Sunday Stills: Signs of Fall

This weeks Sunday Stills Challenge was a Signs of Fall.

I live in Minnesota.  The trees are at their peak color this weekend. 

Aspens..or Populus deltoides..or Popples…or piss Popples because they are worthless for firewood. The wood just sits in a wood stove and water  boils out the end of the wood.  Pretty in the evening light!

Red Oak.. not sure which one.

Looking through the understory of Jack Pine and Norway Pine to the forest beyond filled with Popples and Oaks.

This is my shadow way hello to October..and goodbye to September.  I missed the Shadows of Ourselves Challenge.  I missed the Music Challenge..I will work on that one!   I have closed the Museum for the winter..so hopefully I will be able to spend more time doing what I want to..like take photographs.  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Faces

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was faces.  I took some photos of my great nieces back in August with the new camera.

This is the beautiful Olivia or Livey, she started school this past week.

This is Brooke she looks so much like her mother!  She is all alone at home whilst her sisters are at school..until January when the new baby arrives.  Then I am afraid this one will have to give up her spot as the baby of the family.

 

This is Miss Aubrey, she is my great niece that lives next door.  I wanted to show off her wonderful smile.  Aubrey was born with a double cleft lip and palate.  She has endured many surgeries.  She is a trooper. She has endured more pain than a small child should.  She is always ready to smile for me and my camera as long as I show her the beautiful photo!

Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills : Rays of Sunshine

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was Rays of Sunshine.

This was sunset one evening last week.

This is some kind of Helianthus a flower in the Asteracea Family.  The petals radiate from the center in a spoke like fashion and are called ray flowers.  The ones in the center are called disk flowers.

So this flower being yellow and all has rays..rays of sunshine!  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills:Cats

The challenge this week was Cats.  Cats are more difficult than dogs.  Dogs will sit and stay and cats just do their own thing.  I photographed the neighbors cat.

Her name is Sophie.  She is the cat that welcomes you to the farm yard.  She runs up and meows a few times and hisses at Chance and then she sits someplace and watches his every movement!

Sophie in profile.

Sophie’s long whiskers.

The new camera is a bit frustrating at times.  I am practicing every day.  Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Something Bizarre

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was something bizarre.

Here is my best shot with the new camera.

It is my Dragon Fly thing-a–ma-bobber garden art..made from silverware.  It balances perfectly on that spoon.  It confuses the little Chickadees when they land on it and it moves.

Here is my best shot with the old camera..which I still love.

Echinacea purpurea ..half and half.

Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Summertime

The challenge this week was summertime.

I purchased a new camera this week.  It is a Canon Rebel T4i.  I would appreciate hearing from anyone that has this same camera.  My daughter bought hers a few weeks ago..and I was impressed with her photos.

So today was Day One with the new camera.  Here is summer!

The whole neighborhood went to the ballpark tonight.  They play with soft balls because the little kids play too.  This is Missy getting ready to pitch.

I am not so sure about the newfangled camera. Different lenses and lens caps and ISO and aperture.. I will have to practice a long time. 

Have a good week everyone:)

Sunday Stills: Sports

Well there isn’t much happening here in the boonies..so sometimes we have to come up with our own Olympic Style Events!

The Sunday Stills Challenge this week was sports in honor of the Olympics.

Of course Chance wanted to be involved in a event..Which ball will the Border Collie play with next??

 

Then there is the wildly popular which goat can reach higher event!

Hey in my opinion watching Tennis as an Olympic event is about as boring as watching paint dry!

I am adding a not so great photo this week..kids and goats making their own games.

The poor goat looks headless..but you can see how happy the girls are!  I should have taken more time getting the perfect shot..but the goat was so fast and the girls were running all over.  Have a great week everyone:)