Showing posts with label suburbia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label suburbia. Show all posts

Friday, July 12, 2013

Sunset at Home

Sometimes, just sometimes, I can get a shot of an amazing sunset right from my own home.  Who says the suburbs aren't that great?  Sometimes it's just beautiful.

From the back yard.

From the front yard.

By strategic composition, I eliminated the telephone wires and the light posts.  I think these images are worthy to be put on a card.  Or in print.  :)


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Monday, January 28, 2013

Down a Golf Cart Path -- Part I

After a rousing game of Alphabet Dice, my sister Dee had to run some errands with her parents.  After waiting for a while, we figured they'd be gone a long time.  I wandered outside and headed down the golf cart path with my camera.  Oh--here's the new word game I played:


The golf cart paths in this town run everywhere--behind every house, under highways, into shopping centers.  There are even golf cart parking spaces!

At first, I hesitated to wander out, since the streets are twisty and I never know where I'm going.  (Give me Chicago-style streets any day of the week!)  I finally started walking down a path, and figured I'd simply turn around and follow the path in reverse.


Even in January, I spotted color amid the orange-brown pine needles and gray overcast skies.



Street signs caught my attention and I took a few shots.  I'd love to live on a street with this name!





A rosebud!  In January!!


The path I was on eventually led into a cul-de-sac, and a subdivision.  I was now on the street.  Literally.  Oh, well.  I kept walking, snapping pictures as I went.  I loved the flowers in the window box below.


Ooh--a mailbox with an "S" just for me to shoot!


Pine trees literally infested this back yard!  Among them was some tall grass, barely waving in the almost still air.


A pretty birdhouse sat atop an iron pole.


I got to the end of the street, turned--I think--then went down another.  Finally, I stopped.  I was lost.


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Christine

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Project 2012 -- Week 43

Project 2012 -- Week 43
October 21 - 27


Welcome to my Project 2012 weekly post!  This is my time to look back over the past week, 
choose seven favorite images I've taken, and share them here with you.  
If you have a project you're working on, please leave a comment 
so I can visit your blog and see what you're up to!



This was a slow week for my camera and me, since Fernando was home sick all week with a cold/flu that really knocked the wind out of his sails.  Poor guy!

We started the week warm and windy (I love that alliteration!) and scheduled a work day in the veggie garden.  First order of the day was to transplant the oregano from the back yard veggie garden into the front flower garden to make space for more veggies.

[295] New home for the oregano

My friend Lori's son Bryan came over to help, and he spread straw over our strawberry plants.  They grew like mad this summer, and we're hoping for a nice harvest next spring.

[296] Straw for strawberries

This sunset was very pretty.  I have to get creative when taking sunset pictures from my back yard due to one of the downsides of living in suburbia--power lines and light posts.  :/

[297] Autumn sunset

After the above sunset, the weather turned rainy, then cold.  I wandered out back on one of those cold, but sunny, days, and took some pictures of weeds.  At least they were blooming!

[298] Autumn dandelions

[299] Caught in thistle

[300] Autumn leaf

I love these gallon-sized glass jars for storing.  I got one of them at a garage sale, and a friend gave me the other one.  I'd love to have several more; they're just so handy.

[301] Legumes

Hopefully this next week will be a richer week for photography!


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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