This Was Amazing!

(Edit (April 9, 2011) - The current Round Robin Photo Challenge is COLLECTIONS. Since this collection was truly one of a kind, I wanted to share these images with the other challenge participants.

If you enjoy these pictures, please be sure to visit the Round Robin Challenge to find the linking list to the collections that other photographers have chosen to feature.)

Yesterday, I attended the Infinite Variety Quilt Show held in NYC. I learned about it late, and consider myself VERY lucky that I was able to get there before it closed today. As a fiber fanatic...walking through this show was like walking through wonderland.

The quilts are the personal collection of one woman and all are done in red and white. There were an astounding 650 quilts on display. The exhibit represents work created over a span of 300 years. I caught myself thinking how many stitches it took to fabricate that body of work....each one by hand. It's mind boggling.

I've embedded a slide share of some of my photos from the exhibit below. If you mouse over a photo, slide show controls will appear at the bottoms of the window. On the control bar, there is an icon for full screen viewing on the far right.


Thanks for visiting and ENJOY!

Swap Out the Winter Blahs..

Indie doesn't have the blahs. Like me, he LOVES snow!

This in not from this week's storm...it was mostly a non-event on Long Island. Rain, sleet and ICE is what we got....BLAH! This was last week's weather, where we got close to 18" of that beautiful white stuff!



Alphawoman (Mary) at Just a Hippie Gypsy posted an interesting idea yesterday and I decided to play.

I will send a handmade piece of art to Mary PLUS the first five people who comment on this post AND promise to make the same offer on their blog. I'm not sure what it will be yet but it will somehow incorporate one of my photographs. I enjoy making pretty things and sharing the art makes it that much more fun. Since it's handmade work, it won't come right away but I'll do my best to get things sent out by May 1. So, if you'd like to get a little gift in the mail from me, here's what you need to do.

Leave a comment saying you want to join in with your email. I'll contact you by private message for your snail mail address.

Make a similar offer on your blog.

Send out your art to the your blog friends!

C'mon....it will be fun!

Snow At The Beach

I love winter and we've had a couple of good snowstorms with significant accumulation since the holidays. Earlier this week, we had up to 18" of snowfall in some areas out here on Long Island. Since we've moved here, I've wanted to get out to the beach after a big snow. Today, I finally made it.

It was a picture perfect day. It was cold, but not raw so it was really pleasant to be out. And, the beach was beautiful!!







I realized this morning that these images fall qualify for this week's Round Robin Challenge (The Picture I've Always Wanted to Take). I've only lived near the beach for three years. I find the beach much more relaxing and enjoyable during winter months than during the hot, crowded months of summer. I've never seen snow on the beach before, but I've always been captured by images of dunes drifted with snow. I may not have consciously known that these were images I've "always" wanted to take. But they do capture a sense of what I enjoy about the beach...the light, the lines defined by the wind, the expansive solitude and the big sky. I'm thrilled to have finally had the opportunity to make them and to add them to my portfolio.

Please visit the other Round Robins (linking list here) to see what images made their photographic dreams come true.

Blogger Community Photo Challenge - White on White

I thought this was a GREAT idea for a challenge. It really pushed me to think creatively about a subject and I did something I might not think otherwise to do. After trying a few different ideas, this is what I decided to share. The challenge got the wheels in my brain turning and there more be more white on white images showing up here soon.







Find the links to the other challenge participants here.

That's My World Tuesday - December 7, 2010 - Hot Tuna!

First off, I apologize that these images are not up to my usual standard. But this week, this is my world.

Friday night I went into NYC for a great concert. It was the first of two Hot Tuna shows celebrating Jorma Kaukonen's 70th birthday. Jorma was a founding member of two legendary bands, Hot Tuna and Jefferson Airplane.

I'll admit, I'm not really familiar with their music. But the buzz was that MY favorite musical performer, Bruce Hornsby, was going to be making a guest appearance. If Bruce is playing in my neck of the woods...I'll be there.

It was a blazing hot show from start to finish. There were many guest musicians in addition to Bruce, including the magnificent Warren Haynes! Most of the audience in my section of the theater were on their feet dancing the entire time. I certainly was!

These photos were shot from my seat in row T with my simple point and shoot camera. I would have never been able to get in there with my DSLR.


Here's the band! Bruce is furthest to the left at the piano. Warren Haynes is the next musician as you move right. Jorma is second from the right.



Jorma Kaukonen. Happy Birthday!




Bruce perfoms Children of Zion on the dulcimer with the band.



Bruce and Warren Haynes with Hot Tuna thrilling the crowd with I Know You Rider.

Check out what else is going on around the world at That's My World Tuesday.

Bird Photography Weekly #119

We came upon an entire flock of cedar waxwings enjoying berries in a tree. There must have been at least 30 of them and I took countless photos. I happened to select this one to post this week because I love the way the feathers on his head look like hair standing on end. He also seems to have a bit of an annoyed or indignant expression.




For links to other beautiful bird photos, check for links in the comment section here.



Edit... I've been given reason to suspect that this might be a Bohemian Waxwing rather than a Cedar Waxwing. Perhaps a knowledgeable visitor can shed some light on the correct id.

Round Robin Challenge - Before and After

This weeks Round Robin Challenge is self explanatory.

My other creative hobby involves quilting and textile art.


Before: A pile of scrap fabric strips




After: A quilted wallhanging. It was fun playing around with the squares in different ways to come up with a design. The options for combining shapes made with these types of strips are endless. I'll probably be doing more of these.




Here are the links to all the other Round Robin participants. I hope you'll visit them all.



Karen
Outpost Mâvarin
http://outmavarin.blogspot.com

Monica
Shutterly Happy
http://monica-frameofmind.blogspot.com/

Kat
In My Dreams I Can Fly...
http://inmydreamssfk.blogspot.com/

Margaret
Margaret's Musings
http://amusingmargaret.com

Linda
Mommy's Treasures
http://mommystreasures.blogspot.com

Jama
Sweet Memories
http://mummyjam.blogspot.com

Ruth
The ScrabbleQueen Knits, Too
http://scrabblequeen.wordpress.com

Erin
A Hardcore Life
http://erin-hardcorehensel.blogspot.com

Sandy
From the Heart of Texas
http://sandyfromtheheartoftexas.com

ellen b
The Happy Wonderer
http://happywonderer.wordpress.com

Manang Kim, USA
My Life's Journey in Focus
http://kisses4u.blogspot.com

Krista
Through the Eye of my Camera
http://ourhomeschoolinthewoods.blogspot.com