This morning I made a Christmas stocking filter and started by turning the neighbors’ security lights into stockings. New Poem Today’s prompt from dVerse Poets Pub is Quadrille #142. The quadrille is a poem of 44 words and Mish challenges us to put some tinsel in it. The only time I remember decorating with tinselContinue reading “Stuffing Stockings”
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I Hear Hooves on the Roof
This morning I cut a new filter. I made a reindeer and I really like how it turned out. I had so much fun making reindeer fly around outside. New Poem There’s a fun prompt over at Poetic Bloomings today. Prompt #364 – The Muse in Music challenges us to pick a Christmas song titleContinue reading “I Hear Hooves on the Roof”
#SoCS: Mistletoe and Other Tree Parasites
Yesterday I discovered a new technique through another happy accident. I left my lights on after the shoot yesterday, and noticed how they reflected in the glass of the sliding door as if they were outside. I used that to create bokeh in the trees this morning. It’s a great discovery for taking outdoor bokehContinue reading “#SoCS: Mistletoe and Other Tree Parasites”
Goodwill Toward
It’s fun to have a mix of specific and abstract words for prompts. When I think of “bells,” I have a specific image in my mind of what bells look like, but what does “Goodwill” look like? I had fun exploring different ideas. New Poems Today I’m going to continue to explore Rest, Sleep, andContinue reading “Goodwill Toward”
Making Icicles
This morning I finally tied up the other mirror and turned the mirrorworld into a triangle. This created some nice borders to attempt some light icicles. New Poems Today is Open Link Night at dVerse Poets Pub. I think I’ll start exploring Rest, Sleep, and Hibernation as a poetry prompt for the Changing Focus DecemberContinue reading “Making Icicles”
The Bells Cut Through the Din
New Poem Today’s Wednesday Poetry Prompt from Robert Lee Brewer at Writer’s Digest is to write a cut poem. This prompt instantly brought a lot to mind since already today I cut a new bokeh filter of bells. Trimming Down The cuts, so many cutsdicing the unwantedand splicing what’s leftinto a new continuumnow to eraseContinue reading “The Bells Cut Through the Din”
I Sing of Future Artifacts
New Poem Today’s Poetics prompt from Merril at the dVerse Poets Pub is “Passions Stamped on Lifeless Things.” I really like this quote from Percy Shelley’s Ozymandias. The challenge is to write a poem about an historical artifact. I’m reading The Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston right now, so I thoughtContinue reading “I Sing of Future Artifacts”
The Elves Come Out at Night
I had some other plans, but I like how my new filters turned out, so I went with it. New Poem Morning Dance The baseboard heater ticks. It has no rhythm.The bathroom fan also dances to chaos,a Mandelbrot of rattles and hums.Tossing care I lose my patternand pass some time grateful for heat,cold’s defeat inContinue reading “The Elves Come Out at Night”
Cheery Christmas Spirits
I knew today’s photo challenge “cheer” was going to be tough. My cold is holding on tight and I spent the night coughing and shivering, but I was determined. So I made no-bake healthy oatmeal cookies to eat like Santa all day, and put on a Christmas record. Just as “Rudolph’s Christmas Party” started toContinue reading “Cheery Christmas Spirits”
#SoCS: Rev Up My Stream of Consciousness
For today’s images, I tried three ideas. First, I created a holly filter with my new filter design that goes over the lens guard. Then I tried grouping my red and green lights on the multi-color strand with twist-ties. Then I put some plastic santas and snowmen on my white lights and made some HollyContinue reading “#SoCS: Rev Up My Stream of Consciousness”
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