Monday, January 31, 2011

Vase with Pecans

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Weathered reds in a friend's backyard.


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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Yielding Fruit in its Season





Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.

Spotted yesterday near a friend's home, and my choice for this week's Psalm Challenge.

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Friday, January 28, 2011

White on Black

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Several as yet unblogged (stay tuned) projects have been consuming my time lately; I haven't had much chance to shoot for fun and it's been even longer than that since I've had a chance to participate in Carmi's wonderfully introspective Thematic Photographic project. This week's theme of curves felt like a good match for this closeup of an antique crocheted tablecloth. It's one of a series of family heirlooms I'm shooting for a friend, who's using them to illustrate a book she's writing about her family history. Can you imagine the hours that must have gone into making this, one painstaking stitch (is it called a stitch in crochet? I'm hopeless with a needle, or crochet hook, myself) at a time. Not only a family heirloom but a reminder of another time, one that existed in a completely different world.

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Monday, January 24, 2011

Sequins

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I was messing around with some extension tubes the other day when these red sequins on one of Maya's craft projects caught my eye.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Psalm 103:15

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Israeli wildflowers (blooming last year, this year's aren't quite out yet) is my contribution to this week's Psalm Challenge, graciously hosted by Robert of Daily Athens.

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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Andromeda's Rock

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According to Greek legend Andromeda was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster in penance for her mother's boasting. Was this rocky outcropping off of the ancient port city of Jaffa actually that rock? We'll never know, but legend says that it is, and it is known locally as Andromeda's Rock.

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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Simplicity

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Sometimes the sepia just takes care of itself...

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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

What's Left Unsaid

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Sometimes what's left unsaid is the most powerful statement of all.



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Monday, January 17, 2011

My love is like a red, red rose


I've been quite busy today - if you look to the sidebar on your right you'll see a new widget - it's a link to my the brand spanking new Facebook Fan Page I just created for Around the Island Photography. I'd be delighted if you'd swing by and say hello as I get it off the ground.

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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Wine that maketh glad the heart of man

I took a bit of a lighter approach to this week's Psalm Challenge...



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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Off Season

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Gray winter skies over a deserted Sea of Galilee beach.

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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Concentric Circles


Concentric circles set off the dome's golden mosaic tiles at the chapel on the Mount of the Beatitudes, right above the oil lamp seen in my Psalm Challenge post.

Visit Wordless Wednesday to see what other people aren't saying this week, and Wordful Wednesday to see what they are.


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Monday, January 10, 2011

Tel Aviv Wall Art

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Seen on the side of a building in South Tel Aviv a while back.


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Sunday, January 9, 2011

Thy Word is a Lamp


For week 2 of Robert's Psalm Challenge.

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Thursday, January 6, 2011

Sunrise, Early January


This was the view from my patio at 6:45 this morning. Almost made it worth being up and moving that early after a night that was far shorter than it should have been.

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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Horses in Striped Pajamas


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Monday, January 3, 2011

And now for something completely different...



A bit of a twist on an ordinary chrysanthemum, wouldn't you say? I've just learned how to do these orbitals and I'm utterly fascinated.

Want to try it yourself? Here's a tutorial that explains how.

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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Psalm Challenge

A brand new photo challenge has just begun and it's a perfect fit for my Photoverse Prints. Robert from Daily Athens has started Psalm Challenge, where participants share images based on psalms. See? I told you it was a perfect fit.
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For my first contribution I'd like to offer this one from right here in my little corner of the world, as meaningful - and needed - today as it was the day it was written.

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Hat tip to Dina of Jerusalem Hills Daily Photo for letting me know about this one. I look forward to participating regularly.
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Baby it's cold in here

It's actually not that bad outside but with our cement block walls it is colder than the dickens inside. I'm bundled up in a sweater and slippers and still feel very much like I'm living in a penguin enclosure, minus the smells and the fish. Okay, with a goldfish (who is thankfully NOT dead, at least not yet, unlike his two (yes two) predecessors earlier this week) but who looks pretty cute and doesn't smell nearly as bad as the ones they chuck at the penguins...



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