Week 35: Pumpkin

We had to photograph pumpkins this week.

I spied this little one decorating a cake my friend brought over.



Week 34: Hand Held

This prompt explains itself.

I'm holding my life in my hand.  That is my poetry blog.  My poems are a record of my life.

Week 33: Long and Tall

I went with tall.  I saw these red leaves climbing up a pine tree.  It was pretty much the first fall colors I saw.

Week 32: A Wall

This week we had to photograph a wall.  I saw this one when I went to the dock at Camp Ellis to see the tuna my husband caught.



Week 31: Extreme Crop

We had to get in close this week.

We just moved.  It took me five days to pack, unpack, and organize. 

Finally, I took my camera and snapped a couple pictures.

This was the only decent one.  It's the top of a lamp I inherited from my mom.



Week 30: Hands On

From legs to feet to hands.

I took this at the beach with my iPhone.

My favorite thing to do!

Week 29: Where I Stand

Last week was legs and this week was feet.

But not just any feet.

We had to photograph our own feet with the story of where we were.

I was at the beach.

I packed up my in-law health worries and responsibilities and locked them in the shed. 

Then I hopped on my bicycle and pedaled to the deserted beach.

I gulped  the peacefulness.



Week 28: She's Got Legs

This is Rachel.  She was one of my Nature Journaling students last spring.  This shot shows her character: spunky, independent, unique.  She drove me nuts!  But in a good way!

Week 27: It's in the Bag

Switching gears, this week Tracey asked us to photograph bags...any bags...and what they contain or could contain.

I kind of drew a blank on this one.  I tried photographing my purse and the saddlebags on my bike, but the pictures were ho hum.

On the last day of the week, my eye glanced upon a retirement gift I'd just received. 

Over 100 heavy, smooth letter tiles sitting in a banana-shaped bag.

I love words so this game is right up my alley.  We had such fun playing it when my friend was visiting.

Ah, the possibilities lurking beneath that zipper!

Week 26: Back to Basics

Simplicity.

That's what I require.

This no-frills umbrella seems to shout at me to simplify, pare down, and seek everyday beauty.

Week 25: Finding Balance

This week we were prompted to portray the blance in our lives.

That's been a challenge for me lately because of in-law health issues and care-taking responsibilities.  It's not exactly how I envisioned my retirement.

So, adjustments in my thinking are a necessity.

Solitude and peacefulness are so important to my creativity and sanity.  I'm learning to carve out that needed time for myself.

This photo was taken after a hectic day.  I just got into my car and drove to the beach to watch the moon rise and felt so much better afterwards.

I like how this woman symbolizes me absorbing calmness from the ocean and moon.

And I like how there is balance between the woman in the lower left-hand corner and the moon in the upper right-hand corner.

Week 24: Shooting for the Stars

Our Assignment this week was to look for star shapes in nature. I didn't do very well since I was distracted by health issues for my MIL and caretaking my FIL.  But, I did see these stars:



Week 23: Organic Lines

I wasn't really sure what this meant.  Tracey showed us a picture of where the ocean meets the sand and the line the foamy waves make.

I didn't want to do the same thing as her but I did go to the beach, again, for the sunrise and I got some beautiful pictures but the following accident pleased me the most.

I like the focus and line of the dune grass with the blurriness of the ocean in the background.

Week 22

I never managed to do this one. 

We had to take a photo of our tribe.

I wasn't near my kids or granddaughter.

I thought about the thngs that are important to me:

poetry books

Kindle

journals

iPad

camera

These are my tribe but I never got around to photographing them.

Week 21: From the Heart

This week we had to take a photo of something heart-shapd or something that represents our heart.

My word for the year is "ahead" so this sunrise picture symbolizes what is in my heart right now:

A new day.  A new beginning.

Ah, retirement!

Week 20: Excavation

Tracey asked us to go through all our photos for the first twenty weeks to see if we could figure out our identities as photographers and then to take a picture using that style.

Here's what I uncovered:

1.  I'm a picture taker not a photographer and I'm okay with that.

2.  I'm terrible at taking people pictures.

3.  I love using aperture priorty to create blurry backgrounds.

On my way back from the beach, I spied some black-eyed Susans in a deserted lot so got off my bicycle and snapped some photos of them.

Then I picked a bouquet and arranged them in a vase when I got back to the camper.

Week 19: Digging In

For this week's prompt, we had to get down and dirty.  We've been splitting fire wood and stacking it.  Here's my husband's pulp hook digging into a pine log.

Week 18: Exploration

This week we had to photograph someone exploring.  This is my sister, Sally, looking at the prayers placed under shells on the altar of a Franciscian Chapel in Kennebunkport, Maine.

Week 16: Seeing Double & 17: Coupling

This week we had to take a photo of two things and try to make them speak.

These two dried white roses are from my mom's funeral.

I love seeing them every day and thinking of her.

Somehow, I missed doing the prompt for Week 17.  My bad!

Week 15: Two Perspectives

This week we had to take two pictures, one from down low and one from above of the same subject.

On my way home from camp Sunday, I stopped along the side of the road to take these photos of lupines growing wild.