Songography - Morning Has Broken

I am also participating in SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY so you can click on that link to be taken to that post.


Welcome to this weeks edition of SONGOGRAPHY hosted by Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out.) 

This weeks song:  Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens.  I've always liked this song so I knew that I had to participate this week.  Here is what I came up with.


Click to Enlarge Photos:

Songography

Welcome! -  It's time to join Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) for,

SONGOGRAPHY

This weeks song,  One is the Loneliest Number - (Three Dog Night)

I'm being brief this week as it's late, I'm tired and I really don't have much to say.  So without further ado here is my interpretation of the song.



 Two can be as bad as one, it's the loneliest number since the number one.
                         (Especially if it's you and your shadow).

Songography and Sunlit Sunday

Hello & Welcome.  Today I'll be joining Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) for Songography and Karen (My Little Home and Garden) for Sunlit Sunday.

This week's song,  It's Not Easy Being Green
(Kermit the Frog.)

 

 



It's not that easy being green;
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves.

(Although these leaves on this tree really stand out.  They are the brightest yellow-green I have ever seen.  You can't miss this tree when it leafs out.)

But green's the color of Spring.
And green can be cool and friendly-like

It's not easy being green.
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things.

Be sure to check out both of these wonderful Meme's.  Have a great day and a......
HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY (on Monday) of course!




 

Songography - Hazy Shade of Winter Edition

Well after taking a couple of weeks off from participating in Songography I'm back with my interpretation of,  Hazy Shade of Winter (Bangles).

Please join me over on Kathy's blog,  You'll Shoot Your Eye Out for
SONGOGRAPHY



Click to enlarge photos.

                                        -Look around, leaves are brown-

And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.
Look around,
Leaves are brown,
There's a patch of snow on the ground

Songography (Silver Bells Edition) and Scavenger Hunt Sunday

Well we are now on the count down to Christmas so let the Merry begin!!!
Click to Enlarge Photos.

Starting off with SONGOGRAPHY - So please join me and of course Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) for the "Silver Bells" edition.

This was our front sidewalk on Friday morning,  Yikes!  Thankfully by Friday night it had rained and all that fluffy white stuff was gone. 

Silver bells silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring a ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------N

 Next let's join Ashley from (Ramblings and Photos) for some SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY fun.  -  The prompts this week were:  Lights, Tree, Big, Makes You Feel Merry and On the Door.

LIGHTS:  We drove around a little tonight to look at some Christmas lights and I found this really cool house with a ton of lights.  They were all set to music so be sure to watch the little video as well that will follow the one decent picture I managed to get.

Here is the light show.

TREE:  We decorated my mom's tree last Sunday evening.  Here are pictures of my great-nephew, Andrew and my granddaughter, Coleen helping to decorate.  I love how they both have nearly identical expressions on their faces.

BIG:  This display was in one of the local grocery stores.  That's one "Big" Santa.

 

MAKES YOU FEEL MERRY:  I bought this decoration for my mom many years ago but every time I play it I feel "merry"  - Again a picture and a video.

ON THE DOOR: - Well not exactly on the door but how about above the door.  This is over my mom's front door and one of her favorite decorations.

Well that wraps up another week.  I want to wish you all a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and thank you for stopping by my blog this year and for you wonderful comments and encouragement. 

Songography - It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas and Scavenger Hunt Sunday

What a busy, busy week...or month I should say.  Still trying to get shopping done, but at least the tree is up and the house is decorated inside and out.  Which is perfect because this weeks SONGOGRAPHY song is...

It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas - Version by Michael Buble but there are plenty of other versions out there as well.

We went out today to get my mom's Christmas tree and I spotted these guys in the store, of course they had to come home with me.

 At least I only snapped a picture of this Santa but isn't he cool looking.

Some images from our tree:

 

 

I love all the different ornaments we have on our tree.  These are just a few of them. 

Many of the prompts for SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY are Christmas related as well so be sure to keep on looking.

Here are the lists of prompts:  The Weather Today, R is for..., Green, Joy & Drink.

