Here we are at the end of another year. Our theme for Share Six is color. We’ve done this theme a few times. I’ve got lots of ideas running through my head, but as usual, I’m swamped with finishing up packaging orders and trying to get our Christmas preparations in order.
So I pulled from some images I took 10 years ago. One thing I loved doing was party planning. I loved planning fun birthday parties for my kids. So in 2012, what with my daughter being super artsy, we planned an art themed birthday party.
Of course I had to create some inspiration pictures and these are some of those images.
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September’s theme is Intentional. I think it’s a great theme and very fitting for where I’m at in life right now. I’ve always tried to be very intentional in everything I do, however I’ve noticed that sometimes I get depressed and then get lazy, or I just lose my focus. Over the last few years I have been sinking into depression. Certain life circumstances have been beating me down. I’ve noticed that I’ve lost motivation in almost every area of my life. Nothing really brings me joy and so I’ve lost the motivation to be intentional. However I have finally decided that I need to pull myself up by the bootstraps and make myself do things, make myself live life. It may not pull me out of the depression, but it will have to help me in some way.
A few years ago when my son had Lyme disease, we overhauled our diet and our lifestyle. I felt so much better. So that is one thing I have decided to be intentional about again. I’ve started to neglect my health and I want to be intentional about getting back on track.
A few years ago, I started a Facebook group all about living a healthy lifestyle. I wanted to create a community where we could share recipes and share healthy tips. I have recently been heading up some health challenges through my group. For the events, I’ve wanted to have some nice header photos. So those images are my Intentional images.
As is the story of my life, I haven’t been feeling well for the last two weeks and my son just came down with Covid, so I was only able to take two images this month. I’m going to try to get at least one more image tomorrow and then I’ll add it to this post.
This first image is the image I took for my 100 mile walking challenge.
This second image is the image I created for my intermittent fasting challenge.
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All about today…well, I’m not going to lie. Not much has changed since the last few times I’ve blogged. I honestly don’t remember the last time I picked up my camera for a personal project. Life has been absolutely crazy. I do however use my phone a lot to take pictures and document the important moments. As I’ve said before, the best camera to have is the one you have with you. It’s a quotation from someone else, but it’s very true. Maybe next month I’ll finally get my act together and get out my real camera, but for this month’s theme, all of my pictures were taken with my phone.
Here are some pictures from a day of kayaking for me. We kayaked through Mammoth Cave National Park and had quite the adventure. Between a portage that took an hour and a half and someone flipping their kayak and losing their phone and glasses, to an early end to our trip due to rapids. This day was crazy, maddening, hilarious and exhausting. These pictures truly emulate all about today.
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I love this theme. When I found out this was this month’s theme, I was very excited. I really enjoy looking at flat lay images as well as challenging myself to create flat lay images. However, my life has still been quite crazy what with my dad being in the hospital. As usual, I didn’t get my pictures taken. Had planned to take them today but there was another situation with my dad. They thought he coded and he was rushed to the hospital from the rehab facility.
I do however have one photo and I will update my post with the other 5 as soon as possible.
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Anyone who knows me knows that the last three months have been a long and exhausting road. My dad was hospitalized January 10 and it’s been a roller coaster ever since. I’ve watched my dad almost die 3 times. There were many days that were filled with sorrow instead of joy. For weeks I ate, slept and breathed the hospital.
Quite honestly, I have had no time to take any personal pictures other than the ones I’ve taken with my phone of my dad and his progress. I’d love to share those, but I’m not sure my dad would like that.
Over the course of these last 3 months I have had to find joy in each little victory, in every small thing that could possibly boost my spirits. From the sun shining, to my dad finally waking up from sedation, to my dad finally standing up. This is where my joy lies.
So often we get caught up in trying to find or create exciting, over-the-top situations so that we can have joy. Once tragedy strikes though, you realize what really matters in life. Nothing can replace the joy of being with a loved one.
My dad shouldn’t be alive. He truly is a miracle. I don’t understand how God works. I don’t understand His purpose, but I am so thankful for the miracles He has done. Even when things weren’t looking good, even when my dad almost died, God kept reminding me that we must be joyful. I am so thankful for each moment I have spent with him during this whole ordeal. Praying over him, stroking his hair while he was asleep and intubated, holding his hand, watching him wave for first time after waking up, hearing his voice for the first time after weeks of not being able to talk…every little moment spent with him has brought me immense joy. I’ve always tried to have the mindset of finding joy in the little things, but this experience has really reminded me just how important that is. It’s amazing how much joy you can get from a simple smile from a loved one, from the bright sun rays shining in your window, from the squeeze of your daddy’s hand.
