Tell me a Story: September 2017

Just before I went in for surgery we had friends come and visit.  They were both from South Africa and they had stayed with us the previous year as well.  It was a short 4 day visit but I was glad that it worked out to happen prior to surgery so that we could get out and do things. On the Saturday Michael had…

30 Minutes in the Life: September 2017

This is kind of an emotional blog this month.  As you know from last month we headed off to Key West just prior to surgery.  Surgery happened and since then I have been home on bed rest for the past month and still have another month minimum to go. In the midst of all of that Hurricane Season kicked off with a major destruction…

Share Six: September 2017: Reflections

The theme {Reflections} has been chosen by by Elizabeth of It’s Still Life Photography by Elizabeth Wilson.  By the time this goes live I will be bed bound for over 3 weeks, almost half way through my confinement.  Foot surgery is not fun and moving past the two months the recovery is really slow. Add the fact that surgery is being done on both…

Tell me a Story: July 2017

Recently when I visited the Butterfly World I got to see some stunning butterfly, along with the beautiful Passiflora plants.  One of the other aspects of the Butterfly World is it aviaries with a variety of birds.  Like some things in life,  walking in aviaries with birds can be messy, and the Lorikeets were the messiest of the lot.   I had to go…

Share Six: July 2017: Artificial Light

This month Ceri of Ceri Herd Photography chose the topic Artificial Light.  I have to confess that once again I was pretty stumped.  I have done some studio work that I have already shared on this blog.  I don’t have a model at home except the cats and they are not very cooperative.  When the camera comes out they walk away.  Richard had put…

30 Minutes in the Life: June 2017

I am surrounded by water issues just lately but today’s blog is one of the better issues, thank goodness.  The home flood aside, and the air conditioner issue aside, we are also in the throws of 10 days of rain.  Typically this would not be an issue, but the canals were creeping up higher and higher, and our single access out of our community…

Share Six: June 2017: Dream/Dreamy

The topic dream or dreamy was chosen by Claire of Wilhelmina Photography.  I was pretty stumped with what I was going to do.  This is what I love about this group – it continually taking me out of my comfort zone. We have major renovations going on in our home. Items in the house seem to move from room to room.  One of the items…

Tell me a Story: May 2017

For this month, I am going to share a visit I made recently.  I did a similar visit 2 years ago with friends and I have always wanted to go back, but it is a drive to an area I do not know well and it is at least an hour south from where I live.  However, I decided to do my homework, plan…

Share Six: May 2017: Street Photography

I got the opportunity to choose the theme for Share Six this month and I went for Street Photography. “Why Street Photography?  For me it takes me out of my comfort zone. I am happy shooting nature, and sunsets and beaches. Now I will confess, I do find that I am more comfortable doing street photography when I am on vacation rather than when I…

Tell me a Story: April 2017

I had to prepare a blog on the topic black and so I decided to head on out to the Palm Beach Zoo to shoot images of the monkeys. All I can say is that the monkeys were not that co-operative.  The big guy hardly moved and the others sat huddled at the top of their cage and ignored me.  However, I got to…