Whoops! Need to catch up on this site. Been spending my photography time on my place at Flickr. Check it out here. Lots of pictures and comments.
Rebecca and Nathaniel had come to visit and we were at the dock ready to take the ferry across the lake to the California side. Winds picked up and, much to Nathaniel’s disappointment, the ferry stopped operating. We drove about the lake admiring the spectacular views of sky and clouds and light produced by the “storm.
Clouds and Light Over Lake Havasu
There is nothing exceptional about these pictures, except that they tell a beautiful story and I’ve used them to post a reflection on the good life I live and the wonderful family God gave me. When Mike came to church on Sunday he showed me a simple brown bag which he put in the refrigerator. “Mel sent this.” I looked in the fridge, pulled out the page with writing on it, and as I often do, felt love for Melina, and noted again her generous and thoughtful spirit.
On Monday, I heated up the little packets, slashed an X in each one, and Jerry and I sat down to dinner. It was piping hot and delicious; I wanted it to be a bit more spicy, added black pepper, then in one small portion of mine shook a few drops of soy sauce. It was yummy. We didn’t use the lemon (which Melina had thoughtfully added in the bag) and we didn’t eat the bread.
I had prepared each of us a salad dressed with olive oil.
An exceptionally sweet and icy cold watermelon was already in our refrigerator. I cut part of it into chunks and that completed our meal.
Those of you who are kind enough to have followed my fledgling photo blog have probably learned that I have done little digital manipulation, but that I am eager to learn such skills. On my MacBook iPhoto I have engaged in simple color to sepia transformation: usually it is clear to me which pictures take well to sepia, or to black and white for that matter. But in this case, I am having a problem deciding which is the better, and I’m asking for your help. Does it seem preferable that this picture be in color or is it better shown in sepia? Tell me what you think.
I met this sweet lady at a church in Higlands, Texas. She is 97 years old. Amazingly she has little grey hair.
I have a couple of other shots of her on my Flickr account and have posted each of them in both color and sepia. You’re welcome if you wish to go over and take a look.
EDIT: After the first three comments, I brought over a black and white.
I never watch this video without crying. Today, I must add, I weep not only for history and pathos and patriotism, but for America’s sad decline. God help us all.
Rincon is the name of a strip of land near Ventura, Ca. where campers set up their rigs at the edge of the beautiful Pacific ocean. We spent several days there last year and on one of my daily beach walks I came across these pieces of stone with the most astounding patterns. I love these photos and just for fun have manipulated a couple of them. My favorite though is the original image.
This darling was on a butterfly bush in our back yard. When I look at this shot I always want to rub that “fur” between her two movie-star eyes.
I let her know I was stealing them, for I love these pictures posted by my daughter-in-law Shawnna on her facebook account. I am assuming she is the photographer. I changed them very little, sharpened and lightened up the last one, and converted them to sepia tones.
That’s Andrew, my youngest son, and Ella-Claire.
Meet Brady, my sweet grandson.
Cousins–Cole, Sage, and Brady.
During one of the afternoons while we were in Durango a couple of summers ago, as Jerry talked with a man at the field where they take people up in gliders, I wandered about the adjoining property and was beckoned by…..
….this magnificent sunflower.
…and these who hung their heads
…and then I spied the ancient orange tractor
and its elegant steering wheel…
When I look at these pictures now, that golden afternoon rushes back into my memory and lifts my heart, and I think my soul, just a bit. Is that not one of the joys of photography…takes us into our history for we have retained a swatch of a remarkable day.
During the past couple of days as I was not feeling quite up to par, I have spent many hours over at my Flickr account, moving around pictures, making up captions and adjusting my sets. While I was at it, I selected a few pictures of young girls I know. Thought you would enjoy seeing them, although they’re just snapshots.
The first is Chloe, my granddaughter, who was 11 or 12 when this was taken, but who a few weeks ago celebrated her 14th birthday. Her sparkling eyes are brilliant emerald.
What is she thinking, was my first thought when I snapped this picture. Her name is Sage, this beautiful great-granddaughter of mine.
These are friends of mine, Sarena and her cousin. Aren’t they charmers?
This gorgeous redhead is named Bryn.
and then there is this angel of a child, Kasey Lyn.
