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Pictue a Day #201-Mount Shasta Views
This week my husband and I were in the Mount Shasta area of far northern California, and I had the opportunity to gaze upon and photograph this majestic peak of over 14.000 feet elevation. Mount Shasta dominates the landscape for … Continue reading
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Picture a Day #200-Another Yummy Recipe!
In honor of my two hundredth post of the year, I am sharing a recipe that I developed myself. I modified a pumpkin bread recipe from my Fannie Farmer cookbook, which I have owned since the early 1980’s. It was actually … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, food, hobbies, home, photography, plum, postaday, recipe, zucchini
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Picture a Day #199-Niagara Falls!
Niagara Falls needs no introduction. Here are my favorite photos from our visit! The sheer volume of water is overwhelming. Imagine the enormous area that contributes to this tremendous flow of water!
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Tagged nature, New York, Niagara Falls, photography, postaday, travel
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Picture a Day #198-More Fruit and Flowers
Here is another rustic vase of nasturtiums, this time with a pear to keep it company. The peach colored flowers are my favorite. I haven’t seen this shade before. My mom had a large bed of these jewel-toned flowers in … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, hobbies, nasturtiums, painting, pear, photography, postaday, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor
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Picture a Day #197-Banana Strawberry Bread
We have a lot of fresh fruit in the house, and it’s all ripening at once! So I decided to use the last two bananas, which were very ripe, and several strawberries, which were starting to mold-I didn’t use the … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, banana, food, fruit, home, photography, postaday, recipe, strawberry
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Picture a Day #196-Nasturtiums and Nectarines
After the completion of my last watercolor painting, I was motivated to do another still life, this time with some of the nasturtiums from my garden. I didn’t realize how fragrant they were until I began picking and arranging them. … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, hobbies, nasturtiums, nectarines, painting, photography, postaday, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor
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Picture a Day #195-The Mohawk Valley of New York
We left our campground in the Green Mountains of Vermont, and drove through the Mohawk River Valley of New York as we headed west on our great cross-country adventure of 2008. The next stop on our route: Niagara Falls!
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Tagged Mohawk River Valley, nature, New York, photography, postaday, travel
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Picture a Day #194-Baby Veggie Pix
It was time to thin the carrots, so I ended up harvesting some tiny ones, along with a few radishes. They are very sweet and yummy! I decided to try some veggie portrait photography. Remember when you were a kid, … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, hobbies, home, nature, organic gardening, photography, postaday, veggies
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Picture a Day #193-Still Life Painting with Model
Here is the photo I took of my still life setup before I began my painting two weeks ago. I used some artistic license, which is evident in the final version below. I am mostly happy with the results. This … Continue reading
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Tagged art, fruit, hobbies, houseplants, painting, photography, pitcher, postaday, Prismacolor pencils, watercolor
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