Free Learning

Free Learning

Last Wednesday I completed a Four Week Online Photography Course offered by Creative Techs and I just signed up for 3 more online courses.

The black and white of Roses

The black and white of Roses

I have loved roses since I was a teenager and received my first one from a boyfriend.  I love their fragrances.  And I love their simple beauty.  And I miss having a rose garden to call my own.  When we moved two years ago I had to leave my small...
13 Things you didn’t know about joshua trees

13 Things you didn’t know about joshua trees

Yesterday afternoon I took a break from rebuilding blogs and went on a walk with my son.  Of course I had my camera with me.  I have always been fascinated with joshua trees and the unique limbs and the crookedness of this tree caught my attention as we...
Just another Wordless Wednesday (almost)

Just another Wordless Wednesday (almost)

I am finding it hard to come up with a photograph for this weeks Wordless Wednesday.  How do you follow up after posting a photograph like this which received many wonderful comments.  As I go through my thousands of photographs, its not easy to chose one...
First time in six years

First time in six years

I have not had much time to blog over the past few days.  First of all we were celebrating birthdays.  The love of my life turned 37 on Friday.  And then his namesake turned six on Saturday.  If only namesake had been born twelve hours earlier,...
What is in my stock of summer photos?

What is in my stock of summer photos?

Sunday is upon us though most of the house is still asleep.  I have my son to thank for me being up at 3am.  For some reason he decided to wake in the middle of the night and throw a fit.  I will be glad when he grows out of this stage. My friend Robin over at Around...
It flies overhead

It flies overhead

First, let me start my Friday morning by thanking Siteseer for honoring me with my first Blog Award for my writing skills while guest blogging for The Bumbles while they are on vacation.  I enjoyed writing for someone else’s blog.  Gave me a chance to step...
Is it Thursday already?

Is it Thursday already?

As I look at the time in the lower right corner of my desktop, I realize it is indeed Thursday.  Where did the time go? I can say this, I have spent most of Wednesday parked in front of my computer for many hours, focused on one thing.  Moving my blog from...
{POTD} What is Lazy Eye?

{POTD} What is Lazy Eye?

As we are bombarded with Back to School advertisements, I think back to a year ago when CJ was all excited to be starting Kindergarten.  Finally he would get to go on the school bus like his big sister.  He was even excited about going to the doctor little did he know...