were kind of boring.. Case thought the commercials were depressing. Leonard got so bored that he left for ice cream. Jeff and Erin are mad that the Bengals lost. Even though it wasn’t as bad as last year, there was still weren’t as many movie commercials as in the past.

I think our collective reaction can be summed up as this:

Is that it? #SuperBowl

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) February 14, 2022

Okay, I guess congratulations to whoever won. #SuperBowl

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) February 14, 2022

There was apparently some hope at the start of the second half, when the game started get exciting:

What is happening in this 2nd half? Did the music hype up the wrong team? #SuperBowl

— Leonard B. Wilson (@Cavatica) February 14, 2022

Ben Affleck, up there, pointing out all of his former girlfriends in the stands. #SuperBowl

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) February 14, 2022

This 2nd half feels like an entirely different game. #SuperBowl

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) February 14, 2022

My team was losing so I stopped watching. But now they're wining so I'm back. #GoBengals #SuperBowl

— Erin Nicole (@TakeSumE) February 14, 2022

But in the end, the Super Bowl and the commercials just didn’t deliver:

Super Bowl sponsor include Morrisey…. pic.twitter.com/cQfRH6ibKO

— Case Wright (@casewrites) February 14, 2022

Chris Collingsworth: Third down and remember …we all die alone #SuperBowl

— Case Wright (@casewrites) February 14, 2022

It turns out I was right about it being a three-point game. I just picked the wrong team. #SuperBowl

— Jeff, who is not Joseph Cotten (@JedadiahLeland) February 14, 2022

It all led to one question:

Is that it? #SuperBowl

— Lisa Marie Bowman (@LisaMarieBowman) February 14, 2022

Yep, that was it.

Artwork of the Day: Last February

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

by Erin Nicole

It’s been nearly a year since the Texas snow storm of 2021. When I took this picture it was below 0 degrees outside, the wind was blowing, and the power would only stay on for an hour or two a day. It was scary but, at the same time, it was also quite a sight to behold.