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Various shots that made me smile.
By Silver Blue | 1 comment
1I’m a bit random with today’s post simply because I snapped whatever photos made me smile. The fact it was almost 50 helped warm me up (and tomorrow will be in the 60s…oh Mother Nature, you’re late on your HRT! (Hormone Replacement Therapy)).
Heading out the door, I see a shot through the trees. Abstract, but the muted colours (and the last remaining hanging dried blooms on this crepe myrtle) spoke volumes to me.
Moving on and through the neighbourhood, we come across…
I’ve always dreamt of owning a house with a turret. In fact, in 1980, when my family moved from South Carolina back to Virginia, one of the houses we looked at had a turret — and a spiral staircase leading to the room at the top of the stairs — it would have been perfect for MY bedroom. The downside? There were holes in the walls where it looked like someone had punched the walls in fits of anger, and the entire house reeked of cat urine. PASS! Perhaps one day I’ll get my house with a turret. (By the way, this house is NOT the one we looked at 32 years ago. That house still is standing, and has been (I would gather) kept up quite nicely. The lawn is well kept, and the house — at that time a Pepto-Bismol pink on the cedar shake shingles — is now a more demure olive green.
I also enjoy nautical themes. This isn’t actually a boat tie-off, or the edge of a pier. It’s merely a property boundary marker. Still… with the water in the background, it made me smile.
Finally…
Eat peacefully, wee birdie. No cat or squirrel can get to you in here. Two days ago, that seed bin was completely full. I’d say the wee birds have voracious appetites. (Easier to do when you know you’re not as easily marked to be someone else’s dinner!)
Silver Blue, who dreams of castles, turrets, and of being an eagle on the wing.
Marching to the beat of my own drum.
By Silver Blue
Of course, it doesn’t hurt if you’ve got someone counting the beat for you too!
One of the things that I love about photography, and attempting to capture memories, is the ability to see things through a lens in a way that perhaps you wouldn’t in just the hustle and bustle of the day. We all seem to be in such a hurry that we pass by, without even noticing, some really amazing sights.
Take for example the building my Chiropractor is in. I’ve been going there since October, but I’ve never really stopped to look at it, to really SEE it, until this morning. There, in the rising sun… well, Stevie Wonder may have had an album called “In Square Circle” (the song Part-Time Lover is from it), but this is the true epitome of the name:
The interesting thing to me is that it looks like it’s just a wall with a hole in it — after all, you can see the sky on the right, and perhaps the tree has been trimmed back and you’d not see it through the opening. In fact, you’re seeing the reflection of the sky behind ME as I take this picture. The fact that the window next to it isn’t reflecting anything at all struck me as odd, and unique at the same time.
As I’d mentioned prior, however, good photographs require you to learn you to “see” your environs, not just look at them. The next time you’re out shopping — be it in a supermarket, department store, or shopping centre/mall, do yourself a favour. Look UP. I’d mentioned this back when the blog was relatively new with the post: There Is Beauty All Around Us.
When I was doing errands today, I made a stop at a local mall… one I don’t normally frequent, Chesapeake Square. I happened to have my camera with me, and on my way out, I looked up. I’m glad the mall wasn’t crowded today because what I saw stopped me in my tracks. I saw angles. I saw light. I saw colour. I was “seeing” my environs. A moment later, I had my “memory” shot.
There’s something almost Nautical about this shot. Crisp, clean, and the light and shadows make the photo something that makes me smile.
The nautical bit is only appropriate, as the mall’s “logo” (now mostly deprecated), was four anchors set at angles.
Silver Blue, who reminds you to not only take time to stop and smell the roses, but to not just pass through life, but look, SEE, and enjoy the world around you!
Make it one for my baby…
By Silver Blue
…and one more for the road…
Two completely non-related photographs, but ones that I’m completely in love with.
First, the front “garden” decorations of the Dynamic Beth, who keeps my hair looking spiky and fresh.
As you can tell, Beth is very much into the nautical theme. Tasteful decorations of King Neptune and his two mermaid “nymphs”. (The only thing missing his is trident, though the sculpture doesn’t appear to have place for one.)
Secondly, from the holiday party from work, a simple display of wine bottles:
A Merlot, White Zinfandel, Chardonnay, and Pinot Grigio. I don’t know much about wines (other than I can’t drink red, with the exception of one Merlot by Penfold’s, due to allergies which spawn massive migraines), but I find it strange that the Chardonnay is the only wine that is in a different shaped bottle. Oh wait. I can’t tell about the “punt” (the dip in the bottom of the bottle) of the merlot, but it appears to be nearly non-existent in the Pinot Grigio, though I guess maybe the condensation on the bottle might be hiding it?
Silver Blue, raising a glass to 2012. Regardless if the Mayans are correct, I’m going to make this a year to beat all years!
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