Tag: Photography
Old Time Display
Inspired by Lens-Artists Challenge #76: On Display
This week, we invite you to explore On Display. Share with us photos you have discovered.
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I have posted many times about my visits to the Shelburne Museum this summer. One of my favorite spots on the museum grounds was the General Store.
Below are displays of items that would have been for sale in the early 1900s.
If these displays could talk….
Macro Monday
Autumn leaves meet up with early snow.
Both hanging on in the bright afternoon sun.
Freezing mist
Inspired by Frank at Dutch goes the Photo: Mist
Three years ago tomorrow my husband and I closed on the condo we are living in now. A long awaited moment…after years of planning, downsizing and exhausting work.
That morning the air temperature was 2° F – so brutally cold that I was afraid my car wouldn’t start, as it was parked outside. The gusty wind making it worse.
If my car didn’t start, how would I get to the closing?
At the time we were renting a condo across the street from the Atlantic Ocean in Hampton Beach, NH. I was up early enough that morning to catch this view out the window. I stepped out (briefly!) on the tiny deck to capture this shot…
Ocean mist (perhaps a “freezing mist”) like I had never seen before.
December 16, 2016
Hampton Beach, NH
It never warmed up past 10° or 12° that day…but much to my relief, the car reluctantly started.
Photo a Week: Ice
Inspired by Nancy Merrill’s Photo a Week Challenge: Ice
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE ONE OR TWO OR MORE PHOTOS FEATURING ICE.
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When you run a humidifier on a cold December night…ice on the window is what greets you the next morning when opening the shades.
Coincidentally…also inspired by: photo a day challenge: Frost
Stay warm everyone!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vibrant Colors
Inspired by Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Vibrant Colors
Remembering October colors…and how they brightened the view during my walk.
Nostalgic Cookie Sing-Along
Inspired by:
Lens-Artists Challenge #75: Nostalgic
…I look forward to seeing the nostalgic moments that are most special to you. Past holidays, times with family and friends, travel moments, or just something that reminds you fondly of days gone by – it’s your call. Give us a small peek into the things you’re nostalgic about.
V.J.’s Weekly Challenge #76: Music
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Get out the red and green sprinkles!
And the tiny chocolate chips!
Cookie sheets!
Cookie cutters!
Start the music!
It’s Time!
When I was raising my children – and by the time each was around 2 years old – we made Christmas cookies together as a family. Simple cream cheese sugar cookies.
We used the same aluminum cookie cutters I used when I was a child.
Our tradition? I made the dough the day before so it was easier to roll out.
My daughter – and then my son – learned how to use a rolling pin and press a tree or bell shape into the flattened dough.
Let the decorating begin!
Creativity was serious business.
The teenage years sparked unique decorating ideas such as the occasional anatomically correct gingerbread man. Ahem. All in good fun though…
Every year we were accompanied by the Sesame Street Christmas Sing-Along album pumping through the speakers (yes, we had speakers in the kitchen!)…and the clicking of the Canon camera.
My husband, I and the “kids” continued this annual family tradition for over 25 years…always accompanied by Big Bird, Cookie Monster (of course!) and the rest of the gang.
Cookies in the making. Oven warming. Four voices singing – the muppets’ lines memorized to perfection…
It’s that time of the year
When we all want to hear
A Christmas sing-along…
Or
Count, count, count — counting the days,
Count, count, count — counting the day…
I’m counting the days, ’til Christmas day is due…
(just a sample taste of this fabulous album – released in 1984 – just in time for our family).
A bit of nostalgia I never tire of revisiting.
Decorated or about to frosted!
Both in pictures and in song.
Wordless Wednesday
Photo a Week: Babies
Inspired by Nancy Merrill’s A Photo a Week Challenge: Babies
Super cute, super funny, super whatever, human, animal, or whatever, we want to see your babies!
IN A NEW POST CREATED FOR THIS CHALLENGE, SHARE A PHOTO (OR TWO OR THREE) THAT FEATURES BABIES.
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I don’t need much inspiring when it comes to baby pictures. And there’s no way I can limit this post to three photos. Be warned.
I have always believed that babies are the most fascinating subjects for photography. They are just…who they are. Their faces…their expressions…. Transparent. Open.
Happy. Sad. Tired. Bored. Sleepy. Curious….the list is endless.
Choosing just a few family photos for this challenge was…challenging! They were all taken with a Canon 35mm (film) camera – except for the last one which was with an iPhone.
When my kids were babies, I took a weekly photo during their first year. I think they got used to it…all I know is I got some interesting glimpses into their personalities.
For instance, my 10 month old son first thought it was hilarious…then not so sure……then I’m outta here.
My daughter loved getting her picture taken anytime, anywhere.
Although easily distracted by rug or blanket fibers.
Which soon became an afternoon snack…fine motor skills already well developed.
When my grandson was 10 months old, he enjoyed his first tour in a shopping cart up and down the toy aisle with Grampa and me.
He was clearly amazed at the experience.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Two of Anything
Inspired by Cee’s B&W Photo Challenge: Two of Anything
Windows side by side.
With two of anything, there will often be…overlap.
In this case…curtains over windows…just in time for One Word Sunday: Overlap
Happy Sunday everyone!
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