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Capture taken during this years motobike trip. Had excellent weather conditions all week and enjoyed much as well evening and early morning excursions in the surrounding area. Have a good new week ahead! Thanks, Udo.
Baker has had a busy week chasing the little bunnies in our yard. They are much quicker than he is and can slip under our gates in a flash. He goes out and makes all kinds of noise and I allow the baying for a bit, as those dang bunnies are eating my garden. I am hoping they get the message soon. I hope everyone has a great week.
I have had this lensbaby lens now for five years or so. If I am honest it has intimidated me from the get-go. But I am determined to learn some of it's beautiful capabilities. If anyone has any tips I would love to hear them.
The last hard frost we had, late in season, killed a good portion of this rose. I was so sad, as it is one of my favorites and I have had it for years. I cut it way back, and low and behold she is about to bloom.
“In the deep spring when the grass was green on fields and foothills, when the lupines and poppies made a splendid blue and gold earth, when the great trees awakened in yellow-green young leaves, then there was no more lovely place in the world.
It was no beauty you could ignore by being used to it. It caught you in the throat in the morning and made a pain of pleasure in the pit of your stomach when the sun went down over it.”
― John Steinbeck, The Wayward Bus
Biting flies and mosquitoes are appearing during our hikes, so we’ve switched to biking for our outdoor outings for the summer. We took our first ride to Kohler-Andrae State Park, where we took a break on the beach and waded in the water for a bit. The water was ice cold!
The view from my bedroom window at 7:10 this morning.
These clouds are formed by the variable wind speeds at different altitudes. When blowing at different speeds above and below the cloud layer, the wind can cause the cloud to bunch up into ridges, which curve, join and divide, like fingers in the sky.
Baker had a busy week, not only did the toddler come to play, but the pugs came three days in a row to spend the day with us. The pugs are old, and pretty much blind so they are not much for playing. Baker spends a lot of time watching them sleep and stumble around the yard, sniffing them occasionally with curiosity.
Made for the street party this afternoon.
It is in a 12" heavy crystal dish that is 70 years old! Bought by my mum to make a trifle for the Coronation street party :)
Fantasy colourisation of a sunset in Cleveland, Ohio, shot through a sixth floor window of the Cleveland Airport Marriott hotel.
Same image, different crop & processing: "Mauve Sunset"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/8933971252/
Taken a minute earlier: "Oh My, Ohio"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/8864397076/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld with remote shutter release, auto focus, master pixel size 14.6 (now 13 MP)
Processing: cropped along the top & bottom into 4 x 6 format, colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3 & a few spots blackened with the retouch tool
Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts...
Lately, everything has really revolved around the wedding; it’s time for Franny to take her mind off the subject—lest she get "cold feet" after all.
a view from "exclusively industrial" vernon, california, located south of downtown los angeles.
nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, processed in photoshop + nik silver efex + alienskin exposure.
a view from "exclusively industrial" vernon, california, located south of downtown los angeles.
nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, processed in photoshop + nik silver efex + alienskin exposure.
Torvi loves to play with everyone’s tails. She and Ivar have been playing quite a bit lately and that thrills us!
This is one of the three Roses I got for Christmas.
Royal William was purchased as a reminder of my dad. So far, it has had just this one flower, but what a beauty. and the perfume... :)
CC Versatile Challenge - Summer days mean roses :)
a view from "exclusively industrial" vernon, california, located south of downtown los angeles.
nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, processed in photoshop + nik silver efex + alienskin exposure.
a view from "exclusively industrial" vernon, california, located south of downtown los angeles.
nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, processed in photoshop + nik silver efex + alienskin exposure.
a view from "exclusively industrial" vernon, california, located south of downtown los angeles.
nikon D7000 + nikkor 18-200mm, processed in photoshop + nik silver efex + alienskin exposure.
"My mother warned me when I took the job that I would never be the same. She said, 'You will never want to go back to being a housewife.' At that time I didn't think it would change a thing. But she was right, it definitely did. . . . at Boeing I found a freedom and an independence that I had never known. After the war I could never go back to playing bridge again, being a club woman . . . when I knew there were things you could use your mind for. The war changed my life completely. I guess you could say, at thirty-one, I finally grew up."
- Inez Sauer, Boeing tool clerk.