tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-837513950894678812024-03-05T04:42:22.227-08:00imagination pouncesSometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter.
~ Ansel Adamsalexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-25333536029268853172009-08-29T23:32:00.001-07:002009-08-29T23:35:03.212-07:00Shadow shot sunday #67Stumbled upon this shadow late tonight!! We've been busy painting. see more here at Hey Harriet!alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-15841832965627017932009-07-31T21:01:00.000-07:002009-08-01T08:18:48.235-07:00July Photo HuntWell seeing how it was my (and Jen's) idea to do this photo hunt this month you'd hope that we'd be able to get everything. I honestly didn't think I would finish it today, as 8 of these were taken today and two more yesterday, the rest were taken on our big holiday this month. Enjoy looking at my interpretation and I look forward to seeing all of yours!Head over to Jen's blog to see who finishedalexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-66729696303289925602009-07-11T15:05:00.001-07:002009-07-11T15:08:45.293-07:00SOOC ~ Ice CreamAfter our Raspberry Picking we headed across the street to the dairy. I got my eldest to snap a shot of little boo and her ice cream. The lighting was perfect from her viewpoint and she captured this great shot!Click below for more links to those joining in on Jan's Straight Out the Camera meme.alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-55709844908995386402009-07-11T14:22:00.001-07:002009-07-11T14:47:12.183-07:00SSS - RaspberriesWe live in an amazing city with an abundace of berry fields and berries to pick. Now that strawberry season is over, we are on to raspberry season. My mom and I loaded up the 5 kids and headed out to the field. I knew that I didn't have a shadow shot yet so Ii tried to find one, and with the beautiful sun today it wasn't too hard!Click on this button for more shadow shots from Australia and alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-67052285203048069142009-07-11T03:08:00.000-07:002009-07-11T03:08:00.937-07:00SilenceThis was actually at lot more difficult than I thought it would be. Every picture I have is of the complete opposite of silence... Even now as I type this there is no silence... the keys typing and little girls (who should be sleeping) giggling in the back ground.So I snuck outside and by the light of the street light I got a little reprive...Head over to Round Robin Photo Challenges to see much alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-61082418258957656512009-07-04T16:52:00.001-07:002009-07-04T17:05:37.418-07:00SOOC - Red Red RoseThis first one is my favorite. I have a beautiful rose bush at my front door, that gives me tons of flowers every year. The one stem has 7 on the top this time. I went out and took a picture just after the kids finished watering the garden yesterday morning. Click on the button below to check out more Straight Out of the Camera shots on Jan's blog.alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-78097643483972305682009-07-04T16:08:00.000-07:002009-07-04T17:15:23.384-07:00SSS ~ Hop Scotch Click on the button for MORE!!!alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-81718953922117449502009-07-04T10:44:00.000-07:002009-07-04T12:22:49.053-07:00A new hunt for JulyJEN and ALEXA are wanting to do another photo hunt this month and because we couldn't find anything out there... we decided to host our own.We are going to use Jen's blog Phun with Photography to host a little photo hunt for the month of July.So head on over to Phun with Photography and sign up with Mr. LinkyThere will be a prize for the winner !!! At this point we aren't quite sure how we will alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-6465755493733363092009-06-29T00:39:00.000-07:002009-07-01T21:05:00.859-07:00Sweet Sauer Photo Hunt #2I'm amazed that I managed to finish this one on time early even. Good thing my June file had lots to choose from. You can see the slideshow below or go here to my Picasa Album to see my pictures. Some of the pictures are better looked at full size over in my album.Thanks again to Kristi over at Mi Vida Ocupada for hosting her second photo hunt. Once again I had an awesome time!alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-39199251543845289652009-06-27T12:00:00.001-07:002009-06-27T12:00:07.616-07:00SOOC ~ LilyMy lilys finally bloomed creating a beautiful display in my garden. Every time I am given one by my husband, I plant it with the rest. Click on the button to see who else joined in on Jan's Straight out of the Camera.alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-71499051194544446602009-06-27T12:00:00.000-07:002009-06-27T12:00:01.153-07:00SSS ~ wagonClick on the button to head over to Hey Harriet...alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-86972807229223748572009-06-27T06:31:00.000-07:002009-06-27T06:31:01.596-07:00Round Robin ~ WildlifeGood thing we just happened to go to the zoo last week. So i had quite a few to choose from for my wildlife shot. I chose this one because I have always loved animals from the Cervidae family. I love how the antlers form by having the velvet bring blood to the ends to help them grow. What an amazing Creation!!Click on the button below to see the rest of the Round Robin