Growing up, I did not learn how to be a good mom. I did not learn how to be loving, kind or patient. I saw anger, abuse, and bitterness. I learned not to follow house rules, but to try not to make mom mad, especially if she’d been drinking. When I had my first child,…
The wild flowers are beginning to bloom! I love walking around our property and seeing tiny wild flowers blooming all around! My gerbera daisies are also blooming.
Last night I posted my Photo 101 assignment. It wasn’t fun or happy. But it was where my head was. This morning, I want to assure you that my head is not always in that place. My life is full of joy! I don’t sit around my house grieving or thinking about grief. If you…
For my long time readers, there are only two more days of this class. I hope my daily posting of pictures hasn’t bored you. Today’s assignment is: Today, show us an edge — a straight line, a narrow ridge, a precipice. Today’s Tip: To make sure your edge packs a punch, use a photo editing…
Incorporate glass in today’s image: a window, a mirror, a wine glass, sunglasses, or something else. It doesn’t matter what form the glass takes. I took this picture last week from my daughter’s kitchen window. This is what she sees when washing dishes. What a lovely view! Today I took this picture off my front…
When my mom died eighteen years ago, my siblings divided up her belongings and sent me what was left. That may not sound quite right, but I received some beautiful things! We each did. I had seven young children. I lived more than a thousand miles away and we were in the middle of moving…
I was determined to take new photos for every assignment of my Photography Class. Then life happened: we got home from our three week trip and found the grass had grown, laundry needed to be washed, the bills and mail had stacked up, appointments needed to be met, etc. I had forgotten how busy my…
For today’s assignment we were to find interesting architecture. Then we were to consider it in monochrome. My first photo is a window outside our veterinarian’s office. The round wall makes an interesting element. Changing to monochrome looks even more interesting! While out about town today, I shot a picture of this little castle. In…
Capture the natural world with your camera: document a moment outside, big or small. From a panorama snapped during your morning hike to a close-up of a leaf in your yard, we invite you to document this wondrous world around us. Ron is demo’ing in a parking lot of a large commercial office complex. Not…
