Sunday Stills : The Number 7

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was The Number 7.

I had nothing all week.  Then on Saturday morning I was in an antique shop and saw an old 7 Up bottle..so I parted with $2.00 to take these photos.   The bottle was in “as is” condition..dirty..but perhaps that adds some character to the photos.  I played with the bottle posing it in different snow banks in my yard.

 

This is a 10 ounce bottle.  I will guess it is from around 1958.   I know most 7 Up bottles have a date on them. This one does not, at least not one that I can decipher.  This one has a D in a diamond in the center, a U off to the left, a 7 off to the right, a 16 at the top position and a 3589 at the bottom position.  It has the slogan “You Like It    It Likes You.” There are seven bubbles on the red parts of the label..some of them are covered with snow.

Have a great week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Circles

The Sunday Stills Challenge was circles.

The snow makes a perfect circle disguising the campfire pit.

It looked different on a cloudy day this week.

 

Many different circles.

Circles that will keep us warm and cozy all winter long.

A White Breasted Nuthatch at one of the feeders.

Have a good week everyone!  We are getting snow and we are in a storm/blizzard watch.  We are staying home for the duration:)

Sunday Stills :Fabrics

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was fabrics.  I don’t sew.  But my Mother does and this is a table runner that she made me for Christmas..it is still on the dining room table.

It is reversible.

 

I put the extension tubes on the camera.  I have not used them before.  I bought them to photograph snowflakes.

I will have to keep on keeping on.

I bought a new small enough to keep in my pocket point and shoot last week a Canon SX160IS.  I took the first two photos with that camera today.  I think I will like it.  It beats carting around the big camera and all the lenses especially in the wintertime. Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: The Letter F

This week the Sunday Stills challenge was to take some photos of things that start with F.

Ok here is my week.

FREEZING

FEATHERED FRIENDS

FISH HOUSES OUT ON THE FROZEN LAKE

FURRY FRIEND

IT WAS A COLD WEEK HERE IN MINNESOTA..NOT FIT FOR MAN OR BEAST:)

Sunday Stills: Big Sky

This week the Sunday Stills Challenge was Big Sky. 

 

Sunset Jan 17 2013

A storm front moved through yesterday.

This morning it was –21 F or –29C..a tad chilly.  It will be colder tonight.  Have a good week everyone.  Stay warm:)

Sunday Stills : Old Barns

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was old barns.

These are all Minnesota Barns located within a mile or two from our home.

This is Bridge’s barn.  It got a new roof last summer.

Donnie’s barn.

I am well acquainted with this barn and have milked many a cow inside.  By hand and with milking machines.

This beautiful old barn was built by my husbands Grandfather.  It is a tin barn..you don’t see many tin covered barns in this area.

There are not as many barns as there were years ago..years ago every section of land would have a barn. Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills:One Tree

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was to photograph one tree.

Chance and I went out looking for one tree earlier today.  It is dark and dreary here in Minnesota…and cold.

 

The farm where I grew up is in the background.

We drove along shivering..Chance likes to hang his head out the window..so I indulged him for a little while.

This is a stately old Oak not far from home.  Have a good week everyone:)