Fall is Here! :)

Happy Friday Everyone! :)

Are you all into the Halloween Festivities? :)

It definitely seems very different now I do not have to make Halloween costumes anymore. :(

Well, I have been crazy busy developing a website where I can locate my creative passions, Photography, Art and Design all in one place. So, that is where my blogging time has been going. I have missed you all and tried to comment on as many blogs as poss. It is amazing how much time building a website can take. Of course it isn't published yet but when it is you will be the first to see it. :)

I am also prepping for an Art Show/Sale in November; packaging up photos, painting and doing some sewing, phew! I haven't done this show before so we will see how it goes. Hopefully, I will get some sales and meet some fun people. :)

As the seasons have been changing all around us so quickly these past few weeks I wanted to share a few of the photos I have taken.

The first eight were shot in the Beautiful Columbia River Gorge!  

I am having so much fun trying to capture water splashing :)

I love the abstraction of this photo :)

My Hubby says this looks like a map :)

I just love the colours on these trees and the depth on the ones below :)

 

I really hope you enjoyed these new photos :) I will list some of these in my Etsy Shop soon :)

If you would like to see some more awesome photos check out my blog post on the Female Photographers of Etsy (fPOE) blog. Yesterday I featured some of the photos by this talented group of Photogs.

Leave a comment and let me know what you are doing for Halloween! :)


Have a Lovely Weekend everyone, see you next week :)


Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Holiday Fun!

It has been below freezing here in Portland for the past week and with the windchill, well let's just say it is a little nippy. But the sun is shining and being the outdoorsy people we are here in the Northwest we go out undeterred. This past Sunday my Hubby and I went to a local area in Portland, we love, called Sellwood. It was bustling, regardless of the chilly weather, and people, I think, were just enjoying being outdoors.

This horse (well 2 horses actually :) and carriage were a fun addition to the festive atmosphere. I managed to snap a few photos as it passed us by. The horses were so calm as they transported some very excited children and adults back and forth along the road. The sound of the sleigh bells was very magical, I guess we truly do associate that sound with the Holiday Season. :)

Hope you enjoy! :)

Don't forget to enter my Holiday Giveaway :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.

Westminster Chimes!

Good Morning! :) I am so glad the rain has stopped for a few days! YAY!

I have been out taking photos with my new camera, the Nikon D90. Well, what a lot of fun I am having. Although the weather has been overcast and rather gloomy I figured why not give the camera a real challenge, if it could take reasonable photos in gloomy light what would it take in perfect sunlight (I am going to have to wait 'til next Spring, here in the Northwest, to find that one out :(

The challenge I am finding right now is that the camera is a lot heavier than my little Canon point and shoot, especially with the larger zoom lens. Everything I am taking is on auto for now. There are so many things to learn, it will be a while before I am up to taking photos on manual.

Because the camera is so heavy, taking photos of objects above is pretty tricky but I wanted to share these with you, they are not stunning just a work in progress.

This clock and fountain are outside the gym where I go to workout. It chimes every quarter and on the hour the fill Westminster Chimes. This is at once both a happy and sad thing for me. It reminds me how far I am from my beloved London and also, evokes in me the memories of some great times living in London.

When you come out of the underground station across the street from "Big Ben" you step out into the sunshine (it always has to be sunshine in our memories) and are instantly in awe of its beauty. It is to me a strong permanent physical reminder of my British heritage.

Although this clock doesn't look like "Big Ben" and of course the rush and noise of the London streets is nowhere around, I can close my eyes when this clock chimes and pretend I am standing beneath the real thing. :)

Happy Painting/Creating! :) T.