by Sarah | Aug 19, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Weekly Winners
My camera went a little bit of everywhere this week with me. Sometimes we stayed at home, other times we went far. My camera helped me dive into the past…and catch a glimpse of my future.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS.
1. Forest
A man is a bundle of relations, a knot of roots, whose flower and fruitage is the world. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men’t hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air, that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
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2. Morning Light
Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider web of the finest silken threads suspended in the chamber of consciousness, and catching every air-borne particle in its tissue. ~Henry James
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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. ~Abraham Lincoln
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3. Touch
With the ‘touch’ prompt I wanted to compare…some people like to touch a page, others like to touch a screen – as long as we read, should it matter? (And yeah, the book on the Nook is my book due out in Feb. 2013, I couldn’t resist)
A room without books is like a body without a soul. ~Marcus Tullius Cicero
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If I could always read, I should never feel the want of company. ~Lord Byron
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4. Newspaper
Another bit of fun. I went with old newspapers…one from the day I was born in Buffalo (my dad saved it)…and a newspaper and magazines from man going to the moon (also from my dad).
If newspapers are useful in overthrowing tyrants, it is only to establish a tyranny of their own. ~James Fenimore Cooper
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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. ~Thomas Jefferson
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5. Coffee or Tea
Bring me a bowl of coffee before I turn into a goat. ~Johann Sebastian Bach
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter. ~Joseph Addison
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Since I’m addicted to quotes w/ my images I’ve started to link to the Sunday Citar over at Fresh Mommy Blog w/ my photo posts every Sunday. It’s a great way to combine two of my loves 🙂
You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
by Sarah | Aug 12, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Weekly Winners
This coming week my kids go back to school – all 3 in school all day long. At that point I hope to return to full capability to get the Scavenger Hunt items in new and different ways. This week I’ve been too busy, and so I decided to use the prompts to find some favorites in my archives.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS, XTi, or Droid phone.
1. Mobile (as in phone)
Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without. ~Buddha
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2. Hanging by a Thread
Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners. Often the attachment is scarcely perceptible. ~Virginia Woolf
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3. Collage
Colors, like features, follow the changes of emotions. ~Pablo Picasso
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4. Always Look On the Bright Side
Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower. ~Hans Christian Andersen
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5. Home
Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts. ~Oliver Wendell Holmes
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
by Sarah | Aug 4, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
I had big plans for this weeks prompts – but they sort of went by the wayside. So, my big night for pictures was the car show our town has monthly on the square. It’s going to take some creative maneuvering, but I’ll make them work for the prompts.
On a side note- my usual bevy of quotes will not be here this week since these are all car shots. Every single one.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS w/ 50mm lens.
1. Going Back In Time
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2. Something Just For Me
The ’68 Camaro in gorgeous orange w/ white racing stripes. Yes, please.
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Of course, I wouldn’t kick the sexy ’69 out of my garage either…
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3. Best Part of My Day
The Beetle-Bugs always make me happy
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But this Cobra made me purr…
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4. Night and Day
The Mustang Then…
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And now…
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5. Look Up
Most hoods were up, this was rightfully down so we could look on top…
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Chrome so shiny I could look up into the sky with it.
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A Simple Thing:
One simple thing, a great reflection in a bullet on a ’56 Chevy
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
by Sarah | Jul 28, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
I checked, last time I did this was April 1st. Before that, who knows. Let’s see if my camera or I are rusty in any way.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS w/ 50mm lens.
1. Paint
“She that paints her Face, thinks of her Tail.” — Benjamin Franklin
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“Life’s a great big canvas and you should throw all the paint you can on it.” ~Danny Kaye
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2. Green
“Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.” ~Unknown.
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“Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.” ~Cordell Hull
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3. Eyelashes
“In war you win or lose, live or die, and the difference is just an eyelash.” ~Douglas MacArthur
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“One day You will take my heart completely and make it more fiery than a dragon. Your eyelashes will write on my heart the poem that could never come from the pen of a poet.” ~Jalal ad-Din Rumi
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4. Shapes
“We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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“When life gives you scraps, make quilts.” ~Unknown
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5. Clouds
“Waves of a serene life pass over us from time to time, like flakes of sunlight over the field in cloudy weather.” ~Henry David Thoreau
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“And when it rains on your parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain there would be no rainbow.” ~G.K. Chesterton
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A Simple Thing:
Our simple thing was the pleasure of escorting these two lovely little girls we’re proud to call daughters to have ice cream.
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
by Sarah | Apr 1, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
A few old pictures and a few new make up my entries this week. For one of these I just didn’t want to try to compete w/ an old picture I had (Sun Flare).
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.
1. Clouds
“Every cloud engenders not a storm.” — William Shakespeare.
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2. Sun Flare
“Today a new sun rises for me; everything lives, everything is animated, everything seems to speak to me of my passion, everything invites me to cherish it.” ~Ninon de Lenclos.
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3. Seven
“I have low self esteem, but I express it the healthy way…by eating a box of Double-Stuff Oreos.” ~Miranda Hobbes
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4. Low Angle
“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.” ~T.S. Eliot
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5. High Angle
“How can you be content to be in the world like tulips in a garden, to make a fine show, and be good for nothing.” ~Mary Astell.
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A Simple Thing:
The beautiful scent of our lilac bushes drew me outside. The butterflies littering the bushes were my simple pleasure for the week.
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
by Sarah | Mar 18, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
I’m hoping that the upturn of weather means I’ll be more photographically active again. As it is, I had to sort of reinvent one of the prompts to make them all fit ;).
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.
1. Vintage
“Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings.” — Heinrich Heine.
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2. Word or Quote
Time wasted is existence, used is life. ~Edward Young.
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Health is not valued until sickness comes. ~Thomas Fuller.
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3. Nature’s Own
“Just living is not enough…One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” ~Hans Christian Anderson
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Nature reclaims what humans destroy
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4. People
People Destroy
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And then rebuild
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5. Photographer’s Choice
“By plucking her petals you do not gather the beauty of the flower.” ~Rabindranath Tagore.
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A Simple Thing:
Something that I’ve come to enjoy finding is a wonderful vintage book. I love that the local half-price books carry them and once in a while I find one that is in excellent condition from the 19th century…If I can snatch it up right away. Like this one I got several months ago.
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You can find more pictures over at my flickr account.
Scavenger Hunt Sunday is run by the beautiful Ashley. Head on over to see more Hunters.
