….thanks to Sandy for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday Photo Challenge
What brings joy into your life?
The answer for me is simple; my two granddaughters.
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Simple Joys
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Category Archives: Family
A Photo a Week Challenge – Eyes
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week Challenge
I’ve probably posted some of these before but they’re my favourite ‘eye’ photos.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Autumn Scenes
…thanks to Cee for hosting the Fun Foto Challenge
Days 24, 25 and 26 of the Creativity Challenge
…thanks to Rainee for introducing me to the 30 Day Creativity Challenge
I’m continuing to do a page a day in my sketchbook using words and drawing of things around me. The thing I’m not very good at is posting my work on a daily basis.
One of the places where I’m getting my inspiration for these drawings is from children’s picture books. On day 26 I went to visit my granddaughter in Hamilton and I brought my sketchbook along. One of things I let her do is draw in my book.
We were going through one of her favourite books where she can make faces using the stickers from the back of the book. The faces are taken from all kinds of objects like fruit, vegetables, leaves, acorns, dishes, toys, etc.. One of the faces I enjoyed from the book was the leaf so I drew one in my sketchbook. Winnie chose a geometric pattern that she tried to replicate on the next page to mine.
We enjoyed making dialogue balloons and making up things that the object might say. I went from a leaf to acorns and the page started to come together. Winnie enjoyed the process so much that she wanted me to redraw some of the shapes on a clean page so that she could add her own details using a pencil and blending stick. The blending stick was new to her and she loved the effects of smudging her lines to create shadows (her words). Here are results of our time together.
A Photo a Week Challenge – Three Angles
….thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting this week’s A Photo a Week Challenge
The challenge this week is to photograph one object from three different angles.
30 Day Creativity Challenge – Day 19
…thanks to Rainee for hosting the 30 Day Creativity Challenge\
I’ve been making art with my granddaughter again and making pizza with her. I’ve always loved her free style but she does have a vision and you don’t want to tamper with that. That was clearly evident when she decided to make her pizza in the shape of a ‘stop sign’. The adults kept wanting her to add cheese to her creation but she refused and when they didn’t listen she had a melt down. Oma and Papa to the rescue. Lots of dough left over so we started again. Here are our efforts from last Sunday.
On the Hunt for Joy Challenge – Week 2 – Say Cheese
…thanks to Cee for hosting On the Hunt for Joy Challenge
People are such hams when they get in front of a camera. It doesn’t take much to get people to smile but sometimes you find yourself saying ‘say cheese’. It works about 90% of the time……
…..and sometimes it doesn’t
A Photo a Week – At Play
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting A Photo a Week
My granddaughter and her second cousin got together last week and all seemed to go well as they chased each other around the room, giggling and laughing as they ran. That is until he caught her and accidentally pushed her into the wall. I could tell that it hurt and it took a few minutes of mommy cuddles to calm her down. The two cousins continued to play but the age difference of two years clearly affected how they played. My granddaughter is four and her cousin is two. She was fascinated with his computer game and he didn’t want her to play with it. He liked her stuffed toy but preferred to throw it around. I’m sure as they get older they’ll have more in common. Time will tell.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Winter Scenes
30 Day Creativity Challenge – Day 4
…..my attempt at free form poetry
Sisters and Cousins
Sisters
sibling rivalry
shared memories
some bad but mostly good
some forgotten
others not
separated by marriage and distance
reunited by an aging parent
and children
Cousins
offspring of the sisters
separate lives
because of distance,
circumstance and work
a longing for family connection
reunited because of their children
an unbreakable bond of love
Four generations; Dad, my sister and I, my youngest daughter and her daughter and my sister’s son and daughter and her daughter’s son.
Thanks to Rainee for hosting The 30 Day Creativity Challenge
