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.
by Sarah | Jan 15, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
First half of the week was nice and almost warm, but I’ve been on a bit of a cleaning binge. By the end of the week it was too cold for me to feel eager to get out and get pictures. So about 2/3 of this weeks pictures are archive pictures from last winter.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.
1. Stacked Up
“Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.” — George Sheehan.
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2. Winter Wonderland
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. ~Anne Bradstreet.
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3. Sweet
No, there’s nothing half so sweet in life As love’s young dream. ~Thomas More
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4. Frozen
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5. Hole
Down the rabbit hole…
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A Simple Thing:
As I said, I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning this week. Decluttering. Organizing the house. I’m spring cleaning ahead of the spring. One of my simple pleasures this week was setting up this organization central. So everyone makes sure I know what’s going on….and the wants and needs are so we see every day what we want/need and maybe take more care with our frugality.
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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 | Jan 8, 2012 | Photography, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, Simple Things, Weekly Winners
After a few blah months where my camera languished in silence, I felt a bit revitalized this week. I think having a “take everywhere” camera in my new phone has helped a little.
All taken w/ Canon Rebel XS or my HTC Thunderbolt.
1. One Color
“Of all the hues, reds have the most potency. If there is one electric blue, a dozen reds are so charged. Use them to punctuate white, burn into bronzes, or dynamite black.” — Jack Lenor Larsen.
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2. Laundry
The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell. ~Joseph Smith.
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3. Empty
The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing. ~Natalie Kocsis
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New Years Day – Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. ~Mark Twain
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4. One Dozen
A hen is only an egg’s way of making another egg. ~Samuel Butler
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We went from no Barbie dolls to a dozen in a matter of days (Thanks, Santa).
P.S. There is a dozen, but one’s face is hidden, count the exposed arms. LOL.
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5. Soft
Instead of going w/ a soft item, I chose soft focus of a flame.
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A Simple Thing:
First a gorgeous sunset, followed the next day by a most beautiful sunrise.
The sunset caught me, turned the brush to copper, set the clouds to one great roof of flame above the earth. ~Elizabeth Coatsworth
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There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. ~Bern Williams
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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.
