Sunday, December 11, 2011

Grandmothers' Garden in winter


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The garden grows brown and crisp, but never bare.

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Fun with an iPad

I received an iPad last month (I actually won it in a drawing - people really do win these things!), and one of the most fun things to do with it is play with photographs. It has a camera, and there are some fun apps that do interesting things with your photos.

Crowns

Surprise!

Autumn pond

Nike

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Picture Westfield


vampire house, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

The Westfield Athenaeum Library wanted local photographers to participate in its Picture Westfield project to document the city for its archives, and I signed up.

I thought it would be really fun to capture some of the great houses around Westfield. There really are a lot of them.

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Addams Family house

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It was fun to walk around town and really look at all the cool houses. It'll be interesting to see what other people took pictures of!

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Colonial Harvest Day


costumed, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Lower Court Street in Westfield was taken over by Westfield on Weekends this morning, for their Colonial Harvest Day event. There were crafts, performances, demonstrations, and people in costume all up and down the street.

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spinning wool

basket weaver

in costume

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big horse

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The event was postponed from yesterday due to the weather, and the day turned out to be sunny and nice. Everyone looked to be having a good time. It was nice to see this event back after a year off. Hopefully by next year, the construction downtown will be finished, and they can expand back onto the green!

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Stanley Park in September


crisp, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Cooler days and crisp nights have brought out the autumnal beauty at Stanley Park in Westfield, MA.

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jewelweed

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ripening holly berries

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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

nature still life


nature still life #4, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

A new project that I came up with is Nature Still Life. I gather interesting objects as I walk, arrange them when I find a nice spot, photograph them, and leave them there as is. Art in the wild, as it were.

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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Portraits in black and white


mommy's turn, originally uploaded by Lizzie~Belle.

Instead of just taking snapshots, I thought I'd try B&W portraits while at my family reunion over the weekend. I really like B&W; I need to do more of this!

Hanneli & Hedy

Tim & Jessie, newly engaged

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Sarah and Jack

Cheryl & Ashley

Sara and a sleepy Emma