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Just made my first post at Doodle Day....http://doodle-day.blogspot.com. The theme was silhouette.

Secret Doorway

Taken at the playground near my apartment.

Shadows 1

Shadows on the concrete produce many "what do you see" moments. Kind of like nature's Rorschach test.

Coolest Chair in the History of the Universe

I found this awesome orange chair by the dumpster. It needs a little cleaning, but what a cool chair for free!

Oh, and the red "leather" CD/DVD holder was three bucks at the thrift store. AND, the huge, two panel curtains were five bucks.

All taken with my five buck camera.

It's a great life.

Filter

Was going through my files and found this old favorite. There used to be an alleyway piled with debris at my old place of employment. Found this filter laying in plastic orange safety "fencing." Taken with my Nikon N75, Fuji Chrome film.

Leaf Skeleton

More playing with my thrift store camera. Taken after a heavy rain.

New Camera

I am no longer a Luddite when it comes to cameras. I have finally joined the digital age with a Nikon Coolpix 5900. The zoom doesn't work, but all of the other settings do including macro...

Not bad for a 5 buck camera, with a 512 MB SD card, from the thrift store.

Lamp Post

This isn't a black and white photograph. I actually shot this on Fuji colorslide film. It's 15 multiple exposures of a corner lamp post on a single slide on a snowy day. I like how it makes the street almost look like an iced-over stream with ghostly reflections in it.

Lightbulb and Bricks

I haven't done any black and white photography in a while...

I don't know why I don't shoot with b&w film very often....I tend to always like the results.

Life update

Just got a call from my mom and found out my grandpa died this morning. He had fallen and broken his hip about two weeks ago and wasn't a candidate for surgery. He told everyone he was ready to go and be with grandma and his death was incredibly peaceful.

Happy Valentine's Day

Polaroid

I haven't mentioned on my blog, but I collect Polaroid cameras. I don't have a large collection by any means, but I have made some wonderful buys in thrift stores, garage sales, and craigslist. I have an SX-70 II in its original box (with a Kamera flash to fit in its original Woolworths box), a ColorPack I, a ColorPack II, a Captiva SLR, a JoyCam, and the first One-Step (in its original carrying case). But, as we Polaroid lovers know, the discontinuation of Polaroid film has made it impossible to find it except for a few overpriced exceptions on Ebay (and I've yet to win a bid).

In spite of this, I still collect Polaroids because I love them. But I have missed being able to take those wonderfully faded, slightly out-of-focus pictures. So imagine how happy I was to find a Polaroid 600 on my local craigslist (600 films are more widely available). It even came with film, which is slightly out-of-date and is producing some wonderfully washed-out pictures.

Don't you feel like you could walk down this breezeway and go right back into the 70's? And, hopefully, the Impossible Project will be a success and bring back more film for us Polaroid lovers.

Bookmark

Last Monday at work, the freezing rain started coming down and we were allowed to leave early. I am one of those "other" drivers that can't drive when it's icy. An incredibly nice woman from work offered to give me a ride home. I wanted to give her something as a little "thank you" and found this beautiful crochet bookmark pattern from the talented crochetroo.

It's kind of hard to tell from the picture, but I mounted it on a piece of light green cardstock. Hope she likes it.

Ice storm

Ice storm in Okie-land means that I didn't have to go to work today. Which also means I've been playing on my computer all day (like I don't do that everyday, but whatever). I've also been working on a new story and playing with my Bamboo Fun. Why can't this be my life everyday?

Octopus

A little project I've been working on....paint and ink on canvas board:

I may add some grayscale to it...not sure yet.

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Equation

Unforseen coughing fit + mouthful of chewed-up chicken noodle soup = disaster for my laptop

Ummm, Is This Thing On?

Wow, I didn't really plan on being away this long. Real life became busy as it does and then the holidays and well...blah, blah, blah. I just got burned out. I think the time away has been good, though. I've been doing some crafty things with my wonderful girl gang and have a couple of new story ideas (haven't written anything in months!!).

Anyway, here's another AOL CD project....I really like the fortune, "You stand in your own light, make it shine." Good for the new year, right?