A New Addition...

I received this beauty for Christmas and took it's picture in the window before hanging it up with the others...It is so windy here today that the ornaments hanging in the kitchen were swinging ever so slightly..

Christmas Shopping..

I thought I might get outside to take some photos today but I ended up Christmas shopping in a very busy mall. With a prediction for snow tomorrow and possibly over the weekend many of us were trying to finish up our shopping lists....This Santa is a fairly new ornament..and he is carrying lots of bundles....appropriate for today I think..

Glass Ornaments..

Long ago my husband started buying glass ornament balls for my birthday or Christmas gift. Since then I have accumulated 30 different glass ornaments - mostly from him or other family members but some I bought myself. They are beautiful to look at but I find them a real challenge to photograph. They are either poorly lit, or out of focus, or the background is too cluttered. Like I said...a real challenge for me...

Recuperating..

A nice quiet day after the stress of preparing for a family Christmas party and then "enjoying" it too much!

Happy Birthday to Me!

I've been meaning to start a photo blog for quite some time now in order to preserve memories in a fun way and also to encourage myself to continue to take pictures and to learn more about photography. I'm going to try to take and post daily pictures for a year and maybe comment on what's going on.....I've never been successful at continuing a journal for more than a few days so this may not end up daily...but we'll see!