When I Finally "Got" It
I read a blog entry I found on Pinterest* and an essay in The Mail Online by Alice Walker’s daughter, Rebecca. It reminded me of so many things. The title of the Pinterest post is, “The Day that Ironing Changed Me” and Rebecca Walker’s essay is “How My Mother’s Fanatical … Continue reading →
Day 30: Long Exposure
This is the final challenge. I haven’t worked with this aspect of my camera, and I admit I didn’t check the book to see how to “do it right.” I wanted to experiment with different settings to see what I could get. I used “S” mode as well as EXR … Continue reading →
MGR Tour: My Favorite Writing Place
Welcome to another Merry Go Round Blog Tour Installment. This month we’re exploring our favorite writing places. Mostly, I write at the computer, but this year I’m focusing on revisions, and I’ve found handwriting my revision at the kitchen table to be more enjoyable than I had anticipated. Some … Continue reading →
Day 29: Self-Portrait
This is the last one of these for a while. I jumped into the Way Back Machine and pulled up a photo from almost a decade ago. I had a little Logitech web cam I anticipated hubby and I might decide to use to talk live instead of over the … Continue reading →
Day 26: From A Distance
Here are some more nostalgic shots. These are from my trip to Riga, Latvia, in September, 2004. I just returned from a deployment to Bahrain, and this NATO trip was on my schedule. I was preparing to move to a division chief job, so I was handing my old job … Continue reading →
Day 23: Animal
Another archive photo. The cool thing about traveling to Winnipeg is the ready availability of polar bear yard art at local establishments. Unfortunately, I was flying, and I could only capture it in pictures. But I would totally have one of these in my yard if I could figure out … Continue reading →
Day 22: Sunflare
We still have a lot of overcast due to wonderful weather here in Central Texas. To that end, I began perusing my iPhoto library to see if I had managed to capture a shot at some point in the past that would meet the requirements for this challenge. It’s not … Continue reading →
Day 28: Black and White
Today’s challenge is “Black and White.” I couldn’t resist the opportunity to capture my “black and white” in Black and White. Here’s Lady, snuggled with her watch cap: I added a close up head shot of Lady honing in on the birds chirping outside the parlor window.
Continue reading →Still Seeking Shrub ID
Over on the Other Blog, I posted a photo challenge of Flowers, and I asked if anyone could identify the shrub. Erin has made a great effort, but I suspect she (and anyone else attempting an ID) was hampered by less than ideal pictures of the shrub and the flowers. … Continue reading →