Day 26 – Books Waiting to be Read

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

I thought I would get a lot of reading done during this pandemic but I seem to be busy doing other things, like baking, cleaning, blogging, playing piano, making art, walking the dog, connecting on-line through WhatsApp, Zoom and House Party and watching TV. I better get busy because I have to read at least one of these books before May 8 which is when our next on-line book club meeting is.

The first set of books are some of my art reference books, which I look at periodically.

Day 24 – Through Glass

Posted on April 26, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

I use these little jars of water for my watercolour painting. To add a little interest I put a touch of paint in two of the jars for the second and third photo.

Day 23 – Food

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

On day 23 my husband and I were inspired by Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals and together we made a wonderful meal for the two of us. It consisted of a Wacky Summer Pasta, Arugula and Watercress Salad with Warm Pancetta and a Pear Meringue Tart.

Day 22 – Bubbles

Posted on April 24, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

Taking photos of bubbles is not an easy task. Leanne has a beautiful shot on her site and clearly she set it up very professionally. I, on the other hand, photographed the only bubbles in my house at the moment and they came from the kitchen sink.

Day 20 – From My Front Door

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

Not the best photo but it was cold and windy and I didn’t want to spend too much time outside trying to get the best shot.

Day 21 – Today’s Dinner

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

Today’s theme is What’s for Dinner? I didn’t see this prompt until just now but luckily we took photos of our dinner because it was pizza night at Chez Cormier and we like to share with our family. Unfortunately this year we’re only able to share from a distance with photos.

Day 17 – Still Life Photography

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

I thought I knew what ‘still life photography’ was but it seemed from Leanne’s post that there was more to it than just taking a photo of an object.

According to the Format team still life photography is as follows:

In a nutshell, a still life is a work of art that focuses on inanimate subjects. Usually, the subjects are commonplace objects. That can include both manmade objects (such as vases, items of clothing, and consumer products) and natural objects (like plants, food, rocks, and shells).

The major advantage offered by still life is the freedom to arrange the objects any way you want. Still life photography follows the same philosophy. A lot of emphasis is put on the arrangement of the items, the lighting, and the framing.

With that bit of information I’ve been on the hunt for interesting objects around the house to photograph.

Day 16 – Cups

Posted on April 16, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

One things I have lots of is cups. I drink coffee mostly from mugs but over the years I have inherited numerous teacups from family members.

30 Day at Home Challenge – Day 15

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Leanne Cole for hosting the 30 Day at Home Challenge

Today’s theme is ‘from the fruit bowl’.

The bowl was too yellow for my liking so I threw in some tomatoes. Tomatoes, technically, are a fruit.

April 14th, 2020 and It’s Snowing

Posted on April 15, 2020 by Mama Cormier

….reminds me of the story my mother used to tell of how she remembers snow on her birthday

I have a memory, as a little girl, of huge snowfalls in early April and when I was at university we experienced some serious ice storms in April. My sister who lives in Calgary, Alberta experienced some major snowfalls over Easter and I’ve seen photos of friends from the west coast and the mid-west who are covered with the white stuff. The only good thing about snow in April is that it doesn’t tend to stay around long. My mother’s birthday by the way was on April 18th.

The white stuff that is blowing around right now but probably won’t even stay on the ground but it does come as a bit of a shock when you’ve had a relatively snow free winter.

Snow clouds

I didn’t get the camera in time to catch the mini blizzard we had and it really didn’t amount to very much. Today it is sunny and not a speck of snow anywhere.