I wasn’t expecting to find a lonesome plate of cookies on mom’s kitchen counter. It was an abandoned or perhaps misplaced plate of cookies. Cookies should never be abandoned and they certainly are never left unwrapped. I started to approach … Continue reading Abandoned Plate of Cookies
Today’s Random Object Wednesday participant is Cheryl D. Parker. Click here to read her bio. I was very excited to hear she wanted to participate. She brought several items for me to photograph. I thought long and hard on how … Continue reading Random Object Wednesday: Hard to Top this Item: Part 1
I recently wandered to downtown Plano and found myself inside the Interurban Railway Museum. The tour was free and our guide walked us through the entire exhibit giving extra snip-its of information. I thought the tour ended but then the … Continue reading A tribute to the match strike plate
Spring at the Dallas Arboretum is the best time of year. I enjoy going multiple times during the season to see the transformation. During this visit the tulips were still in bloom. Some of the tulips were past … Continue reading Tulips
Nearly every occasion or non-occasion you’ll find me with a camera around my neck or within reach. I like to be prepared. I knew I’d be taking photos of food—but the day’s photo shoot took a different twist. My uncle, … Continue reading Thanksgiving Photography
This week’s Random Object Wednesday is brought to us by the first family member to contribute to the blog… my mom, Lucy Holguin. Mom: “I’ve been thinking of what to contribute to Random Object Wednesday. It has to be something … Continue reading Random Object Wednesday: What is it?
While leaving a grocery store last week I noticed a very large number of birds in the parking lot. Not one or two birds… hundreds of grackles. They were putting on a concert. Imagine the sound of 100s of birds … Continue reading Grackle Concert
This week’s Random Object Wednesday is made possible by Dawn and Dave Wester. The frog proved a challenge to photograph. Since it was multi-colored what color background would do it justice? I experimented with black fabric but wasn’t satisfied. Then … Continue reading Random Object Wednesday: Frog
One of my favorite Christmas experiences was visiting my friend and her family in Michigan. If my count serves me right, at that time Michelle was up to 7 children—and all of them were (and still are) the sweetest children … Continue reading Michigan Christmas
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