Happy Tuesday!
So photographers sometimes use ‘leading lines’ in their photo composition. I wonder if slightly crooked leading lines count as ‘good composition’??? :o) ha ha!
Here’s the same lighthouse, but in B/W and shot at a different angle. Totally different scene, right?
Have a great day! Do something NEW and different!
Happy Memorial Day!
On Saturday, on my bike ride, I passed this very patriotic sight, so I had to return on Sunday to get this photo! I hope whatever your holiday plans are, that you’ll have a safe and lovely day. Do something NEW!
Happy Friday!
Are you tired of my travel photos yet? Here’s one of the Maine coastline. I’m a sucker for water photos!
Well, Fridays tend to be my ‘challenge’ post days. I’ve been wanting to tackle a 365 photo challenge, but that’s too scary at the moment (I’d probably fail before I got to day 3!). So, I’ve decided I’d start with some sort of photography challenge – but one that doesn’t mean you fail if you miss a day. I’ve decided to do this one (I found it here):
Actually, this might take me decades to complete…because I don’t have any travel plans to the Great Wall of China…yet. But as I look through the list, I think I’ve already got some completed. Baseball game = check! Slow SS waterfall = check! Bee on a flower = check!
I hope this will be a kick in the rear to go out and shoot more often!
Have a great Friday! Do or learn something NEW!
Happy Wednesday!
Here’s my take of the Portland Head Lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. I understand it’s probably the most photographed lighthouse in America. Someday, I’d love to get there at sunrise and try and get some sky-color shots, but I’m happy that I was able to get this one. Since I live so far away from lighthouses, it will take me quite a while to make progress on any sizable lighthouse collection at all! But I want to! I think I need to visit Michigan. They have the most lighthouses, plus I think they have quite a few waterfalls too! Win!
Have a great day! Do something NEW today!
Happy Tuesday! I had to share these cute children with you today!
Don’t you love it when you can get pics of cute little random kidlets but don’t have to worry about posting them because they aren’t recognizable? And you don’t have to worry about getting their parent’s permission to share their cuteness with others? I still remember the thrill of getting {this pic} of these sisters a few years ago.
This top pic is my favorite…randomly taken at the tulip festival in Ottawa, Canada.
These cute twins below are a bit more recognizable. So, if any of you know them, I’ll take this one down if necessary. :o)
Have a great day! Do something NEW!
Happy Monday!
We’ve just returned from a week or so of traveling and now it’s time to update my “100 Waterfall Bucket List“! The photo above is of Hog’s Back Falls in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. We also saw Rideau Falls in Ottawa and Montmorency Falls near Quebec City. I really LOVE waterfalls!
AND…funny thing…I recently read this article “The Most Jaw Dropping Waterfalls in all 50 states” and it lists the waterfall in front of the Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada as that state’s best waterfall! I understand that Nevada is the driest state and they probably don’t have any natural waterfalls. I’ve been to the Mirage Hotel’s waterfall. Can I count it?….Should I count it as one of my 100? Let me know what you think! :o)
{Rideau Falls, Ottawa, Canada}
{Montmorency Falls, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada}
Have a great day! Do something NEW…maybe work on a NEW bucket list?!?
It’s a miracle!!! I just returned from traveling for the last 8 days or so and went out in the garden and found this big, beautiful blossom. It’s a miracle because I thought for sure the plant was dead! My plan was to buy a replacement – same variety of clematis and try again this year. Wow, what a surprise!
So, today’s theme for a short Sunday sermon is: Miracles! Here’s an excellent talk entitled “Has the Day of Miracles Ceased?”
I know, just from my limited experiences that NO!, miracles happen all the time. It’s hard to know whether they’re just coincidences, or miracles. But I choose to have faith and believe in miracles.
Have a beautiful day! Do or learn something NEW!
Happy Thursday! I love this quote because it is so true. I know some people who are just naturally considerate. They notice things about people. They naturally go out of their way to be considerate and kind. I want to be more like them! Sadly, I tend to live in my small, busy little world and go about my own business. I wish I had the natural talent of being a noticer…a thoughtful observer…a naturally considerate human being. Although it doesn’t come naturally, I’m going to work at being such a person. Perhaps eventually it may become second nature!
Have a great day! Go and notice something or someone NEW!
Happy Monday! Don’t you just LOVE all the colors of spring??? I’m in heaven! We recently took a trip to St George in southern Utah – also known as Utah’s Dixie because it’s so warm there. Their flowers bloom probably a good month or more before ours do, so it was fantastic to visit there and do some shooting. It snowed here just a couple of days ago!
In other miscellany:
I’ve been doing a ton of genealogy research on my husband’s lines in preparation of being an “Ancestral Tourist” next week. We are heading to Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec where his people are from. I haven’t previously done much research in Canada, but have found good success. My research tip of the day, is to check out BMS2000.org.
What I’ve been reading:
I’m working through Youngblood Hawke which is on my 12 Classics Book Challenge but it’s such a beast, I’ve had to put it down to get Dragonwyck read for book club, and The Darkling Bride read before it was due back to the library (my friend is a friend of the author and recommended it, so I wanted to get it read before the library gave me a fine! :o). So I’ll get back to Youngblood Hawke now. Wish me luck in finishing it before I have another reading deadline! :o)
I finished up my Organizing Challenge! AND happy day! Guess what I found that I though I’d lost forever? My notebook where, years ago, I had written down a few “cute” little things my boys would say. Yay! Sadly however, I didn’t keep up on writing down what my youngest son said. He really got left out! I probably took less photos of him too. Oh, the woes of a youngest child!
So, that’s it for today’s miscellaneous items. Have a great day and go ahead…try to do something NEW today!
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