My Wedding Silver and Grandma Bea's

When I wash this silver, I think of Grandma, and friends and family. The more it's used, the deeper the patina.

November 5 to 11, 2009

5. November clouds from the upper deck. 6. Frosted ornamental grass in the morning. In order to get any light at all, I have to shoot in the morning before work. Kind of limits the outdoor stuff. 7. Photowalk with CVPS on Brandywine Creek, below the falls. A little too sunny for landscapes, but nice reflections and light shade for macros. 8. I like this one - the sun setting over the back paddocks at Promise Land. 9. One of some letterpress horse prints I found at Yankee Peddler a few years ago. I like the contrast of the crisp black ink pressed into creamy white paper. 10. Grumpyland, where I waste good shooting hours (someone has a little problem with short days!). 11. One of the last trees to lose its leaves.

Katie Pertiet 9/20/09 Color Challenge pp. Font is Georgia.

Chagrin Falls

Lunch at Gamekeepers and a little bit of shopping with Regina, Mike, Cheryl, and Heidi.

November 27, 2009: First Snow

Very late this year. We usually have snow before Thanksgiving. The snow was very light, gone in Kent by 10 am. This shot was taken farther north, around 4 in the afternoon in Shalersville.

November 26, 2009: Thanksgiving Day

Sheila made the pumpkin roll, Marge, the cookies and pumpkin pie, and I made the apple bread. Ten minutes after this shot, there was considerably less food on the island.

November 25, 2009: Warm Inside

Oops, forgot to take the white balance off "fluorescent" and ended up with a very blue photo. Used a warming filter to get back to normal. Check the settings, chickie!

Drizzly and pleasantly cool today. Picked up a very expensive fresh turkey at Kirby's and starting cooking and baking for Thanksgiving. Also had a meltdown, since there wasn't a lot of time to play. Once that was out off the way, mental sunshine returned, and the rest of the day was pretty productive.

November 24, 2009: Getting Ready for Thanksgiving

$92.95. There's a lot of cooking to be done!

N.B. As expected, the presence of lettuce drew much mockery from my brothers. Evidently,"weeds" are not a Thanksgiving-appropriate vegetable. That title is reserved for the enormous casserol full of vigorously nuked frozen corn. Gotta love brotherly quirks.

November 23, 2009: Kent Project

Late rose. It's been an amazing Indian Summer. This rose still has buds.

Front door at Pufferbelly, with a Virtual Photographer filter called "photocopy".

To replace P365 for 2010, I am going to do a photography project on my adopted hometown, Kent, Ohio.

I have three objectives:

1. To document Kent as it is in the first decade of the 21st century.

2. To improve my photography skills.

3. To write a bit about the history and sense place.

The last goal is probably the hardest, since I typically stick to date and place. Kent is quirky and colorful enough to merit a little more.

November 22, 2009: Tidy House

November 21, 2009: Messy House

Egg & Sausage Casserole

For brunch on Sunday.

Right in My Front Yard

He was in my front yard when I pulled out this morning. I managed to stop the car, fumble my camera out of my purse and take a couple of shots. The telephoto was in the digital zone, hence the fuzzies, but there was no way he'd let me get close enough with the p&s. He was puzzling over something, shuffling this way and that.

Two-Fer Tuesday, November 17, 2009

To make up for being a slug on Saturday! Below is cooking class at Summa Wellness. Chef Bill Bailey of plays with knives and fire showed us how to lighten up Thanksgiving dinner. Lee Ann, the nutritionist, told us that the average American consumes 1800 calories at Thanksgiving dinner. That's a lot of circuits around the track! Sunset from the parking lot at Summa Wellness. I'm thinking of moving in. They have giant hot tub with a waterfall and a spa - the perfect place to go home to after work.

Monday, November 16, 2009

New front tires and a quick trip to the credit union (whose cupola is show here) made for a busy but productive lunch.

Home Made

Stock, too!

For Sunday Lunch

Finished with My Workout

P365 Page for 10/29 - 11/4

29. Fall decorations in the dining room. 30. My desk at work. I just can’t work on an uncluttered surface. 31. Carving this cheerful pumpkin was lots of fun - and the seeds were yummy. 1. Used this shot for my November desktop (thanks, Katie!). He’s so cute, and I like his almost-a-smile in this photo. 2. Steinert pumpkin, bought at an art show in Kent. The Steinert Glass School is closed now, too bad, because they made beautiful things. 3. Sunrise from the driveway. Love the pencil-sketch trees. 4. My Honey, again. I’m not completely happy with the processing, but too lazy to go back and mess with it more.
Katie Pertiet Web Inspiration paper 10 25 09 from Designer Digitals; Font is Georgia.

Last of Autumn

Pears seem to be the last trees to color up. The weather is still lovely, nicest Indian Summer I can remember. Today was sunny, low 60's, just perfect.

My Office

Letterpress Print

One of four letter press prints (all horses, of course!) I bought at Yankee Peddler a few years ago.

At the Barn, Dusk

Photowalk along Brandywine Creek

Shooting into the Sun

November 5, 2009

November 4, 2009

Chuck, with his new laptop, at Panera.

November 3, 2009

From my front yard.

Steinert Pumpkin

Made at the Steinert Glass School in Kent. Beautiful orange!

Chuck

For my November desktop.