Love

Community Photo Challenge


AOL Community Challenge-LOVE



With Valentine's day upon us this month, our next challenge was suggested by Betty.
Of course, this can be of anything that represents love.  There are many forms of love, so this should be an easy challenge. 
Love is all around us......so find it, capture it, or just use a photo from the past, that says it!


             I took this picture 7 years ago so it is not new for sure but it shows love.  My daughter in law with my new granddaughter.   When I worked in the nursery at the hospital we watched to see what type of eye contact parents made with their new baby.  It would give us a hint if there was a bonding issue.   This is the kind of eye contact we all loved to see.  It is not the best technical shot but I do like it.



    And just because her birthday is Valentines day, here is my grandaughter now.

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Burning down the House

         

   Not my house or anyones house that I know.  Aren't I terrible, just couldn't resist the shot.  It was so cold that day.  The firemen are hero's.

Sunday Song (photo) Shoot

Sunday Song, (photo) Shoot.

Next Sunday you can select one of two songs.  Or you can select both if you are ambitious.  Does anyone remember the Cowsills?  Don't ask me about them! I can simply tell you they were a family who sang together and I really loved this first song when I was a pre-teen ... errr, I meant when I was a BABY.  (you DO believe that, right?)

The songs:

The Rain, the Park and Other Things. 

Hair (which they did a single but, it's also from the soundtrack Hair)

The idea is to get or take a photograph that you think would/could represent the title of the song.  If you want EXTRA KUDOS you can read the lyrics (click on the song title) and try to get/take a photograph that you feel would depict the meaning of the song.

   Can you guess which one I chose?  Hair

Just to remind myself

  That this horrible cold winter will end and there will be flowers again.

JLand Photo Shoot

 

Thanks to all of you who played along last week.  We had our biggest turnout ever with 37 participating bloggers!  I hope you'll continue to play this week also, and that you will find this week's subject interesting. 

This week's JLand Photo Shoot will begin today (Monday) and is due on Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 PM EST.  That's Saturday night for those of you who are getting confused!

Our subject this week is:

Old

You may interpret this any way you like.  Suggestions:  trees, people, antiques, etc.  

This week we are going to have a rule.  You can snap the photo this week, or you can pull out a photo that you have taken in the past.  But please make sure it is a photo that you have taken yourself, so you can showcase your photography.  That's the only rule.  Thanks so much!  :) 

After you've posted your entry in your journal/blog, please put the address to your entry in my Comments Section below.  If you need an explanation on how to do this, or need to know any other instructions concenerning this photo shoot, please click on the link below.

                   Below I have an old Oak tree.



             And Old clothes pins.





            And last, the old homested.  Real old homested.




   Very Old 1919 Roseville Tourist Jardiniere

 

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Dark Trees

into the shadows flitting and fleeting my fears hide
behind each tree who's shadow grows longer
with the setting sun while my fears grow
in length with creeping darkness
of evenings end.
to completely dissolve with suns slow descent into
my fearful imagination.



The End

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Dirty Snow & Posey's in the Snow

  I saw these snow drifts and yelled, stop the car, stop the car.  Like meringue  on a  lemon pie!



       In black and white, dirty snow made interesting by the recent winds and melt.



   Trying my filter in different positions.




  Another one, stop the car, stop the car.  Something about old fences.



    And then just a negative of the post because I liked it that way.








   And then Posey's in the Snow.  The filter made them a weird color so I made the color even weirder.  I decided their wonderful color should color their world, color the white snow.

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