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Jackson O. standing in a puddle with cool boots on, touching his reflection. I know it's just turned sideways, but it looks so cool like this
The gift bag - Volunteers create the artwork that adorn the gift bags each year. I got one with some really cute artwork of Taeyang Kaito done by Doll Angel.
A pond in an autumn morning beside a gravel road between Gatineau and Mont Tremblant in the Laurentian hills of southern Quebec. My feet were in a frozen puddle of mud, hence the title.
a bit of a puddle on the path at sallantse heuvelrug
rolleicord Va, kodak portra 400, diy development in tetenal
Autumn puddles with leaves. Also there is a reflection of a cloud in the bigger puddle. I think i edited this just enough so nothing was under exposed.
Unedited shot of people reflected in a puddle in Amsterdam. Taken with my Sony HX1. No editing, no magic tricks, no Photoshop :)
With this year being an exceptionally rainy one, you'd think that I'm having a ball shooting all those puddles, but sadly that is not the case, you see, for me to be able to take a wicked reflection photo it takes a lot more then just some wet spot, there are many interdepending factors involved, from light and shadow to angles and puddle depth, surface-consistency and dirt-layer thickness, but all this sleazy weather is offering me is wetness, no lights, no camera, no action, just filthy gray skies and misery...makes me want to drown my camera in a puddle, but yeah, I gotta keep keepin' on, so look out for me, lurking in the mean streets of the best city in the world, waiting for that perfect moment to shoot a fancy photo like the ones I've posted today, hehehe :)
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The Friday Night Tea Party in the lobby area is a time to enjoy some tea and admire dolls. There's also some informal selling to indulge in.
It's a lot of fun to walk around and look at everyone's dolls. I enjoy seeing how people customize them. But it's also neat to see some of the rarer dolls or brand new ones in person.
Holy Pullips and Dals! Look at this enormous box of wigs from Dollhearts! Long, short, with bangs, no bangs, straight, wavy, curly, natural colors, bright colors. Wow! Please visit their website at dollheart.com/.
A friend said today "Artists live on their nerves." By which he meant their work... their life... is to literally "put themselves out there." And take whatever comes back in return... whether they like it or not. Which is why (we agreed) art is not always healthy for the faint of heart... or mind... or ego.
We were talking about George Gordienko.. who died a bitter man, believing that his art had not been appreciated.
It made me feel very glad that I am not an artist. That I never felt that irresistable "gotta do this" calling-type thing that so many artsy people seem to have experienced. Like the friend of a friend who's bound and determined to make a life in music... notwithstanding the fact that she's getting into middle age, and still making her living as a waitress, etc.
Imagine the burden that must be. To feel that you were "meant" to create... and to love that more than anything... and to want to put your whole self into it... even if, year after year, nothing at all comes back. I can't help thinking that these folks are missing out... because... in giving themselves to one thing so completely, they're closed to everything else.
All I ever wanted was to be self-sufficient (to the extent that we can be in today's world) and to not hate what I do for money... and to be free, in my own time, to explore anything and everything that interests me.
So... I dunno if there's a point to this. Just counting blessings, I suppose. And taking my metaphorical hat off to artists everywhere. I hope that they get back enough from within themselves, through the joy of creation, to not always need external validation.
Rain water puddle in Pawling Farm. The land known as the Perkiomen Peninsula, and particularly the Pawling Farm, played an essential role in the Valley Forge winter encampment of 1777-1778. It provided strategic protection for the camp; it was the site of the newly organized Commissary function that saved the Continental Army from starvation; and it was the ultimate site of the encampment itself before the army marched on to victory at Monmouth.
JuneBug came home with quite the gift bag from the PUDDLE event. She got toys, her new magazine. And Shawna (EffieDalShop) made 46 little pairs of PJ's for the gift bags! Hats off to her!
Of course, JuneBug is a bit sulky, she feels she was stuck on the table modeling and missed the contests and group pics!
Now she insists on the tiara with her jammies, she a Drta, what can I do?
Of course if Hildegarde catches her sitting like that, she might just get dethroned!
A still from my Manhattan Rain & Puddle Shuffle video which can be seen on youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWPONQu_4sw