Black & White

When we got up to the condo they had this giant chess set outside and it was the perfect subject for this weeks challenge. I took a million different shots and it was hard to narrow it down to just one, but this is it. It was really a fun thing to shoot. I put a little bit of a red filter on this just because I liked the effect. Hope you enjoy it.

Red, White or Blue

Well, since we are up in Park City at the condo and the hot tubs were bubbling it seemed like the perfect thing for blue and white. We had Jessi and Paul and Becky & Judd up for dinner tonight and had a very nice time. Tomorrow, Sue and her Family should be coming up for Family Home evening. Wednesday, Marial comes from Oregon and then maybe Heather will join us for a couple of days. It should be a good week.

Bobbie's Ear

I was trying to figure out what to take a picture of for this weeks photo challenge and since Bobbie was sittling in my lap and my macro lens and flash already on my camera this is what I got.

Spring

I love spring when everything starts to bloom. Who knew that using the macro lens would make a simple leaf bud on a tree look like a flower bud. Amazing what details you can see when you have a little help from the camera.

Up Close - Old and New Hands

Tayla's and Grandma's hands - we spent the afternoon with Diane and Tayla yesterday and took some pictures of her after. She is getting to the point where she can almost sit up by herself, and she just laughs and giggles. She is so CUTE!

At Your Feet

This week, when we went down to Provo to see Jordan sing his solo and Choir Concert (which he did a terrific job on, by the way) I thought about Leah and Angie and their dancing feet. So we had them put their shoes on and I took some pictures. I had trouble picking just one so I did a collage of them.
Ever since I first bought Leah her first pair of tights and ballet skirt when she was all of three years old, she has been deeply involved in ballet and now teaches it with the help of Angie as her assistant. I think the feet of a ballerina are a beautiful thing and am glad I may have played a small part in helping Leah and subsequently Angie develop such a talent and love for this art.

The Big Picture

Sometimes, you just have to look at the BIG PICTURE when something like this happens before you do or say anything. There are sacrifices to be made in every decision we make in order to experience the joy that can come from them. So it is with these little critters . . . when I found that Doc had been outside chewing on the grass and then come in and deposited it on my couch I wasn't too happy about it, but then I thought, it was the perfect "Big Picture". If he didn't bring so much joy and love into the house otherwise this kind of thing would be much harder to put up with. I'm sure the same type of sacrifices are being made every day by parents with their children when they do something they shouldn't. But they are accepted and loved anyway, and we learn to go on and deal with bad when it comes and rejoice in the good, and so it is with just about everything in life.

Design Elements

This was a hard assignment for me to envision, but during the week I discovered a new TV channel that with programs about the lives of classical composers which I have been watching and it got me thinking that a bunch a simple little notes put together creates a whole visual, emotional and auditory design so I grabbed some sheet music one of my dolls and this is what I came up with. Hope you like it.