The Call: Black Gold — Cheryl It has been said that “all that glitters is not gold.” That’s fine with me. I’ll take plain, old glitter any day. The Response: L’Oreal “Because Your Worth It” — Jessica My daughter loves nail polish. One of her favorite things about homeschooling is that she doesn’t have to […]
The Call: Petals — Jessica All good things must come to an end. And it was time for the cherry blossoms to fall off the trees but there were helped along by a windy night and a rainy day. Now the sidewalks and gutters are a solid mass of pink. In truth, it’s almost as […]
The Call: An Invitation to Tea — Cheryl Once again, I spent most of the day working on Bridget’s room (Dennis is rolling the second coat now), and by mid-afternoon, I was tired. So today, a hot cup of tea and a good read were especially inviting. The Response: A Good Stop — Jessica “The […]
The Call: Shady Spot — Jessica Yes, Luke is actually sitting underneath a school bus. It was very sunny at Tommy’s game this afternoon and Luke wanted to rest in the shade. As soon as I realized that he was really underneath and not just behind the bus, I went and chased him out. He […]
The Call: Lyrical Life — Cheryl One definition of lyrical is “Highly enthusiastic; rhapsodic.” I’d have to call it an adjective that can be used to describe Stelly Bean. The Response: Lyrical Spring — Jessica I was playing around today (again!) with the pinhole lens getting ready for World Wide Pinhole Day. The nice thing […]
The Call: Almost There — Jessica My oldest son is almost an Eagle scout. He has one merit badge and one night of camping left. And then the Eagle project. He’s stalling out on that and it’s a race against time. On June 10th he turns 18 and the gig is up. Unfortunately for him, […]
The Call: What the …? — Cheryl A pair of pink boxing gloves on a ladder must seem strange to some (most?) people. Believe it or not, there’s a logical explanation, and here it is: Dennis finally painted the stairway today (it has sported five or six shades for about two years now). When he […]
The Call: The Next Generation — Jessica Everye white will have its blacke, And everye sweete its soure — Thomas Percy Syr Cauline Response: Three Green Life Savers — Cheryl The green candies in a 5-flavor roll of Life Savers seem like they should be sour. Green is lime, right? Wrong. It used to be […]
The Call: Disorderly Surroundings — Cheryl The origin of the mess in my studio is my creative mind. The Response: Buds & Blossoms — Jessica The origin of the blossom is the bud. And the azalea bushes in the backyard are covered with them — the most I’ve ever seen!
The Call: Garden Plot — Jessica The first picture of the garden. But before we can plant, I had to attack the scourge of gardens and gardeners everywhere — weeds. See that back corner behind the lawn chair? That’s my little section of the plot and that was what I had to weed this afternoon. […]
The Call: Fading Images — Cheryl I probably have close to 100,000 photos on my hard drives. In recent years, I’ve likely printed up a dozen or so. In contrast, the actual, physical (I can hold them in my hand) pictures from my childhood, early adult years and my parents’ early adulthood fill box after […]
The Call: Forgotten — Jessica Ballet was my life for many years. Now my old pointe shoes lay forgotten at the bottom of a drawer. Response: Stepping Out on a Beautiful Day — Cheryl Our warm, sunny day was so out-of-the-ordinary, it made Stella want to sing and dance.
The Call: Serving Up Swarovski — Cheryl “This creative approach toward exposure will reap countless rewards if you get in the habit of looking at a scene and determining what combination of aperture and shutter speed will render the most dynamic and creative exposure for that subject. The choice in exposure is always yours, so […]
The Call: In a Sea of Grass — Jessica Sometimes the ideas for the calls don’t pop into my head. Today was one of those days. In those cases, I do what any modern, self-respecting educated person does: I turned to google. Typing in “Reign quotes” (or whatever the call is) always turns up something! […]