“Rest and be thankful.” ― William Wordsworth You can find my cat in this spot most sunny days when the light comes through the kitchen windows for a couple of hours. Have a happy new year! Find more responses to this week’s challenge here.
“Freedom lies in being bold.” – Robert Frost Find other responses to this week’s photo challenge here.
“It’s rather difficult, when one has MANY friends, to show loyalty to them all at the same time…” – Tove Jannson Holiday planning and a busy schedule have put a bit of a damper on my time for photo editing (as well as my ability to articulate coherent thoughts), so instead of trying to force something meaningful to sprout from my own mind, I offer some meaningful sprouts from others’ minds. The Hands Free Way to Photograph your Christmas – With Christmas just around the corner, I confess to having stressed just a little about the best way to photograph Christmas morning. My son may actually be interested in opening gifts this year and I want to capture that, but I also want to be present and just enjoy the moment with my family. So I was excited to come across Melissa Stottman’s tutorial on using an interval timer as a hands free way to photograph Christmas. Hands free and I get to be in my Christmas morning photographs! And the bow on top (if you’re so inclined)? A time lapse video with the shots that also makes a …
“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” ― Roald Dahl Happy holidays, everyone! Weekly Photo Challenge
“Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything, it is because we are dangerously close to wanting nothing.” — Sylvia Plath This time of year always sneaks up on me. Although my family celebrates Christmas with gifts, I like to pretend that I maintain a bit of separation from some of the crazed consumerism that takes over around the holidays. (I may also pretend it’s because I have lofty ideals about the real spirit of the holidays, but mostly I’d just rather be doing other things [like catching up on editing these photos from November] and I really don’t like to shop. 🙂 ) However, about three weeks before Christmas, something happens. Whether it’s the holiday music playing when I write out our cards (I do send cards, at least), the festive commercials between segments of Love Actually (my favorite!), or even the glittering displays at Target (which I finally start to acknowledge after Thanksgiving), a mild panic starts creeping in. I realize that I can’t check out of Christmas altogether after all and that I do actually …
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” ― J.M. Barrie I’m remembering fondly more colorful scenery and warmer weather in response to this week’s photo challenge.
The View Inside 