Y2 Day 139... fun

I spent the day playing with my new toy, the new iPad and so the only photo taken was with the iPad using the Photo Booth, Kaleidoscope filter.
This is a rose, Mother's Love

Y2 Day 138... new toy

Y2 Day 137... feathers and a flower

I don't go out looking for pictures. I go out, and if something catches my eye, that's reason enough to photograph it.

- Henry Wessel

This captured my eye and I did my best to capture it...

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Y2 Day 135...

Whenever I slip this braclet over my hand my memories are taken back to Paris, where I bought this...

Y2 Day 134...

Ryan John's first pair of real shoes and his last pair of work boots... he got big but will always be my baby boy.

Happy Mother's day to all...
xoxo

Y2 Day 133...

You should make photographs with your heart, mind, eye & soul. The capture device is simply there to allow you to transfer your vision to a medium that you can share with others.

- Bill Frakes   

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Y2 Day 131... flying the flag

Two nights away in Sydney staying at the Rocks and when you are staying in the Rocks there are two things dominate the landscape... the Opera House and the Bridge so here is a shot of the Bridge

Last year I took a similar shot but it was overcast and grey...

Y2 Day 130...

Two nights away in Sydney staying at the Rocks and when you are staying in the Rocks there are two things dominate the landscape... the Opera House and the Bridge so here is a shot of the Opera House

Last year I took a very similar shot of the Opera House...it was a grey, overcast day but this time Sydney was sparkling   

Y2 Day 129... the view from the bridge

Y2 Day 128...

more flowers.... we still have a house full of flowers so I took advantage

Y2 Day 127... step by step

“Stairs are climbed step by step.”
Turkish Proverb

Y2 Day 126,,, gems or tears

“Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve!”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Today I have picked up my camera with the desire to take photos... there is so much beauty to capture and I am beginning to see it again

Thank you all for your support and messages, I am taking each day hour by hour and getting through... of course there are good times and bad but I keep going.

On Saturday the 21st of April my baby boy, Ryan John, aged 17 was tragically taken from us in a car accident.

Since that day I have been taken it hour by hour and have had little inspiration to pick up my camera... these are some shots of the many flowers that we have received.

Soon I will pick up the camera again and continue with my project....

Y2 Day 112...

A normal person sees a storm, thinks help and runs away
A photographer sees that storm, and runs the other way
Off into the cold they go, the wind, the rain and more
To capture pics no matter what, of all the things they saw
Watching all the huge waves crashing, defiantly they stand
Looking out from beneath the pier, with camera in hand
Why do we do such stupid things, like photograph the snow
We can’t resist to get that pic, so off we always go
We see the world through rule of thirds, and many shades of grey
The search to get the perfect shot, continues every day
The poem: "The photographer" by Dean Thorpe.

It wasn't a storm, just a little Autumn rain but instead of staying warm inside I headed out to see what I could capture...

Y2 Day 111

The helicopter is a fine way to travel, but it induces a view of the world that only God and CEOs share on a regular basis.
Morley Safer

Unfortunately this helicopter can not give me the view that God and CEOs share but I have been lucky enough to have been up four times and will go again...   

Y2 Day 110

One of those days where I kept putting off taking a photo, then before I know it is 11pm, I was tired and just wanted to go home so walking around work I found a photo... not the most interesting subject but a photo