DPS assignment: natural framing “The goal was to use frames within the picture to help isolate the subject and draw your eye to it.” Our winner this week was hlkljgk for her picture of her smiling daughter on a swing. The framing of the swing not only gave it a context but also brought the [...]

These words are my wedding day vows to you. I meant each one and still do. I love you more and more each day. Thank you for being such a great husband, Jim. xoxh love, as i reflect upon the moments that have guided us to this day, i am fascinated by the phases through [...]

I don’t post expecting people to read this blog; it’s more of a place for me to track some of my favorite things. So, I was pleasantly surprised to find that I was tagged with this thoughtful award in a friend’s blog the other day: Thank you, Cindy! Right back at ya. And now I’d [...]

How do you create a photo where one thing is color and the rest is black & white (selective color)? You can use picnik.com * upload image * click the “create” tab * click “black and white” * “paint” the colored area you want You can also see alternative options here.

i don’t even have to leave my chair to capture wildlife anymore. this is the view from my office window. Solstices occur twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is most oriented toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to reach its northernmost and southernmost extremes. The name is derived [...]

Daddy northern cardinal feeding his baby girl  There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before. ~Robert Lynd, The Blue Lion and Other Essays

There’s something like a line of gold thread running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave into a cloth that feels like love itself. ~John Gregory Brown, Decorations in a Ruined [...]

this is a rather large flag hanging over main street in Florence, MA, outside of Northampton. happy flag day

yeah, we lost power yeah, it was really hot "The storms rumbled through the Westfield area about 10:30 p.m. and raised havoc throughout city…" dharma was panting so heavily until the power came back on – 3:30am-ish, i think. i may have been hallucinating at that point. btw: my first lightning shot

Rememberance Today I honor the service of our fallen troops, no matter our philosophical or political differences. And "Thank You" to those of you who are serving or have served. In Flanders Fields Image adapted from Auntie P’s "Field Poppies"