participants. alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-68115331192946560132009-06-21T07:48:00.000-07:002009-06-21T16:51:20.033-07:00SOOC - Strawberries Tis strawberry season around here... we are LOVING enjoying them!!!Click on the button for more Straight out of the Camera shots! alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-88385498579672082312009-06-21T07:47:00.000-07:002009-06-21T16:49:43.165-07:00Shadow Shot - Ribbon Shadow shot sunday has become one of my favorites. And although I don't always find a shot to post, I love to look at others. This week the shadow of the lace of the ribbon jumped out at me, so I thought I'd share it.Click on the button below for more!alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-73878283915447250932009-06-16T20:33:00.000-07:002009-06-16T20:40:46.702-07:00Sweet Sauer Photo Hunt #2Well I'm on the hunt again... Kristi over at Mi Vida Ocupada is hosting her second photo hunt. I had such a great time with her first, that it's time to try again. Click on the button to take you to the details of this hunt, or scroll down for the list.1. A View from Above (looking down)2. A Macro Shot3. Laughter4. Relaxation5. A Celebration6. A Sunset7. Sun/Lens Flare8. A Bridge9. A Shadow10. A alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-57326733485665187832009-06-12T14:45:00.001-07:002009-06-12T14:50:49.602-07:00Sky Watch Friday ~ Great Blue Heron We visited the Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve last week and saw many nests full of babies. They were so high up and we saw the moms coming and going. It was neat to see such amazingly large birds.Click on this button to take you to hundreds of other's skies. alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-44102276608292480252009-05-31T10:18:00.000-07:002009-05-31T16:34:10.991-07:00Nicole B Photo hunt #2Here's the slideshow OR Click on the photo below to see my pictures for Nicole B's second hunt.Nicole B photo huntHere's the story to go along with my "Life event"The pictures are mine, but here's an abbrieviated exerpt from our local paper: "Twenty excited kids, wielding large sheets of construction paper, lined up with military precision to form a safety corridor. Operation objective: Herd a alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-28805907084652019302009-05-31T10:04:00.000-07:002009-05-31T10:04:00.605-07:00SOOC - popsicle (again) Click on the button to see more of Jan's meme:alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-44254857554533258752009-05-31T10:01:00.000-07:002009-05-31T10:01:00.467-07:00SSS - Popsicle Not the exact same shot, but same idea. Yummy popsicle from the ice cream truck ~ takes me way back. Had to get my favorite - "rocket"Click here for more fun shadow shots...alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-53649993186330935332009-05-30T09:43:00.000-07:002009-05-30T09:43:00.397-07:00RR - Growing My beautiful Stargazer Lily from my sister-in-lawClick on this button for more "Growing" picturesalexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-52927719901979220332009-05-29T09:46:00.000-07:002009-06-02T23:51:48.926-07:00Sky Watch Friday ~ countrysideI Love the never ending skyline of the countryside.click on the button for hundreds of skies around the worldUpdated: Yes those are horses ~ here's the closer versionalexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-45950279058338153132009-05-23T23:02:00.000-07:002009-05-23T23:12:33.562-07:00SOOC ~ Bear sightingAs I mentioned in the last post we went fishing, we also did a bit of hiking. On our hike to the other side of the lake, I spotted this black bear running down the hillside into the bush. He stopped just before wandering off out of sight. I suspect he knew we were watching him, so he stopped and turned to watch us. Remember you can click on the picture to get a better view...More Straight Out Of alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-69334419284395662222009-05-23T22:52:00.000-07:002009-05-23T23:01:55.135-07:00SSS - FishingWe spent last weekend up at "our fishing lake" with family and friends new and old! We came home with many meals worth of fish, thanks to my hubby and his mom and dad. I'd love to fish too, but someone needs to watch the little one ☺ besides, we can't all fit in the boat. The big 'kids' aren't giving up their seats.Click on the button for more shadow shots!!I love that my hubby sees me pull out alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-5386031158387360302009-05-21T18:25:00.000-07:002009-05-20T18:33:49.242-07:00Sky Watch Friday - RainbowWe were camping in the woods and saw this beautiful rainbow. It's pretty rare that we see both ends. But this one was awesome. Apparently it was much brighter before I got down to the water with the camera. Click on the button for more Sky Watch Friday Photosalexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83751395089467881.post-87009208379302494152009-05-16T00:50:00.000-07:002009-05-16T00:50:00.885-07:00FloatingIf I had a better Zoom and had I had my tripod, this picture may have been better. You can click on it to enlarge it. From our house, on sunny days we often see parachuters. The kids love to stand on the deck and watch all the different colors floating down from the sky.Click on the button below to explore more floating photos. alexahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13895228328792500628noreply@blogger.com9