[mosaic monday] philippe park

[mosaic monday] what z'it

[monday mosaic] lego minifigures

Our choice this week.

[monday mosaic] dunedin

[monday mosaic] the bowl

[monday mosaic] my day with rick sammon

I still have loads of photos to process but I just had to do a few of them.

[mosaic monday] breakfast

We have waffles & sausage every Sunday morning. I liked powdered sugar, Andy likes syrup, Ryan likes them plain.

[mosaic monday] toy story

MCP Actions Project 52 theme this week was childhood toys. I grabbed some of our favorite toys and took macros. I ended up just using the clackers so the project 52 then made a layout for the rest of my favorites.

[mosaic monday] animals & pets

No pets. And no access to animals with which I could take macros. So I pulled out the legos.


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[mosaic monday] around the house

Clickin Moms Project52 macro theme for week 8 was around the house. We had a sick household this week then we were busy with field trips and special olympics. Finally I grabbed my camera Saturday, put on my flash and walked around the house. I looked for interesting things but mostly found dust.


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[mosaic monday] valentine

Last week's Project52 Macro theme was valentine. I grabbed a sale bag of m&m's. I first tried some macro shots of the m&m's but they did not inspire. Have you seen the printed m lately. On these pink ones, it was grey. And it was not a clean image. So I called in the construction crew for inspiration.


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[mosaic monday] tea time

I did not grow up drinking tea. My parents are coffee drinkers. I preferred sodas but had to drink milk at meals. When I was chilled, I drank hot cocoa. When I went to Poland, I was chilled. I was cold. No hot cocoa there. I tried tea. With even sugar, I learned to like. Especially black china tea. Strong and sweet. It makes sense because that is the way dad made sweet tea in the summer.

When I came back home, I still favored hot cocoa. But gradually switched to tea in order to save some money and calories. I learned to like green tea. I go to Starbucks but only like their Tazo Awake tea hot or their Tazo Chai tea iced.


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[mosaic monday] wood

This week's theme for Clickin Moms Project52 Macro is wood. I shot some decorative objects around the house.


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[monday mosaic] money

Project52macro theme this week was our choice. I picked money thinking it would be fun. But I got bored way before I got many variations. And then I uploaded the photos and saw all the dust! Yikes! More kudos to those stock photographers who make it look so good.


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[monday mosaic] marbles

Project52macro for Clickin Moms week 3.


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[mosaic monday] fruit & bubbles

This week's theme is fruit & vegetables. Out meet-up group had scheduled play in the park where we could take macro shots. I had planned to get my shots done then but as the host, I had to help out more than I could shoot. So I waited until the last minute, again, and took my shots. I took a vase full of soda water and hung a lemon slice from it. Then I played with cherries and finally some faux cherries and my woodling.

[mosaic monday] frozen in time

I joined the ClickinMoms Project52macro photo challenge. One macro, once a week, 2011. This week's theme was ice. I had the idea of freezing a lego on a block of ice. But the ice was too cloudy and you could only see his hands, feet & beret until it melted. So I sat there and took shots every few minutes for over an hour. If I had the motivation, I could do a time lapse video. Then again, I have done it before and it is a lot of work for 30 seconds.


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[monday mosaic] on the right track

On the railroad tracks in Ybor City.


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[monday mosaic] eastern black bears

We had to rush to see them before the habitat closed for the evening. But we were rewarded with no crowds and somewhat active bears. They were probably looking forward to their next meal.


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[monday mosaic] mast general store annex

We went to Valle Crucis to check out the Mast General Store. We saw the sign and pulled in just as the rain started in earnest. Once the rain let up, we ran into the store. We didn't realize until we had been there a while, that this was the Annex and not the original store. It was still really cool and I got a lot of Christmas stocking shopping done. We did go to the original Mast General Store. Allen & OP wanted some 5¢ coffee.


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