Week 39 - Chalk Photo Challenge

"Chalk is an awesome way to incorporate a bit of fun into a photo." That is what we are to incorporate this week in our photo. My husband supports all that I do and he is an amazing man who humors my every whim. But, he did not ever imagine when he arrived home today, that he would find himself laying on the backyard deck for one of my "whims." He is the best sport and an all around great guy!! Here is my entry for this week. Hope you enjoy.

"Ninth Place" I Heart Faces Weekly Challenge


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Week 38 - "Smirk" Photo Challenge

The photo challenge for this week at I Heart Faces is "Smirk." A smirk refers to a smile evoking insolence, scorn, or offensive smugness. I think this photo of my Great Niece she is telling me "look just take the darn picture so I can go play." Love her face in this photo....she is sure a joy!!!




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Week 37 - Vroom Vroom

This week we are challenged to add a vehicle to the photo along with a face (I Heart Faces). It was fun going through all my photos since I have plenty with cars. My husband has a race car and we attend a couple of really good events twice a year. We've been doing this since 2001. We attend the GS Nationals in Bowling Green KY and then the Southern Buick Shootout in Reynolds GA. This photo is of our friend JW who has a knack of popping wheelies making for one crazy ride.




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Week 36 - My Summer In Review

My Summer in Review. Wow what a summer we had filled with grandkids parties, Fourth of July celebration fun in the sun and a trip out to Texas to see the family. Here are a few photos of our very busy summer.



My grandaughter at her basketball game. Cutest thing ever!!!


My grandkids and me on a weekend getaway for the Parents I went down to babysit all four (by Myself LOLOL)...it was me and the kids...great weekend was had...and I survived!!! hehehe



We drove up to North Carolina to see our grandaughter's ballet recital. They were so adorable and she did really good! So proud.


Here we have my grandson enjoying a hotdog at his 2nd Birthday party....Yummmmmm



Big sister helping baby brother blow out his candles.....Just love them.



Our teenage grandson having fun in the kids bounce house.....LOLOL



This is my beautiful teenage grandaughter when they came up on the 4th of July to visit........what a fun time we had.


My grandaughter being nosey, at the Ponce Inlet Lighthouse.


The two munchkins enjoying backyard fun during the 4th of July weekend.


Desi turned 13 this year and had some friends for a ice skating party...yes, ice skating in the middle of the summer in South Florida....LOLOL


This is the end of an era. Big event this summer.....we sold our vintage car...our 1965 GTO. It was hard to see it go, but it was time to move on to bigger and better things.


We drove out to Houston TX to see my brothers and be there to celebrate our great nephews 1st Birthday....


Then off to Amarillo to visit Palo Duro Canyon and while there we visited Cadillac Ranch and had dinner at the Big Texan restaurant.


Oh...and picked me up a Cowboy!!! (my husband of course!!!)


Labor Day weekend drove down to South Florida to visit the Family and photograph my great niece for her First Birthday....


And also, my Dad who turns 80 years old at the end of September!!


So many other mini trips .... but would have been way more photos. Hope you enjoyed my little trip through My Summer In Review!!!




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Macro Monday - August 30, 2010

My husband and I went out to Amarillo TX just a couple of weeks ago and visited the Palo Duro Canyon. There I had a vast amount of opportunities to capture lots of unique photos. This flower was no bigger than an inch in diameter and these little creatures were all feasting on its nectar.



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Fix-It Friday #68

Original


My Edit


Love this photo for the Fix it Friday challenge. I applied Sunday Dreaming by Photo Flavors; cropped; little burning; little color on her cheeks; some vignette. Beautiful photo, beautiful girl.




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Week 35 – August 30th – “Photojournalism”

"First Place"
"Photojournalism"

I normally don’t like posting anything sad on my blog (and challenges), but when I learned that this week’s challenge at I Heart Faces was “Photojournalism” (which is using an image[s] to tell a story) there was only one photo that came to mind.

To explain my photo I have to start by saying that my husband’s son was sadly taken from him three years ago by an accident, he was 27.

Jason loved trains, and as my husband remembers his son, was fascinated by them. Jason used to travel north into Georgia every chance he could to a little town called Folkston. There they have “The Folkston Funnel” which is a double track which serves as the main artery for railroad traffic into and out of Florida. They have a platform where you can go sit and wait for the trains to pass and they provide a radio frequency that announces which train is coming, etc. On occasion we would take the trip up to Folkston with Jason to sit and just pass the time watching the trains with him.

At the first anniversary of his passing, my husband and I decided to take a trip up to Folkston in memory of Jason and have done so (and will continue to do) every year as life permits.

The photo I am featuring (mainly the top photo) is of my husband that I took this last May on the day of our anniversary visit. It was taken just as the first train passed by us at approximately 1:27 PM, which was the time of Jason’s passing (look at his watch). We never planned it that way we didn’t even notice the time that we had arrived. Call it coincidence, call it a sign, call it fate, call it whatever, but the emotion that was going through my husband at that moment, when I turned around and looked at him, was monumental. It saddens me when I look at this photo, but also can’t help be captivated by the volumes that it speaks.

Jason was a genuinely kind soul, whom was taken entirely too soon and is missed by us and his entire family every day.

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