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Category Archives: Challenge
Seven Day Challenge – Day 3
I received this challenge from my blogging friend Cee over at Cee’s Photography
Rules are
- Seven days.
- Seven black and white photos of your life.
- No people.
- No explanation.
- Challenge someone new each day.
Today I challenge Jodi over at The Creative Life in Between. If anyone wants to play, feel free to jump in and start your own Seven Day Challenge.
Thursday Doors on Eleventh Street
…..thanks Norm for hosting Thursday Doors
This week, October 12, 2107, my doors come from my neighbourhood. Last week I featured doors on Tenth Street and this week I’m posting doors a block west of there. I love this time of year because people are putting out harvest and Hallowe’en decorations.
WPC – Scale
scale
[skāl]
NOUN
scales (plural noun)
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the relative size or extent of something:“no one foresaw the scale of the disaster” · “everything in the house is on a grand scale”
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a ratio of size in a map, model, drawing, or plan:“a one-fifth scale model of a seven-story building” · “an Ordnance Survey map on a scale of 1:2500”
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mathematicsa system of numerical notation in which the value of a digit depends upon its position in the number, successive positions representing successive powers of a fixed base:“the conversion of the number to the binary scale”
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photographythe range of exposures over which a photographic material will give an acceptable variation in density.
This week’s theme for WordPress’ Photo Challenge is scale.
- This last shot was taken by my son on his way back from Chicago to London. The island at the north end of the shot is Christian Island where our cottage is situated.
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Seven Day Challenge – Day 2
…..I love scarves
I received this challenge from my blogging friend Cee over at Cee’s Photography
Rules are
- Seven days.
- Seven black and white photos of your life.
- No people.
- No explanation.
- Challenge someone new each day.
Today I challenge Jill over at Jill’s Art Journal. If anyone wants to play, feel free to jump in and start your own Seven Day Challenge.
Seven Day Challenge – Day 1
I received this challenge from my blogging friend Cee over at Cee’s Photography
Rules are
- Seven days.
- Seven black and white photos of your life.
- No people.
- No explanation.
- Challenge someone new each day.
Today I challenge Elizabeth over at Tea and Paper blog. If anyone wants to play, feel free to jump in and start your own Seven Day Challenge.
Share Your World – October 9, 2017
…..thanks Cee for hosting Share Your World
What do you consider is the most perfect food for you? (It can be your favorite food to something extremely healthy.)
My most perfect food would have to be grilled salmon and oven roasted vegetables. Not only is it healthy but it is also one of my favourite meals. For comfort food I would go with homemade macaroni and cheese but I tend to eat too much of it and any health benefits go right out the window.
Are you focused on today or tomorrow?
Since tomorrow never comes I’d have to say I tend to focus on today. That’s not to say that I don’t think about tomorrow but if I focused on it all the time I’d never get anything done.
If you could interview one of your great-great-great grandparents, who would it be (if you know their name) and what would you ask?
My great-great grandparents were born between 1828 and 1838 and died between 1908 and 1917. After more research I discovered the names of 8 great-great-great-grandparents. These were only the ancestors on my grandmother’s side. I know very little about my grandfather. These ancestors lived from 1789 to 1895.
I’m very fortunate to have photographs of my great-great-grandparents and I found one photo of my great-great-great-grandmother Karoline (nee Witte) Mewes. Karoline was born in 1814 and died 1895. The photo I have of her is with her adult son Walter Mewes (born 1840 and died 1917). It appears to have been taken when Walter was in his 30s or 40s. I’m assuming the family had money by how well they were dressed and the number of professional photos they had taken of the family. Walter was a very distinguished looking man, always with a cigar in hand. His mother, Karoline appears quite stern and dressed in somber dark clothes. She bore 6 children.
If I could interview Karoline I would ask her about her past and if she had help raising her six children. I would also ask her if she ever had any desire to have a career.
What inspired you or what did you appreciate this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination.
This past week I appreciate being able to get six family members together to celebrate their birthdays which all take place from Oct. 2nd to Oct. 17th. The birthdays span 89 years; the oldest being my father who turned 91 and my granddaughter who is two later this week. The other birthdays include my husband, my cousin, my son-in-law and his brother. 
Mundane Monday Challenge #130
….thanks Trablogger for hosting Mundane Monday
When a photo isn’t perfect there are lots of features in Apple Photo to help make changes, i.e., cropping, colour and light adjustment, straightening.
Sunday Trees – 308
….thanks Becca for hosting Sunday Trees
Thursday Doors on Tenth Street
….thanks to Norm for hosting Thursday Doors – Oct. 5, 2017
The streets that run north/south in my neighbourhood are all named with numbers, i.e., First Street, Second Street, etc.. It can be a bit challenging when you live at the bottom of the street close to the lake and have a low house number. When your address is 7 Sixth Street it is not uncommon for people to end up at 6 Seventh Street by mistake. The other challenge is that the streets on the Toronto Islands have the same names. This is where postal codes are really important if you want your letter to get to the right place.
