Seen in our backyard...
Do you have a b&w post or photo to share for November in b&w? Please do!
my hubby's new album
Blogs I read
- Hooked on Houses
- Camille Dawn Photography
- Camp Creek Blog
- Fighting Windmills
- Geek Parenting
- KidsHaus
- Knot Sew Crafty
- m on the side
- Mama of Letters
- Memories of Mine to Thine
- My Family: Sabor Cajeta
- Rolling through Looneyville, One Wave at a Time
- Sarah Jane Studios
- The Crafty Crow
- the scent of water
- Under a blue moon
- Z Recommends
My favorite quote
- from the book Persephone and the Pomegranate by Kris Waldherr:
It says: Now Persephone stepped forward. She stood between her mother and her husband with a new serenity and strength.
"I shall decide this matter," she said. "True, I have eaten of the pomegranate. But, my husband, if you love me, you will understand that I am not a creature of darkness. Allow me to return to the sun and flowers I love. Allow me to leave with my mother and I will return to you six months of the year, a month for each eaten seed."
blog stuff!
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06 November 2009
05 November 2009
Whew - what a day!
Today was busy busy! I've had my nose to the grindstone all day, and I have a long list of to-dos for tonight. But I wanted to mention that tomorrow morning I'll post a Mr. Linky so you can share some of your black & white photos with me (I can't wait!).
And I wanted to share this photo with you. I like it. It reminds me of Spaghetti Junction.
R was off work today and will be tomorrow and I'm hoping we'll go some fun places between now and Sunday evening so I'll have lots more good photos to share.
04 November 2009
Around the block
V got a bike for her birthday, so I took her outside to ride for a bit on Sunday afternoon.
It's still a bit big for her, so after a while she wanted to take her trike for a ride around the block.
Was really wanting to stop and take pictures of these in b&w. But V's a girl on the go and I had to keep up.
Around the bend, we came to this yellow and green lawn, which I thought would look pretty cool in b&w.
Feels a bit surreal to me.
Deb, one of my twitter contacts gave me a link to a great post on the Digital Photography School blog on different ways to convert color photos to black and white.
And I found this blog, K AB A K UBA, with some pretty intense b&w photography via another twitter contact, LensBaby. (Have I mentioned before how much I want this LensBaby with the plastic optic? No? Well, I do. Hopefully Santa reads my blog [or Lensbaby. ha].)03 November 2009
The Remains of the Duck
V's watering duck. She loves him. But she leaves him out in the yard most of the time, and he gets a bit dirty.
Poor little duck.
02 November 2009
Haunted house
We were warned right after we moved in here that the house next door is haunted.
Every year the owners go all out decorating for Halloween and let the trick or treaters walk through at their own risk.
For the past month or so, they've had people over a few times a week and worked late into the night to hang ghosts from the trees, set up a guillotine and hangman's noose, and create a pet sematary in the back yard.
V's too young for all that scariness, but we watched some of the festivities from our back deck. Chainsaws, hockey masks, and strobe lights are scary, y'all! There was a lot of screaming.
Silly me only got one giant bag of candy for the trick or treaters, and we eventually had to turn off the lights so they wouldn't be disappointed.
By 8pm, there was a huge crowd in the street waiting to get in and it sounded like a horror movie right outside my window.
We're planning to get 3 big bags of candy for next year.
01 November 2009
White space
I'm cultivating a minimalist vibe today.
I'll post the first Mr. Linky on Friday, November 6th, so you can join in my little November in b&w project. Until then, you can post your b&ws in the Springtree Road in Black & White flickr group. Hope to see you there!
