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Archive for November, 2011

Published Saturday, November 12, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

White clothes in closet

This image is from a visit last year to Ft. Worden in Port Townsend, WA. There’s a tour of what used to be an officer’s quarters turned into a museum, and a closet had these lovely old white clothes hanging in it. I loved the peaceful quality of the light shining on them. No color needed!

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old cotton underclothes, clothes in a closet, window in closet, white undies, old fashioned slips

Published Friday, November 11, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Three orchids in three vases

The Holiday Open House at Trudy’s Floral Design in Seattle was so much fun yesterday. I met all kinds of really nice people, signed some books, and of course amused myself with photographing some of the beautiful displays. What a great party. If you missed it you must come next year.

One lovely woman said I inspired her because I created the Flowers book with only my pocket camera, not a lot of fancy equipment. That’s a pet peeve of mine, the idea that you must have super-expensive, complicated (and heavy!) equipment to get great photos. Just not true. If you are interested in learning more about my simple approach to photography, please download the “7 Secrets” pdf to the right in the sidebar. And then please write and tell me if it helped you.

If you have a moment, visit Pink Saturday, Shadow Shot Sunday, SOOC Sunday (straight out of the camera), Watery Wednesday, Weekend Reflections, Today’s Flowers, Weekend Flowers, Macro Friday, Macro Monday, and Macro Flowers Saturday. It’s loads of fun to see the talent of people around the planet. If the photo of orchids in the vases is the only one here, click on Sara’s Fave Photos for more. Thanks for visiting!

3 orchids in a vase set, black wrought iron, green glass vases with pointed bottoms, green & pink orchids

Published Thursday, November 10, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Taking a break

One way to take a break after a long car trip is to lie flat on your back on the carpet in the sunshine, like a cat. Naturally, the shadows really sing to me in this one. And the toenails. I’m calling it my Best Post of the Week.

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woman supine, woman in jeans on carpet, sunshine and shadows indoors

Published Tuesday, November 8, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Birds on the water

We were at the Normandy Park, WA cove and saw a huge bunch of birds (common murres?) on the water. This photo shows only a small portion of them. They were sitting out there and then, whoosh, they all went into the air at once and settled a ways away. Quite beautiful to see them fly like that.

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common murre colony, sunlight on water, birds floating on Puget sound

Published Monday, November 7, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Red Japanese maple leaf

This Japanese maple leaf is from my front yard, photo taken last week. The dark leaf color is already gone, with only red ones now, but I thought I’d show you the combination of the purple it was all summer and the autumn red just beginning.

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lace leaf maple, laceleaf japanese maple in autumn, fall color, macro japanese maple leaf

Published Friday, November 4, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Red Lion amaryllis

It rebloomed! I’ve read all kinds of complicated instructions, but they sound like way too much work to me. All I did was keep it in a sunny (south) windowsill and keep watering it with the weak liquid fertilizer in the water that I always use for houseplants (so I don’t have to remember when to do it). Like all bulbs, amaryllis must have great drainage. After the leaves died back I still kept watering it when it was very dry. And lo and behold, a serious flower stalk emerged two weeks ago and now is in full bloom! The only other thing is that they must be inside a heavy pot because they are so top heavy and can easily fall over.

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red lion amaryllis, macro, anthers, pollen, red flower

Published Friday, November 4, 2011, OK personal/derivative use; link www.lovethatimage.com.

Columbia River at sunset

We were in Kennewick, WA, at the edge of the Columbia River, not too long ago. There was a smoky fire in the area which I must admit made the sunset even more beautiful.

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columbia river at dusk, columbia river at sunset, river grasses, smoky sky

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