Mosaic Monday: Flower Power

Most of you probably know how I get every winter -- just short of laying around in my jammies, with chocolate stains all over my face.  LOL  This has been a strange winter weather-wise so far -- we've already had at least four "snow events" and a few days of bone-chilling cold.

Yeah, well.

I thought some flower therapy was in order this week, so here are just a few of the many, many flower images that I have shot over the years.  I've got a pot of tiny daffodils waiting on the kitchen counter to take their turn before my lens this week...  Until then, enjoy.

Happy winter!

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Mosaic Monday: More Winter

"The earth goes down into the vale of grief..."

Winter has always seemed to me like a couple of months of darkness to be got through on the way to spring...  I'm trying, this year, to get outside and appreciate the beauty a little more.  I keep telling myself that each day will get just a little longer, and that spring will come...  

It's not working so far.  ;)

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Mosaic Monday: Goodbye 2013

Just a few of my favorites from 2013:  books and flowers, feathers, food, old cutlery, transferware, tartan, and my trip to England.  :)

Wishing you all a very happy and healthy New Year!

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Mosaic Monday: Merry Christmas

A very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, from our house to yours!

Thank you for sharing all your beautiful images and stories here at Mosaic Monday.  I have loved being a part of your lives this past year.  xoxo

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Mosaic Monday: Winter Solstice

I'm always drawn to the emptiness, the sadness and the stark beauty of these scenes, although I have to say that a lovely blue sky and some warm weather would not come remiss right about now.  ;)

We are digging out from under around five inches of snow, topped with some ice today.  So, by all means, let's celebrate the winter solstice...  :)

(Some iPhone and some dslr photos today, all from last winter.)

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Mosaic Monday: Not Ready for Christmas

OK, so I'm not ready for Christmas.  Every year, I find myself still in the throes of fall when everyone else in blogland is showing their holiday decorations.  Frankly, I'm hoping that a stroll around all your posts will get me in the mood.  Because I'm just not feeling it this year...

Bah, humbug.

So here are a few of the photos I've been working on lately, in between the mad dash to make up cards and gifts for my portrait clients.  Fog, old books, and little pieces of nature -- three of my favorite things.  :)

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Mosaic Monday: Iphoneography

When I was casting around for a subject for today's Mosaic Monday, I came across all the iPhone photos that I had saved on my computer's hard drive when I thought that my camera phone was no longer working.  I thought I might share a few of them here today.

They say that the best camera a photographer can have is the one she has with her.  More often than not, that will be the camera on your phone.  My husband and I try to walk most mornings before he leaves for work, and I love to capture my favorite subjects -- sunrise or fog -- with my iPhone.  Here are a few from earlier in the year.

Editing photos on your phone is easy and fun.  There are a few photo apps that I find myself coming back to again and again -- Snapseed,  Camera+ and VSCOcam are some of my absolute favorites.  If you enjoy working with textures, check out DistressedFX and Mextures.  For typography fans, Typic+ is a fabulous app, as well as Over.

If you'd like to check out my iphoneography, follow me on Instagram or check out my VSCO grid.  If you are on Instagram, I'd love to follow you -- just leave your IG name in the comments.  :)

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