Wine Wednesday: May 11, 2016

Wine Wednesday Quote: “Champagne is one of the elegant extras in life.” –Charles Dickens (author of some reknown)

#AprilPhotoChallenge: 16-30

It  has been a great month for photography.  And I think that my photo skills are growing. My most frequent limitations have been when I have great ideas for a shot, but my time is limited or the weather is uncooperative. #16. Glass Mid-April brought 80 degree weather and blue skies to the peninsula.  Burgers and brews…

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Wine Wednesday: April 27, 2016

Wine Wednesday Quote: “There can never be any substitute for your own palate nor any better education than tasting the wine yourself.” –Robert Parker (wine critic, Baltimore native)

Happy 400th, Will!

In honor of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth, it’s time to raise a glass to The Bard. The wine-cup is the little silver well, Where truth, if truth there be, doth dwell. “Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used.”  Iago, Othello the Moor of Venice (II. iii) “O thou invisible spirit…

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Wine Wednesday: April 20, 2016

Wine Wednesday Quote: “Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.” –Moliére (French playwrite and actor)  

#AprilPhotoChallenge: 1-15

My friend and I continue the challenge with a new list and posting it on FB. This month’s challenge is Fat Mum Slim’s Photo a Day Challenge.   I have become a big fan of her page.  I recommend checking it out. #1. Yellow It was a windy and chilly day at the Toledo Botanical Garden with…

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#MarchPhotoChallenge: 22-31

I took a trip back to the Great Lakes at Easter and had a good time continuing with the photo challenge.  While my pictures still show my amateur status, I loved photographing bits of places that mean a great deal to me. #22. I Wore This #23. Feet My pal Elvis and I enjoyed the sunny afternoon. #24. Color…

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#MarchPhotoChallenge: 11-21

The creative juices have been flowing. #11. Beverage. #12: Comfy #13. Planning #14. This is Lunch It was too windy to enjoy our little snack on the beach, so we sat in the truck and watched the waves roll in.  My beloved had leftover shrimp cocktail that his mother had made.  She makes it much…

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Wine Wednesday: March 16, 2016

Wine Wednesday Quote: “I shall drink no wine before its time.  OK, it’s time!” –Groucho Marx (comedian, film star, cigar smoker)  

#MarchPhotoChallenge: Catching Up

Last year, I bought a DSLR.  Nothing special. A Nikon D3200.  A photographer told me it was a good starter camera for someone like me who has been using a pocket Canon superzoom for the last fifteen years.  After purchasing the camera, I audited an introductory digital photography course with a friend who was finishing up some units at…

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