Seven days, seven photos in black and white of your everyday life. No
explanation, no people. Challenge a friend to join every day.
I was quite excited that one of my fellow travelers, Maria, had tagged
me in this Facebook challenge as I’d really enjoyed the photos that others were
posting. Black and white photos focus on
contrast to tell their story, rather than letting colours have bragging rights.
All but one of these photos were taken with my iphone on the day I
posted them. Here’s the story for each one.
Day/photo: 1
The morning drive. I pulled out
of the drive way thinking about what photo I might post today. A meal?
My computer at work, or a clinic set up?
My sewing machine? This beautiful
scene jumped out at me and I literally pulled to the curb in front of the
neighbor’s house, grabbed my phone and walked back to stand in front of our
driveway where the almost full moon was peeking through the tree branches. It was still dark and none of the neighbours had
lights on. I’ve said on more than one
occasion that the advantage of short winter days is that it is easy to catch
the night sky.
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| Today I challenge: Kier |
Breakfast. A cement garden
grotesque (I’ve learned that a gargoyle has to be a water spout) and his friend
watch me eat from the buffet. Changing this photo to b&w focused on the
incredible textures and character that attracted me many years ago.
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| Today I challenge: Kati |
Day/photo: 3
The grass outside my office window peeking through a fresh skiff of
snow. My office is an above ground basement with the window on ground
level. It gives an interesting
perspective to life on the outside. I
posted this photo on Instagram so I could challenge my great niece, Rose,
because I really admire the photos she posts.
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| Today I challenge: Rose |
Day/photo: 4
The gear shift of my Pontiac Vibe.
This is the only photo taken with my Canon Powershot and some weeks
ago. I had just picked it up from the
repair shop and was sitting waiting for the sewing machine shop to open. A perfect opportunity to see if all its problems
had been fixed.(they had) by snapping a few photos with varying light and at
tight zoom.
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| Today I challenge: Peter |
Day/photo: 5
Amaryllis. Every year I buy an
amaryllis bulb from my friend, plant it and watch it brighten up the window
during the long winter. After it’s
planted, it thinks about sprouting for a few days and then bursts out with
spikes of green that will eventually become those showy red orange flowers that
everybody loves. This is the stage that I love – shape and texture, enthusiasm
and hints of things to come. I put it on our white table and shot it from above
to get rid of the distractions.
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| Today I challenge: Hannah |
Day/photo: 6
Remembrance Day. Some years ago,
I made a quilt a month using different techniques that I was learning. This is November and used a stained glass
technique to create the scene. Foreshadowing
my love of embellishment, the one hill is hand embroidered with white crosses “row
on row”.
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| Today I challenge: Louise |
Day/photo: 7
Another work related photo. These
folks have been with me, either on a shelf at home or at work, since my early
days of being a nurse. The paper mache doll
on the left is the “bottle of beer” that my mother in law promised me for
graduation throughout my entire last year of training. The Raggedy Anne doll is the first baby I
ever delivered about a year after graduation. Its a great story involving a lady driving herself to hospital
and barely making it up the stairs to the delivery room in a 25 bed northern rural hospital. Truth be told, I have a lot of memorabilia
from more than forty years of nursing and most of it is on my shelf at work
where I see it every day. I’ve just watched a co worker go through the strife
of deciding to retire and then have to decide what things which had been kept
now needed to be thrown out or taken home.
My time is coming.
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| Today I challenge: Angela |
Seven days. Seven photos. Thanks, again, Maria for tagging me.
