The constant, dreary, cold, and rainy weather is getting to me…I have had little inspiration for photos lately…just the weekly grocery shopping. I’m the only one in the household that eats much fruit but it was so beautiful and irresistible I’m afraid I overdid it and will be eating fruit for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert…
I’m not reluctant to take both grandchildren to the playground by myself anymore…it really isn’t too much to handle…the worst part is dealing with two car seats…Today I probably played as much as they did, only I played with my camera’s exposure settings…
…from underexposing…
…to overexposing…
…and later I played with cropping. Still can’t decide how I like these circles cropped…cropping some out or leaving the circle whole…Fun to play with though…
…And today my models were enjoying getting their pictures taken!
Radishes from a local farmer’s market…just dipped in salt and eaten plain…
…and just picked local strawberries for dessert…
…I love a trip to the farmer’s market…and hopefully have found a local CSA to join.
Fun to play with…and fun to take pictures of…
Doesn’t this look like a thought bubble…or an idea?
My parents rest in a cemetery that was built in the town they grew up in and they knew the land well...my father had stories of walking through the property when it was still farmland... It probably opened when large ecumenical cemeteries first became common and salesmen managed to sell plots to all my relatives on both sides of the family. There are no headstones here...only plaques laid in the ground and so the land is supposed to look park like...I have a suspicion that the main reason for deciding against stones was more for ease in costs and maintenance ..but maybe I am being curmudgeonly...Although there are lots of shrubs and trees you can't plant flowers over the graves...the preferred method is to place the flowers in these long handled baskets...as the ride on lawnmowers go by they just have to lean over, grab the handles, and keep on mowing!
