Category Archives: About Me
On the Hunt for Joy Challenge – Week 9 – Shop Your Home
…thanks to Cee for hosting On the Hunt for Joy‘
“Shop your Home” simply means finding things in your house that bring you joy. Here are a few things that bring joy to me.
In the mix are my paint brushes, my teddy collection, my old nutcracker that needs gluing and my books.



New Flower (March 4, 2020) – Bromeliad
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Sunday Trees – 433
…thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees
Found this beauty on a recent trip to the Centennial Park Conservatory.
Hint of Spring in February
Smartphone Photo Challenge – Week 9 – Mood
….thanks to Maranto Photography for hosting the Smartphone Photo Challenge
The mood here is serene and calm. I tried to capture the warmth of the setting sun even though the temperatures were hovering around freezing. I added more saturation and vibrance to this photo.
For this one I added more contrast and vibrance. This intensified the colour of the water and helped to make the foreground and swan stand out more. Capturing the swan between the branches gives this photo a bit of a mysterious mood.

New Flower (February 29, 2020) – Delicate Pink Blossoms
On the Hunt for Joy Challenge – Week 8 – Wear Bright Coloured Clothes
…thanks to Cee for hosting the On the Hunt for Joy Challenge
I love to wear bright colours. 


Gel Polish
Lens Artists Challenge – #86 – Treasure Hunt
….thanks to Travels and Trifles for this week’s theme
This week’s theme is very long and detailed so I’m cutting and pasting the instructions here:
This week we’re going on a Treasure Hunt! The challenge is to search for specific items – either from your archives or newly captured – from the list below. Extra credit items are a bit more challenging. Focus on quality over quantity and hit us with your best shot(s)!
- Challenge Items: Sunrise and/or sunset, Something cold and/or hot, a bird, a dog, a funny sign, a bicycle, a seascape and/or mountain landscape, a rainbow, a church, a musical instrument, a boat, a plane, a waterfall
- Extra Credit Items: An expressive portrait of one or more people, a very unusual place, knitting or sewing, a fish, an animal you don’t normally see, a bucket, a hammer, a street performer, a double rainbow, multiple challenge items in a single image. My opening image, for example, includes a sunrise, a seascape and birds in a single shot. See how easy it is?! 😀
My favourite portrait of my granddaughter.



























