Weekly Photo Shots #7 Every Day Life

[arrowind]

Photos of things that happen in your every day surroundings.
Travels, work, friends, family, or anything of intrest:)

[dkippen]

What's important to me in everyday life - family.

[janine]

The most important thing in my every day life is my new family...but i thought of doing a different kind of 'family portrait'

[LensBaby]

Oh my gosh Janine that is so cute. I love it. Look at her little itsy bitsy foot! Too Cute!

[ladyups]

What's important to me in everyday life - family.

Beautiful family, Debbie....I can see why they are important to you.

[ladyups]

The most important thing in my every day life is my new family...but i thought of doing a different kind of 'family portrait'

That is adorable, Janine....too cute.

[ladyups]

I've thought about this for quite a while now and knew that my passion was in my flowers. Since its too early to take photo's of them, I decided to share an image from last summer. This is and has always been a passion of mine...I love my flowers.

[gjtoth]

I've thought about this for quite a while now and knew that my passion was in my flowers. Since its too early to take photo's of them, I decided to share an image from last summer. This is and has always been a passion of mine...I love my flowers.



WOW! What a set up! You need to send that into Garden Gate. What a great idea using those old window frames like that. The flowers are unbelievable. I just started gardening a couple of years ago. Mainly, because I kept asking my wife how she wanted to landscape the place (we had it spec-built). All she kept saying was, "Oh, I just don't know.... ". I got tired of the standard "builders landscaping" (3 boxwoods, 2 arbor vitae and no flowers) and started digging and planting in our Kentucky clay. I've been improving the soil and adding stuff ever since.

[ladyups]

WOW! What a set up! You need to send that into Garden Gate. What a great idea using those old window frames like that. The flowers are unbelievable. I just started gardening a couple of years ago. Mainly, because I kept asking my wife how she wanted to landscape the place (we had it spec-built). All she kept saying was, "Oh, I just don't know.... ". I got tired of the standard "builders landscaping" (3 boxwoods, 2 arbor vitae and no flowers) and started digging and planting in our Kentucky clay. I've been improving the soil and adding stuff ever since.

Thanks again! I love gardening and spend all my spare time outside in the spring and fall...once it gets hot, I water and deadhead a little but don't stay out there much..My first vacation of the summer is taken the two weeks before Memorial Day...that is my flower planting time...I plant all my annuals and amend the perennial beds. This year, I've got two new beds to make...we cut down an old Elm tree and planted a new Maple...now I need to make my flower bed under it...I planted it high so I could have a bed under it that will have a rock bench around it. I'm dang fortunate to have good, rich soil...we don't have to amend much of it at all...just add some good compost and fertilize..

[gjtoth]

I'm dang fortunate to have good, rich soil...we don't have to amend much of it at all...just add some good compost and fertilize..

Indeed, you are! I've actually had to use raised beds filled with top soil and "organic compost" (manure & dirt) to get anything to stay alive for any length of time. It's paying off. Finally.

[dkippen]

Mary -

This is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for the snow to be gone and my yard starts to bloom. I got into flowers when we bought the house we're in now. When we moved in, there was NOTHING in the back yard. We spent our first summer putting in trees, flower beds, patio, sprinkler system, the works. That was 6 years ago this summer, we can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

As the season progresses, I'll show what I have.

[ladyups]

"organic compost" (manure & dirt)

:D:D You don't have to explain organic compost to me...:D:D I'm the annual manure picker upper for the county. I'm forever searching out old barns with nice, well composted manure..:D
I started gardening the first year I got married...my friend and I were both on a very limited income so we scoured the county for old farms where the houses were long gone and 'recycled' the plants...:rolleyes: I planted tons of Lilies, Yucca, Iris and whatever else we could find. My passion was born! I can't get enough flowers. My home has been on the Garden Clubs home tour twice and they want me to do it again this coming fall and I've had yard of the month twice in the 20 years we've been here. You will begin to see less and less of me as the weather starts improving, cause I'll be on my knees and loving every moment of it. I even mow my own yard with a walk behind mower cause I don't like the way the rider scalps the lawn..plus I get some much needed exercise. Between the two of us, we mow 4 acres...hubby mows the back with the rider. I mow the front.

