Weekly Photo Challenge: Together

Here I am posting my ’photo challenge’ at the 11th hour, as usual.     I’ve had the photos picked out to post, but unfortunately, a pretty stout headache this morning had turned into a full-blown migraine by tonight…  After hours of ice packs and pain meds, I’ve finally taken the edge off and I’m going to try to get some sleep.  (YAY!)  Since I already had the shots I thought I’d drop by and put ‘em out here.

The theme this week was “Together” and although there were a couple of other photographs I would’ve liked to share there wasn’t time.  Maybe they’ll fit into the theme a different week!

Sweet baby stays close to mom…

 

This sweet couple went out into the water most days that we were on our vacation… She would swim on out pretty fearlessly and then wait for him while he slowly made his way out with his inner tube to keep him afloat. They were so cute together!

 

A mother duck trying to keep her young together as she leads them in a swim down the river.

 

Pretty disheartening how much bigger my shadow is than my mom’s… lol!

 

It’s the ‘pelican patrol’! I love how they always stay together in such great formation…

 

I’m glad you stopped by and hope you enjoyed! 

Take care~
Heather

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Sun

I got excited about this challenge because I take a lot of photos with the sun as a feature…. Between the leaves of trees or buildings, through the petals of a flower, through cracked windows in abandoned buildings – there are many ways I’ve tried to capture the sun or sun rays in shots.  The problem with this challenge is that I waited until today to post it and today I’ve had horrible nerve pain all day long.  I didn’t get a chance to sort through some of my older shots (which contained better examples) and restricted my choices to about the last 5-6 months.  Even though I didn’t get a chance to pull out a couple of shots that I thought would be nice interpretations of this challenge, I did find some other captures.  Actually, I found quite a few.  So with no further rambling – here they are! 

 

A side view of the granite pillar showing two of Roosevelt's four freedoms at the East Tennessee Veterans Memorial.

 

 

Sunset and the evening mist over the river~

 

 

Sun flare across the tin roof of an abandoned building...

 

 

Golden glow of sunset~

 

 

I've always called this one "I See the Light"... haha!

 

 

Sun setting on a day in a country meadow...

 

I promise I’m almost finished! 

 

Blue skies & sunshine!

 

And finally – the only picture that I actually took this week.  Hubby wasn’t crazy about it, but for some reason I loved it.  It was such an eerie, strange sky – the photo has only been slightly sharpened and cropped.  It may look like it’s a b&w photo but it’s not!  That’s just how different the sky and lighting were at that time of day at that spot.

 

Sun & clouds~

 

 

I hope you’ve enjoyed & thanks for stopping by!

 

As always, please remember that these images are my private property and not for public use or copying.  Thanks! 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Two Subjects

Friday is when the new photo challenge posts so this is technically late since it is last week’s challenge.  I let too many things distract me and didn’t get it posted in time, but I already had some pictures picked out so I thought I’d go ahead and post them.  The topic for this challenge was ‘two subjects’.  There are many ways to interpret this so I chose several different shots.  Hope you enjoy! 

'Bumblebee Cafeteria'

 

Apparently they didn't read the sign before parking their tractor here...

 

 

The yellow hibiscus flowers blooming around this cherub statue (or was it a fountain?) were so beautiful~

 

Have a seat!

 

I’ve only been to Chicago once, but it was a fantastic trip and for some reason I always liked the next photo a lot… 

 

I always refer to this one as 'Reflections of Trump Towers'...

 

Can't really call this a bird on a hot tin roof, just a Northern Mockingbird on my roof! lol

 

And finally – the photo that is currently my profile picture for my Etsy shop! 

 

"Face Plant"

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed… 

~heather

Weekly Photo Challenge: Arranged

 

 

The topic for this week’s challenge is ‘arranged’.  This is how it’s described on The Daily Post page:

Arranged.  Sometimes you chance across things which were arranged on purpose, or on a whim – find something in your environment which was arranged by a human hand for others to enjoy!

 Share a picture that means ARRANGED to you.

Seems easy enough… but I ended up with way too many photos to choose from!  I narrowed the list, although it wasn’t by much, and came up with the following shots for this topic.

I liked the variety of colored wraps on this display of fruit juice bottles.

Row of yellow barrels comprising a 'fence' of sorts at a local little league ball field.

Pretty arrangement of beach chairs and umbrellas...

I've always called this shot "Handle It"!

Arrangement of hay bales stretching back into the field.

I like the pop of orange against the deep blue in this kitchen counter arrangement...

Almost finished – I promise!  lol! 

Stir things up!

And finally –

I love the lines and stacks of equipment in a professional kitchen. Last time I was in one this stack of pans just caught my eye...

I know that was a bunch of photos!  Thanks for sticking it out and making it to the end.    Let me know what you think… and as always – thanks for stopping by!

Also – make sure and check out what some of the other bloggers are posting for this challenge! 

~h

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Through (#2)

I know I already did a post of photos for the “through” challenge, but there were several shots I didn’t include.  Then I took some shots a couple of days ago and thought one of them would be another good interpretation of this challenge, so I decided to post another set with some of the originals that didn’t make the first cut.  lol!  Hope you enjoy! 

