Weekly Photo Challenge: Change
When I think of change in my world of photography I think of the change of the seasons. So today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite “series” or trio from my vast collection of photos of nature. These are especially sentimental to me because it is of a dogwood in our front yard that meant a lot to my late mother-in-law. I hope you enjoy!
Lost In The Details: Weekly Photo Challenge
For the photo challenge Lost In The Details I wanted to show some photos that I haven’t shared before while featuring the details of some of my favorite subjects. Here are a few for you to enjoy!
52 Tuesdays Challenge #5: Tree
Nature is amazing. Some of the scenery I see along the way shows me that there is no end to the creativity of nature. So the word this Tuesday is Tree.
Being as I travel through a lot of rural areas and have been blessed to travel to the Caribbean I had a few tree photos stashed in my library.
This first photo is from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Along the Princess Walk there are trees that are completely twisted!
This second photo is from Gentry, Arkansas. There is little lake there hidden in the woods where the autumn sun made the colors just gorgeous!
This tree was in a shopping center in Oregon in the fall. The colors were so strong that I had to play with the photo a bit to give it a different look. I like the effect that I chose for it.
So, now you know what is next! Show me your trees!!!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Home
Home is where your heart is.
Home has several different meanings for me. It is the physical place that I share with my husband and all our four-legged children as well as our two-legged children. My heart is always with my husband so in that sense the arms of my husband are my home.
But to share in the challenge this week of home I thought I would share some of my favorite photos of home.
A lovely fall sunset from the deck.
November sunset at home
A snowy winter day on our pond.
A beautiful spring lily that grew in our yard.
2012 in pictures: Weekly Photo Challenge
2012 was a busy year! A lot of great opportunities for photos in new places. Here is 2012!
January in Beavers Bend
February with our daughter
Exploring Arkansas in March
April brought rainshowers
Memorial Weekend in Hot Springs
June in Oregon near Wakheena Falls
July with our daughter creating art
August – friends’ wedding in Las Vegas
September in Muskogee, OK
September at Pea Ridge National Battlefield
November sunset at home
October – found a little gift
December Gallery exhibit
Red is for Racy, Rambunctious, and Ready to Fall
Red is my favorite color. Mix it with others and it makes the colors pop. So here is my favorite fall red leaves photo! Enjoy!
Never Perfect
The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light. ~Matthew Arnold
Acorns of Autumn
Last year I did a post A Nut No Matter How You Say It with the acorns of the season. They are so very interesting to me – almost like snowflakes there are no two alike. They are falling all over our house and deck right now so I have a lot of photographic subjects at hand. Hope you enjoy these!
Fall Tracks
Fresh from the camera this afternoon, I found these gorgeous colors hanging around the railroad tracks near home. I just love them!
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Orange
Cee’s challenge this week is so very appropriate! With autumn here and Halloween today there seems to be a lot of orange out there to share!
Where’s My Back Pack Travel Theme Challenge: Foliage
This is a photo that I took yesterday at the Pea Ridge National Battlefield. Hope you like it!
And the link to the original challenge from Where’s My Backpack is HERE!
The comforts of Fall
It’s almost fall. The weather today was rainy & overcast. The temperature was well below the sun-bathing minimum for me. So it’s time for coffee & Bailey’s caramel now. I’m missing my Tori (who we had to put to sleep on 8/3/12) so here’s my coffee cup with her photo, too. Have some coffee & Bailey’s, too!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Journey
To journey is to travel.This can be a physical travel as one might travel the US or the world. Or it can be a journey of life or spirit. I’ve chosen to go with photos of my travels. Here are just a few from my travels over the last several years that remind me of some of the places I have been.
This photo was taken in San Diego harbor – mind you, this photo is in color, not sepia – during the fires of 2008. I was there and just speechless about the whole situation. People were fleeing the fires, the city was on its way to being overtaken with the fires, and the emotions were ones that I cannot describe.
On a lighter, happier note – this photo is from Beavers Bend, OK. It is the place where we go every year for my husband’s family reunion. This photo was of an early fall morning when the river still had that mist hanging over it and the fall leaves were beautiful!
Ahhhh, Alaska! The first memories this brings back is the joy and relaxation of my honeymoon with my hubby! The scenery was breathtaking and the serenity just – well, serene!
Bridge – picture from yesterday
Bridges – the old-fashioned kind that are big and have that overhead piece – used to scare me as a youngster. Now they intrigue me. I don’t often get photos of them because I am usually driving.
Hope you enjoy today’s photo!
grist mill bridge
A barn and a sunset – pictures from yesterday
My brain is so very tired from the paying job that I have that it was hard for me to decide what to share with you today. So I found two photos that I like. Simple.
Enjoy!
barn and fall
working man's sunset
Circus City USA – third in a series
I found some new and interesting information after posting my second blog in the Circus City series. After reviewing my pictures once again, I found a tombstone that stated the deceased was a founder of the Carson & Barnes Circus. Now in my first post of the series the information that I had found and gathered indicated that D.R Miller was the founder. With the additional research I found that Mr. Miller was actually a co-founder/co-owner along with Mr. Jack B. Moore until the 1960s. The name has two different stories behind it. One source stated that Miller named it Carson & Barnes because it sounded good. The other source stated that the larger of the circuses owned by the Miller family was named Tex Carson Circus and that Mr. Moore was co-owner of another circus, the Barnes & Bailey Circus. In 1957 the title changed to Carson & Barnes. So there is a bit of trivia for those interested in finding the truth behind the stories….
Jack B. Moore co-founder of Carson & Barnes
Jack B. Moore tombstone
Another of the large sites is actually a crypt for the Jessens. Mr. Jess Jessen was a promoter and agent for Carson & Barnes while the still-living Mrs. Lorraine Jessen is still co-owner of the circus with her start in promotion then general management. The crypt is quite large and depicts the main entrance to the circus with listings of the circuses they were involved with. The end has a large elephant depicted. What interested me most was the other side of the crypt which listed as Captain, US Marine Corp. Retired with the Marine insignia. It seemed such an odd profession for a military Captain to go into. It makes me wonder about the life that Mr. Jessen lived – perhaps it is the old story of the always moving military family…
Jessen crypt - side view of tent
Jessen crypt - elephant
a fall day at Showmen's Rest
The Fall of Water – pictures from yesterday
We had a good amount of rain this last week and that reminded me of picture of a waterfall. Enjoy!!
Oklahoma fall
Trio of Dogwood – pictures from yesterday
In our large front lawn there stands a dogwood, a favorite of my late mother-in-law (whom I did not have the blessing of knowing her except thru her children and grandchildren). Last year I happened to capture it over the 3 notable seasons: Spring, Fall and Winter. Enjoy!!
Glenna's Dogwood in the Spring
Glenna's Dogwood in the Fall
Glenna's Dogwood in the Snow
Tisha Clinkenbeard
