New Flower (June 6, 2017) – Bearded Purple Iris
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Category Archives: Photography
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Cups and Saucers
…..join Cee this week and post your own photos of glasses, cups and saucers
Sunday Trees – 290
……only two days late
This is my flowering crab apple tree. It is always the last to bloom on our street.
For more Sunday Trees check out Becca Givens’ blog.
New Flower (June 3, 2017) – Bleeding Hearts
….in my front yard
Ballerinas
…..a few weeks ago The National Ballet Co. came to our school and demonstrated the fundamentals of ballet and the preparation that takes place before a show
Our entire school population, from kindergarten to grade 5, were lucky enough to see the show and ask questions of the dancers. As a follow-up I did an art lesson with my kindergarten classes and used a picture book about Degas and the little ballerina, Marie to demonstrate some ballet poses and highlight some of the work that Degas created.
I showed the classes how to draw a simple ballerina, using chalk pastels. Some of the boys asked if they could draw male dancers and I was interested to see how they would do that since I spent so much time showing them how to draw a tutu.
As always, I was blown away with their creations. I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.
WPC – Friend
…..this week’s photo challenge is friend
Frances is ready to play with the newest ‘dog’ member of our family, sweet little Olive.
WPC – Evanescent
…..soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing:
“a shimmering evanescent bubble”
Last week the skyline was absolutely white. Something I’ve never seen in 38 years of living here. A few minutes after I took the shot the skyline went grey.
This was a WordPress weekly photo challenge using the word evanescent
Tuesdays of Texture – Week 21
…..thanks to Narami for hosting Tuesdays of Texture
Today’s video for Carla Sonheim’s on line class, 365- A Year Long Class, featured a photographer who photographs bricks in Chicago. I immediately went out after dinner and photographed the brick in my neighbourhood.
New Flower (May 22, 2017) – Newport Flowering Plum
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Share Your World – May 22, 2017
….thanks to Cee for hosting Share Your World
What one thing have you not done that you really want to do?
I really want to travel to the east coast and the west coast of Canada and I’d like to do part of it on the train. I’d also like to go on a cruise along the west coast up to Alaska or a river cruise in Europe.
How often do you get a haircut?
I get my hair cut about every two months. I’m hoping to get an appointment for later this week.
In regards to puzzle what’s your choice: jigsaw, crossword, word search or numeric puzzles?
Presently I like numeric puzzles but I’ve done all of them at one time or another. I wouldn’t mind tackling a new jigsaw puzzle but I need a space where I can leave it for a undetermined length of time.
How many cities have you lived? You can share the number of physical residences and/or the number of cities.
As a baby I lived in two locations before emigrating to Canada. In Canada we started in Toronto, moved to Oakville for 4 years and then back to Toronto. After high school I moved to Guelph for 4 years where I went to university and then back to Toronto where I’ve been ever since.
Optional Bonus question: What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?
I’m grateful that a very busy week is over and all the events that went smoothly. This week I look forward to dinner with friends on Wednesday, a retirement dinner, put on by the board of education on Thursday and a luncheon at a student’s house on Friday. On Saturday I’m attending a baby shower for my niece and on Sunday I’m going to a concert with friends. Sounds like another busy week but this time there’s very little work involved on my part.
Cheers!
