Hello, and welcome to Sunday Sundries! I’m here to ramble on about my week, it helps me be grateful and to “celebrate” all the small (and large) extraordinary moments in my life.
This week I’m celebrating thyme … or time …
This little pot of herbs has given me so much inspiration at a time when I don’t have time for creating still life images … although I don’t know if it’s actually time, or if it’s a mental thing.
Life gets busy, and when I get pulled in too many directions, I find it hard to think … or perhaps focus is a better word. So my whole series “on the enamel table top” has been my saving grace. Last week it was Saskatoon berries, this week it’s thyme … and/or how to find time to create …
The day I found a whole enamel table top at the (the dump) recycle depot I was stunned. It’s hard to believe, but it is in almost pristine condition. Why would someone throw it out? Actually, they threw out the whole Hoosier … I gasped when I saw it … but more on that story another day … .
So, very early in the morning, I quietly slip out the dining room door and onto our covered deck. I lay down the tabletop (it’s propped against the house), and get to work.
As I set up my scene I try to include the edges of the table, making sure to catch the chip in the lower right corner. That little chip not only adds character, it draws the eye around the photo.
I wish you could have smelled this as I clipped the sprigs for drying … it was intoxicating …
What else am I celebrating this week?
- Having internet after several days without, due to a lightning strike on one of the towers that serves our rural area.
- Rain! we finally received some wonderful soaking rains …
- Lovely summer days.
- Shopping and junquing with my grandchildren.
- Finding the perfect ladder … I have an amazing story to share … coming soon …
- Being featured on IG by Bella Grace! Such an honour!
- Finding thyme to create.
So what are celebrating this week?
Beautiful photos, Barb!! :) Glad you have your internet back, too! :)
Thank you so much Jenifer!
Barb,
Congratulations on your feature on Bella Grace. Your art is so beautiful and inspiring . You clearly are gathering your style👏👏😊. . It is so exciting to see.
How does a person know when to send photos to magazines?
I am celebrating being at home 👏👏still no shower. But tomorrow the kitchen will get the granite and the sinks and we should be able to cook🎉🎉🎈
I also have been featured many many times this week on IG and that is exciting.
😊as always
Thank you
Ann Davis
Thank you so much Ann! I appreciate your comments and encouragement SO much! Thank you for sharing with Sunday Sundries :) … for Bella Grace, if you want to submit to their print publication, there are instructions in the back of the magazine (as well as online). On IG, I simply added their hashtag #bellagracemagazine to my image and they choose a photo now and then to feature – I happened to be picked one day …
You have infected me . .. seriously . . . in a good way . .. what do I do now first thing Sunday Morning . .. go check your posting for the Sunday Sundries!!
Not only are you a gifted photographer but writer as well. I so admire your work and you continually inspire me. Amazingly talented, I am so glad to have met you.
Your thyme photos are fabulous and you will enjoy the fruits of your harvest throughout the dark and chilly days of winter. Have a great week.
Thank you Carolyn! I’m so pleased you watch for my post on Sunday … it feels like I’m talking to friends (which I am :)). I am so grateful to have met you as well … and we shall meet again …
Wonderful compositions, Barb, and congratulations for being featured by Bella Grace.
Truly well-deserved.
Have a great week ahead.
Thank you so much Lisa!
Hi Barb ! I love your new find, how inspirational it was . I love your photos , as always. I think I may need to find a new inspiration piece !
You are so talented Barb , one of my favourite photographers and also a great writer . I have so enjoyed your enamel series on Instagram and can’t wait for more .