Potpourri...

pot·pour·ri  noun \ˌpō-pu̇-ˈrē\

  : a miscellaneous collection:  hodgepodge:  odds and ends 

 

Today,  a little of this and a little of that...

Hipstamatic; Lens:  John S  Film:  Blanko  Flash: Cherry Shine

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.  All they show is limitations.  Look with your understanding.  Find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.    Richard Bach

My sweeet charm from Lisa Leonard  arrived with my "One Little Word" for 2012

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Like many, I have the new iPhone 4s and am surprised and delighted with the camera quality. I also recently discovered a fun little book...

The Art of iPhoneography

A guide to Mobile Creativity by Stephanie C. Roberts

I am now in the process of crafting my toolkit and experimenting with lots of different apps, LOL

 Taken with the  Instgram iPhone app

 Taken with  Hipstamatic iPhone app
Lens:  John S
Gilm: Kodot XGrizzled

My {View} from 10,000 feet high
Hipstamatic
Lens:  Buckhorst
Film:  Kodot XGrizzled

So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land.Peter Pan

 

XOXO

 

Caherine

Come fly with me...

At Silver Bella, 2009, I attended a Hodge Podge Journal workshop taught by Rebecca Sower but I never actually finished mine, nor did I know what I wanted to do with this little treasure,

until now...

Behold, my One Little Word Journal

It may hold one year or perhaps several, we shall see

Title page for 2012

My January 2012 self portrait

2011 OLW was Snapshot and I spent much time taking self portraits,

 it seemed like a wonderful way to honor last year's word

Inside page, behind self portrait,

Becoming acquainted with my "One Little Word"

How does it feel, how does it fit?

The journey begins...

Want to come along with me?

Pay a visit to Ali Edwads who is teaching a delightful class at BPS  

Can't wait to see what adventures are in store for me

XOXO

Catherine

Hello sweet friends...

a new year,

&

a new home,

&,

a new adventure awaits

Eight months have flown by as my life changed in ways I could not have forseen.  Wonderful much was, but challenges were faced as well.  Tis not always easy to "let go" and embrace  new adventures.

 it is time, a little voice whispers, it is time

And so I begin today...

Have you choosen "Your One Little" for 2012?

My word actually choose me this year...

fly

fly. 

v.i. to move through, or rise in the air with wings, move rapidly, float in the air, flutter, soar, take wing, take off.

I would love for you to share your word with me.  Such fun it would be to go on the journey together.

One more little note for today, you can now find me in Virginia, yes the west coast girl moved east!

Today's {View}

Happy New Year and I look forward to sharing my new adventures with you and hearing all about yours...

xoxo

Catherine

She brings her camera...

Unbeknownst to me,

while I was totally absorbed taking pictures

my sweet friends 

were

quietly taking photos of me.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist, but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

                                                                                                  - Brooks Atkinson - 1951, Once Around the Sun

xoxo

Catherine

Photos taken by Vicki Brazil and Andrea Colacchia

Tiptoe Through The Tulips With Me...

One little word:  Snapshot

A few months ago I had never taken my DSLR camera off of AUTO and it seemed so very scary to think in terms of F-stops and Shutter Speeds and exposure compensations, oh my...

Well, happy to say camera is no longer on AUTO and is most often on Aperture Priority these days with a fixed lens, 50mm.

Lots and lots of awful photos, failures and throwaways...

But every once in awhile a tiny little miracle occurs and I am able to capture a small slice of life, which gives me hope and encourages me to continue this quest. My constant "mantra" is progress not perfection.

Yes, my word for 2011 is Snapshot and my exciting journey of change and growth continues.



Happy Easter dear blongland friends

And may your view include beautiful spring flowers

xoxo

Catherine



How to celebrate a birthday...



Pick up your iPhone, call sweet daughter, and invite her out to play.

Sign up for, The Heirloom Collection, Series VII..."Bon Voyage", so graciously offered by Carol Wingert

Carol is the most amazing, creative hostess and offered an event unlike any other I have attended.

Arrive Phoenix International Airport, rent car, and hit the road, it's time to "power shop"

Oh the treasures to be found...

Presents for Mama, handmade by daughter, sigh

A lovely day indeed, time for sleep, yawn

Part deux, soon to come, our wonderful day at Carol's home

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night

And I think to myself, what a wonderful world.

Catherine



Spring skiing....

Packing check list,

The perfect outfit, check

Car's tuned up and  road trip ready, check

The perfect ski outfit, oh did I mention that already?

Back soon,

Catherine