Mosaic Monday: Ham House

Oh gosh, once again I'm late posting here!  It's been so stinking hot here in New Jersey, I've not had any desire to do anything except sit in the air conditioning and lose myself in a book.  Right now, we are huddled in the small family room, noodling around on the internet and watching a broadcast version of one of my favorite movies -- Moonstruck.

Here are a few photos from my trip to England in May.  This is Ham House, a beautiful example of seventeenth-century architecture, located along the Thames River in Richmond.  I have more photos to come, but here is a little sneak peek.

Stay cool, my friends.  Sorry to say, but I'm starting to look forward to fall.  ;)

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Mosaic Monday: Looking Back

Since it's been ungodly hot here in New Jersey these past few weeks, I've decided to take a look back at spring, with some images from nearby Willowwood Arboretum that I never got around to sharing with you.  When I shot these, I was so happy that the weather was warming up, and some flowers were beginning to appear.  Now, it's been in the 80's and 90's for two weeks straight, and I'm dreaming of sweaters...  :)

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Mosaic Monday: Cambridge

Senate House of Cambridge University

Field along the River Cam (on the left) // Corpus Christi College (on the right)

Punts on the River Cam

University Church, Great St. Mary's (on left) // Pub on the River Cam (on the right)

Darwin College, on The River Cam

St. Botolph's Parish Church (on the left) // Corpus Christi College (on the right)

King's College

Walk along the River Cam

It's been over a month since I got back from my visit to England, and I finally got around to downloading and editing some of my photos.  These were taken in the town of Cambridge, home to Cambridge University, the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world.  Chartered by King Henry III in 1231, many of the colleges that make up the university were founded in medieval times so that their members would pray for the souls of the founders.  Today, Cambridge University is made up of 31 colleges and six academic schools, all occupying various sites throughout the town.  The river Cam winds it's way through the town, and is a beautiful natural counterpoint to the glorious stone architecture.

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Mosaic Monday: Late Again

Late again, with no excuse save that I actually forgot that it was Sunday...  :)  And I know that it's rather amusing for a person who photographs the passage of time -- antique books, dried flowers, old letters, long shadows, dusk -- to be so oblivious herself.  One of God's little cosmic jokes.  :)

So here are a few more images from my month in yellow.  I'm not sure what next month's color will be yet, but I'm almost positive that you will be seeing a lot of it!  ;)

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Mosaic Monday: Flowers and Father's Day

It's been a lovely Father's Day here today, with lots of love and great gifts.  I don't often write about personal things here, but I just wanted to share my lovely day with you.  I really like Father's Day better than Mother's Day.  Don't get me wrong -- I love the attention and gifts I get, but I really love to see my husband's eyes light up when the kids cook him breakfast, and bring out the gifts.  :)

The first picture of us all was taken on Block Island, probably around 1993.  My daughter was hell on wheels that year.  We actually had to put a harness on her for the ferry ride.  Yes, we were those parents.  The second photo was taken in San Francisco two years ago.  It's fun when your grown (or almost grown) children still like to go on vacation with you.  :)

I had to include some flower photos, just because that's what I love to shoot and my archives are getting rather full of unpublished work.  And you all expect flowers from me, right?  ;)

By the way, my husband's t-shirt in the first picture reads:  "Why?  Because I'm your father!"  Wishing all your fathers a wonderful day -- filled with love!  xoxo

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Mosaic Monday: Yellow

I've been struggling to come up with a post for today...  I've been struggling to come up with something yellow to photograph for my Colors of 2013 group on Facebook...  I've been struggling to blog, period.

I know that these things come in cycles -- inspiration, free time, the desire to blog at all.  And every time that I come to the conclusion that I just can't seem to write another post, I also have a hard time letting go completely.  So, I guess I'm here to stay for now.  In another month or so, I will probably be filled with inspiration and have blog posts coming out of my ears...  ;)

A little bit about these photos, in case you're wondering:  the book is dated 1842.  I found it without its cover in a thrift store, and loved the title page so much that I bought it.  I was an English major in college, so I can honestly say that I've read a lot of the material as well.  The two small carved celluloid pitchers came from the thrift store as well.  They don't actually have any openings.  I guess they were just meant to be decorative.  And finally, the little framed photograph is, you guessed it, from the thrift store also.  I tend to pick up these little things with no clear idea in mind of what I will do with them.  I just recently realized that I have probably been collecting them all along with the unconscious idea of using them as photo props.  At least that's my story for now, and I'm sticking to it.  :)

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Mosaic Monday: Blue (or maybe purple?)

Once again, time has gotten away from me this week, and I'm in a tizzy to post at the last minute.  (isn't tizzy a fun word?)  I've been participating in a photo group on Facebook called Colors of 2013 with Eva Ricci.  Here are my entries for the month of May, where our theme was "blue."  As I look at them gathered in this mosaic, I get the feeling that I was actually shooting purple all month...  but it is what it is, and it's June now...  :)

I'm proud to say that everything here is from my garden, which has been enjoying all the rain this season, even if the rest of us have not.  This is the first year that my clematis has taken off, and I'm thrilled!  The Siberian Iris are my old standbys.  I do love blue (or maybe purple?) flowers best...  :)

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