#13 Reflections

The lights reflecting on the window from the inside are way prettier but they don't show up in the pictures.

This is half of the front window showing the winter branches. reflecting out part of the town.

I was going to do a personal sort of reflection look...but I feel too rushed today for a creative photo...
So we went quick.

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#12 On The Wall

I chose the clock on the wall...it is a constant reminder to me about deadlines.
I hate deadlines of course but, I do need them to keep me constant.

I constantly peer at the clock for when to go pick up children, when a student might arrive, how long is left for class...

How much time is going by for a process and what is the frame of time left i can make the whole thing complete

WILL i BE on time?????


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#11 A Beautiful Building

 

This is an old old bank front on main street in Platte, SD.   I am not so smitten with the way at some point they did the glass blocks but, I do love all of the masonry architecture for the corbels and the arch.  The carving is really pretty.  The building is newer than my building , right next door, so I put it around 80-85 years old.

This will be the future space for the Floral shop and I think she is still planning a coffee shop too.

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#10 New Perspective

This was a rather difficult prompt for me to interpret.  Even after I looked up the definition..there are several...

Perspective (cognitive), "point of view", in psychology, the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences

I went with cognitive definition...then added it to Forrest newest experience...fences.

He is MR big furs about field...granted he is sharp and can fetch with all the "big" dogs bird for bird..even though his hearing skills have become shallow...the hearing aide (shocker collar set on LOWest) has helped him in his listening skills...sometimes 'daddy' does seem to get it right.

Well enter into the picture a new experience ...fences...COWS...wowo kuhhhlll they run too ans smeeeell yummy!...owww owwww what is this thing...fence forrest stay clear...here
oh but...oww oww...fence forrest stay clear here! here! HERE NOW!!...yeah i am coming it hurts owwwwwwwie...

After stitches...and now kennel rest...he might be thinking fences aren't so kool!...that listening thing just might have a bit of merit...he is young yet and his new "tattoo" will give him a tough look that will add to his stories for the younger pups through the years to come.

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#9 Flesh

I didn't want to be so obvious...flesh is kinda well...flesh
I thought about "fleshing out a sketch"
doing the crook of my thumb or elbo and making them guess

but hey
the flesh of fruit!

go getcha some
and have a great day!!!

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#8 Motion

Hannah does motion real well.."No!" LOL but she did what i wished...heh heh

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#7 Kiss

 

 

Jbear getting a kiss from grampa
Here is an update though Jbear opened her eyes this morning!

A bit blurry but i didn't want to laser her or bright light her...and right after this she went back to sleep...so this was it for the time being

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Prompt #6 Signage

 

Even in small town USA..change occurs..  Our horizon changes...out with the old ...

This shows that no where does change not occur.

80 years this old school house sat her ground..taught the children...gave a teacher her first teaching job...this fabulous representation of Americana served purpose.

She IS being re purposed to teach once more through our Museum located within town.

I am sure she is both sad and excited.


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#5 Sunset

This was a real challenge! Because we have had soooo many cloudy overcast false promises of rainy days...

This happened to just peek through.

Sunset here are absolutely gorgeous...usually.

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Stairs/Steps day 4

I am going to show you how I came up with my Ghost stairwell.  I DO have a ghost at the store...and these are stairwells at the store, but not my ghost.

Beginning with the stairs...

Add model Cheyenne Cernitisch...decked out with her creepy makeup...

Extract model and add a skirt change everything to black and white and blend them together..

Then add the filmy overlay...you get a ghosted imagery worth what I was going for in today's prompt

Stairs...

I think I did pretty good remembering lessons for Photoshop... :)

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People & Pets Day 3

 

 

Buggsy/momma and J her baby at 1 week with Grandpa Craig...I don't really need to explain this picture
:D

Baby J is HUGE...she can almost stand.
A very contented baby...but then no competition for feeders and all is right in her world.

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Favorite Hangout..Day 2

 

THIS is it!

The nest.

 

 

 

My MOST favorite space...

 

I don't watch TV...that thing hanging over the blanket is called, a BOOK...I haven't graduated to a Kindle. 

 

Still use the old fashioned version for a read...real pages and a front and back cover...

Never read the introduction or the back flap. 

 

I totally go by author, as in favorite....or the title...so the author needs to be creative in that.

 

Subject is tantalizing too...

 

I ONLY read at night.

Never during the day...because I can get caught up in that story and not do what needs to be addressed.

 

 

So, do you have a favorite hangout?  The local watering hole, a special garden, the museum?

 

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Self Portrait Day 1 challenge

Greeting the customer's coming into the gallery 'look'...."Welcome to the stagecoach, how may I help you today"

This the first day to Kim Poole's challenge...you probably have time to yet sign up!
She is on facebook and this is a closed facebook group...so you would need to contact Kim.

I had considered doing something abnormal, or funky things to the pictures...such as:

which is a cool feature I discovered on my Nikon...it is an effect called painting!

this is one of the 2 i did this effect to...looking i the background you can see it has a painterly effect.

So this is day 1 self portrait...there aren't many pictures of me...so here ya go...

tomorrow is my favorite hangout...betcha can't guess where that is!

have a terrific day!