To me, the lights of the season here in our quaint town of Chippewa Falls, WI, are magical. It's been years since Mr. and I have gone to Irvine Park to drive through. Mr. asked me about my prompts for the week. I said, "One of them is Red/Green." So, granting my wishes to find… Continue reading How Mr. Lit Up Our Date Night as A Recreation From 35 Years Ago
Tag: Christmas Lights
The December Post I Ran Out Of Time Finding a Title For
With the confidence of a blogger donning poor December management skills this week, I issue to you, my dearest followers, a rush to the end of the post capturing a few of the weirdest moments of my week that led me into December 2023. The treestand's superglue repair held (so far 🤞🏻). After it was… Continue reading The December Post I Ran Out Of Time Finding a Title For
How I Dictated Away My Winter 2022 Blues
Does our brain dictate what we see? Or do we see something that dictates our brain's perception? Can we dictate the blues away if we focus our brain hard enough on the right things? Those are good questions, I guess. I often ponder them when I'm feeling blue at Christmas time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO6Kubm5tyE Listening to Elvis… Continue reading How I Dictated Away My Winter 2022 Blues
Twelve Days ’til Christmas and Mr. and Mrs. Claus Stopped Whining
An email that stood out popped into my inbox yesterday. Leave it to good ol' Seth Godin to come to my rescue and put my oh-so-naughty, slightly negative perspective back on a more positive track. His post is about Whining (you can read it here if you'd like). The gist of it is that it's… Continue reading Twelve Days ’til Christmas and Mr. and Mrs. Claus Stopped Whining
How to capture abstract photos with Christmas lights
Here I am, just sliding into view on your computer screen. I'm playing with my favorite camera settings for the holidays. I love to mess around with lights in rooms and ISO settings on my camera to see what I get! The tried and true bokeh effect comes from turning on all the lights in… Continue reading How to capture abstract photos with Christmas lights
An elf guided lesson on photographing Christmas lights
The sound of plastic and paper rustling in the other room broke the silence of my blog writing today. Grr...feeling all Grinch-like I grabbed my camera and dashed to the other room before the culprit disappeared. Those damn cats better not be in the tree... I threw on all the lights and what should appear...… Continue reading An elf guided lesson on photographing Christmas lights