More Snowy Pictures

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Mama Cormier

…. I couldn’t believe how much yesterday’s storm took out of me

When I was curled up on the couch last night I tried to catch up on some of my reading but I just couldn’t keep my eyes open. After awhile I put the book down and decided to work on yesterday’s post. All went well, until I tried to read some of the blogs that I follow. I woke up a couple of times with my laptop literally resting on my lap so I finally gave into my fatigue and went to bed.

This morning my husband almost went for the morning walk without me because I was so sound asleep. When I did wake up I slowly made my way downstairs and discovered that both K and Frances were ready to leave. They kindly agreed to wait for me (well my husband did… the dog on the other hand had no choice) while I got dressed and had my morning coffee.

I’m glad I made the effort to join them. It was a beautiful morning. The snow was so deep at the rugby pitch that I don’t need to head to the gym today. It was quite a workout just walking through the new snow to get to the other side. You really had to lift your knees. Snowshoes would have come in handy today.

January 2013 Photo a Day – Electric

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Mama Cormier

…… this could be a simple photo of your toaster {but get creative} or something else electric

Our life depends on electricity. We use it to run our appliances, heat and light our homes, cook our food and run our computers and electronic games and devices. Without it we couldn’t write our blogs and post our photos. Funny thing is that in the summer I live without electricity for weeks at a time at my cottage and don’t miss it. Electricity is something we take for granted until we experience a blackout and are forced to adapt.

The challenge is to take interesting photos that highlight the word electric.

In the first picture, you see a bright light coming from a person’s yard where their children were out playing in the freshly fallen snow. The second picture is a light standard next to a local skating rink. I tried to capture the large fluffy snow flakes that were falling in front of the light and this is what I got.

For more photos for the January 2013 Photos a Day check out http://www.nolagirlatheart.wordpress.com

January 2013 Photo a Day – Shadow

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Mama Cormier

……find a shadow and shoot it. It could be your own, or a shadow of something else.

I don’t know if anyone else is having the same problem but if you are could you tell me if there’s a solution. Lately when I ‘publish’ my posts and preview my work I’ve discovered one of two things. If I edited my post over the course of my writing period I’ve discovered that my ‘published’ piece is not the one I published but an incomplete post that I had saved to draught. The other thing that happens is that after I publish, the post goes back into draught mode. I’ve often wondered why no one was going to my blog, only to discover that it wasn’t published. Very frustrating because I don’t know what I’m doing to finally make the publish function work. Sometimes I’m republishing the same post a half dozen times before it works. HELP!!!!!!

Today’s challenge involved getting photos of shadows. It’s been pretty cloudy the last little while so shadows have been non-existent but just before the New Year I was having some fun on one of our walks after the big snowfall.

For more photos of shadows go to http://www.nolagirlatheart.wordpress.com

January 2013 Photo a Day – Street

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Mama Cormier

….. views of my street, neighbourhood and city during different seasons

It was my first day back to work since the holidays and by the time I got home it was already dark. Consequently I wasn’t able to take new photos for today’s theme. Luckily I have a pretty large file of photos. Some of them were taken from my bedroom window at different times of the year and others from the front door and one from the car window.

Spring

The street below looking through the blossoms of the crab apple tree.

Summer

The CN Tower while driving along the Gardner Expressway.

Pedestrian bridge at the mouth of the Humber River

Autumn

View of the street below through the autumn leaves.

The gravel road we take on our daily walks.

Winter

The view from our front door after our first big snowfall this winter.

Walking the dog. On our way home.

To see more amazing photos following this challenge go to Jeanne’s blog….a nola girl at heart.

January 2013 Photo a Day Challenge….Heart

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Mama Cormier

…… I love snow so the theme of ‘heart’ inspired me

It’s been snowing almost daily since Christmas Day. Today on our walk as I was thinking about the theme “heart” I realized that my husband and I met 40 years ago this month. Wow! I tried to etch a heart in the snow but there wasn’t enough contrast so I outlined the heart with my red scarf.

Enough snow fell to cover the windows of the car so before I cleaned them I decided to draw another heart.

I started a new hobby this new year. I’m not sure where I’m going with this but I love the simplicity of it. I bought a die cutter for gift tags and smaller ones to cut fancy shapes into the tags. One of them is a heart. My daughter over at Uschi and Kay uses these simple tags in a lot of her DIY projects and in December she held a workshop on tips for fun ways to wrap gifts.

Die cutter for gift tags and a heart punch.

If you’d like take part in the January 2013 Photo a Day Challenge click on the following link:

Jeanne’s blog…a nola girl at heart. The themes for each day are outlined but you’re free to be creative and interpret the theme any way you like. Have fun!

Cheers!

A Word of the Week Photo Challenge – Glitter

Posted on January 1, 2013 by Mama Cormier

….. tried to stay away from the traditional Christmas ornaments but I caved

It was a beautiful cold, crisp morning this first day of 2013. The sun shone brightly and reflected off the lake and snow causing them to ‘glitter’ and ‘shimmer’ for the camera.

If you want to see more glitter photos check out Word of the Week Photo Challenge – Glitter.