THE WEATHER TODAY - Wow after sub-degree temperatures last week it was almost 50 yesterday and about 42 today.  Great weather for...

Fred the cat to climb a tree without slipping on ice or snow, which has now melted.

R is FOR...I wanted to photograph some Reindeer that use to be at the place where we get our trees but they weren't there this year.  Instead you get....

A Rooster that was in the shop instead.

GREEN:

One of several of my holiday frog figures.  I love the expression on this guys face.

Going out of order here as I want to leave Joy for last.


DRINK:

Nothing like a cup of Peppermint Mocha Coffee with a Candy Cane to swirl in it.

JOY:  My favorite image this week:

The Joy of a child visiting Santa. 

Be sure to stop by Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) and Ashley (Ramblings and Photos) for Songography and Scavenger Hunt Sunday.

It truly is beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

SHS and Songography (All Kinds of Kinds) edition. - November 10, 2013

Welcome!  -  Since this post isn't going to be super photo heavy today I'm combining Scavenger Hunt Sunday and Songography into one blog post.

Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) hosts the
SONGOGRAPHY meme each week.  The object is to listen to the chosen song and then do a photograph depicting your interpretation of the song.  -  This weeks song was:
All Kinds of Kinds by Miranda Lambert.

Again I'm not a big fan of country music so I was not familiar with the song at all.  I did listen though and I've got to say the lyrics are rather weird but like the song implies...it takes all kinds of kinds to make up the world.

I had thought about going downtown and just photographing the tourists walking by because there certainly are all kinds of kinds when they are in town.  I didn't though because I would have felt rather weird taking pictures of strangers and trying not to be obvious about it. 

Instead Coleen and I stopped by an Antique/2nd hand store and I took photo's of various people (not real ones, except for one) through out the store.  I've combined them here in a collage.

Click to Enlarge:

Yes the world would be a very dull and boring place if we were all the same.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  Ashley (Ramblings and Photos) hosts,
SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY where each week you get 5 prompts that you take photographs of through the week and then post.  Lots of fun.

This weeks prompts were:  Table, I Collect, Music, Yes! and Someone I Miss.

TABLE:  Goodness I certainly didn't want to photograph our table, it's usually cluttered with stuff until we clear it off to eat.  Besides it's nothing all that interesting either.  So while at the antique store today I spotted a little coffee table that I like and here is the result.

I COLLECT:  Funny story about this one.  I collect Frog and Cat figurines (not so much anymore though as there is only so much room to display them) but I went to get some of my frog figurines that were packed away and when I opened the box that was marked, Small Frogs I found that instead of the frogs they were actually cat figurines!  I tried getting pictures of them but hate the lighting in our living room.  So I took one outside and while taking a picture one of our real cats pulled the front door open and I snapped his photo.  Because let's face it when you have 6 cats you may as well just say you, "Collect Cats.!"

MUSIC:  Saw some of the music sitting on my hubby's guitar stand and thought it looked cool.

YES! - Stopped at a bakery on the way to the antique store and heard this calling out my name.  I said, "Yes!"

SOMEONE I MISS - This was a hard one because I thought how can I do a picture of someone that I miss if they aren't around to take a photo of.  I didn't want to do a picture of a picture so instead I did a picture of a place that reminds me of the person.  This is Bennington Lake where my dad spent many an afternoon fishing when he was alive.  Every time I visit I am reminded of him and even though he's been gone nearly 16 years I still miss him very much.

“Love is stronger than death even though it can't stop death from happening, but no matter how hard death tries it can't separate people from love. It can't take away our memories either. In the end, life is stronger than death.”

 

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great week and don't forget to stop by Kathy and Ashley's blogs and check out the other participants.

Scavenger Hunt Sunday and Songography - October 27, 2013

Welcome.  If you read my blog post from Friday you'll know it's been a very busy week here for me.  It didn't stop either as Friday my mom & I spent 4 hours outside planting flower bulbs (Tulips & Daffodils) for spring.  Lots of hard work and sore muscles but we got it done.

