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Weekly Photos 13/52. One + Four = Life.

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1. Sketching in Spring Break.  Drawing Cityscapes and getting inspired by the book 365 Things to Draw and Paint. 2. Daffodils and my first ever crochet project (I have since started again as I was losing so many stitches!) 3. Veggie soup for dinner. 4. Line tickets for a local Estate Sale.  I scored some vintage magazines a book all about character from the twenties! For my weekly photos this week (and maybe for ever and ever) I am joining in with Pip at Meet me at Mikes, taking and posting four photos from my week. I hope you had a good week and the sun is shining where you are.

Taking Stock. March 2015.

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It is time to take stock and answer a few fun one word questions as posed by Pip at Meet me at Mikes. Making : A crochet blanket, my first foray into crochet after my lesson with my friend’s Mum! Cooking : Blueberry muffins for breakfast. Drinking : Coffee with frothy milk. Reading: The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion Wanting: A thunderstorm – I like storms! Looking: Outside to see if the sun is coming out today (before the possible storm!). Playing: With letters and lettering. Deciding: What to do today in the middle of Spring Break. Wishing: There were a couple more hours in today. Enjoying: My new crochet skills and hoping they get better. Waiting: For my camera bag to arrive, so I can walk and snap. Liking: The new scents I am using to make solid perfume, all beachy and summer. Wondering: If anyone else will like the perfumes. Loving: Having the kids at home this week and the lovely late mornings. Pondering: What to have for dinner? Considering: A trip to …

Through The Lens Thursday #12. Frown.

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  I did wonder what on earth I was going to use for ‘Frown’, then I looked at the super hero and action figures around the house and they are all frowning!  I picked Superman for his very impressive frown though. I have a new camera which is very exciting so these photos are now taken using a Canon 6D and a fixed 50mm lens.  I am really loving the depth of field I can now capture, yay! Here’s hoping Superman is going to cheer up…. For more information about Through The Lens Thursday, go here.  Next week’s prompt is ‘In my Cup’.

Photo a Day February 2015

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As the year rolls by, I am taking a photo a day following the prompts from Fat Mum Slim.  Here is February. 1. On My Plate.  Not quite a plate I know, but a few peanuts as we await lunch. 2. Mail.  Catalogue browsing. 3. Water. As an melting icicle. 4. Reward.  Ginger cookies. 5. Something Blue. My diary. 6. Makes Me Smile. I started this book, but didn’t finish it! 7. Stripes. 8. In my Bag.  Just been to an Estate Sale and found some treasure which came home in my bag. 9. Energy. 10. This Inspires Me.  Stuff on my book shelf. 11. On the Wall. 12. Pointy. Vintage needles and pins. 13. Temptation. 14. Love.   I drew stamps and stamped inside them! 15. Spot.  Notebook. 16. From Where I Stand. 17. Routine.  Off to the gym. 18. Bedside. 19. Fresh. 20. This is so me!  Little doll in a jar with washi tape, sits on my table. 21. Matching. 22. Macro. Soaked black beans gone purple.  23. Fix.  Got some reading glasses for …

Photo a Day January 2015

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1.  The Sky. 2.  Something Yellow. 3.  Me Today. 4.  I hear… 5.  Square. 6.  Round. 7.  Currently Reading. 8. Landscape. 9. Pattern. 10. Hello. 11. I see…. 12. Bright. 13. Lucky Number. 14. New. 15. Old. 16. Nature. 17. Jump. 18. Today is… 19. Homemade. 20. Window. 21. In a Row. 22. Collection. 23. Something Far Away. 24. Playtime. 25. Black+White. 26. Three Things. 27. Morning. 28. Strange. 29. Summer/Winter. 30. Fave Food. 31. On Top. Well January zipped by and here we are at the second day of February.  I hear Phil the groundhog saw his shadow today on this Groundhog Day in the USA, which means we will have another predicted six weeks of winter.  Maybe we will get some snow after all?! So, another month of Photo a Day is completed, thanks to Fat Mum Slim for providing the prompts. I think some of my favourites are 5 and 24 my new cameras, I have tried the SX-70 which works great, I still need to get a film for the Big …

Through The Lens Thursday 2015 #5. Table.

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This is the table on our porch, surrounded by a bike, an old cart wheel and chairs.  Covered in finds from the beach, the woods and the creek.  There are pieces of pots and jars, a vintage BMW wheel hubcab, bricks, driftwood and a shell, accompanied by an old star from an antique store and a teapot from a yard sale. For Through the Lens Thursday this week’s prompt is ‘Table’, next week is ‘Polka Dots’.      

Through The Lens Thursday #3. Delicious.

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  This week’s Through the Lens Thursday prompt was ‘Delicious’, so I grabbed the packs of crispy M&Ms from my babe’s hands, sprinkled them artfully into a vintage candy bowl and took a snap or two. Delicious.  I am not sure if they really are because once I had photo’ed them, I carefully put them back into the bags and returned them to their hungry owners!  Heck, it’s chocolate, of course they are delicious. Next week – ‘Sign’.

Through The Lens Thursday 2. Colorful/Colourful

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 It is not a colorful day today and it has not been a very colorful week!  Lots of cold and grey and a sprinkling of snow. At the same time I am getting super into gorgeous and amazing mandalas – drawing them and learning about them.  I tried drawing one for the first time this week and it is lovely and colorful.  I had a really nice time drawing it and now I can’t stop!  A blog post on mandalas is coming up next week.  Huzzah! In the meantime, here is my first go at a mandala and it is ‘Colorful’. Through the Lens Thursday is a weekly project headed up by Greta of GFunkified and Alison of Writing Wishing.  We are taking and posting a photo a week using our DSLR camera on manual to improve and hopefully take some great photos. For this project I am using my Canon Rebel XS which is now set to manual at all times!

Through The Lens Thursday 2015. 1/52 New.

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  Happy 2015 to you! I am so pleased that Through The Lens Thursday is continuing through 2015.  I left today’s a little late, because we went on a lovely hike. The prompt is ‘New’, so I took a photo of myself with my film camera (Minolta X-370, if you have any clue how to use it, do let me know!) and a new lens to try.  The camera is not new, it is circa 1984, but what is new is my experience using it.  Even when 35mm cameras were all that was available, I only had a point and shoot, not a manual.  I am using Through The Lens Thursday to improve my manual camera skills on all platforms! I have taken a film with the regular lens, but I haven’t collected it yet, so I don’t know if I am managing to get anything at all in focus.  I took my second film today (technically my third, but I failed to wind the first film on properly and ended up with a whole …