Macro Monday – February 1, 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….due to the cold weather all my macro photos were taken indoors

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Friendly Friday Challenge – Special Treats

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Mama Cormier

...thanks to Sandy this week for hosting the Friendly Friday Challenge https://thesandychronicles.blog/2021/01/29/friendly-friday-challenge-special-treats/

I have quite the sweet tooth but mostly for cookies or cakes. I’ve never been one for candy, other than chocolate. My husband also has a sweet tooth and he has asked me not to bring any sweets into the house for awhile. If I have one cookie he’ll eat three.

For the challenge this week I’ve gone back into the archives to search for special treats. I soon discovered that not all yummy pleasures have to be made with sugar. Fresh strawberries and homemade pizza are always special in our house.

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New Flower (January 28, 2021) – Mini White Carnations

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January Squares – Sun’s Up

Posted on January 27, 2021 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Becky B for hosting SquareUp https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/27/square-up-27/

Beautiful sunrise after a full day of snow yesterday.

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Texture Tuesday – January 26, 2021

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Mama Cormier

…Happy Birthday Barb

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Cheer Up – January Squares

Posted on January 24, 2021 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becky B for hosting January Squares https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/24/square-up-24/

Nothing cheers me up more that a bouquet of fresh flowers. Two of my favourites are these mini irises and yellow tulips.

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Of course my granddaughters cheer me up even when I can only see them over the phone. Today is a special day in our family. It is Sevin’s first birthday today. We’re getting ready for a Zoom birthday party in the next few minutes.

Cheers!

Macro Monday – December 21, 2020

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…time to look for indoor macro shots

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Macro shots of painting supplies and paint from my art studio.

Last Bath of the Season

Posted on November 24, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…back in August I promised to post photos of the birds in the birdbath

On the weekend I decided that I needed to put the birdbath away for the winter. To be honest with you since I put it into my garden I hadn’t seen one bird use the thing. Well at least I hadn’t observed any action over there. I wondered if it was too close to where we sat.

Looking out the back door on Saturday I noticed that a bird landed on the edge of the bath. I quickly picked up my phone and gingerly made my way to the patio table. The bird took no notice of me but I didn’t want to chance it and scare him off so I stayed back and used my zoom feature on the phone. They’re not the best shots but I was pleased that the birdbath was a hit with this little fellow.

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Another COVID Birthday Celebration

Posted on November 16, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thank goodness for the beautiful weather we’ve had in November

The last two days have been more normal in terms of November weather but prior to this we’ve had the most glorious, warm and sunny days. Our eldest daughter celebrates her birthday in November so we were thankful that we were able to get together with the family and have a small celebration on the deck in the backyard.

Blowing out the candles has also taken on a new format. I lit the candles on the cake and then we removed them one at a time and my daughter blew them out individually away from the cake. Well that was the plan but it turned out that the candles had burned down too far so she tried to put the candles out by waving her hand over them.

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That didn’t work very well so she tried to extinguish the candles by snuffing them out with popcorn. That worked somewhat but the popcorn caught fire.