tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52853807064847053772024-03-13T04:34:10.321-03:00Superfluous Photoscanadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-64387339548975392682010-10-02T18:27:00.003-03:002010-10-02T18:35:54.885-03:00THANK YOUThank you to my followers and subscribers who haven't dropped me. It's been a very long time since I posted to this blog.I started this blog as a way to play along with Her Space My Space His Space. Once that blog stopped, I didn't really have the impetus to post photos anywhere other than my personal blog. Since then I've started uploading more and more photos to flickr. I've found other canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-38117689128805859362009-05-14T00:05:00.003-03:002009-05-14T00:18:25.122-03:00Rocky RoadWell it seems it's not as simple to leap back into the thick of things as I thought.Yesterday's prompt was guard and my brain just completely blanked. I couldn't seem to come up with a guard at all. Of course now that I say that I know I'll think of something. LOL.Today's prompt was "rock", and I'm fortunate to have lots and lots (and LOTS) of those!Happy Wednesday everyone! See you tomorrow!canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-38146732133520544712009-05-11T16:43:00.005-03:002009-05-11T16:53:29.233-03:00CarryHappily for my guilty conscience, the HSMSHS bloggers can carry on just fine without me. Life seems to have slowed back down enough for me to catch my breath though, so I'm back to play again!Love this photo for "carry"! It was taken at our church fundraiser. We left the poses mostly up to the people we were photographing, unless they got really stuck. He had picked her up (so romantic!) and canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-61214347572808929372009-05-07T13:43:00.002-03:002009-05-07T14:01:19.856-03:00I'm not goneI realize that I haven't posted in a couple of weeks. I miss blogging. I do! I miss playing along with all the HSMSHS gang. I miss YOU!Reasons I've been away?1. A visit from my in-laws to prepare for and enjoy (And enjoy I did! I'm so lucky to have really wonderful in-laws!). 2. The local music festival to prepare for and participate in (tomorrow's the last day, THANK GOODNESS).3. Old canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-71013070330794578552009-04-18T18:23:00.003-03:002009-04-18T18:27:48.684-03:00SPS with flareI absolutely love all of the portraits I've been seeing lately that utilize flare. I know you can add it after the fact in PhotoShop, but I really am striving to get my shots right in camera. I'd much rather be behind the camera than behind the computer!Anyway, here's my latest attempt. Still not quite where I want it, but a fun photo none the less. canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-24545954456697617662009-04-17T12:39:00.004-03:002009-04-17T12:45:02.063-03:00BootsI know it's been a week since I posted last, but I haven't forgotten you! Offline life trumps online sometimes.Jumping right in with today's prompt though:Ahhhhh Spring! I'm so glad we were finally able to switch to rubber boots from winter ones, despite the snow on Monday. Oh yes, we had a white Easter!canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-77638321660567428132009-04-10T20:47:00.001-03:002009-04-10T20:53:57.373-03:00Easter MemoriesEaster is coming? Who knew?Just kidding! We know, we've just taken a very laid back approach this weekend. Our girls have asked that they be allowed to share a room again, and we've taken the move as an opportunity to paint. As a consequence, we haven't done much Easter prep in the way of decorations and the like in the rest of the house. Today was the big prep day, tomorrow the painting, and canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-47196980969179603672009-04-09T22:46:00.004-03:002009-04-09T23:06:14.682-03:00Wildlife Photography is for the BIRDSThis morning I woke up to birdsong. I did my morning routine with a smile on my face, for my lawn (which I can mostly see now) was host to some kind of robin convention. I fed the kids and came to the computer to do my usual routine. I checked in with HSMSHS to see the prompt for the day: BIRD.PIECE OF CAKE!I smiled to myself, looking out the window at all those robins. Then I picked up the canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-39461365116957976102009-04-08T21:06:00.001-03:002009-04-08T21:09:48.312-03:00TwilightOne of my favourite times of day, yet a rather exhaustive search of my photos reveals that I almost never take photos during this time. I was going to take one today just for the prompt, but got wound up in Parent-Teacher interviews and didn't get out until full dark. I don't want to fall behind again, so here's one I actually took the other day as I realized that I didn't have any photos for my canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-64925488384888586992009-04-08T11:19:00.003-03:002009-04-08T11:25:53.227-03:00Packet and PathMonday's HSMSHS prompt was "packet". Here's mine:...along with a story about why it's late. This packet was put in the mail LAST Monday. Can you read the print? It's only supposed to take 2 days to arrive. So the sender and I were waiting anxiously. And waiting, and waiting. And maybe worrying a little (ok, a lot). So Monday morning, when I saw the packet prompt, I thought it must be a sign and canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-90585224409180572752009-04-06T08:18:00.001-03:002009-04-06T08:20:22.344-03:00SOS After the rain... I had this all ready to go yesterday and then Picasa and Blogger banded together to give me fits. So I'm posting it first thing this morning and pretending that it's still Sunday. :)canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-13494536655428905382009-04-04T14:08:00.001-03:002009-04-04T14:13:05.051-03:00SPS Saturday--In monochrome!Just