Sunday Stills: Textures

The challenge this week was to find some textures.


My daughter Jen likes all different kinds of textures.

All these textures show up in her bathroom.


They live in an old Craftsman four square style home with very high ceilings and are redoing the entire home room by room. This bathroom is a favorite of mine.  One of the squares ( living room, kitchen, dining room and parlor) ..the parlor part became this bathroom with a shower just off the kitchen and a computer room became accessible from the living room.  You can no longer walk from room to room and make one big circle downstairs. Oh yes and they have done all of the restoration work themselves, the oak moldings were all custom designed and made by my son in law.
Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: From the heart

This weeks Sunday Stills Challenge was to be from the heart.

I don’t know if you have ever noticed..but Chance has a heart.

This is an old photo from 2008.  He had just been groomed!

I took this photo January 06, 2012.

It was a rotten week ..however Chance is a patient model and last night we got a few photos.

I think this may be his best side!  He is a dog with a big heart who loves everyone he meets, my husband and I Heart him very much:)

Macro Monday: Frost

We have had a few days of hoar frost!

Check out more Macro Monday Photos here:)

Sunday Stills: Liquid

The challenge this week was liquid.  I finally got something for this challenge today.

 

There was open water at the dam in town.

Chance is showing you what a pitiful amount of snow we have to turn into liquid:)

Sunday Stills: Nature’s Frames

This weeks challenge was to use nature to frame something.  My trusty model and I went out to find something that would work for our photo shoot.

I have a patch of Little Bluestem that is in the yard.  It was a little windy.. and Chance was getting bored.

Really bored..

We moved over to a different spot..

I managed to accidently frame part of his face with a weed.  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Birds

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was birds.  What fun for me!  It was a great excuse to go down to the river in town that is keep open by a stiff current.  It is a place where Swans, Ducks and Canada Geese gather for the entire winter.  They are fed daily by a fellow named Pete.
It was late in the afternoon before we got there on Friday January 20, 2012.


You can see the riverbank and how close I was to the open water.
It is pure heaven to have so many subjects!  The pure white mature Trumpeter Swans are full grown.  The Cygnets with grey are this years hatch, they will molt in the spring and their new feathers will be snowy white.  They will have passed into adulthood.

One Trumpeter Swan was very interested in me!

If I had been really daring I would have laid on the river bank to get this shot..but the size of the Swans made me think twice about that.

This was my favorite shot of the day.  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Corners

This weeks challenge was corners.   I struggled with this one ..what to do..what to do..just grab the camera and go!

Chance at the corner of our back driveway.  We got some snow last Friday.

Multiple corners at the woodshed.   Have a good week everyone:)