Thursday, June 30, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
"YELLOW" PHOTO CONTEST
This month's theme in the the photo contest is "YELLOW". If you'd like to participate in the voting please head on over to Stardom Awaits! Voting is open for approximately 2 weeks, and the winner(s) will be announced at that time complete with the photographer's names.
Please remember to vote for ONE PHOTO only, thanks, and enjoy the photography!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Please remember to vote for ONE PHOTO only, thanks, and enjoy the photography!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Friday, June 24, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 21
Day 21: "Faceless Self Portrait"
Say hello to my ear. The rest of my face isn't here because of the title! This is a part of a set of my fancy "dress up" jewellry my late husband gave me as a gift for my birthday one year, long ago. No not diamonds, zirconia was the affordable version and I love this set!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Say hello to my ear. The rest of my face isn't here because of the title! This is a part of a set of my fancy "dress up" jewellry my late husband gave me as a gift for my birthday one year, long ago. No not diamonds, zirconia was the affordable version and I love this set!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Thursday, June 23, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 20
Day 20: "Bokeh"
The term "bokeh" refers to the blur in an image. In this case the rose in the forefront is a macro (or close up) sharp shot with the entire background bokeh, or blurred. A person can do an entire image in bokeh, for example christmas lights all blurred. It can be quite pretty!
PEACE!
Love Jude
The term "bokeh" refers to the blur in an image. In this case the rose in the forefront is a macro (or close up) sharp shot with the entire background bokeh, or blurred. A person can do an entire image in bokeh, for example christmas lights all blurred. It can be quite pretty!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 18
Day 18: "Your Shoes"
This didn't seem like a very exciting subject so I just took a picture of my newest shoes, a pair of flip-flops. Back in the day, we lived in these in the summer months but they were called "thongs" then. Now thongs are underwear and flip flops are thongs. It's all flipflopped, LOL
In actuality, my Dad coined the phrase "Scuffies" for these, because growing up we seemed to stub our toes quite often wearing these. In our family they forever became called Scuffies. :-)
PEACE!
Love Jude
This didn't seem like a very exciting subject so I just took a picture of my newest shoes, a pair of flip-flops. Back in the day, we lived in these in the summer months but they were called "thongs" then. Now thongs are underwear and flip flops are thongs. It's all flipflopped, LOL
In actuality, my Dad coined the phrase "Scuffies" for these, because growing up we seemed to stub our toes quite often wearing these. In our family they forever became called Scuffies. :-)
PEACE!
Love Jude
Monday, June 20, 2011
Sunday, June 19, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 16
Day 16: "Long Exposure"
Technically this is a long exposure, being that it is a shot taken in the pitch black of night so the shutter setting was set that way. This is our front yard, hubby was still trying to get some plant feeding done in the flower gardens and you can see the watering can still on the step.
PEACE!
Love Jude
Technically this is a long exposure, being that it is a shot taken in the pitch black of night so the shutter setting was set that way. This is our front yard, hubby was still trying to get some plant feeding done in the flower gardens and you can see the watering can still on the step.
PEACE!
Love Jude
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 13
DAY 13: "SELF, 13 THINGS"
(click on the photo to enlarge so you can see everything)
These are some of the things that describe just who this hippie chick is. It's not everything mind you, as for example family and friends are the very heart of my soul, but this gives some idea what I'm about. One of my dearest friends made me the card with sunflowers on it, she knows that is my favourite flower as it is the "Spiritual Flower". (thank you Lexy)
My faith is shown in a necklace but it's not all of that either, as my Tarot cards and runes are also a huge part of my spiritual life. The runes are all rose quartz which is MY stone, it means something to me and is my favourite. I have many stones and crystals, some which I use to doing healings.
My two favourite animals, dogs and elephants. The elephant (thank you sisters Pammie and Brenda!) is holding a candle, and candles and incense are something I always have on hand.
I love to read, and I read every night. This book is the first of a series which are my all time favourite to read. And my favourite music is shown here in some Rock and some Classical CD's. I love rock from the late 60's / early 70's, and also from the 80's. And when I want to relax, reconnect and rejuvinate, I listen to my favourite soft strains from the Classical Masters.
My two favourite hot drinks are shown here, Tetley Green Tea and Tim Horton's Coffee. YUM! And what did I do to get this photo? Why I used my camera of course, and my old camera is shown here as I love my photography hobby!
And what would any self respecting hippie chick be if she wasn't ALL ABOUT PEACE?? Thanks to my dear friend Monica for the "Peace" word, I have cherished that for years now.
PEACE!
