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Snowy Days and Snowy Nights

January 9, 2016 by Barb 9 Comments

Snowy days and snowy nights.

Teeny, snow-covered trees.

Roaring fires.

These are some of the things I love about where I live.

After Christmas I moved my little Charlie Brown trees outside, and set them on a barn wood table on the deck.

I was thoroughly enjoying the view … and then it snowed; light, feathery flakes, drifting slowly downward, settling on the branches and catching in the birch logs I’d propped up beside the table.
Snowy Days and Snowy Nights, Keeping With the Times… be still my heart … it takes nothing more than a tiny branch, a tin can, and some snow to make me happy …Snowy Days and Snowy Nights, Keeping With the Times

I store a bit of wood in a rustic old crate for use in our fireplace. It’s much more convenient than what we did last winter, which was stack it out of sight on the side of the house. It was the biggest pain ever to go out and get, which resulted in less fires.

But now … I don’t want to disturb it ;)
Firewood storage in vintage crate. Keeping With the Timessnowy-birch-barb-brookbanksnowy-branch-barb-brookbankWhat do you love about where you live?

Photos processed with kk_Lilly by Kim Klassen.

Filed Under: LIFE Tagged With: junk, junque, snow

March Blues

March 4, 2015 by Barb 8 Comments

Hello, and welcome to “app” happy wednesday #35 and the March blues …

If you’re new to the party, this is a weekly link-up to share your photos edited with “apps” of any kind! Let me stress there are no rules!! Just join the fun and share any kind of artsy creation.

Oh. Hello March. I remember you.

It was a typical early March day: bright blue skies, white puffy clouds, and ferocious winds blowing powdery snow and sculpting it into rock hard waves.

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I used VSCO for the following images …
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The wind blows the snow off the fields and into the ditches

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If it wasn’t for my phone, I wouldn’t be recording the small moments in my life. The meaningful moments. The everyday moments.

"app" happy wednesday, Keeping With the Times

The good news is that warmer weather is forecasted for the weekend. There should be a lot of water running …

So that’s it for me today. Now, let’s see what you’ve been up to!

  • Use any “app” you like and perhaps explain how you used it. Did you use just one? Did you use several?
  • Simply create some art. Post it on your blog or Flickr or wherever you are uploading your work, and then come back here and link it up!
  • Visit a few friends to see what they are up to and perhaps learn some fabulous new tips and techniques.
  • Link back with a text link or use the “app” happy wednesday button which you will find at the bottom of this post.
  • Each party will start at 5:00 am on Wednesdays and will stay open until the following Sunday at midnight.

*sorry … this series is closed

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: snow, vsco

Winter – Up Close and Personal

January 10, 2014 by Barb 16 Comments

One morning this week as I was watching some big fluffy snowflakes falling to the ground, I decided to see if I could possibly capture a macro shot of one of them.

I set a piece of black velvet on a snowbank, then used my phone and the Olloclip lens to zoom in on them. I kept trying to get one single flake but that was not to be. My hands were frozen, and as a matter of fact, so was the rest of me and after about 15 minutes I gave up. However, I was rewarded with a glimpse into an amazing world that is in plain sight, yet invisible to us.

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It’s pretty incredible that these tiny, delicate crystals are what have completely blanketed our landscape and caused this …

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This little shack is in a (mostly) abandoned farmyard not far from our home. I see it on my walk and every day I vow to go in there and get some photos. I’m a chicken when it comes to (trespassing) but I’m going to have to get over that. The other obstacle at the moment is that I’d be up to my butt in those tiny little crystals … which makes it hard to walk.

As I mentioned in an earlier post – you can see why I’m craving colour! I have got to go and get me some flowers! Poring over my summer files just isn’t cutting it.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: olloclip, snow

The View From Here…

December 8, 2013 by Barb 9 Comments

Snow-Canvas

We’ve had a cold snap (to say the least) with temperatures reaching -35C, with windchill values of -40C. That makes a person not want to go anywhere! So this is the view from my dining room window, which is about as far as I ventured this past week.

I have lots to do today – first up – brunch with friends – yes, I am going out! Then decorating and cleaning up the mess around here is going to eat up the rest of the day, so I’m going to make this short!

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday!

Thank you for stopping by!

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: snow

Trying to Stay Focused (It’s Not Working)

November 18, 2013 by Barb 14 Comments

Hello friends!

It’s so cool that I am working from home… quite often I have to remind myself of that. I have a job… I write tutorials for Digital Scrapper…

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…but in between I jump from my blog, to Pinterest, to Google+, to FB, and on and on. Then I have to go get something to nibble on, or drink, or I need to take a picture of something, like my back yard…

Oh, wait! Is that the phone? Is it my friends wanting me to go for a walk, or shopping? Puleeeze? Somebody help me!!

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OK, I’m over it.

Back to work…

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: snow

Seriously?

April 29, 2013 by Barb 7 Comments

Snow-in-April

Filed Under: Artful Photography, LIFE, Phone Photography Tagged With: snow, spring

It’s the First Day of Spring!

March 20, 2013 by Barb 10 Comments

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Happy Spring everyone! We have a winter storm warning; high winds, snow, freezing rain. Isn’t that wonderful?

I”m just sayin…

Filed Under: Artful Photography Tagged With: landscape, snow, spring

Waiting

March 16, 2013 by Barb 11 Comments

snow, bluebird house

…as seen on my walk…

Filed Under: Artful Photography, Phone Photography Tagged With: snow, spring

Snow is Always Welcome Here

March 3, 2013 by Barb 7 Comments

(ahem)… I know some people will not be agreeing with me…

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but, lots of snow=higher lake levels …

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not so good – hubby up on treacherous roof to clear off internet receiver (addiction? what addiction?)

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a bird’s dream…

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 and, it can’t last all that long, after all, it is March.

I hope you are having a wonderful Sunday! Thanks for dropping by!

Filed Under: Artful Photography, Phone Photography Tagged With: snow, texture

A Frosty Morning

December 16, 2012 by Barb 15 Comments

(Bokeh added using Picfx)

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: picfx, snow

12.12.12.

December 13, 2012 by Barb 17 Comments

Frosted Mini Wheats

To celebrate this auspicious day I created a list of 12 things that made me merry:

1. Seeing Santa…

2. Finding a nice pair of black dress pants that fit me perfectly.

3. Buying the last Christmas present on my list.

4. Free peppermint hot chocolate at Starbucks!

5. A ham and cheese croissant.

6. The wintry wonderland that I drove through to get to the lake.

7. Listening to Christmas music all the way home.

8. My camera and my iPhone

9. The attendant at the gas station washed my windows and my lights (I didn’t expect that).

10. Finding another package from Devon Consulting in the mail with 3 more boxes of Burt’s Bees Products!

11. Driving into the garage and being thankful for arriving home safely.

12. A cup of hot tea.

Filed Under: Phone Photography Tagged With: gratitude, snow

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