playing around with my nifty fifty (I have serious love for that lens) and my girls. I had opened up the aperture and was practicing my close portraits when Princess popped up over Sweetpea's shoulder. I love the result.Today's challenge is for a monochrome portrait, so I used the high contrast B&W preset in Lightroom and then adjusted the curves until it was just the way I liked it. Incanadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-10090557339023813872009-04-03T16:16:00.001-03:002009-04-03T16:18:35.789-03:00UncurlActually, on Wednesday my friend and photography mentor emailed me to let me know that she and her family had accepted a fantastic job offer and are moving home to California. In two weeks. So yesterday's HSMSHS prompt was curl, and let me tell you, curl I did. Right into a little ball of self pity. I'm slowly coming out of it again, being happy for her and her awesome family. So today I'm ready canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-61802119871406372782009-04-01T22:12:00.001-03:002009-04-01T22:13:23.958-03:00Be it ever so humble......there's no place like home!My girlies arriving after a long day at school and the daily race for the door (today they finally worked out a deal and held hands).canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-87331397395044536712009-03-31T11:49:00.002-03:002009-03-31T12:03:30.480-03:00Back in the saddle again....What happened last week? Nothing and everything. I had a CRAZY busy week. Flying solo at Guides (the Chief Guider was in Bermuda with her sisters, lucky thing!), my middle girl had her birthday and requested QUITE the cake, I attended a crop, hosted a couple of online things, got bit by the spring cleaning bug....well, you get the idea. Today, in fact, I'm faced with just under 1000 posts in canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-84899015578625089902009-03-22T07:52:00.001-03:002009-03-22T07:53:00.135-03:00Friday HSMSHSI went out and took my Friday shot but forgot to blog it. ACTUALLY--I thought I HAD blogged it, and it was only after I posted that photo from yesterday that I looked and realized I hadn't.Probably a good thing then that I took a photo of my street so I can find it again ;)canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-63485484788828005322009-03-22T07:46:00.001-03:002009-03-22T07:47:09.748-03:00Colour!Ahhhhh. So good to see colour again after such a long winter. Now for the snow to melt... canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-83655227841222836102009-03-19T17:55:00.002-03:002009-03-19T18:00:10.011-03:00Sunny AfternoonJust as the weatherman promised! Yay!So here are some sprouts. I looked EVERYWHERE with hope of seeing some outdoors yesterday with no luck. I'm not alone in having my garden still buried in about 2 feet of snow. Nothing is sprouting out there. But you can get sprouts at the grocery store! Yummy sprouts!And with the sun out, it's easy to convince the kids to help with shadows...I wanted a heart canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-3805247139626834722009-03-19T08:36:00.003-03:002009-03-19T08:41:53.993-03:00Boom!I was away yesterday, having a photo shoot and running errands, so didn't get to blog. I just can't stand to look at that gross decay photo any longer though, so let's all look at something much better.Isn't he adorable? His name is Boomer and he's not only incredibly photogenic (photo SOOC), he's also very (VERY) well-mannered and loving. Ok, and a little bit sneaky. Guess who polished off all canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-61111786638882548252009-03-17T17:06:00.001-03:002009-03-17T17:07:30.636-03:00DecayFound a bag of potatoes hidden under the sink and behind a bunch of other stuff. Have no idea when they went into hiding but they're now out in the snow, the first contribution to this year's compost pile.Ewwwww!canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-39632419845110617762009-03-16T10:24:00.001-03:002009-03-16T10:26:29.875-03:00AdoreOur Boy adores his teddy bear...and we adore him. (Photo taken in the fall, but the adoration only grows)canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-87088763539517090822009-03-14T16:02:00.001-03:002009-03-14T16:04:18.968-03:00But what is it?I just spent the majority of my day editing photos from a Carnival night my girls attended a couple of weeks ago. I wouldn't usually edit so many of the photos but I was the only one who remembered her camera, so several of the moms and leaders have already requested copies. Can't give them out looking tooooooo bad!Anyway, one of the things they had was face painting. The older girls did the canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-75895323830111827642009-03-13T12:34:00.003-03:002009-03-13T12:41:16.605-03:00Groovy Baby!Meet Daria:Daria is a Groovy Girl. Daria is sweet and out-going and she likes spots. Polka Dots, to be precise. In fact, everything about her is totally spotted. Her shoes, her tights, her dress, her hairdo...her DOG. Yes, even her dog is spotted...er POLKA-DOTTED! In fact, this special dog is so wonderfully spotted that she is named Dottilicious. You just can't get any groovier than that! canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-20994954726482177912009-03-13T12:07:00.002-03:002009-03-13T12:17:38.034-03:00Mmmm, Milk! (Thursdays HSMSHS prompt--though my Boy wanted to recreate Andrew's photo--our cat looks remarkably like his)canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285380706484705377.post-25508733178072076322009-03-11T18:01:00.002-03:002009-03-11T18:03:10.208-03:00Shabby ChicNot a lot of shabby chic in my household (lots of shabby, not much chic!) but it is a style I love in my scrapbooking. Here's one of my favourite older pages in the style...canadacolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11780045867762926392noreply@blogger.com3