Recycling memories from Christmas past. Unique designs made from ornaments of yesteryear. With occasional detours just for fun.
As a child growing up in the country, I don't remember being particularly bothered by the heat of summer but that was a long time ago now. Here in Richmond, the summers tend to be sultry - awash in a stultifying mix of humidity, still air, and high temperatures. This year, however, we have had some spells … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Summer Lovin’
This week's challenge is to show a container: something that contains something else. Since I am still going through my 4,000 images that I took in Europe this past spring, I thought immediately of the grand churches and cathedrals I visited. If ever there was a magnificent container, this would be it. Churches contain many … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Container
This week's challenge is "Contrasts." Contrast is one of the most important components of any photograph; changing the level of contrast totally changes the image. But for this week's challenge, I decided against employing contrast in the strictly photographic sense but, rather, to show a startling contrast between two images. In this case, the two … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: A Study in Contrasts
Just a quick little post before I wander off for the evening, a stab at this week's Photo Challenge. Here is the Challenge: "Extra. A beautiful photo is one thing, but a photo with an unexpected detail has personality and pop. This week, share a photo that has a little something extra." These images are … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
I hope you do not mind (and if I can figure out how to do it!) I would like to share a post I just wrote for my Garden Reverie blog about the massive scale of the gardens at Versailles. So here goes. Hope you will enjoy. Please do let me know. Be sure to … Continue reading The Grand Scale of Versailles