30 November 2013
Flawless Birch...
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29 November 2013
Waiting... My beautiful, youngest niece Sidney(center) waiting to get back on the ice. Fun getting to see her play tonight. (:
26 November 2013
Classic Vinyl... We have a pretty extensive, diverse vinyl collection. This Dean Martin album belonged to my parents. My youngest daughter loves Dean as well Frank Sinatra which we also have a few of in our collection.
20 November 2013
A few loose screws or just crazy... I'm pretty sure my neighbors who don't know about my photo project think I'm crazy. Today I sat on my driveway with no shoes or coat taking various shots of the gate on our privacy fence. I'm sure I was carrying on some sort of conversation with myself as well. This was taken in black and white with the selective color option on my camera. I got exactly the amount of green moss I wanted in this photo. Love this setting on my camera.
19 November 2013
Far away shot... I zoomed in as far as I could and this is what I got. For some reason I always thought these nests were squirrel's nests?? This was shot from my backyard to the neighbor's a couple of houses down and across the street. I still want a better picture of one of those blue jays. I still have about 40 days left to get one.
16 November 2013
Cool reflection... This picture was taken through my sliding glass door. The fireplace was reflecting on the door. Pretty cool?
15 November 2013
Me and my shadows... I love finding pretty shadows. Also shot in black and white and selective colors today. A pretty fun way to take pictures. (:
12 November 2013
Big Brother... For some reason I decided taking pictures at a totally deserted train station would be a good idea. It was extremely creepy. This was the first picture I took. As you can tell I was either standing on or just across the yellow line. By being this close to the tracks I triggered the warning system and was told repeatedly by a recorded voice blaring out of several loudspeakers to move back to the brick paved area and warned the trains were very fast moving. Duh! If that wasn't enough, the number of cameras was even more creepy. Should they have been comforting? If something happened to me while I was there would anyone respond in time to save me? Hmmm...
11 November 2013
Straight Up... Today I spent time learning something new with my camera. Since I haven't mastered it yet I am posting my favorite photo from yesterday. This was taken with my camera pointing straight up. I worked for the company that managed the blue building. Wonderful memories of my first job in the big city. Then I watched the building on the bottom being built while working in the building on the top. Great memories of watching the construction workers on our lunch hour. ha!
10 November 2013
Window 9 and oh so much more... A quick stop in downtown Minneapolis produced a few fun shots today. This is Macy's Window 9. I knew I was capturing whatever was behind me as well but really couldn't tell exactly what would show up. The street level reflections show Sunday shoppers hurrying down Nicollet Mall. Also the IDS Crystal Court store windows, lights and displays. There is also a recycling bin and a street light. Personally, I love the pink lounge chairs on the second floor. What I didn't notice while taking the picture were the two pairs of legs! ha!
9 November 2013
A bit puzzled... If you haven't guessed by now I LOVE to do "drive by shootings". (: This one has me a bit puzzled. The foreground is the highway. The center left to center center of the photo is a bridge and highway exit. The center right is the end of a strip mall. There are also some street lights mixed in there. But what the heck is at the top of the picture? I was the passenger in my car when I took this and I was most likely pretty close to the window. For the most part it was dark in all other directions. All I can think of is there was light from something reflecting on the window and I captured that??
8 November 2013
Meditation Garden... This was taken about a week ago, BEFORE the snow. I've been trying to take a good picture of birch trees since the beginning of this project. I think I finally got one. I did take pictures today but I really didn't put much effort into it. ):
7 November 2013
Crocheted memories... This doily was made by my Grandmother. She was an amazingly talented woman. (:
6 November 2013
Couldn't do it... I took photos of the snow this morning but just couldn't post one like everyone else seems to be doing today. This is where I wish I was instead. (:
4 November 2013
Worth the wait... I'm so glad I had a bit of patience this morning. When I walked into my family room I scared ALL of the birds away from the birdfeeder. Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal were there, along with Mr. and Mrs. Blue Jay and a woodpecker. Mr. Cardinal is the only one that came back and this is the only view I had of him for the longest time. I figured I'd wait and see if he came around the corner and hoped he didn't just fly away. But finally he DID peek around the corner just long enough for me to snap his picture. Now to get a picture of those blue jays. I swear they know I'm going for the camera and fly away just because of it. One of these days.
1 November 2013
Flying reflections... I did take photos today but didn't like anything I did. My day was consumed online with Comcast which didn't leave me in the best of moods.