An Awesome View of Life

This is my Dad.   He's not so young anymore.   But neither am I. He doesn't get around like he used to.  But neither do I. He falls asleep sitting in his chair in the middle of the day.  But so do I. He thinks time is moving too slow. But also too fast.   And so do I.

2017 Day 1 January 9, 2017

This isn't exactly what I was going for but I kind of like what I ended up with - 30 shots later.  Today's inspiration was  Norah Jones' "Turn Me On" . Enjoy!  (:

Movie Location Doesn't this look like a perfect setting for one of those old black and white westerns? ha! This is Saturday, September 5th's photo.

Summer Night. Music Memories. There is a series of these photos.  While enjoying a much deserved adult beverage I decided I should take a bunch of black and white photos of my family room.  (: When I looked at the first photo I took (which happens to be this one) it reminded me of some great late at night music.   Joe Purdy  music is always late night music for me.  You can listen to his music for free at the above link.   My favorites -- Julie Blue, You Can Tell Georgia, Only Four Seasons and Paris in the Morning. I know my son Trent will disagree on these but...

Burning. This is a black and white photo of our bonfire.  I thought this was pretty cool looking.  (: This is May 1st's photo.

Creatively.  Strange.  This isn't exactly what I had in mind when I got started but I LOVE the end results.  The black and white version and the blue version are my favorites but I really couldn't decide which one to post so I posted all SIX versions of my awesome creation.  (: After I uploaded these photos I told my hubby he was married to one very strange but very creative woman!  He just di d his usual chuckle and shook his head at my photos.   Fun! Fun! Fun! ha! Selective. Red. Selective. Yellow.   Selective. Green. Selective. Blue. Full. Color.

  The same but not... Same shot.  One in color.  One in black and white, below. Today's adventure took us to one of our more favorite county parks.  When we got there road into the heart of the park was gated closed.  We parked the car and trekked into the park.   It was a bit creepy.  It was so very quiet and it felt like we were trespassing.  But kind of nice to be somewhere so very quiet. Even though the color photo is the first photo, I like the black and white one much better.

Family - The black and white of it. I'm not sure what I want to say.  I'm not sure there are words that express how the events in our world have affected our family. We are all angered with the lack of justice shown in our country, once again. I guess I just want to see peace and justice in our country for all our people.  But mostly for our black men to be treated with respect.  To not be provoked.  To not be accused of things they aren't guilty of.  And to receive justice when they are wronged.   I want ALL of our young men to step up and be good fathers.  Teach their children about equality.  Teach them about tolerance.  Teach them about how hatred destroys.  Teach them how good our world can be. That it is fair and just. And to tell them they are the key. This is what I want from all fathers of all races in our country.  But until our country treats ALL of them as equals they will not treat each other as equ...

Sloppy View Another photo from last night's drive by shooting adventure.  Most of what I did was in black and white.  The fog and the glare of headlights look so much different when not in color. This is a shot out the windshield just after the wipers had been on.  We were behind a car at a red light.  The bright light at the bottom of the photo is the car's brake light in its back window. This is another photo that I really like.  Two in one adventure?  Wow!  (:

Black and White. Light and Dark. Today was a fabulous weather day and this is what I did for photos.  I've been a bit out of it with some serious back spasms.  I am feeling much better but did not feel like any kind of adventure. This is the knob end of a work space light with the light shining a fuzzy zebra pillow.  Clever, huh?  ha!

  Can you smell the rain? In an attempt to show the details of what I photograph I shot only in black and white today.  Also comments have been made about the color green showing up a bit too much in my photos. (: This has not been taken as a derogatory comment but more as a challenge to see things differently. To find something new to photograph. I love the photo above because you can smell the rain and you can see the color green without it actually being there. I love the shadows and the layers of the leaves as well. The bottom photo's lighting adds a wonderful dimension to the leaves and the background.

Power squared A couple more photos from yesterday's excellent adventure.  These are probably my favorite photos of day.  This power tower was spotted long before we got to it. I knew what I wanted this photo to look like and that I wanted it in black and white - only. The sun was such a perfect addition to this photo.  The photo below is perfect. (:

My Shadow and I? For a split second I was worried someone would be offended by these photos but realized they couldn't be offended by their own thoughts. Right? What was I thinking if I was worried these could be offensive ?  (: I tried very hard to capture my own reflection in these cherries to make it a triple cherry!  ha!  My warped sense of creativity WILL come back to haunt me some day.  At least I hope it does.  (: These were just for fun photos.  I'm working on some photo ideas but need to finish up a couple more business projects and then look out. The photo below would be captioned Black(&White) Cherry.   It was a good day today!  

Different look... This is the same old bush I've been taking pictures of for the last few months only with a bit of a different look.   Once again, I am messing around with settings and options on my camera.  The easiest thing to do is to sit in my rocker on the front "porch" and just shoot from there. Lazy?  Maybe.  Not sure what I was trying to learn here but it's pretty cool looking.  ha!  It did take forever to focus on just this one little branch and not anything in the background. 

Black and White

Black and White Reflection An afternoon in the city is always a good thing in my book.  (:  I took a bunch of pictures of the street scene reflected in the window of the restaurant across the street.  The one above actually turned out to be my favorite.  The building on the right is reflected in the display case on the left.   The gentleman in the photo below did NOT know I was taking pictures of him.  There are several shots of him and his reflection.  (:  While standing at the bus stop he was tying his tie, standing in the middle of the street looking for the bus and talking on his cell phone.  This one was my favorite of him.  I like that you can still see the inside of the restaurant as well as the bus stop bench. Reflections are one of my favorite things to capture.  

  A few of my favorite things...   In black and white these twinkle lights are still beautiful.

  Cribbage anyone...   A couple of Christmases ago I asked for a cribbage board and this is what I got.  The sad thing is no one will learn to play it.  My Dad taught me to play years ago but I don't really remember how to play.  But I'm sure its something like riding a bike?