Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label wildflowers. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Weekly Header Challenge -- Signs of Fall

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants
Imac 
Lew

I'm joining in the group above for this weekly challenge.
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what they've come up with!

Theme ~ Signs of Fall

Chosen by Lew.


I love this week's theme.  Then again, that was easy, since I love all things autumn, and I tend to break out my camera and go exploring in a big burst before the really cold weather hits us here in Chicagoland.

Here is the full image of my header:

Red leaves, McDowell Grove, Naperville, Illinois.

Fernando and I went for a walk at a local forest preserve.  I hadn't been there in ages, and although there wasn't a lot of color because most of the scenery is scrub trees and "natural" vegetation, there were pops here and there.

Here are more signs that it's fall.

Brown, crinkly leaves...


More opportunities to warm up the house with baking...


Pops of color along the river...


A harvest moon...


Autumn colors on the prairie...


Ladybugs congregating on our south/west windows...


And my favorite image, which I see every day for just a week or so through my kitchen window.

Jacob's tree.

This is a very special tree.  My dad gave us this little stick of a tree for Arbor Day the year Jacob was born.  We put a little plastic fence around it--actually, there were two trees but one kept getting mown over by the lawnmower!--and it grew two or three feet tall.  Then we moved, and we took the tree with us.  But, we moved to an apartment while we waited for a house to be built (or not--long story), so my parents transplanted the tree into their back yard.

We ultimately moved into our current house, and that autumn had my dad re-transplant the tree into our very own back yard.  It's a small tree for 23 years of age, but it has always been called Jacob's tree, and for a mere handful of days in autumn, it is a beautiful reminder of the glory of autumn, and of God's faithfulness to us in our family's journey together.


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Weekly Header Challenge - A Few of My Favorite Things

It's time for the Weekly Header Challenge!

"Headbanger" Participants
Imac 
Lew

I'm joining in the group above for this weekly challenge.
Click on the other participants' blogs to see
what they've come up with!

Theme ~ A Few of My Favorite Things

Chosen by me.


Julie Andrews' voice is stuck in my head this morning as I compile images depicting some of my favorite things...  Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens...

Anyway, those were Maria's favorite things.  Here are some of mine.

My goofy family (and my header image)...


A walk in the woods...


Fireworks...


Wildflowers...


The ocean...


Chocolate cake...


The colors of autumn...


Sunsets, anywhere...


My vegetable garden...


Lake Bonaparte...


These are just a few of my favorite things.  Can't wait to see yours!


Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Monday, October 7, 2013

Gear Up!

I have new gear.

Four little words.  One simple sentence.  But it's huge.  Like my grin.  :D

Ellie, my Canon EOS 40D, has been my faithful friend these past few years.  She is joined by a big sister, Anna.  Anna is a Canon EOS 60D.  I'm slowly working my way up the Canon ladder, and when I make my millions (lol), I'll have the big-time camera, whatever it may be at that time.  I'll just keep on dreaming.

For now, enjoy these first images from Anna.  Of course, I put my macro lens on her and took her out.  What better way to start shooting with a new camera body, I ask?  None.







Thought I'd throw in an insect.  We've seen a lot of these around here lately.  They are amazing creatures, for sure.







Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Flowers on the Hill | Wisconsin Website Photographer

I spent an amazing day at the Farm on the Hill, and got to witness two incredible sunrises.  Skip the fact that I promptly went back to sleep after I saw each one.  ;)

Today, I'm featuring the images I took with my macro lens.  Remember; they're not weeds.  They're wildflowers.











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Flower images -- click here
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Treasuring life's moments,
Christine

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