Focus On Live Week 21 Reminisce

Reminisce...so much to remember. I really wasn't sure if I would find something or remember something to reminisce about. Well....I am going through old pictures..and I kinda reminisce about those times and laugh SO hard at how we looked in the "ole" days. But to me I really wanted something that would take me back....Well thanks to my son and his computer game that happened.....

When my son (now 21) was little, in his two's and three's he had a VERY hard time settling down at night to sleep....so....we had some music videos, yes vhs's.....that had nature scenes set to classical music.  There was one set he really loved listening to and I for the life of me can't tell you the song that seem to really help him sleep...

The other day I heard THAT song coming from my son's computer....(awe, shock, disbelief...) I went out to check and one of the "guys" in his computer game liked to listen to classical music when he was driving his car FAST. (awe, shock, disbelief...). So I went out and asked him if he remembered the song.  Not really he said, though we have told him many times about those times when he was little.  So this week, that song took me back to those "sweet" days when he was little and lovable, and cuddly and didn't mind Mom holding him....(sigh).  So below is a picture of him playing that game.

Looks real soooothing huh?

For more reminisces hop over to Sally's blog. 

Focus On Life Week 20

Well it seems we are well on our way to the half way point. It has been a journey for me. I look forward to that last week and get to go back and see what I had posted through out the year.

This Sally told up to "LOOK UP".  Well that is easy for me as my desk faces a window and I am always looking at the sky. But I know there are more things "up" than just the sky. So I went and did some snapping in and around where I live.

I put them in collage as I have found I really enjoy playing with that feature that is in the Picasa program I use.  We have sky pictures. One is of a lone cloud. If you look closely you can see a heart design. I had been thinking about my mom who passed in Feb. I still forget she is gone. Many time I think, "Oh I need to call and ask, or I wonder if Mom...." then I remember she is in heaven. So I felt that maybe this heart was for me.

The one in the middle is looking up through the branches of my Magnolia Tree in the front yard. The bottom right picture is the same tree from a distance.

The picture with the cows in it are "up" on the hill...so it is a little tongue in cheek picture. Then I have a squirrel in the tree and a wood pecker. I had to look up to photo them.

The moth was on the underside of the roof overhang so I had to "look up" to get his picture.  It is really interesting how much MORE of nature I get to experience in the country.  Things that I would probably not even bothered to look at in the city!

The two of the flowers, I had to look "up" to get the shots as they were above my head. The purple flowers are a type of orchid, and the orangey flowers are the flowers from a type of bromeliad I believe.

So there you have it. My week of  " looking up". For more great pics hop over to Sally's page ,

Focus On Life Week 19: Hope

Hope...This Hope to me!

Focus On Life - Week 18 Abstract

This week our challenge was abstract, and I am sorry I am late posting, but we had to take my dad to the hospital this morning and I am just getting around to posting.

Abstract:

Abstract: the use of a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world.

All things have form, color, and lines we just need to step back and step away from the literal image you see through the lens.

Take into account the lines, color or form and look for a more figurative composition. A blurred reflection in a puddle, the photo above I took of brightly colored petals of a flower slightly blurred and cropped close.

You can have a lot of fun editing in one of the photo editor programs (PS, PSE, Lightroom, Pixlr, etc). Play with light, focal blur, liquify, sharpen lines, add color or take it away! You are working in the abstract, HAVE FUN!!!

Take this week and step out of reality and change your view of things!

So with this said I played around with my Picasa program and did up a collage.  One is more goofy than the other but hey, we were told to have fun! So enjoy:

For more abstract hope over to Sally's Blog for more!