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 […]
Read More: When the going gets tough…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 […]
Read More: Shutter speed and brainiac birds
Thank goodness for Project 365 and Picture Summer. They’re forcing me to get out of the house, do a little something interesting, and take a picture or two. It’s been a challenging few weeks for me, in several ways, many of which I can’t really talk about here just yet, and the temptation to become […]
Read More: Mood-swingy JulyGeez, has it already been five days since my last post? I have pictures taken of my latest craft project, but I don’t have the energy to explain them. I blame Neil. He dragged me kicking and screaming to Dairy Queen tonight and forced me to eat a Cappuccino Heath Blizzard. Oh, the nerve of […]
Read More: Ice cream overdose
Since I haven’t been doing anything these last few sweltering days that is worth talking about, maybe you’d like to see some more of my Picture Summer shots? The first three were here. These are all in response to daily prompts. So far, I don’t feel like I’ve taken any earth-shatteringly fabulous pictures, but for […]
Read More: Picture some more summer
I signed up for Tracey Clark‘s online Picture Summer class today (still a few days left, if you want to join in, too!). It officially began on July 1st, so I needed three photos to catch up. one. (it isn’t summer without my beach quilt) two. (sprinkler shy) three. (the wineberries are in – summer […]
Read More: Picture Summer
20x zoom allowed me to capture this pretty red bird, far, far up in a tree last night. I think it’s a Scarlet Tanager. (Have I mentioned how much I love this camera??) Oh, look – the bird is in a mulberry tree! I’ve been on a quest for years to find somewhere that I […]
Read More: Mulberry questI’ve had a blog since 2005, but I didn’t move to my own host until June 1, 2007. My first post in my new blog home featured a picture of our one annual peony, in a cup on the kitchen shelf. In what has become an unexpected late-May ritual, I have snapped a photo of […]
Read More: Peonies: a retrospective
Forget what you’ve seen on MTV. This is the Jersey Shore, “Ocean City in May” style. In other words: cloudy, breezy, reading a book on the blanket, a bit chilly, quiet beach, peaceful, dipping a toe in the ocean, family-friendly, shopping, postponing bedtime to take in the boardwalk lights, ice cream, no crowds, wishing we […]
Read More: This is my Jersey Shore
I got an early birthday present this week! Isn’t it pretty? First thing I did (aside from take a boatload of pictures) was rip apart the Canon-branded strap it came with and replace it with a new one. I made this patchwork strap from scraps that were leftover when I made my beach blanket last […]
Read More: Speaking of playing with cameras
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