Sunday, September 27, 2009

Macro Monday - Fresh Bread

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Not my usual type of photo for Macro Monday, but it's nice to look outside the box once in a while.

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Shadow Shot Sunday #69

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Sunday, September 6, 2009

Macro Monday - Gerbera Daisy

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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Shadow Shot Sunday #68

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Almost a mirror image, like the bramble was stamped onto the log and then lifted away.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Photo Hunt Challenge #3

Here are my photos for the August Photo Hunt Challenge
hosted by Kristi Sauer

1. A fountain


2. A road or pathway

3. A Fence


4. A symbol - this boulder is the city's namesake: White Rock, BC


5. A Black & White Photo



6. A Clunker Car


7. A Cool Car - my son thinks the Mystery Machine from Scooby-Doo is the coolest car around!


8. A Portrait


9. Amusement


10. Back to School


11. Urban/city

12. Suburban


13. Country/Rural


14. Something Domestic
15. Something Wild


16. Something Silver

17. Something Gold


18. Something Shiny


19. Something Miniature


20. Something Delicious

Sunday, August 16, 2009

Macro Monday - Dahlia

A beautiful Dahlia from my mother's garden.



Shadow Shot Sunday #65



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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Macro Monday - Pink Lily

This beautifully coloured lily is from my mother-in-laws garden. What I like most about this picture is the detail in the stamens (male organs of the flower).


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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Shadow Shot Sunday #64

This is more of a broad shot of shadows. but they are shadows none the less.

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Friday, August 7, 2009

Thursday, August 6, 2009

To Infinity and Beyond

When I came across this garden of Black-Eyed Susan's it just seemed to go on forever. I had never seen so many planted together before.

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

My Beloved Friend

(June 9, 1997-August 4, 2009)


You will always be remembered - RIP

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Macro Monday

I don't know what it is about flowers, but I just love taking macro shots of them.




Saturday, August 1, 2009

A Beautiful Pond - SOOC


My family and I went for a walk in a nearby park. It was a beautiful hot day. The pond was so still. I just loved the lines of the bull rushes.

Shadow Shot Sunday #63

It is amazing to me what you can discover in the world around you when you stop to look at things beyond the norm. Not that shadows aren't normal, but when you aren't looking for them they don't seem to be there.

Here is my submission:

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Photo Hunt Challenge #3



Time for another photo scavenger hunt. This one is hosted by Photo Hunt Challenges.
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Friday, July 31, 2009

July Photo Scavenger Hunt

I joined the Photo Scavenger hunt at the end of July, which only gave me 6 days to participate. Well I have done it. It was a lot of fun, but a little rushed. I took my camera with me every where I went. Check out the other participants at Phun with Photography.

Here are all my shots:

1. Disney Character






2. Someone in uniform


3. Work of art


4. Word spelled with unusual lettering-the spelling is not unusual but the font is


5. A hat


6. Tree native to your area - a Birch tree with really funky fungus


7. A bug - missing an antennae


8. Library/Book


9. Sign in more than 2 languages - warning label on the bottom of a pool floatie in 10 languages





10. Money/foreign currency



11. A Pool


12. Colour purple - woven strands of a hammock



13. A window/looking through a window



14. Crying - this is the piggy bank I used as a child



15. A fruit



16. A Sport



17. Sky



18. License plate from another State/Province/Country





19. Height



20. Music