61/365

I made a lemon drizzle cake...the things you have to do sometimes to get a photo! ;)

6/31: October 2021: A month in 31 pictures

#86 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

I love the splash of purple that asters bring to autumn. Alongside the asters are my vintage scissors that I acquired recently. The book dates back to at least 1796, you may be able to see the date that is written in it. I love anything with a bit of history.

Lensbaby Velvet 56

"In masks outrageous and austere

The years go by in single file.

But none has merited my fear,

And none has quite escaped my smile."

- Elinor Wylie

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#17 - 100 x challenge - Lensbaby

Another flat lay using the Velvet 56 and Omni filter across the top. This is another flower from one of my Mother's Day bouquets. I am hoping they will continue to inspire me. I think I will be flooding my feed with flower images for the foreseeable. This stock smells wonderful.

Day 182/365:

Definitely Dreaming - I'm reading - Reading the menu for afternoon tea at Luton Hoo. I went there for my big birthday recently and brought the menu home as a keepsake...and a photo prop, of course!

Well, today sees the start of the seventh month in my 2022 365 journey. Still not sure I'll manage to see this one through to the end but I'm doing my best...even though there have been many, many days where I've been ready to throw in the towel.

Day 11/365:

Crazy Tuesday - Green

I'm in the process of pressing this poinsettia leaf but I liked the rich colour so decided to take it out and use it before putting it back to dry completely. I've been looking for a frame like this for ages and finally found one so it will probably feature again in my 365.

I am a bit of a stationary junkie. Back to school shopping to buy school supplies was a favourite thing of mine. Even now when I see the store shelves lined with new school supplies I have a little walk through to see what I might need (want). Usually it is pens and notebooks. Not that I need new notebooks as I really have enough of them but I see cute notebooks just like this and I want them, so I buy them. I also liked the message. We all deserve good things, right? :)

I hope everyone is doing well and having a great day!

Thanks for visiting. :)

Breakfast

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In American Victorian-era advertising, children were popular on trade cards because children were often the ones who sought out and traded these cards. Merchants would even have children hand out cards on sidewalks to other children to ensure they were brought home to parents. As child welfare movements grew in America, images of happy, healthy children provided a "halo effect" for products—even dangerous ones. For instance, cards for Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup featured serene babies to mask the fact that the product contained harmful ingredients like morphine! Cards often depicted children in affluent, leisurely settings. For young girls in more restrictive environments, these cards served as a symbol of the "attractive consumerist activities" available in the new industrial era. "Sympathetic imagery" of children in difficult circumstances was used to sell medicine, as consumers were more likely to buy a remedy if they believed it could help fix widespread disease among children.

Last year, I was shopping in an antiques and curios shop (surprise surprise) when I came across two boxes full of beautifully lithographed Victorian era business cards, the majority from America, and most business long lost to time over the last 150 or more years. The box had a handwritten sign on it saying that the cards were $5.00 each, reduced to $3.00 if I bought five or more. I asked to see the boxes and went through them.

As I was going through them, the lady behind the counter told me that they were all the collection of a woman who used to have a stall in the antique shop (which is a collective). Sadly, but not unexpectedly, the former owner of this collection of cards died of cancer and, having no children of her own, asked her family (who had no interest in them) to sell off her collections in her stall at the antique shop at reasonable prices.

I was so impressed by the quality of the cards, and touched by the story of their former collector owner, that I ended up buying eighty of the cards. I have taken several trips back since then and bought a great many more. At least this way I have held at least a portion of her collection, which she had so carefully curated, together. I have also bought more from elsewhere to enhance and grow my collection.

Ok, so Spring may have sprung two days ago and I am just getting to posting something about it today...haha...better late than never. Happy Spring, friends!

Thanks for your visit. I hope you had a fantastic day!

Day 274/365:

Last year I made fabric pumpkins, this year I am crocheting them.

This is the first flat lay I have done for at least two months. It wasn't great for the back but at least i managed it.

I took two shots of the pumpkins, one for the 365 and one for the October challenge. The other one is in comments.

Lensbaby Velvet 56. Textures added, my own.

Flickr Friday: You can.

This is the time of year for getting healthy and if you are someone who has resolved to get in shape then good for you...keep at it and don't give up!

268/365: More frames and frippery today.

I will be away for a week, visiting my sister in France. She will then be staying with us for a week to spend some time with my little grandson. So I won't be able to spend much time on Flickr other than to post my daily photo and maybe leave a fave or two. Although I very much appreciate all your comments, please don't feel the need to comment on my pics as I will not be able to reciprocate.

The frames and frippery album can be seen here: www.flickr.com/photos/28992287@N03/albums/72157701589891315

for happy smile on Saturday 'BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR'

BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOUR || ZWART & WIT IN KLEUR || NERO E BIANCO A COLORI || NOIR ET BLANC EN COULEUR || SCHWARZ & WEIß IN FARBE || NEGRO Y BLANCO EN COLOR || PRETO & BRANCO NA COR

#blackandwhiteincolor

28/30: April 2021: A month in 30 pictures

I was looking online at some vintage props today, as you do, when I noticed some numbers like this. It reminded me that I had some in my craft stash...where else? So I wasted no time in finding them and setting up this flat lay with some vintage goodies.

Just in case you would like to know where the bits and bobs are from:

*Postcard from a collection from my late mother-in-law

*Scissors, my very first pair of hairdressing scissors

*Letter and envelope, dated 1923, from a supply I bought at a vintage fair in Norfolk and addressed to not far from where I grew up

*Heart from very dear Flickr friend Diane

*Violets from our garden, cruelly pulled up by my husband...no of course I'm not still cross with him 😂

Macro Mondays theme : Dried

for: "Smile on saturday" "FLAT LAY"

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28/30: April 2019: A month in 30 pictures

When you're desperately trying to put a blue flatlay together and it's just not working and then your grandson lends you his blue glasses (well, his mummy did really but how could I not use them?)

