Persistence

I've been away at camp as a counselor for the preteens at our church.

Each morning I woke very early (between 5:30 and 6:00 each day) to get ready for the day (before the bathroom became too cramped with the 30+girls sharing our dorm!) I'd then head to the dining hall to have my morning cup of coffee and enjoy the peace and quiet of each morning before most of the campers had even awakened. I took my camera with me every morning hoping to snap some sunrise photos before time to wake my girls and join the boys for our Bible study time at 7:00. Monday and Tuesday mornings were disappointing as the sky was too cloudy to see the sunrise at all. Tuesday night I was kept up very late with a sick camper and was later than normal getting up because I kept hitting the snooze button on my alarm! I did manage to have time for a quick cup of coffee and not knowing whether it would do any good I grabbed my camera and headed out. The sunrise was awesome! I hurried to get my coffee and walked down behind the campground's tabernacle where there are 3 crosses standing. These are the photos I captured early this morning. My persistence paid off!

Stained Glass

I attended a wedding this weekend at a small church in Marion and photographed some of the stained glass inside.

(I am away as a counselor at preteen camp. This is the only post I had time to pre-post so it will be later in the week before I have something new up)

Skywatch Friday (late again)

I don't have any skywatch photos from this week so I'm posting an old one I took back in November of last year.

(This is straight out of the camera, with no photoshop enhancements at all)

Be sure to go check out other skywatchers here.

Hummingbirds

Tonight as Marty and I relaxed on the deck we watched several hummingbirds fly back and forth between this feeder and the trees.













I thought this one looked pretty regal sitting on his perch.

Anticipation

I first posted this on my other blog last year, here. I think it's time for a repost and it fits this time of year once again! Who's ready for some football???

The school supplies are purchased, the clothing bought. With the start of school, also comes...

FOOTBALL!!!

The season tickets are purchased, the seat cushion's been found. Past the empty stadium can you see it? Can you feel it? There's a rumbling in the air, louder, louder still...stomp, stomp, clap. Stomp, stomp, clap. Another roar off in the distance....gets louder as more catch on. Can you hear it? "Defense. Defense. Defense." Can you feel the excitement of the first home touchdown of the game? Can you smell the popcorn and peanuts? Hear the cheers from the squad, the notes from the band?

It's with great anticipation we await the Friday Night Lights.

Photo "Adjustments"

I didn't post anything new last night because I was working on another photo project. I've begun to upload photos to a website called RedBubble where artists and photographers can upload their work to sell as prints, cards, tshirts, etc. I don't know that any prints will sell but it's free and it's worth a shot, right? My husband will be heading off to Brazil this fall with 7 other church members on a mission trip and the whole team has been working hard to raise the funds to go. If you're interested in helping out, head on over to my other blog to see how.

Some of the photos I've uploaded to RedBubble have been "tweaked" before uploading. I've been playing in Photoshop. You've seen this shot recently here, straight out of the camera (2nd photo on that post). I did some tweaking of the colors for that post and removed the power lines. For my RedBubble upload I made some major adjustments as you can see here:

Straight out of the camera:

Here's another I posted recently on my other blog that I changed in Photoshop:

Straight out of the camera:

If you want to check out my RedBubble uploads go here.

Another Sunset on the Guadalupe River

Our pastor and his wife live on Lake Placid on the Guadalupe River. We enjoyed a nice time of fellowship at their home after church tonight and while we were there I snapped several shots of the sunset and clouds.