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Showing posts with label leaf. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Shades of Brown

Brown was one of the easier colors to find this fall.

cattails

We've got lots of brown all around us now that the trees are almost bare.

Horse
I realize this horse is brown all year round, but I just took this photo of him the other day.  :)

Me
(My daughter took this photo of me.  I processed it with The Coffee Shop Blog's Velvet Truffle action.)
My good friend, Laura, started crocheting hats and selling them.  In a short amount of time, she has turned her hobby into a profitable at-home business.  I asked her if she could make me a headband to match my winter coat (I don't do hats :)) and this is what she made.  I love it!  My ears will never be cold again!  Check her out on Facebook at Wix Works.

Horse2
These brownish weeds used to be goldenrod, I believe.  And, yeah, there's that horse again.  :)


poop-tree
If you have boys, you can probably appreciate that my five-year-old calls this the "poop tree". :)


leaf
One lonely leaf on my porch.  Texture by Shadowhouse Creations.

Brown-collage
And instead of bombarding you with more photos, I made a collage.  You are welcome.  :)
(If you've been following my blog for a while, you've seen a few of these already.)
Clockwise starting at top left ...
Alex in his brown sweatshirt looking all sweet.  (This is just after he screamed at me NOT to take his picture and I said okay without a fight).  :)
Thistle with some pretty leaves still in the background.
A barn surrounded by a ready-to-harvest field of soybeans.
Nick and his yummy chocolate-brown eyes.
A dead flower.
Some pretty weeds.  I think they used to be purple flowers.


I've really enjoyed this challenge.  It has made me seek out colors and see things in ways I may not have seen them.  Which is pretty cool.
Shades of Autumn Photo Challenge

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Week 44 Summary

Week-44-Collage
Started out the week with a miserable cold ... finished off the week busy, busy again!  And I got my D3100 back from repair!  So excited to have it back.  Now I just need to learn how to use it all over again.  :)

Anyway, here's my week in pictures ...
31 - This gerber daisy is growing in a place that I did not plant it ... and it is still hanging on despite a few frosty/snowy mornings.  Tracey picked this as one of her Top 5 this week.  Thanks, Tracey!

Inspire Me Photography

2 - If you seek out beauty, you will find it.
3 - My new camera is back!  Playing around with out of focus shots.  Inspired by the incredible Katie Lloyd.
4 - My beautiful Keira.  Took this for the Shades of Autumn purple photo challenge.

Inspire Me     

Some other things that happened this week ... as I said above, my D3100 finally came back from the repair shop - Yay! ... a friend/neighbor lost her battle with cancer, so we had funeral home visitations and the funeral - It is always hard to lose someone, but it is a great comfort to know that she is no longer in pain and is rejoicing with Jesus right now ... Alex had his stitches removed and I'm kicking myself for not getting any photos of them ... my husband finally found a car to buy after months and months of car shopping - hoping to go pick it up next week ... Keira is on a field trip to the circus today ... and Nick has a bowling birthday party to attend this afternoon.  So much for a relaxing day at home.  :)


Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!


Also don't forget to check out with my new weekly photo linky, Wild & Wonderful Wednesday!  There is still time to link up this week or you could plan to play along next week.

Photo of the Day: November 5

November 5
ISO 400, f/32, 1/80s, 18-55mm lens on Nikon D3100
Had to get up early to drop Keira off at school for a field trip today.  Not crazy about having to get up so early on a Saturday when I really wanted to sleep in, but ...
What a beautiful morning!  

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Photo of the Day: October 29

October 29
ISO 200, f/5.6, 1/200s, 18-55mm lens on Nikon D40
Yesterday morning we woke up to frost ... this morning we woke up to snow!!!!  Even though I'm not mentally prepared for snow yet, it sure is pretty.  :)

Friday, October 28, 2011

Photo of the Day: October 28

October 28
ISO 800, f/9, 1/80s, 18-55mm lens on Nikon D40 w/10x and 4x macro filters
We woke up this morning to frost covering everything.  It was absolutely beautiful!  So I ventured outside with my camera and my macro filters to see what I could find.  All I can say is that I reeeeeeeeeeeeealy want a macro lens.  :)