Only two more days to go!

THE FLICKR LOUNGE

Weekly Theme (Week #51) FOOD & DRINK

Contrastes de colores

Tres diversas cucharas de metal sobre madera (cúrcuma, comino, paprika) decorada con laurel y tomillo , tres cucharas de madera sobre tela gris (sal gruesa, pimienta y clavos de olor) decorada con chiles 🌶 secos y bastones de canela.

Day 279/365:

6/31: October 2022: A month in 31 pictures

I asked my husband to pick a few asters from the garden. This was bit of a rushed job (as much as I can rush at the moment) but it was quite late in the day (it's not been the best day) and I have to get used to doing this style with the iPhone. As you can see by the title I haven't totally lost my sense of humour...yet ;)

"You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word."

— Alan Arkin

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Day 67/365:

Another busy day with little time for photography. My grandson's preschool is closed this week due to Covid so we are helping out a lot with day care. So this isn't the shot I had planned but a few pink things put together before the light went. Everyone loves a little pink don't they?

BUTTERFLY TEA

JASMINE TEA

CHRYSANTHEMUM TEA

SAFFLOWER TEA

TEA STAR INCAS

ROSE TEA

for # looking close... on Friday

THEE

TEA

TÉ

300/365: 300 days down, 65 to go...this year is going by so quickly!

27/31: October 2018: A month in 31 pictures

Another in the 'shades of' series...how far can I stretch this? It's easy to think of colours but I don't have props in all of them. I love props that bring back memories, I bought this white scarf in Bruges, it was an extravagant purchase but I have used it a lot and now it's come in handy as a prop. The little charms were sewn on to it...one of the things I loved about it, although I feel there should be three.

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend.

67:366:2020

150/365: I've just finished reading this book that a friend lent me, I thought it was worthy of a photo.

Cloves / Clou de girofle

Turmeric / Curcuma

Fennel / Fenouil

79/365: These tulips are still calling me, they are really falling apart now so I may not manage another photo but I may just try. I added some letters from my (never ending) craft stash and a texture for added interest...and because I am enjoying playing with textures at the moment!

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"The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge."

- Albert Einstein

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Day 56/365:

Another day, another flat lay...hearts and high key, what a surprise ;) I've had the mother of pearl heart in the frame for years, it sits on my dressing table and for some reason I've never thought to use it as a prop before today. Key and ribbon from my craft stash...where else?

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend

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13/30: April 2020: A month in 30 pictures

The little vase (part of a trio), and the stars in the corners are from our trip to Anglesey in January. So lovely to have these pre lockdown memories. Makes me realise how lucky we were to actually get a holiday this year when so many have been cancelled or postponed until goodness knows when. I love to bring back little things for the home and or photo props. The starfish are from our trip to Lanzarote last year. The little buttons and pearls from my craft stash I often use as decorations on gifts.

I can't take credit for the title, my husband came up with it.

Giving MM a miss this week as I couldn't find my macro mojo.

199/365: I couldn't resist this teacup and saucer on our travels...I can't even remember where I bought it, we visited so many places.

160/365: Today is world gin day apparently. I hadn't realised until my son told so it's a good job I had a gin and tonic while out to lunch with friends. This set up is just with water...I can't have you thinking I have a drink problem ;)

It was a dreary rainy morning, so I decided to play and challenge myself and work on a monochrome flat lay. I'm off to return the yellow items to their regular places. I hope this brightened your day a little.

One of my peonies fell apart as I went to take a photo so I had to change tack. As I put the petals in the cup they seemed to take on the shape of the peony. At the risk of getting boring I thought I'd use my new heart again.

December is behaving badly. Ok, so maybe December is just behaving the way it should be - cold and snowy. I think when it is like this, it is a good time to stay inside, cuddle up and embrace the hygge lifestyle, don't you think? ☺️

Thanks for visiting...I hope you had a great day and stay warm!

ODC - SHOWCASE A FAVORITE THING is the challenge for TUESday 26h April 2021

CAMERA, TRIPOD, SUITCASE, JEANS, CONVERSES, DAISIES, FLOWERS, POSTCARDS, VERSACE PERFUME, MY BEIGECSWEATER , BEIGE BLOUSE , FLOWERY DRESS, JEWELERY AND OLD BOXES

Compimentary Colors

For 52Frames.

I was making sure to really look around at my surroundings to find some nice complimentary colors. Then I was doing laundry & before I could wash my new socks (That look exactly like Juan's socks) I had to sew little threads into the bottoms - so I can tell the difference. Then I looked down and noticed the red and green threads... So I did a flat lay - using a few of my sewing items.

I like the way this turned out. :)

I know that I'm not on here A LOT but I come on! I'm mainly on 52frames once a week. *Link below*

52frames.com/photographer/17600

I'm grateful for all that I've learned and how much I've grown through these interesting challenges.

Miss ya'll!

a micro flat lay of sprinkles

For Macro Mondays #red theme

I was feeling so accomplished this morning. I got up at 5:40, went to Jazzercise, stopped by the grocery store and set up to take my image all before 8:00. You wouldn't think this would have been that hard to put together but fruits and veggies are roundish and want to roll away so I had to herd them back into the pile. I had it all set up, snapped a few shots only to discover I had things in the frame that weren't supposed to be so I had to rearrange and shoot again. Working on my mmmm Monday series. Wishing you a delicious rainbow today!

“I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.”

– Alice Waters

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