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Home / 2020 / April

Month: April 2020

Posted on April 25, 2020April 25, 2023 by Lisa Clarke — 1 Comment

TWiP: Handmade Film Making

This Week in Pictures, Week 17, 2020

You may notice that the mosaic is more full this week. That’s because I’ve been working on my video-making skills and posting to Instagram every day since Tuesday.

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Categories: sewing, this week in pictures
Tags: covid-19, flickr, handmade film making, instagram, masks, project 365, xanthe berkeley
Posted on April 18, 2020August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — Leave a comment

TWiP: Staying Home

This Week in Pictures, Week 16, 2020

I’ve been working from home for over a month now. I like it. I wonder, when all of this is over, if I can get permission to work from home a few times a week on a regular basis. That would be nice.

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Categories: sewing, this week in pictures
Tags: covid-19, flickr, instagram, masks, project 365
Posted on April 11, 2020August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: Masked

This Week in Pictures, Week 15, 2020

It was a colorful week, thanks mainly to the pretty fabrics I’ve been playing with. These have been stashed away for far too long, and I’m glad to be putting them to good use now!

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Categories: crochet, sewing, this week in pictures
Tags: covid-19, flickr, instagram, kay's rocker vest, masks, project 365, vests
Posted on April 4, 2020August 20, 2021 by Lisa Clarke — 2 Comments

TWiP: April Occasions

This Week in Picture, week 14, 2020

Global pandemic or not, we had occasions to celebrate this week! Our 25th wedding anniversary, and Eamonn’s 17th birthday. We managed to find ways to make our special days special.

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Categories: crochet, sewing, this week in pictures
Tags: covid-19, flickr, instagram, kay's rocker vest, masks, project 365, vests
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                        #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for #PictureFlowers Day 21: I confess I don't care for this prompt. I don't like to make things blurry on purpose, as a rule. But I did it anyway. I set a tiny aperture so I could get a slow shutter speed, and I waited for the wind to blow this lily all over the place. And after that was done, I took another picture, with the lily sharply in focus, and a reasonably shallow depth of field, just like I like it 😆
                        #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant f #PictureFlowers Day 20: Today's prompt was meant for a sunny day, which I don't have, but I do have this lovely kitchen window light, that renders beautifully on a Polaroid. More accurately, it's the moody shadows that get me. Sadly, the Polaroid was disappointing (how many times has *that* phrase been uttered?), so I used my Canon, and I'm happy with those results. Then, just for kicks, I set up my Kodak for a little #ThroughTheViewfinder fun, which I haven't done since 2010, when it was all the rage on Flickr, and the only reason I even bought this camera 🙂
                        #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits #PictureFlowers Day 19: A honeysuckle couple sits on the hill in their back yard watching the fireworks. That's what it looks like to me, anyway 😄
                        #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get #PictureFlowers Day 18: It took me so long to get outside with my camera, all of the bees had gone home for the night. So how about an image illustrating the symbiotic ant/peony relationship instead?
                        #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and #PictureFlowers Day 17: I'm home from my trip, and my peonies have started to bloom! The biggest force of nature evidently having an influence on them is gravity 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt becau #PictureFlowers Day 16: I ignored the prompt because these are the only flowers I saw all day, and I couldn't make the angles work 😁
                        #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinne #PictureFlowers Day 15: If I were throwing a dinner party (and my peonies were not in season, and I couldn't get a bunch of zinnias from a local farm) I would probably be decorating with grocery store gerbera daisies.
                        I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩 I think every @wawa should look like this one 🤩
                        The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk i The morning light is beautiful and the boardwalk is nearly empty. My favorite kind of Monday morning 😍
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