Love Jude
(click on the photo to enlarge so you can see everything)
These are some of the things that describe just who this hippie chick is. It's not everything mind you, as for example family and friends are the very heart of my soul, but this gives some idea what I'm about. One of my dearest friends made me the card with sunflowers on it, she knows that is my favourite flower as it is the "Spiritual Flower". (thank you Lexy)
My faith is shown in a necklace but it's not all of that either, as my Tarot cards and runes are also a huge part of my spiritual life. The runes are all rose quartz which is MY stone, it means something to me and is my favourite. I have many stones and crystals, some which I use to doing healings.
My two favourite animals, dogs and elephants. The elephant (thank you sisters Pammie and Brenda!) is holding a candle, and candles and incense are something I always have on hand.
I love to read, and I read every night. This book is the first of a series which are my all time favourite to read. And my favourite music is shown here in some Rock and some Classical CD's. I love rock from the late 60's / early 70's, and also from the 80's. And when I want to relax, reconnect and rejuvinate, I listen to my favourite soft strains from the Classical Masters.
My two favourite hot drinks are shown here, Tetley Green Tea and Tim Horton's Coffee. YUM! And what did I do to get this photo? Why I used my camera of course, and my old camera is shown here as I love my photography hobby!
And what would any self respecting hippie chick be if she wasn't ALL ABOUT PEACE?? Thanks to my dear friend Monica for the "Peace" word, I have cherished that for years now.
PEACE!
Love Jude
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
"KITCHENWARE" WINNERS
Over at Stardom Awaits! it was a 3-way tie! Congrats to the winners, and thank you voters for participating! You can now go back to the original post to see which photog took which pictures. :-)
End of June contest will be "YELLOW" so stay tuned folks!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 10
DAY 10: "CHILDHOOD MEMORIES"
This well used and worn lunch box was my own when I was a child back in the '50's. I remember there was a matching wide-mouth thermos that went with it, although that is long gone. My younger sisters used this for school too, long after I'd grown out of it. When the black plastic handle broke, Dad made a new handle out of this nylon strap.
Looking at this now brings back memories of lunches my Mom made for me. The sandwiches then were always wrapped in waxed paper, and there was a thermos of soup and an apple inside. I can almost smell the lunches even now! Nowadays I use it as a cookie tin, when I'm baking and feel nostalgic.
PEACE!
Love Jude
This well used and worn lunch box was my own when I was a child back in the '50's. I remember there was a matching wide-mouth thermos that went with it, although that is long gone. My younger sisters used this for school too, long after I'd grown out of it. When the black plastic handle broke, Dad made a new handle out of this nylon strap.
Looking at this now brings back memories of lunches my Mom made for me. The sandwiches then were always wrapped in waxed paper, and there was a thermos of soup and an apple inside. I can almost smell the lunches even now! Nowadays I use it as a cookie tin, when I'm baking and feel nostalgic.
PEACE!
Love Jude
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 7
DAY 7: "FRUIT"
I enjoy doing "still life" shots, and this one features a pear and an orange, along with a delicate china rose, and teacup and saucer.
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A reminder, only 5 more days left to vote in the "Kitchenware Photo Contest" over at STARDOM AWAITS!
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PEACE!
Love Jude
I enjoy doing "still life" shots, and this one features a pear and an orange, along with a delicate china rose, and teacup and saucer.
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A reminder, only 5 more days left to vote in the "Kitchenware Photo Contest" over at STARDOM AWAITS!
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PEACE!
Love Jude
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 5
DAY 5: "FROM HIGH ANGLE"
Sister Pammie and I have gone a couple of times to this little city park, situated high on a hill overlooking downtown and the river. The scenic views there are great for photographic opportunities, plus it's peaceful and relaxing. We really do have a pretty city!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Sister Pammie and I have gone a couple of times to this little city park, situated high on a hill overlooking downtown and the river. The scenic views there are great for photographic opportunities, plus it's peaceful and relaxing. We really do have a pretty city!
PEACE!
Love Jude
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Monday, June 06, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
PHOTO CHALLENGE, DAY 2
DAY 2: "WHAT YOU WORE TODAY"
This is what I'm wearing out for the grocery/banking/errands run this afternoon. My oh-so-comfy "slinky" material top with mandarin collar. It's a beautiful day out there but it's not hot, which is GREAT! All the straps you see are from my camera. To top it off, black leggings and black sandals.
PEACE!
Love Jude
This is what I'm wearing out for the grocery/banking/errands run this afternoon. My oh-so-comfy "slinky" material top with mandarin collar. It's a beautiful day out there but it's not hot, which is GREAT! All the straps you see are from my camera. To top it off, black leggings and black sandals.
PEACE!
Love Jude
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
30 DAY PHOTO CHALLENGE
Bring it on!
Thanks to Danni over at her blog, I saw this and felt compelled to give it a whirl. Are you up for it on your blog too? Or on your Facebook?
Let's get started!
Day One. "Self Portrait"
If you decide to do this challenge on your blog or Facebook too, please let me know so I can follow you!
PEACE!
Love Jude