Silver Skies

Thursday Challenge - Spring

2008-05-04T16:29:00.001-04:00

"fuzzy"

See other Thursday Challenge "Spring" entries here.

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Thursday Challenge - Pets

2008-04-03T13:03:00.004-04:00

Superdog - caught mid-flight

Check out other Thursday Challenge entries here.

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Photo Friday - Emotions

2008-03-28T19:19:00.001-04:00

Worried

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WWC - Stone and Glass

2008-03-04T13:31:00.002-05:00

As soon as I saw the words for this week I knew I had to go take pictures of this old church near my house.

So, for Stone all of the pictures were taken out there... different parts and angles.

This last one works for Stone and Glass.

And here are my submissions for Glass.

Two empty bottles.

Fun with mirrors.

My ceiling fan's glass cover.

I got this little bird somewhere a long time ago, but I can't remember where or when.

As always, thanks to Tink for a fun challenge. And, be sure to check out other people's submissions at her site.

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Moody Monday - Beautiful

2008-03-03T12:41:00.005-05:00

You can find more Beautiful pictures here at Moody Monday.

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UPC - Saturday in the Park

2008-03-01T19:57:00.001-05:00

"Fun in the Fountain"

Check out other Park photographs at Unique's Photo Challenge.

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WWC - Wood and Metal

2008-02-26T10:58:00.019-05:00

This week's Weekly Word Challenge is Wood and Metal.

WOOD
The Wood Pile - I love the different colors, shapes, and textures in this one.

Natural Wood

METAL

Rusted Metal - This is the top of one of those BBQ grills that are common in parks. We actually have one in our back yard.

The Metal Rose - This beautiful piece of art sits in front of the most unassuming little house. Makes me wonder what the history of this rose is.

And a couple more submissions... just because...
Vertical Wood and Metal

Check out other people's wood and metal photos at Pickled Beef.

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Tuesday Challenge - Eyes

2008-02-26T10:50:00.009-05:00

"Painted Eyes"

Check out the other "Eyes" entries for this week's Tuesday Challenge here.

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Thursday Challenge - Winter

2008-02-21T23:05:00.003-05:00

This week's Thursday Challenge is Winter. My five and six year old daughters spent almost 30 minutes making this little guy. In the end he was about 12 inches high, and each of his arms were about 24 inches long. They were SO proud!

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Lens Day - Monochromatic

2008-02-20T22:50:00.004-05:00

This week's Lens Day Challenge is Monochromatic. This photo is unaltered, and was taken on the Oregon Coast. It was my favorite kind of day... gray and misty.

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WWC - Found and Curve

2008-02-19T19:26:00.012-05:00

This week's Weekly Word Challenge is Found and Curve. At first I didn't have a clue what I was going to do for this challenge, but...

one day I was stopped at a red light, and look what I "found" on the car in front of me...

Funny, I didn't know my words were missing! :)

My submission for curve isn't as interesting, it's just the slide in my backyard, but I thought it looked kind of cool, and it's my daughters' favorite "curve" of all.

edited to add this:
I just came across these two pictures I took last summer, and thought they'd work well for the challenge as well.

Can you see what I found?
If you can't tell what it is than my submission for curve will tell you...

It's an elephant of course!Come on, what's curvier than an elephant? :)

edited to add this:
I just realized that it might be hard to see the elephant in the first picture even after you know he's there. So a little help.... It's a close up frontal view shot. He's sort of standing by a wall, and you can see one ear, one eye, and half of his trunk on the left hand side of the picture. It's easier to see if you click on the picture to see the larger version. Hope that helps. :)

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Happy Valentine's Day...

2008-02-14T13:39:00.003-05:00

from me XOXO

Thursday Challenge - Food

2008-02-14T09:58:00.008-05:00

"Mmmm Sketti"

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Lens Day - Wet

2008-02-13T17:10:00.008-05:00

Taken Summer 2007

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WWC - Motion and Suspend

2008-02-12T23:48:00.004-05:00

Every Tuesday Pickled Beef has a Weekly Word Challenge. They post a couple of words as the challenge, and then others post pictures interpreting those words. This week's words were Motion and Suspend. Here's my take...

Motion...
Suspend...I thought this was fun, and definitely a challenge. I'm going to try and play every week, so be sure to check back!

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Welcome!

2008-02-07T15:38:00.005-05:00

I am an AMATEUR photographer. Really. I don’t know anything about the technical side of things… all I know is I LOVE pictures... I love looking at them and I love taking them. Maybe some day I’ll be able to take photography classes, and buy a fancy camera (I have a good one now, but nothing too extravagant) but until then I’ll just keep snapping away. Life’s too short to not do what you love.

Often, the subjects of my photographic endeavors are my four beautiful daughters. Periodically I will post pictures I’ve taken of them, but generally the photo will have been taken in a way that doesn’t show much their face. Call me paranoid, but I don’t feel comfortable having their pictures out on the web.

When I’m not taking pictures of my girls I’m photographing pretty much anything else that’s around. I’m not picky, I love to experiment, and I am so excited to now have a place to share my love of this art form. So welcome, and I hope you enjoy what you see. Comments are always appreciated, and I hope you come back often.

Oh! In case you are wondering why “Silver Skies”... It’s because I love when the sky is overcast and there’s a soft glow all around. Those are the days that make me happiest.