[ladyups]

Mary -

This is absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for the snow to be gone and my yard starts to bloom. I got into flowers when we bought the house we're in now. When we moved in, there was NOTHING in the back yard. We spent our first summer putting in trees, flower beds, patio, sprinkler system, the works. That was 6 years ago this summer, we can now sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor.

As the season progresses, I'll show what I have.

Thanks, Debbie...the reason I don't have a new home...I do not want to start over with landscaping! :D:D I've worked long and hard for 24 years on this place. I'd love to have a sprinkler system through...someday!

[dkippen]

Mary -

When we bought the house, it was to be a new beginning and the work in the back yard turned out to be much needed therapy. The sprinkler system was much needed for all the flower beds I put in. I have a rose bed (just shrub roses), peonies, hummingbird/butterfly bed and several mixed flower beds. Still waiting for the trees to grow bigger for the shade. In the end, it was all worth it.

[jerryph]

Well, here is my entry... better late than never!
My everyday life... my parents. At my age, I am very lucky that they are still around for me to appreciate and be with.

http://www.proudphotography.com/forum/gallery/files/1/0/0/0/jph0119.jpg

[dkippen]

Jerry -

Very nice. You are very blessed and lucky to have your parents. It's looks like they still enjoy life and have many years ahead of them.

[dallasm]

Photos from the 34th annual Denver March Powwow I attended this past weekend. Pround Native American People. See others in My Gallery

[jerryph]

Thank-you Debbie, I do appreciate them!

Dallasm, I like your pictures a lot, but know what? I see method and understanding in the compositions. You knew when to up the ISO to up the shutter speed on moving subjects and knew when to lower ISO and lower shutter speed on slower moving subjects to decrease ISO noise, and increase picture quality. I find them just a hair underexposed, but I feel it is more an artistic underexposure than a miscalculation.

Well done!

[Snappers]

Do we have a new topic for this week? We havnt had one for a week or so.
Anyone got any ideas.

[jerryph]

Ok, here is a suggestion... Time.

Anything to do with TIME... interpret that in ANY manner that you want.

Shall I open a new thread for this?

[LensBaby]

Yes please do!

[perfectoarts]

Here are a couple of photos in our backyard.
The creek was finally flowing with the wet monsoon. The gardens are greener than green and we are waiting for a papayas to ripen.
Time to say.....rain rain go away.

[LensBaby]

I wish that was my everyday life. I am a tropical person at heart. I feel "at home" in tropical places. I love the deep greens, and the nature. You are a very lucky person! That would be my dream come true to live in a place like that.

[perfectoarts]

That green is how it was and still is for the moment. Photographs untouched. AND I have turned into the mould queen once more. Lots to do now. We spring clean in our autum. It is absolutely glorious right now.

Our B&B is closed now after 9 years. But we still have all the rooms empty.
Just have to toss in for food and your airfare. You could have a holiday with us then! (and go photographing to your heart's content)

[LensBaby]

I would love to visit there! Why did you close the B&B, if you do not mind me asking. That is heaven on earth that is for sure.

[perfectoarts]

It is called "Time for a Break" for us and get some quality life back. Oh the joy of walking through the house in my nightie, leave the dishes sometimes and generally can slum it if I wish :)
We really wanted to enjoy our home and garden. We worked very hard building our home, only due to a need we opened the B&B. This we did for 9 years and 90% of our market was from overseas. The first 5 years mainly from the USA, but the clientelle is very dependent on the exchange rate. It is very hard work (even though we only had 2 B&B rooms) and you have to give of yourself totally. But very rewarding as well.
I was up first in the morning and last to bed. One of us always had to stay home. Hence we never went out together.
It was a lovely time in our life and we have treasured all the guests and friendships we have made.
Our website is still up. http://www.nutmeggrove.com.au
We still honour a couple of bookings and take return guests and their friends.

[LensBaby]

I can understand that 100%. It will be nice that you can spend some time together now. A B&B would be so hard to run (in my opinion)due to the fact that you can never leave, like you said.