January 17, 2015 by kimicalreaction - 7 Comments

Tardy to the Party: Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge

I’m just now pulling my head out of my…the sand from the holidays and getting back into blogging.

More importantly, I’ve finally had a chance to catch up with some of my favorite bloggers and see what they’ve been up to. Quite a few of them have been responding to various (and very interesting) challenges from “Cee’s Photography,” so I did a somewhat nosy mosey over to her site to see what was going on.

And OMG, she has the most fabulous photo challenge using song verses to inspire subject matter in photos. Last week’s challenge (thus the tardy to my party) was the first verse of “My Favorite Things” from the Sound of Music:

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles, and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages tied up with strings, These are a few of my favorite things

I do hope it’s okay to jump in a little late, because I have:

Brodie, the Detective Inspector.

an awesome whiskery kitten photo, that I feel cannot be looked at enough, because it makes me smile (and admittedly, inwardly “squee!”) each time I see it.

As for the rest, we are visiting my Mom-in-Law, Linda, this weekend, and she’s got tons of awesome props for photo inspiration and staging.

I’ve had so much fun running around the house this morning making and taking pictures, that I would love to share my other (interpretive) images:

Some of Linda’s gorgeous stained glass artwork

Raindrops on roses…

It’s copper, it starts with a “c” and I found it in the kitchen…

Bright copper ~~colanders~~ kettles…

Well, warm, wooly fingerless mitts. Still, very close.

and warm woolen mittens…

A “tableau” at the wrapping table.

brown paper packages, tied up with string…

(This challenge has been one of my favorite things!)

January 15, 2015 by kimicalreaction - 7 Comments

Three Things Thursday: January 15, 2015

Today I’m joining in again on Nerd in the Brain’s weekly challenge, Three Things Thursday, where she asks you to “share three things from the previous week that made you smile or laugh or appreciate the awesomeness of your life.”

I’d like to share three photos that fall into the “awesomeness of life” category.

We’ve had a week of cold, drizzly weather in Atlanta.

I work on the 72nd floor of a highrise building, typically surrounded by stunning views of the city. For the last few days, we’ve been completely wrapped in a cotton batting of fog, unable to see more than an inch or two beyond the windows.

Walking into my office this morning, my eye was caught by a flash of black, piercing the endless gloom.

The image was so cool and surreal and Goth-y, I had to get a picture. Dumping the entire contents of my purse on the floor (with my customary elegance), I scrambled for my phone before the view was lost in the mists.

It was eery and wildly magical.

As the clouds swirled and eddied past me, I caught a hint of changing weather…

and a promise of blue skies to come.

January 8, 2015 by kimicalreaction - 4 Comments

Three Things Thursday January 8, 2015

The lovely Nerd in the Brain offers a Thursday writing (or photo) challenge called Three Things Thursday:

*three things that make me smile: an exercise in gratitude – feel free to steal this idea with wild abandon and fill your blog with the happy*

I think it’s a wonderful idea and had all kinds of fun and happy photos planned for my first attempt, but my day went and changed a little on me in a way I wasn’t so happy about. Therefore, I have decided I’m going to change a little on it, and find some things to be grateful for.

My husband brought me lemon chamomile tea with honey. And a little friend.

Yes, I am thick ::sniffles:: Most likely, I’m having a reaction to the tetanus (t-dap) booster I had at the doctor today – some of the side effects are fever, nausea, dizziness and headaches. I seem to have found them all.

David was very sweet and rushed me into jammies and bed.