Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Shiny

March 15, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 4 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Shiny

My grandfather Opa left behind a large box of photographic slides. Hundreds of them encased in shiny metal slide mounts. Fitted into 1940’s and 1950’s era slide magazine cases. For viewing in a slide projector.

I inherited this box of treasured memories of the many travels he and my Oma embarked on…before advancing age and illness ended their adventures.

After unearthing the box in our basement during the let’s-get-ready-to-downsize years, I removed all the slides from the magazines…and mounts. Viewed them on a lighted slide sorter. And kept a sampling of my favorites (eventually inspiring one of my first blog posts…slides!)

I let go of the shiny metal….

slide cases — Slide Magazines and Mounts

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Smooth

March 2, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 9 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Smooth

What could be smoother than a sweet newborn baby’s fuzzy head…
and silky cheeks?

I certainly can’t imagine it.

Which is probably one reason I took this photo of my 2 day old grandson.

Posing when he was fast asleep on his grampa’s lap.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Texture

February 21, 2019May 28, 2020 ~ oneletterup ~ 13 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Texture

Some textures just say Crunch. As well as Deliciousness.

As they did amid the whooping and hollering and cheering during the Super Bowl game a few weeks ago. With friends. In front of the television. Wearing the appropriate team gear.

Such textures were necessary stress relievers during this momentous game watching experience.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Color of Your Choice

February 17, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 5 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Color of your Choice

This time of year I am more than ready for bright colors…
Reddish orange
Bright blue
With just a touch of black and white…

This majestic sculpture, created by Mark di Suvero, greets visitors at the entrance to the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, NH.

This view – from the ground looking up – captures just a portion of its 36 foot height…

On a perfect summer day.

RDP – COLOR

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Orange and Pink

February 7, 2019May 25, 2020 ~ oneletterup ~ 8 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Orange and Pink

Orange and pink together?
Yes!
It was back in the 1960’s…amidst the blinding landscape often referred to as psychedelic. The term coined to describe what was visualized during an LSD “acid trip.”

No acid trips for me, but as a young teenager I was drawn to the colors shouting out from Teen magazine and the “mod” outfits popping up from television’s Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In. Or album covers…The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, among others. Wild “peace and love” posters covered my bedroom walls. And the jewelry…

One artifact from that time period: a “Mod Watch” complete with 4 interchangeable bright colored wristbands. Made of authentic patent leather. A vintage set now over 50 years old. Well worn. Well loved.

It was one of my favorite “accessories”… being the practical person I have always been, it also served a very useful purpose. I always knew what time it was.

Practicality always topped fashion. But with this watch, I had both.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Black and White

February 2, 2019May 28, 2020 ~ oneletterup ~ 7 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Black and White

frosty window black & white — Winter Morning Window

(only 46 days until Spring…)

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Rainbow Colors

January 29, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 9 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Rainbow Colors (must have 4 colors)

My husband’s cousin – and our very good friend – made this stained glass hanging for us a few years ago. We found a perfect spot in our new home over the door to the very tiny porch.

This time of year, we are extra grateful for this burst of color…made even brighter in the afternoon sun.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Blue and Yellow

January 17, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 3 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Blue and Yellow

bookstore
I am happy to report…at least in the town I live in, there is a living, breathing…book store!

Alive and well for decades. Selling books, magazines, greeting cards, note cards and all sorts of fun reading paraphernalia. For adults and children alike. Browsers welcome. Book signings. Book Groups.

Surviving as an actual independent book store in this digital and Amazon age is admirable. And a testament to Shop Local.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Pairs

January 8, 2019 ~ oneletterup ~ 5 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Pairs

When my husband and I bought our first house, it was new. No landscaping. No lawn. Just dirt, mostly clay.

One of our first outside projects was planting 12 tulip bulbs. With our first trowel. Over the next 30+ years, we planted iris, daffodils, black-eyed susans, trilliums, lilies of the valley. And more.

A crowded situation ensued. We weeded around them (mostly my husband did the weeding, to be fair), transplanted a few…but some died out and some still spread.

Our first 12 tulips followed suit. As the years went by, we noticed fewer and fewer made it through the congested patch of dirt next to the house.

Except…two that lasted 20 years.

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Pair of Survivors

By the time we moved – after 36 years – there was just one left.

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

December 31, 2018 ~ oneletterup ~ 4 Comments

Cee’s Challenge topic this week is Bicycles, Tricycles, Motorcycles, Wagons

My first 2 wheel bicycle was a pink Schwinn.
Zooming down our neighborhood street – with my sister in hot pursuit on her tricycle – was a common occurrence.