I'm tired. I'm sitting here on the couch after a long day thinking about my tasks for tomorrow. I just remembered that I hadn't taken my photo of light. Right in front of me on the coffee table was the camera and just to my left is a floor lamp.  Voila! Too simple though.  So I... Continue Reading →

Our house is slowly being overtaken by Christmas decorations. We might just finish in time for Epiphany!

My word for the day is taunting me. On a day filled with stress and frustration and missteps, I am supposed to find a photo of "peace." It's a little past midnight and I have just spent the last few hours fighting the printer and going through the very repetitive task of cutting, folding, and... Continue Reading →

Sorry for being geeky today...   Couldn't help myself. All the components are from a pair of photos I took today.  So, no rules broken.

... me a break

We live in a world of instant news.  We here about events as they are unfolding.  We learn about our nation and world in 30 second or 1 minute sound bites.  We are often completely overloaded with facts and tidbits of trivia. Wisdom is a much slower process.  It must be discovered.  It is hard... Continue Reading →

Today's word inspired me to try something I have wanted to try for a long time: stop-motion animation.  I don't think I bent my rules here.  I took all 16 frames as photos.  I took them today.

Every year around this time, someone shares a link to a website that shows "novel" depictions of the nativity.  Thought I would try my hand at it this year.

For the last couple months, this cross has hung on the back of our front door.  It is not there for any particular reason other than that I have been too lazy to put it away. I threw this together the evening before we went to the Renaissance Faire as part of the monk garb... Continue Reading →