Winter thoughts of spring

January 27, 2014 | Winter thoughts of spring
Originally uploaded by maggie_gem

In midst of the Polar Vortex spotting flowers at the market bring thoughts of spring! Today is Ground Hog Day and Punxsutawney Phil is predicting six more weeks of winter. Another winter storm is predicted to arrive tomorrow, so this seemed to be an appropriate choice for today's post!

I've submitted this to the January Photo-Heart Connection and hope to get some inspiration to freshen up this blog in the coming months!

It's a Dog's Life

It's a Dog's Life
Originally uploaded by maggie_gem

Caught watching Friends re-runs! Maddox certainly knows how to live the good life... hanging on the daughter's bed all warm and toasty!

Today I came across Mike Peters' collection "The Dream" via Eric Kim's Street Photography blog, it was a very touching multimedia presentation of average Americans in the NY/ NJ area, the real middle-class working class that is the polar opposite of Madison Ave/Hollywood. It is definitely worth a look.

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Camera+, Snapseed and Photo Toaster were used to process this iPhone photo

Focus...

Nikon 35mm 1.8

Getting gear ready for the challenges ahead... I'm off to a little of slow start, need to get my head back in the game.

There are many projects I'd like to accomplish this year, the Tasra365 Reinvented I mentioned yesterday, but also some others that include a twice weekly posting which starts with b&w for January and a fun little Ugly Monday Flickr group... just to keep me amused with my toy photography. Unfortunately the Uglies spent the weekend at the office so they weren't available for the kick off this week... I'm sure they'll rise to the occassion as soon as they hear about this exciting project, featuring THEM!

Until next time... Live, Love, Laugh!