I encourage every one of you to slow down and truly find joy in the little things. Don’t underestimate how much joy those simple things can bring you. You just might be surprised at how fulfilling life can be even if life seems mundane or even sad.
“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.” -Romans 15:13
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“Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.” -Colette
Growing up, we never had indoor pets as my dad had allergies to most pets. We did have a few outdoor pets though.
For a while we had bunnies. My rabbit was white and I named him Snowball. Ok, not a very original name, but I was young. We lived right by a main road as well as the interstate. Our tiny neighborhood was a prime spot for people to drop off their unwanted pets, especially cats. So we ended up feeding those cats and they became our outdoor pets.
Fast forward several years and I fell in love with my in-laws’ dog. So one day I took the kids to the shelter and we fell in love with this little poodle mix – Sammy. We ended up adopting him and he is a member of our family. I never knew how much I could love a dog.
My other images are of my in-laws’ dogs Molly and Tanner as well as our goldendoodle Baymax. These dogs work their way into your heart. They love you unconditionally and always greet you with a wagging tail. They truly enrich our lives!
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Well, here we are having completed another revolution around the sun. I don’t know about you, but it sure seems like these revolutions are getting faster. Can someone figure out how to slow them down?
So this month’s theme over at Share Six is Abstract. Abstract photography is the depiction of a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the physical world. Photographers will use different elements such as light, movement or perspective to take the things we see and transform them into an unexpected or unrecognizable image.
These past few weeks have been chaotic what with the holidays, and then on top of it all, I’ve been sick for the last week and a half. So, as usual, these pictures got pushed to the backburner. So I got my weary self up and tried to do the quickest and easiest images I could get while still trying to muster up a little creativity.
These images are of oil in water. They took about 5 minutes to do. Well, after loading them onto my computer, I decided I wanted to go back and tweak a few things and take some more pictures. So I actually included more than 6 pictures in my post. There are two different looks going on here and I kind of like both of them.
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So November was a bit of a depressing month for me. My right arm was cast for most of the month, which made doing pretty much everything very difficult. I had to reschedule my sessions. So I didn’t pick up my camera at all. I did however try to grab a few pictures with my phone while hiking two different days. So these are the images I will share for this month’s Share Six theme.
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For quite a while now I haven’t taken time to work on personal photography projects. Even with Share Six, many months I have been too busy, so I have pulled from my archive of pictures. Quite frankly, I am tired of doing that. I really do love photography too much to let my explorative and creative side take a backseat to my busy life. So with only two days before we were scheduled to go live, and with a migraine that had kept me down all day. I dragged myself out of the recliner, slapped on my sunglasses and grabbed my camera.
This month’s theme is transform, so the painfully obvious choice for this midwesterner was to document the transformation of the leaves. It worked in my favor that this year the changing of the leaves is about a month behind when it normally happens.
Because of my migraine, my husband drove me. I knew of one particular tree that I pass everyday on my morning walk, so we headed straight there. As I walked from the vehicle to the tree, I glanced down and noticed a few dandelions that had gone to seed. Being something that you don’t normally see in the beginning of November, I knew I wanted to photograph it. It’s amazing to me how a dandelion looks and then how completely different it looks once it has gone to seed. The transformation is quite incredible.
It was late afternoon and I really love the way the light transformed the leaves. It illuminated then really highlighting their veins.
When standing under a tree, especially one whose colors are in full bloom with autumn color, you can’t help but look up. The breeze swaying the leaves, with the sunlight sporadically peeking through, is almost like a visual version of a windchime…all these layers and tones of visual stimulation awakening your senses. It feels almost magical.
This tree had been absolutely stunning just days before. Its crown of yellow leaves appeared to have been gilded with the most vibrant orange. However when I got there yesterday, the ground was blanketed in all of the orange leaves. The remaining leaves that clung to the tree were brilliant yellow. As my feet crunched through the leaves, I looked down and noticed this yellow leaf amongst the sea of reddish orange leaves. It looked so beautiful!
Finally, as we were getting ready to leave I saw a few trees that had dropped all of their leaves but had bright red berries. I couldn’t pass up getting a few shots of them.
I absolutely love autumn and how everything transforms. It’s like a symphony for your eyes.
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