Feb 7th - outside

Feb 6th- hallway sled

Feb 5th - creepy hide and seek

Feb 4 - my addiction

Feb 3- Emily's sneakers

Feb 2nd

Valentine's day on the brain

this week in photos

mostly what I've been doing:
28/365
seashell cleaning:
29/365

dusting the phrenology heads:
30/365

my pretty root bowl:
31/365

Valentine's mantle:
32/365

Jan 27 - terra cotta Ganesh

from my trip to India

Jan 26 - view from my studio

repainted the window frame in my studio and hung some sheers (I'd like more light, but I also like the privacy of sheers) . More studio pictures are on my other blog.

Jan 25 - old 45s

If you saw Ugly Betty on Thursday, you'll know why I thought it was funny when I discovered this 45 on the top of my pile of records in my studio. The second one is taken with my camera color set to sepia - I am really liking that setting and expect to take lots more pics that way.

photoshop fun

as in the previous post, I'm tired of taking pictures inside....so, I thought I'd play with a picture of my eyes.

Here's what my eyes look like:
here's what I wish they looked like:

I mentioned I liked green, right?

Too Cold here

It's too cold here to go outside and take pictures (think 10), and I'm getting real tired of looking around my house to find something to photograph.

I've decided to share two of my favorite photos taken in Siesta Key, Florida....where it is warm and the sun shines and someday I can hope to retire there.

Jan 21: where I live

this is about 3 minutes from my house.... I loved the way the sky looked in the first one - the second picture is on the other side of the road.

Jan 20 : self portrait

Saturday, Jan 19: Erie Canal Bridge

This bridge is behind one of the thrift stores I frequent. I thought it was just a closed off vehicle bridge, but upon closer inspection, it is a bridge to get to the Erie Canal path. I plan on returning when it's more than 12 outside.

Jan 18 - Harvey at the window

My dog-like cat spends a lot of time looking out the window. After my childhood cat got hit and killed by a passing car, I don't like letting the cats outside. Harvey spends a lot of time looking out the window. I spend a lot of time trying to quickly capture it before he runs off to find one of his toy mice... of course for me to toss and him to fetch :)

I'm no sports photographer

I suppose it's ok that I'm not a good sports photographer since the only sport I am really fanatical about is lacrosse (which much to my dismay, neither of my children want to play).

Emily had her first basketball game yesterday.

This is how most of the photos come out with some kind of eerie shadow in them. The ball looks kind of cool in this picture and I like the red/white/blue. I'm still not sure if I am just trying to make my camera do things it is not intended to do, but I sure have tried a whole lot of settings on the thing!

So, after the ghostly images of basketball situation, I started taking pictures of other things.

This window looks really cool. Trust me, there is no blue sky - there must be some kind of film on it.
I started thinking hmmm, maybe I should take sign pictures. That or I was ready to go.
Travis' hands. He didn't want his picture taken and I was trying to be all tricky and aim it in his direction without him knowing. I was really happy with the results of my non-effort to frame everything just right.
Here's Travis again waving his hands in front of his face.

Jan 17 - thrift store finds

Inspired by Cindy, I did some thrift store shopping yesterday - VOA, Salvation Army, and Reflections(a consignment store). I didn't score anything too wonderful, which is always the way if you go out thrifting and want to...but I did get some good stuff. Not pictured are the items I found for my lovely children or something for my valentine's secret sister.

Old carnation bowls were too gorgeous to resist at 49cents each!
Vintage ornaments - they always tape over the box, it looks kind of cool in the photo.
Vintage books to use in my art.
A large shallow glass dish that is the perfect vessel for displaying some of my sea shells.

Roses - Jan 16

I got some lovely roses and was trying to get close up pictures of one of them. That wasn't working out too well in the "in focus" department. I think maybe I'm trying to force my camera to do things it just won't and need to start saving for an SLR.

I really like the black and white altered photos though.