Lime Green is in!

Amy G. is the first one to send in a photo from the scavenger hunt! I love this photo. The little dog is so cute and that pettiskirt is awesome! thanks Amy! Lime Green is #12 on the list, anyone else have Lime Green items yet? Oh I almost forgot to mention, the flip flops are fabulous!!! Good job Amy!

Photo Scavenger Hunt!

Who wants to play?! Here's the rules: Send the images to me at photosbytonih@yahoo.com and I will post them here over the coming days. I'll announce when the HUNT is over. Just something fun that hopefully will get you away from the computer for awhile! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. If there's enough interest in this, I may put together a little 8x8 softcover book with photogs credited. When you send your photo, let me know if it's OK to use it. Oh and they don't have to be just SOOC, you can texture it, TTv it, whatever....You don't have to send me every thing on the list, just one is fine. The rest of them could be for your own challenge. But you can send me more than one if you want. Either way, this is just something fun, a photo challenge to think out of the box.

Here's the list:

1. Photo of your hometown newspaper, front page OR Newspaper Racks all in a row.
2. Something Paisley.
3. your best wine shot.
4. Vintage telephone, any kind. Preferably at an antique shop or the like.
5. Zoo pic -- be sure to name the animal and the zoo!
6. Polaroid image - no self portrait. Be very creative with this shot!
7. 511 - the number 511 -
8. bicycle
9. tricycle
10. Garden kitsch (gnome or something like that..goofy, quirky, better!)
11. Kids in Prom outfits out in public somewhere (for some reason, they love to hang out at Wal-mart after Prom in the wee hours of the morning) maybe a cool night portrait shot in a parking lot or something!
12. Lime green shirt, skirt, etc...wild pattern preferred.
13. Public Laundromat at midnight.
14. Your best food shot in a public diner.
15. Most interesting church sign in your town right now.
16. Most interesting window display in your town on MAIN STREET! As in Main StreetUSA! Not highway main.
17. Your city's biggest eyesore.
18. A place in your area on the National Register of Historic Places.
19. an old Barn
20. oldest book in your public library
21. go to an open house and shoot two photos, one outside showing for sale/open house sign, the other inside somewhere.
22. headstone of the oldest VETERAN's grave in your cemetery - be respectful please.
23. COFFEE/anything goes on this, the local coffee shop, art of coffee, etc...
24. restaurant with the most unusual name or sign in your town
25. and something very rural, agri-related...sheep, pigs, local handmade herbalist or soapmaker, etc....
now, go have fun!

Storm clouds 'I love the red'

I shot several today of the outflow that was building north of the city today, caused from the massive storm, south of us. It was intense to watch but so far hasn't done anything in our direct area. Except drive my sinuses into OT making me so miserable. Even Walgreen's version of Claritin is not working on it.
My eyes are itchy and watery, my throat is scratchy, just no fun. So, I don't feel like working on the images and am only posting one, my favorite. My husband likes the red as do I. It makes me think of that sailor's proverb, 'red sky at night, sailor's delight, red sky in morn', storm warning..' so I went and Googled and came up with this link: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/weather-sailor.html
But of course, the red in my photo is on the ground, not in the sky, but it was the sky that is my main focus. And while shooting, I discovered that my sensors/lenses need serious cleaning!
I really wanted to capture these clouds about 30 minutes earlier, but was dealing with an errand that took priority.
But back to the photo and storm. Had the cold and warm drafts merged as anticipated, it would have really cut loose. Wait, they are still cautioning us on this, large hail and winds could still happen out of this system. And I shot the photo about four hours ago. I hope you like the photo. I'll put more up on my flickr page and most will be sooc.

American Idol, must say

I just can't see how Ramiele lasted as long as she did. And what is wrong with America? Kristy Cook can sing! Yet week after week, she gets sent to the chair. Just wrong. But really, what was really wrong tonight was seeing Brooke in the bottom three. Come on fans! Justin, Jason, what is his name? He belongs over there, most definitely not Brooke. She's real, she's fun and her voice is great. Now granted, she doesn't have the vocals like Carly but .... I know, eventually several of my favorites will get booted. Some of yours will too, you know it! This is my favorite bunch: David Cook, Michael Johns, Carly and Brooke. Kristy is also a favorite, but sometimes, she reminds me of Katrina Elam and well, I just can't help but think she 'mimics' Kat, though I'm sure she doesn't and even if so, that's quite a compliment. Oh, speaking of Kat, her myspace features a couple new songs, one "Him or Us" gave me total goosebumps and almost had me bawling. Wow. Good job Kat! It may be 'the song' Kat needs, though I am partial and think every one of her songs is 'that one!'
I thought about pulling out an old photo of Kat and posting it, but decided that wouldn't be fair without a forewarn her way. So, no photo on this post. Instead, go check out Kat's music on her myspace page. But while you're here, do you agree with my AI choices or not?!

Simplicity and Surround

Two of my TTv shots, using an old Duaflex and my Canon 30d. I added a texture overlay also on the first shot. Second shot is two of the TTv images composited. Quite different then the car shots, I know, but the simplicity of it all surrounds me in my new home and I love it. These will be available for purchase in my etsy shop, not sure yet as to size, either 5x5 or 8x8. I'll have the info with the images in the shop. These are wonderful pieces of art for those who collect the little TTv treasures. A simple mat or mat/frame and you can fill an empty niche on your wall.