mo's pp ~~ my favorite things ~~ 12/22/12

Happy and Merry Christmas to all

wishing you all peace, happiness and good health, too

Gayle has posted her favorite Christmas things 

for this week's PP...  

I could pick up dozen's of things that have favorite memories

attached to them, and the lights we display touch me so much

[as I will miss the tree when it comes down]

but most of all, my favorite things at Christmas are family

so I give you our table set for Christmas dinner last year

[in case you think you remember it, you do, lol....]

                      picture perfect ~ Dec. 15, 2012

                                'natural framing'

 I really should have saved

last week's entry from 'weather' for this week,

 as that was a perfect example of natural framing....

this comes from this

past summer's boating on Lake Kerr

lots of zoom on this

Picture Perfect Dec. 7, 2012

We've left Multiply behind and find Picture Perfect

on MuzeNews

and here on Blogger...

Heather is our hostess and her theme is 

WEATHER

I give you an October day at the Outerbanks, N.C.

.~~ pp ~~. aglow

Gayle has beautiful shots up for her PP theme

click 'here' to see what else is AGLOW

this one comes to you from the billiards room

in Graceland Mansion

.~~. pp .~~. Peeping Toms

Cherie is our hostess this week

and she's turned us all into

'peeping toms'

of course this is the weekend

my 'puter

is in the shop

so this is from last year

if it looks familiar....

and I'm going to try to post it

on Blogger, and Blogster too

.~~pp~~. contraptions....

homemade happiness.... to each their own....

for more contraptions

see ~~> pp

[it's my photo, but

I'm giving credit to David for remembering

this contraption

spotted on Falls River Lake

last year!]

~pp~ my city in song....

day two... a day late, and a photo short.... lol....

I like this youtube because it's got pictures of my hometown....

and it's my easy way out....

~freestyle~ day one PP

am loving this surprise from PP

thank you admins!

something to rebuild our morale and commitment

to stay HERE together

until the end.....

This morning,

I had to put some stuff into my car

it was early and the light filtered in

and shined on our sea doos

We had a great day

out on the water yesterday

it was a little too windy

and there were white caps

and not many eagles, but still lots of fun

as much as I love the coming cooler months

it will be sad when these toys

get put away until next year

but we still have a few more weeks

~~pp~~ summer of '12 ~~ competition ... week 6

took a TopTen spot and voted Star of the Week

where do 'dirty' photos show best? 

On this week's picture perfect competition theme... lol...

 making a dirty living

this photo was taken at one of the largest pottery factories in Cappadocia in Turkey

May 2012

...~~pp~~competition week 4 ... infinite

this one took a TT and then was voted 'star of the week'

Infinite

From Oxford's World Dictionary:

adjective

-limitless or endless in space, extent or size

-too many to be measured or counted

-very great in quantity or degree

INFINITE ~~ LOVE

~~PP~~ 3rd week competition 2012 : translucent ~~

this one took an HM slot

 to borrow a phrase, it's gonna be a million degrees heat index today....

 so right this moment, out in the sun:  my sun tea...

 I love the 'translucent' way it brews from the bottom up 

 I've got to run some errands, but before I go, I will snip some of

the wild spearmint that grows in the yard, wash it, and let it flavor the tea

tonight, over ice, it will be perfect....

[except for Gator who requires way more sugar than I do]

.~~pp~~ before my time ~~ Summer Week Two ~~July 19th

this one gets an HM slot

remembering my mom

who would remember 

her 

Kaffee Klatsch days

pouring from this 

creamer 

into strong steaming Kaffee

using matching cups and saucers

passing Kuchen

and confectionary cakes

laughing with her friends

long 

before my time

~~pp~~ summer of '12 ~~ competition Bends & Angles....

july 11th  ~~  this gets an HM slot

Week 1 and the tough themes are here already.... 

Gator is our host 

  

 

I give you one of the rooftop views

 from our Cave Condo in Cappadocia

while in Turkey in May

the winds of time that  Bends the hills

the hands of man to Angle the homes

~~.pp.~~ mystery textures ~~ green ~~

june 30, 2012

I am sure there are various textures to be claimed about this photo....

use your own imagination..

it's an archived shot, but the colors are NOT edited.....

