Art Rage Challenge

The topic for the month of January 2008 is:
 ”Late”  

Sorry my entry is so “Late”.  I have accomplished what plans I made for this entry but it took a while to get out to do.

Late #1

Late is a word most of us are familiar with as most of us fall into the category sometime or other (for instance my entry for this challenge).  What came to me as an idea was how many people drive “dangerously late”.  We see them run the lights all the time in our area.  I didn’t catch exactly what I wanted in my images but you will get the idea.

Late #2

John and I laughed at this one as even the tires have disappeared in the image.  I believe this driver may be later than he would like to be one of these days.

This is an older photo I had to dig for but I wanted to add it to this entry.  I think all viewers would agree, this drivers plans were done in.  I catagorize him as ”very late”.

Have a great week,

 

Weekly Photo Challenge

the subject from EnigmaGrl  is:

 “Dreams”

An interesting challenge, “Dreams”.  I found myself fishing for ideas as my dreams have been relatively mild in comparison to others I have heard of.  If I were younger and starting over and the opportunity and technology were there I would say my dream to be a noted outdoor photographer traveling the world of nature with my trusty digital cam and onboard computer with the abilities to post to some fantastic outlet where my talents would be in demand might have been obtainable.  As I have to pass up that idea, I’ll settle for what I can photograph and the ability to post in Xanga.  You might say I’m very easy.

Some of “my Dreams” Photos

I love to cook and I love to eat.  I always have.  My “Dream” is to continue bettering my cooking skills.  I also dream of eating and not gaining weight.  As long as I’m dreaming I’d like to be able to EAT and LOSE, stabilizing at about 135 goodlooking pounds.

I could stand being younger, better looking and feisty and able to climb a tree.  This is my grand daughter in this image (year 2001, she is 17 now).  I would like to be able to be in a tree with her.  Having my camera in the tree with me to catch what goes on out of the tree would be nice.

Getting past the unobtainable …

Photography is increasingly important to me.  My dream is to learn my new camera, all the ins and outs and applying what I learn while managing not to shake a lot while taking my photos.  I want to take really good photos.

I dream of taking some fine night time City scapes floating across the waters of the Ohio River.  I am learning and the new cam is a dream come true in itself.  I couldn’t take a night shot this decent before I received it.

And catching (not near misses of) moving shots with all the settings right before the subject is out of the picture is a dream I will manage … WITH some PRACTICE.

Dreams are just dreams, until we shoot for realism.  But dreams are motivation for excellence or possibly uniqueness so I dream with hopes for what is possible.

 

Keep on taking those photos,

Weekly Photo Challenge

the subject from slocyn is:

 “My Best Friend”

I have been fortunate to have always had good friends.  I have some lovely Internet friends, some really fine neighbor friends and I grew up with some very close childhood friends.  My best friend for most of my life though has been my husband.  Our daughter adores him and I can’t think of a person who dislikes him.  For myself, I never grow tired of being around him and our 40th Anniversary was New Years eve.

My Best Friend

I am not a lucky person.  I never win a thing but when it comes to husbands, I really got lucky.  Someone was watching over me.

 

Have a great week and keep on taking those photos.

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Weekly Photo Challenge

the subject from butterflyxlife is:

 “Dependence”

I really hate the word dependence.  It conjures up all the ills of the world. 

Few of us could survive without dependence, now, on from someone who provides the food we eat to the clothes we wear to the medications we use to the production of motor driven vehicles which have replaced our legs.  I find it to be a sad state of affairs as all of us are dependent in some way and most to the point of addiction though inadvertently. 

Partial Definition:  the state of relying on or needing someone or something for aid, or support, reliance on and a state of being psychologically or physiologically dependent on a drug after a prolonged period of use.  And I would add here we are dependents on oil and cars or transport to the point of addiction as most of us would not give our cars or transport up.

 

Recycled photos for this challenge …

In the not so long ago past the road system was less sophisticated made of gravel and mud.  We didn’t do as much traveling long distance.  If we did, a horse and buggy or a wagon was used.

When mechanized machinery came about it changed our world from one of backbreaking labor to less strenuous.  Where we had used horses to plow fields we graduated to tractors which could do more work in less time.  The downside was the pollution created from the fuels needed to operate the machinery.  The upside we didn’t need to have as many babies to do the farmhand work.

The fact is, with tractors able to do more we still had to many farmhands even though we had less babies so a large portion of the population moved to cities to work where subdivisions were built where you could barely till a small garden and you could not have a cow if you wanted one.  As food was no longer grown at home you had to go to a grocery which living in a division was some miles away so no walking, you bought a car and you drove it.

No horses in the city but cowboys still exist so modern cowboys rode two wheeled horses that could carry them farther and faster than any horse in existence.

Schools were no longer within walking distance so we had to have buses.

And lots of trains to ship the food stuff fast and eventually trucks took over the majority of that role.

And to think of staying home and playing board games or entertaining with talents you developed is absurd as it’s more fun to ride around in circles in cars looking for whatever you might find within the circle.  In my youth we called it joyriding but now I call it sad.

Would you call this dependence? and a road to addiction?

Keep on taking those photos, 
 

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EDITED IMAGES

Weekly Photo Challenge

the subject from Sherrytwinklz is:

 “Love is … “

Hello Xanga … I hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas experience and a good entry into the New Year.  Our New Year started with a bang I hope continues. 

I am Playing catch up after our trip to and back home again from our Christmas visit in Virginia with daughter Halie and her family.  The trip was great, the visit was great, Christmas was wonderful, Santa was more than generous, the food was great and the reining Yahtzee champion is my granddaughter, Eden.

I managed to comment on all sites with entries on the previous post “In Your Bowls” but here it is, ‘Friday again’.  I am one challenge and comments for it, behind.  SO, I am posting 2 entries, one for “Love Is …” and a second for “Absence of Color” and I will visit pages to see photos for both.  I have a lot of catching up to do. 

ANOTHER BIG
 HAPPY NEW YEAR
to all.

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 In respect for commenters views, I have made changes to some of my images …

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My photos for  “Love Is …”

Love is … what you get from a special pet.
Ralphie: a rescued cat from Spain and very sweet.  Halie says he is slow but I think laid back might be a good word for him.  He was a rescued cat and was brought to the states after a finished tour of Navy duty.  All pets on this page, except for Apple, were rescued in Spain and brought home with their rescue family, my daughter and her husband and my grand daughter.  Between the pets and the people, there is a lot of loving going on.

Rusty, a cat’s cat is a bit on the onery side.

Apple, a rescued Chihuahua from a Virginia shelter is about as sweet as they come.  She is filled with kisses and would give hugs if she could.

India and Espanya, both rescued pets from Spain.  They can outrun almost anything and they are filled with devotion and have very loving personalities.

Espanya a Spanish Greyhound or Galgo

India, a Spanish Greyhound or Galgo

From experience gained, all of these pets are special and the dogs are so filled with giving you can’t help but fall in love with them all.  Love is … where you find it and with really nice pets, love overflows.

Weekly Photo Challenge

the subject from Life_Lived is:

 “Absence of Color”

My Photos

The direction was, take a photo of something colorful but post it in black and white.

I decided to go with a graphic made from five of my photos of the same pets above.  As they (the dogs and cats) are never still to the point you can get a photo with them all, this is the next best thing. 

The original in color. 
LEFT REAR is Ralphie, center is Rusty and Apple, FRONT:  India far right and Espanya front. 

My Black and White
LEFT REAR is Ralphie, center is Rusty and Apple, FRONT:  India far right and Espanya left. 

Keep on taking those photos,
 

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