Archive for 2010 July

Friday Photo Love

I enjoy showing my Flickr favorites here on Fridays, and this week I’ve got two favorites mosaics to share. (If you remember, last week I showed you my beach gallery instead.) As always, you can click on the mosaics for full photo credits.  I noticed I chose a lot of daisy photos this week.  It’s [...]

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When the going gets tough…

The tough escape to the beach Late afternoon beach trips are the best.  The hottest part of the day is over, access to the beach is free, the crowds have begun to disperse… it’s a great time to kick back on a blanket and relax. Or to take 699 pictures.  Not that I know anyone [...]

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Shutter speed and brainiac birds

We stopped for a latte last night, and saw a nearly-full moon over the shopping center.  I had my camera with me (why are you not surprised?) so I leaned it on the edge of the open van window and took this picture on Automatic.  I can see the bricks of the Starbucks store very [...]

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Back in the backyard

Our back patio has been depressing me ever since the summer started.  I hadn’t gotten around to cleaning it up or to buying a new kiddie pool for the ever-important mid-afternoon foot-dunking, before the weather turned brutally hot and humid.  I didn’t want to be outside without the relief of the little pool, but I [...]

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Summer Studio, look two

I finished both of the projects I showed you on my first Summer Studio post a few weeks ago, so how about a peek at what I’m working on now? I had a very specific quilt project in mind when I bought these fabrics recently, but circumstances may have changed since then.  I’m not sure [...]

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