“Frozen in Time” Those in other parts of the world definitely had an advantage when it came to finding something frozen to photograph today. Last Tuesday we had snow on the ground; today it is sixty-five degrees and there is nothing frozen outside. Yesterday I discovered this snowman in our guest bath. I missed him when I packed away the Christmas decorations a few weeks ago. He represents a bit of Christmas frozen in time.
“Equality for All” Today we celebrate the life and work of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the inauguration of Barack Obama to a second term as president of the United States. Nearly forty years after King’s great speech, it is sad that we are still striving for the same things for people in this country – equality and respect for ALL people. It is certainly fitting that today’s prompt was “equal.” I wanted to take a picture that had some…
“Rock Music” “Playing” as a prompt offers endless possibilities. However, this afternoon when I had the time to take pictures, all of my usual subjects were sound to sleep on the couch. Neither Weber, the dogs or the cat were interested in any kind of playing. If the prompt had been sleeping, I would have been in business! I’m not sure how or why it got started, but there seems to be a “thing” on the CY365 site for photographing…
“Brightly Colored Socks” I’m not sure that I had the right take on bright; I suspect that it was intended to have more to do with light than with color. Oh well . . . Things don’t get much brighter than these socks. I hand-dyed the yarn and then knit the socks. They are some of my favorites!
“1900’s Texas Ranch House” I struggled with what to do today. I do have a fascination with doors and windows. I particularly love the colorful ones found on many of the buildings in New Mexico. That is the image I had in my head and I could think of nothing close that was even comparable. I then remembered a picture I had taken when we were in Assisi back in 2009. It too is full of color. I spent the…
“Teddy” This well-loved bear was given to my mother when she was born in 1938. As a child, the first thing that I would do when we visited my grandparents, which was usually only every year or two, was go find “Teddy.” He was always in the same chair, in the same corner, in the same room. He was a constant companion while I was visiting Delaware. He now lives with me. He sits in his chair, which was my…
“The Last of the Birthday Flowers” On a photography blog today I saw the following paraphrase of a quote, possibly by Berenice Abbott: I never take the photograph I intended; they are either better or worse. This sums up today’s picture taking perfectly. I had planned to spend the day at the knit shop today since I am fast approaching going back to school and my opportunity to do this will be virtually non-existent.. Since today’s photo prompt was “jumbled”…
“Bur Oak Trio in the Snow” To our surprise, we awoke to a light dusting of snow his morning. It was the kind of snow that was really pretty. The kind that makes the leaves glisten. The kind that makes everything seem more quiet than it really is. There were some overpasses on the highways that were icy, but for the most part the roads were clear. To me these bur oak acorns look like little faces all bundled up…
“A Kiss in the Dark” Photographing in low light was the day’s task. Knowing that I wasn’t going anywhere this evening, I figured that I would take some kind of set-up shot. I had put Hershey’s kisses in Erin’s lunch this afternoon so the kisses came to mind as I was deciding what to try. I like the above picture compositionally. The lighting almost makes it look like the kiss is floating in chocolate. I handheld the camera because I…
Though the Christmas decorations were all put away last weekend (except for the snowman that I noticed in the hall bathroom today), our Christmas vacation really didn’t end until today. Brooke left to go back to Chicago and Erin started back to school. It was really nice to have both girls here with us last night. Erin was a real trooper and spent the night with us so that she could get up at 5:15 to take Weber to the…