Author: queentracey1

Oh, how I wish I made it to the banzais before the baby melted down! Still, there was beauty everywhere, including those I was with and made for some excellent camera fodder.

For pt. 1 post go here

These are small tiles in the grotto of the children’s garden.

This is how my little guy played in the fountain… by splashing himself in the face!

The living hallway… you know a place is really special when they go to all this trouble to decorate the corridor that holds the bathrooms.

A baby fern

Under the weeping cherry

I thought this hill looked so magical – thanks Lightroom for the ability to edit it how I saw it!

Tiny ant

Japanese wisteria born 1975

My beautiful friend and her adorable daughter

Thanks WordPress for the feature on Freshly Pressed!  In a matter of a couple days my humble little blog has reached thousands.  I have something like 130 new followers so I wanted to say hello and welcome!  Welcome to my world of being photographically insecure and self deprecating (not to be confused with defecating) while occasionally producing some great things.

Lots of love to Bluelyon at The Neophyte Photographer, Chris over at Static Instants, Gail Schechter, Far Enough Photo, ShawnandSuzanne over at The Lost Art of Hitchhiking, knudsens, George Weaver, bettypatsgirl, SkeDazzles, and a couple others I’m sure I’m forgetting that have stuck around and encouraged me.  ❤

I dreamed this morning about a friend that was very dear to me. In my dream he had taken the form of two people and all three of us were wearing ROCKMOUNT shirts.

My friend told me that half of the fun of getting a Rockmount was the cool box in which it arrived. I explained that I got my Rockmount at the original store in Denver and there was no cool shipping box.

This little fact seemed to dampen my friend’s spirit and in just a moment I was awake. 

I took these photos around my neighborhood over the past week.

Hard to believe that there’s a chance of snow over the next few days.

I don’t think of myself as an “abstract” person but of late I have felt like exploring that side of myself, especially today when I know there are other things I should be doing. 😉  I will do those things but …

… for a moment I give myself permission (once again) to creatively procrastinate by sorting through the  digital files and pulling out a few images catching my attention.  Some certainly bordering on the abstract.  All imbued with a certain light and play of shadows.

Ideas are starting to come to mind for how I might use these and other images.  But … after a while … procrastination is procrastination no matter what adjective I put in front of the word.  And so, for now, I must put away the camera and avert my eyes from photography files.  At least until tomorrow.  😉

Since I left Longwood Gardens with 300 photos in my memory card, I thought I’d break them down a bit.

If you’d like to see part two, go here!

I am gonna end this set with my very favorite photo. It is how I wish all of these photos turned out. Everything relevant is in focus, it’s beautifully lit, it’s crisp, and beautiful. You get this because you scrolled to the end of the post!

The Microphone was

purple and so were the flowers

under their bare skin