Today we spent most of the day out of town taking Coleen to see the Dinosaur Exhibit,  Jurassic Quest, Return of the Dinosaur.  Most of my evenings this week have been taken up watching the PBR Bull Riding Finals which end tomorrow afternoon.  So it's been an exciting, fun, and tiring week.   Still I found time for some photo's and am here to share them with you.

Starting with SONGOGRAPHY  - Brought to you by Kathy from You'll Shoot Your Eye Out.  The song choice this week:  Forever Young by Rod Stewart.  I absolutely LOVE this song.  Never having given birth to any children of my own I cherish the fact that I got to help raise my daughter, Greta and now her little girl, Coleen as well.  They are a very special part of my life and always will be.  I hold in my heart all the special moments with them that I possibly can.  Here is one from this weeks visit to the Pumpkin Patch: 
CLICK TO ENLARGE PHOTOS

 

        May sunshine and happiness surround you when you're far from home.

So now let's join Ashley (Ramblings and Photos) for SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY.

This weeks prompts:  Change, Your Mood Today, Dark, Welcome and Depth of Field.

CHANGE:  I love that we get to see the seasons "Change" here in Walla Walla.  I spotted this scene while out for a walk with my mom's dog, Pixie this week.  I didn't have the camera with me on the walk so after I got home I got my camera and drove back to take the photo.

Worth going back to get that picture if you ask me.

YOUR MOOD TODAY:  Well this picture wasn't taken today but I think it suited my mood for most of the week.  Happy and Relaxed (even though I was busy)

Coleen and I spotted this kitty on a porch when we were out taking some Halloween decoration photos.  Kitties always make me happy and this one looked very relaxed.

DARK:

Inside the Dinosaur exhibit it was rather dark and these guys lived in a very dark period of the earths history if you ask me.

WELCOME: (or maybe not....)

DEPTH OF FIELD: 

Took this shot when Coleen and I went out to gather some acorns to help feed the squirrels this winter.

Songography-The Best Day of My Life edition and Scavenger Hunt Sunday, October 20, 2013

Ah we've come to the end of yet another crazy, hectic week (at least for me) and now it's time to unwind with a little fun courtesy of Kathy (You'll Shoot Your Eye Out) and Ashley (Ramblings & Photos). 

Let's start the fun with SONGOGRAPHY where this weeks featured song is,  Best Day of My Life - American Authors.  (Such a cute video featuring a fun day in a dogs life).  Much of my week was taken up with Dental Appt., Errands, Kid activities and working in the yard.  A busy week and not really what I'd consider the Best Day of My Life.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the week but something that I really enjoyed was this....

Click to Enlarge

Taken 9-21-13 in Lincoln City, OR (USA) - Coleen and I enjoyed some time playing in the waves on the beach prior to my niece's wedding.  Any day at the beach is a (Best Day of My Life) type day for me and it was made even better by sharing it with my granddaughter,  Coleen. One of the best things about my life is spending time with her. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So now let's join in on SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY -  This weeks prompts were:
Watching, Leafy, First World Problem, Still and A Good Day.

A few of these were challenging.  Especially the First World Problem one.  I had no clue what that was all about so I hope that I got it right.

WATCHING:  Coleen and I took a little drive around town looking (or watching) for Halloween décor.

Every step you take, every move you make,  I'll be "watching" you (courtesy of the Police song).

LEAFY:

Another shot from the Scenic Loop drive.  I love how this "leafy" bush frames the mountains in the background.

FIRST WORLD PROBLEM:  I didn't know if this was supposed to be a problem within the US, or just what.  I'm guessing that's what it was meant to be and am using a photo from this past August's parade where this cause was supported.

I think Racism and Women's Rights are certainly "problems" that need to be dealt with.

STILL:

This is one of our cats, Dottie, sitting very still as she watches one of the other cats to see if it was going to pounce on her.

A GOOD DAY:

 Friday was a "Good Day" for Coleen as it was Spirit Day and Crazy Hair Day at her school.  Her mom fixed her hair for her and sprayed the blue/white color into it and tied blue/white ribbons in her hair.  She had fun with her crazy hair and enjoyed a good day at school.

So that's it for this week.  -  Thank you all for stopping by.