Iced Tea for Breakfast
I drink iced tea everyday - even when I worked in downtown Minneapolis in the winter!
The Muse Has Left The Building
Remember on the old Frazier show, how it would always end with “Frazier has left the building“, a riff of course on the phrase, “Elvis has left the building“. Well, in response to weekly photo challenge for this week on muse, I find it hard to show what’s calling to me because nothing is. The…
2014 Highlights
Here are some highlights from last year (Nancy’s 2014 Yearbook!): My Favorite Posts Some of my favorite posts from 2014 were: A Gallery of My Daughter Growing Up – this was for a weekly photo challenge on endurance, of which I think parenthood is the ultimate test. Books Everyone Should Read – these are not necessarily my favorite…
Naming My Emotions
I was laid off on Wednesday. Outsourced. Bye-bye. 7 years of my life over just like that for myself and my entire team, all of whom had been with me for over 5 years. Whew! There. I finally told it. My former employer left me in good shape, so I have time to thoughtfully look…
Pears With Textures
For the final assignment in my close-up photography class, we were to take a photograph of something with four different textures. After a great deal of experimentation, I ended up four fairly boring pictures of a pear that we had. So, to make it more appealing to me, I ran it through Topaz Effects…
Time For Tea
You’re invited to a virtual tea time! I’d call it by its real name – PARTY – but in the wisdom of our politicians in this country, the name has been corrupted and I don’t feel like a bunch of landings on this page because people are looking for “the” tea party instead of “a” tea…
Bloopers and Practicing Failure
This week’s assignment for my close-up photography course (I discussed in more detail here) was to use items from the kitchen or bathroom. The three above turned out really well. I especially like the bubbles that’s almost entirely green. But wait until you see what didn’t turn out. I spent all afternoon working on this…
Still Life With Tea
Tonight I unexpectedly nurtured my creativity by going prop shopping. I have some ideas for pictures this weekend and needed some different types of teas. I will, of course, have to taste test them as I take pictures! I was thankful to not have many crowds. I went straight from work, which helped, but by…
I Cannot Pass Up
Things I can’t pass up: Books – love, love, love them. I can never have too many books. Bookstores – I have to check them out whenever I see one. Each one carries something a little different, so who knows what treasure I’ll find. Checking out 2 or 3 in a weekend is better yet!…
Living The Seasons 