Cee’s Odd Ball Challenge – Week # 8

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Mama Cormier

…..for more odd ball photos check out Cee’s blog

The totem pole at Mono Cliffs Outdoor Education Centre.

Sculptures surrounding the totem pole.

WP – The Rule of Thirds

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Mama Cormier

The Rule of Thirds

Cee’s Black and White Challenge – Things Found in the Kitchen

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Mama Cormier

…..thank you Cee for another great black and white challenge

5 Day Black and White Challenge – Day 5

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Becca from On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea for inviting me to this challenge

I can’t believe that the five days have come and gone. Here is my 5th contribution to this BW challenge.

Day 5 *********************************************************

Day 1 to Day 4

: Day 1

: Day 2

: Day 3

: Day 4

Rules for 5 Day Black and White Challenge (there are only 2) 😀

For 5 days create a post any past or present photo in black and white.
Each day you invite a new photographer to join the fun.

Today, on day 5, I invite the talented Georgia from Rainbow Bakery.

Out of the Mouths of Babes

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Mama Cormier

…..my love of art oozes from my pores

I guess my love of art and colour is as obvious as the nose on my face. Not only do I teach art, I also talk about it, a lot, in library classes. Today I read a wonderful new picture book by Ashley Spires called The Most Magnificent Thing.

Image courtesy of: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Am9jGlb1L._SX258_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

As with most good stories, this one had a moral or lesson attached. The children picked up on it pretty quickly. They came up with: …..never give up, take your time, don’t get angry, walk away and come back to it later, etc..

I talked to them about some of my art that I wasn’t happy with and how ‘walking away from it and revisiting it later’ and looking at it with new eyes really helped me come up with a new painting that I really liked.

At the end of the class one of my grade 4 students who rarely speaks to me walked over to me and very proudly stated that ‘the Earth without art would be Eh!’ He told me that he just made that up. Clever! I see a t-shirt in his future. Don’t you?

5 Day Black and White Challenge – Day 4

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Mama Cormier

…..thanks to Becca Givens of On Dragonfly Wings with Buttercup Tea for inviting me to participate in this 5 day challenge

Day 4

For my Day 4 of the Challenge:
I ask Colline of Colline’s Blog to share her talent.

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If any one of you would like to participate in this 5 Day Black & White Challenge, please let me know.

Rules for 5 Black and White Challenge (there are only 2) 😀

For 5 days create a post any past or present photo in black and white.
Each day you invite a new photographer to join the fun.

Share Your World 2015 – Week 7

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Mama Cormier

……lucky 7

Is the paper money in your possession right now organized sequentially according to denomination and with the bills right side up and facing the same way?

There is no money in my wallet at the moment. I’ve been using my debit card a lot lately. When I’m organizing money from school trips and fund raisers I do tend to organize the bills sequentially and all facing in the same direction.

What is your favorite type of dog? (can be anything from a specific breed, a stuffed animal or character in a movie)

My favourite dog is probably a Golden Retriever. I’ve owned two of them so I tend to have a soft spot in my heart for them. Having said that, however, I love all my dogs…. mutts and pure breads alike.

If money was not an issue, would you go on a cruise? If so where would you go?

I think I’d like to try a cruise at least once. A river cruise through Europe appeals to me. My sister went on one last fall and enjoyed it very much.

Would you dare to sleep in haunted house overnight?

No thank you. I do believe that ghosts exist and haunted houses tend to have ‘angry’ ghosts. There’d be no sleeping going on for me.

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 for a very special ‘Family Day’ get together at a dim sum restaurant in Chinatown. Both my girls and their significant others were there and we videotaped a greeting to our son and his fiancé in England. My husband is healing up nicely and I’m over my tummy ailments that had me down for the count last Friday.

This week I’m looking forward to a cross country ski trip with a group of grade 4 and 5 students and on Friday our boys’ basketball team will be competing in a tournament against four other school teams. Wish us luck!

For more Share Your World fun check out Cee’s Photography.