As I travel TGO on my bike with my iPhone, I am always snapping away. But,these are from my front porch and driveway before and after bike rides. I did crop and enhance color/contrast a little.
JEB 12 27 2023
JEB 12 27 2023
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE -Look for the beauty of the world – then snap a photo to see what you saw again.
A couple Photo Art images from photos taken in my Drummond Island pasture – used PhotoShop.
12 26 2023 JEB
12 26 2023 JEB
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Know that, when it rains, every first grader knows how to grab a crayon and make a picture – OOPS! grab an ipad and make a picture.
Most kids in my school lived in Company houses in a tiny Appalachia coal town. The view out their window was of other Company houses or the Company coal train. I felt so privileged, at Christmas, to have a view of the old homestead barn out of my bedroom window – I dreamed of the Christmas manger being there. So, for this image, I started with an old photo from my bedroom window, added a manger scene from Fairways Drive and a photo of our Nature Center Christmas tree . …… My wish for you & your family is that you have a great religious holiday season.
Christmas 2023
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Wish each other the best for the season and the New Year
I caught Santa reflected in the door window. He broght, in one package, 20 gifts from my son and daughter-in-law. We had no chimney – so he used the door – we had no snow for his sleigh – so he used an Amazon truck. The gift was appreciated even more than had he used noisy hoofed raindeer and a soot filled chimney. THANKS!
Christmas 2023
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – I hope you embrace the new way – it might bring you dozens of gifts as Santa did this year from our brothers, sisters, grandghildren, and children
I moved this Jeep from Windsong to an orange grove and gave it new headlights. Look at the license: ORAN JEE. (Orange Jeep). There’s a curious habit that we share – bestowing names on non-human objects: a trusty boat, a cherished golf club, or maybe even a community like TGO. On my ranch, I named dozens of animals. For example: Red (Dog), Black (Horse), Gone Again (Emu), Goofy (Cow), Barn (Cat), Not Sure (Llama). Psychologist say the act of naming objects is a way of bonding with the object – extending ourselves. The named object now flows as part of us – a conversation starter, helping us socialize and share life experiences – enriching our lives.
JEB – 12 22 2023 Jeep
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – maybe you can start your next conversation with “Let me tell you what happened to Me and Old Blue” yesterday.
I like our Photo-Club’s show and tell time. For example, sometimes the purpose of my post-processing is just to have fun. Here, I used two photos and a screen shot with the purpose of confusing the kids. Their response was: “Where in the world is Dad? I told you he is too old to be out there on that tractor alone”
Started with a screen shot
Photo 1
Photo 2
The result of post processing
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – have fun – need I say more?
In TGO there are dozens of ponds. They are a part of us! We can’t get into TGO without filling our windshield with a view of lake Judy or a pond in Hidden Lakes – they are everywhere in TGO. Most of the lakes are shallow retenion ponds with sedimentation that covers the Bass and Bluegill spawning beds making reproduction dificult. To keep our ponds/lakes healthy, beautiful, and a positive influence on our environment, they need fish – so we restock them. That happened last week through the help of a lot of volunteers – THANKS
12 18 2023 Restocking
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – think about nature and the ways we all can help keep nature healthy, beautiful, and a positive influence on our lives.
Dave Wrote: Hi Jim, Here are some pictures for the blog. We had some snow yesterday and our feeders were very active. We had a Brown Creeper show up at the feeders. Creepers are a small woodland bird. They do not feed on seeds so I guess it was after suet that I have put out. Here ar some pictures of the Brown Creeper. Dave
12 16 2023 Dave Cesari
12 16 2023 Dave Cesari
12 16 2023 Dave Cesari
12 16 2023 Dave Cesari
I WROTE: Today,I was testing various settings with my old Coolpix 510. On the left is a photo (at x42, aperture prioity f5.5, 1/13 sec, iso800) shot across the lake behind my house in the rain downpour. On the right is an abstract photo art I made using the photo on the left. That project was one of my rainy day enjoyments!
JEB 12 26 2023
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – and it rains on your parade – enjoy the change of pace – grab the digital pen or the graphite pen and enjoy an hour
Islands create social engagement. A. All whom an Islander meets knows their name. B. God’s landscape and water are shared by all. C. Since there are a limited variety of things to do, Islanders share a lot of experiences. D. God’s weather controls the activities of everyone. Three photos: 1.Together experience making hay for the horses. 2. A borrowed driveway scrapping blade in exchange for doing the scrapper’s owner’s driveway. 3. Bad weather sends every home from the GAP.
Bad weather setting in Drummond
Sharing experience -Drummond
Sharing tools and chores – Drummond
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – You determine your own social engagement – Whether in a city with many people or on a small Island with few people it can help you age well
Using the photo on the left, I painted the book cover on the right. I wanted show how you can use a photograph, as a base, for a story. In this case the story is: Did the Four Winds get traded for the West Wright Potter before the Potter (or the author) sailed off into the GAP’s sunset? Keep coming back – the end of the book has not been written yet.
A book without end – Yet
AS YOU SWING THROUGH LIFE – Snap more photos, tell more stories – better yet – Live a life full of stories!
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