 

~~.pp.~~ wk of themes... flaky

Cherie's gone flaky on us.... and while that conjures up 

the scent and taste of puff pastries

my texture for flaky will have to be what it is....

 

~~.pp.~~ wk of themes... shiny

another texture to see if we can shine.... lol

I looked for the shiny penny

and stacked my cook pot lids

I revisited the shining lights of Las Vegas and

stood in the sun eyeing the john deere's all lined up at Lowes

but I ended up playing around in picmonkey 

to bring out the already shiny finish on my Saturn...

~~.pp.~~ wk of themes... gooey

a gift of gooey goodness wrapped in gold

a taste of honey from where I used to call home

 unopened as yet, never to expire

waiting for cold winter mornings, hot tea and buttered bread....

 

~~.pp.~~ wk of themes... spiky

here we go with day two of our week of themes....

spiky

taken in Beaufort, NC: 

 

~~.pp.~~ wk of themes... rough

june 22nd ~

A WEEK of themes!  

Sometimes it's rough to get one shot up for a weekend....

[add to that some 30 day themes,

themes of lists,

and themes of past posts....]

I can really feel the sense of pulling us all back in to share with each other!

 

here is a young man, 

found about 90 min. into our hike of rough terrain

[this was the oasis area of flat land!]

making a rough living....

 

taken last month on a 2 .5 hr. hike through a valley in Cappadocia, Turkey

the daily grind, june 8th

some may call a ritual 'a daily grind', 

but for some it is comforting ....

and although I don't know what I will eat for breakfast, 

or even if I have to go into work that day

 [sometimes 2 hours notice]

in our house,

one thing is pretty much the very same every single day....

 David's breakfast... 

one egg - seasoned with garlic powder and ground pepper

on 1/2 a toasted bagel, with butter and 'veggie' cheese

Gator is our host, and please click 'here' - you know the 'grind'... lol....

june 1 '12 ~ .~~ pp ~~. idiom

I haven't played for ages....

 and I've missed it....

so here I go breaking 'rules' right off the bat!

emotionally it's the way I have been feeling 

so the photo sums it up perfectly....

Between a Rock and a Hard Place....

my son took this picture of me on our last day in Cappadocia, 

we hiked for three hours through the 'Love Valley'

some of the hiking was easy, and some rough, but that is the way life is....

we have a really busy day today, 

but I plan to check out all the idioms posted

this evening and during the weekend

[love the theme, Cherie!]

~~PP~~ my ~~ Blast from the Past ~~ April 7th

our Gator has picked a theme with lots of interpretations....

for me the past is not just historic places 

but memories...

I told my former mother in law recently 

that every time I pick up my cookware, 

I remember that she gave me the set 

for a wedding anniversary

It's 40 year old Revere Ware ... lol....

I am a saver of things that were given 

and 

thoughts that mean the world to me....

My brother came to visit last year with boxes 

and suitcases of things

from my mom's....

I opened this very old suitcase - 

which we used when crossing from

Hamburg to  NYC in 1966....

on the SS Hanseatic.

I found many of my old friends 

and many newer ones 

that mom loved too.... 

I recognize a few: betsy wetsy, my shirley temple doll, 

a kate kruze doll - a wedding doll named Cindy,

and my larger Penny doll.... 

there are two dolls there that I bought for mom

she had them around her bed until she died.

52 wk photo ~~ looking up ~~ week 10 ~~ March 8th/12

I'm not up to date on 

Kimmie's 52 Week Project

 this week is 'looking up'

[encouraging non-archived shots]

 

next shot ~ week three ~ March 8th 2012

Next Shot

weekly challenges with only one rule:

no archived shots

Week three challenge from Joanne is to 

shoot 'water' in black and white.

I don't normally use that setting on my camera, 

so it was a challenge just to turn the dial to monochrome.

 Week two challenge is to shoot 'landscape' in wide angle mode.

My son had given me a 10-24mm wide angle lens 

that I haven't used much

using Sonny's tutorial as a guide, 

I tried to look at the world at a wide angle

noting that at 10mm, the landscape takes quite a 'turn' .. '-'

Week one challenge was to use a macro setting or 

lens to capture the current season.

While the daffodils are booming and some of the trees

 are starting to bud and my 

allergies are kicking in... it is still [the end of] winter...