Photo A Day Challenge - Day 14: Something Yellow

YELLOW vintage 1970's porcelain & crochet doily with beads...

I have never been much of a fan of the colour yellow,

(maybe because of the 'plastic' misuse of it during the 1980's).

That's until recently,

NOW I can't get enough of it.

You see...it's possible to change your mind:)

 

These lovelies have been in my family forever...

it just makes me want to smile:)

 Now let me share what Google found for me,

here's hoping it makes your Monday more bearable.

The 'Pièce de résistance'...

a painting I did late last November called:

"Covered by Grace"

 

  

Love & Blessings

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 12 & 13

Day 12: Surprise

 

I was SURPRISED...

at how I struggled to find something surprising for yesterday's challenge,

but happily Jane Austen's "Emma" came to my rescue...

Day 13: Circle

 

CIRCLE of lights...string lights aren't just for Christmas:) 

 

Thinking about, planning for and doing this challenge is...

TAKING OVER MY LIFE!!

But I absolutely LOVE it.

It's helping me to be creative everyday and to think...

"OUT OF THE BOX".

Plus I've discovered Picasa (find it here),

Google's freeware image organizer and image viewer

 for organizing and editing digital photos.

I've been having so much fun playing with it,

editing my photographs and changing them from drab to fab... 

What my little Sony Cybershot can't do,

(but what I had in my mind while taking the pictures),

Picasa accomplishes for me.

Tomorrow's prompt is "YELLOW".

I can't wait!

Love & Blessings

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 11: Water

Ethereal WATER droplets on pink flower petals.

 

Amazing what you can do on a cloudy day

 

armed with a hose and your camera:)

 

 

 

 

 Have a special Friday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 10: One O'clock

The stars were out at one o'clock this morning...

...time for sleeping soundly...

 I'm sooooo glad I chose one in the MORNING.

We're in the middle of a heatwave

and I didn't have to go traipsing about during the day

looking for photo opportunities for this challenge.

It's actually two photographs I layered on-top of each other,

one of me (pretending) to sleep soundly

and the other of the night sky view from my bedroom window.

Something to think about:

Hope your day was joyful!

 

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 9: Paper

PAPER BOATS...

...always wanted to float a boat...

...these were fun to make...

... and then even funner to race on our bird bath.

Made me feel like a kid!

...click to learn how to fold your own...

 They're drying out so I can play again later...:)

 Love & Blessings

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 8: Something beginning with 'T'

Something beginning with 'T'...
"TEA TIME"
...I took my cup of Rooibos tea for a little outing in the garden this morning...

...it was quite...
 ..."TRANQUIL".

 Goodnight everyone...

Love & Blessings

Photo A Day Challenge - Day 7: Street

 ...on the street where I live...

 

It's hot and sticky before 7:30 in the morning.

Hoping to get to some painting or other creating today. This photo challenge has at least got me blogging every day, but I need to get started with producing some new art and jewelry.

Have a great Monday everybody!



Photo A Day Challenge - Day 5: Movement

I just love the "rainbowie" colours

the stuff on my desk make

as I swirl around on my office chair...

...weeee...

It's fun to make things blur on purpose...you just can't go wrong:)

Something New! Photo A Day Challenge...

I've decided to take part

in the Photo A Day Challenge for January 2013!

Yea!!

 (found here: http://fatmumslim.com.au/photo-a-day-january-2013-inject-a-little-fun-into-your-everyday/)

I am starting with day 3's prompt which is HEART.

  

My photo is of a tiny heart shaped rock/pebble I found on the

side of the road a few weeks ago.

Faith, Hope & Love

2013

 A new year

...with new goals 
 ...and fresh ideas (here’s hoping).

My motto for 2013...

FAITH. HOPE. LOVE.

And TRUSTING GOD to carry me through

as He has done every other year of my life.

I started blogging last year

but found that it’s not as effortless for me as others make it look.

I tried to be productive in other areas (painting, crafts, designing, markets, cooking, etc.),

and realized that I really have to MAKE TIME for my blog.

My hope is that I will do better this year.

I’m thinking my problem is I want to do too much with each post…

It’s the perfectionist in me, details details details…

So I’m going to try to keep it simple this year,

and maybe that means there will be more than 7 posts at the end of 2013.

So “HAPPY NEW YEAR” everybody out there in the blogosphere!!

May this be the best year ever!!

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Love & Blessings...

Spring has sprung! (A Photo Diary)

"Happy Spring!" to all those sharing the season with us in the southern hemisphere. Winter has finally moved on and I am grateful for the new life of this blossoming time of the year. Thought I would share some of the photos I took in our garden around the first of September (officially Spring day). It is my favourite season and I always look forward to capturing it's beauty...

These lovelies are the the wild plum's flowers. The wild plum is always the first to show life in our garden after the dry and cold weather of the winter season. This particular tree is one of the babies of the original tree we planted. We have another of its babies that is about waist high now.

 

 

My sweet furbaby, Daisy, loves to follow me around in the garden while I play photographer. Her favourite spot is...among the daisies of course:)

 

 

These tiny white 'rose like' flowers are from a flowering shrub we know as a Mayflower. In the springtime it is covered with white flowers and looks like a bride standing in the flowerbed.

 

 

 

Delicate Jasmine flowers are synonymous with spring. It wouldn't be spring if their sweet sent did not fill the air... It's one of those smells that activate memories for me. Saturday afternoons with the mixture of Jasmine, "braaivleis" (meat roasting on a fire) and the watermelony arome of fresh cut grass swirling in the air...comforting and so so yummy!  

 

 

The Jasmine buds in this pic came out very blurry but did help to create a good photo with Daisy as the focal point. The pinky hues of the buds, the pebbles and the faided teracotta color of the painted paving all blends nicely together...even Daisy's ginger stripes are toning in well here. 

 

 

Little Miss Sweety Pie cheking out the down pipe for creepy crawlies she can chase...

 

 

I take all of my photographs with my trusty little 2007 Sony Cybershot. My photos mostly come out good...with a few accidental brilliant ones here and there and then a bunch of "not so good" ones scattered in between. Losts of picture taking happens even though the lens is damaged (I dropped the camera in 2009 while taking pics of our Christmas table...it fell on the lens. When I switch it on now I have to hold it with the lens pointing down otherwise the lens comes out skewed and then all the pictures are blurred. It's very tricky to get good pics 'cause some settings and zooming in or out switches the camera off). Hopefully, and despite Cybie's "injury", my pics will only improve as I have now signed up for a free mini digital photography secrets course (http://www.digital-photo-secrets.com/k/Camera_Tips?gclid=CJvXvpHZnLICFYFlfAodKV0ACQ). I love macro photography and am looking forward to improving in that area and...well, ALL other photography areas.

 

Blessings!

 

Surita