 

A pair of macaws seen through the branches of the trees...

 

Rocking chair through the window~

 

Through the tunnel! One of the local greenway paths winds back and forth through different neighborhoods and includes this tunnel under the road...

 

Through the posts! This is a photo from one of the beach paths over the dunes in beautiful Seaside, Florida. Lovely location!

 

Finally, the shot I got a couple of days ago –

 

Through the petals of this gorgeous red tulip you can see the stigma peeking out...

 

Hope you enjoyed these shots!  You can check out my other entry for this challenge here…  Thanks for stopping by! 

 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Through

Well, I typed an entire post and tried to add the last photo only to have the whole post disappear.  I stared at the screen with a stunned expression, went to look at the draft and guess what?  It had already auto-saved the blank screen.  Nice.  lol!  Guess I’m still a little grumpy from being sick all week… 

Ok.  Enough of that!  The original post was about how much I missed participating in the weekly photo challenge each week on The Daily Post.  It’s something I really enjoy and great fun even if your blog doesn’t focus on photography!  For those of you that aren’t familiar with the challenge, this is how it works (instructions taken from The Daily Post):

1. Each week, we’ll provide a theme for creative inspiration. You take photographs based on your interpretation of the theme, and post them on your blog anytime before the following Friday when the next photo theme will be announced.

2. To make it easy for others to check out your photos, title your blog post “Weekly Photo Challenge: (theme of the week)” and be sure to use the “postaday″ tag.

3. Subscribe to The Daily Post so that you don’t miss out on weekly challenge announcements. Sign up via the email subscription link in the sidebar or RSS.

 

Check it out or try it on your blog – just make sure you come back here and let me know so I can come visit the post!    If you’d like to start this week, the challenge is “Through”.  Photos taken “through” something or framed by something… what would YOUR interpretation be?  Here are some of mine:

 

Swings at the playground taken through one of the holes in a tunnel slide. (You can't say you're surprised - you knew I was just a big kid! lol)

 

For some reason I love all the details you can see through this abandoned warehouse window! The windows on the front of the building, the row of light bulbs... I took a lot of shots that day so you may end up seeing more of them.

 

And finally -

 

"No Swimming" - community swimming pool through the fence taken the day after it was closed for the summer...

 

Hope you enjoyed & hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

~heather 

Weekly Photo Challenge: Launch

You’re probably used to my photo challenges being posted late…  Guess what?  This one is too!  The “Launch” topic is actually the challenge for last week.  (*sigh*)  On Wednesday I thought it was Thursday, on Thursday I thought it was Friday… but when time ran out for my photo post I was thinking it was earlier in the week.  Makes no sense I know, but neither do I for the most part.  : )

So, better late than never – which is apparently my theme for most of these challenges!  : )  Hope you enjoy!

Launching July 4th fireworks over the river~

Launch yourself into the air and click your heels together!

Launch the ball into the air! (during the 2012 Border Bowl...)

The last was actually taken earlier this evening…

Launch!

 

Thanks for checking out the weekly photo challenge!  Hope you enjoyed it!!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Winter

I haven’t been able to stay asleep tonight, so I’m going to go ahead and put up my “Winter” photo challenge post now instead of waiting until morning.  The good news is – that will make my post on time!  The bad news – this will put off sleep that much longer.  : )

When I saw that the photo challenge topic for the week I was a bit worried.  Last year it wouldn’t have been a problem to take a picture with winter in mind.  However, we’re experiencing unusually warm temperatures now and it’s difficult to find inspiration for wintry photos.  Luckily, I was downtown the other day and the temporary skating ring is still set up.  Yay!  I was able to snap a couple of things that I think fit this post.  The other photos are older, but they’re a couple of my winter shots from last January so I thought I’d include them for variety.

As usual, I hope you enjoy!

Father and son ice skating... So cute!

Christmas light bokeh - love these colors!

Snow falling at a church~

and finally!

Berries covered with the weight of winter snow...

Weekly Photo Challenge: Between

Next week I will be on time!  Seriously!  : )

I’ll be happy when I’ve recovered from the holidays and I can get back on a schedule and post this within the correct week… Even though it’s a little late (Friday is when the new photo challenge begins), I have a number of photos for this challenge so I decided to go ahead and post them.  I couldn’t decide which ones were the most appropriate, so I have quite a few.  Hope you enjoy!

Between the buildings - Wrigley Building in Chicago

 

Between the cookie's folds~

 

Between the sun and the storm...

 

Between the drapes...

 

Between the grid - patterns...

And finally!

Between the bars at the playground... or as I call it - 'Get a Grip!'

Weekly Photo Challenge: Self Portrait

This is SO late!  : )

Between holiday plans, a computer virus and other assorted ‘schtuff’ it was difficult to get anything up this week, but I wanted to put up a couple of older pictures to at least keep up with the weekly challenges.  So – here are a couple of self-portrait photos taken with the holiday season in mind.  MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!!!  (and to all a good night!  lol)