Finally a red flower! A lone red tulip paired with a few yellow tulips and grape hyacinths to round out the primary color palette. More to come! Did I mention I love spring?
Day 134/365: Tulips, a Splash of Red in the Garden
Day 133/365: Macro View of a Daffodil
I’m taking more pictures of daffodils that I intended, but this macro was just too good for me not to post. I only have a Fuji S1500 camera, sometimes the macro sometimes decides to work, other times not. I haven’t figured out why yet. I did change the focus setting to continuous rather than digital and I am getting better results.
Photoshop editing: Pretty much straight out of camera (SOOC), I looked at the before and after and there isn’t much difference. I sharpened the flower stamens and edges of the bloom, placed a drop shadow and that was all I did.
Day 132/365: Riding a Motorcycle, a Bucket List Item
I rode a Harley! Now I can check that off my bucket list. My daughter and I went over a friends house in Omaha this past weekend and had some girl time, some girl chat, and some laughs. Then Kelley’s husband took Jen and I for a ride on his Harley. I’ve always wanted to ride a motorcycle, thought it would be cool, and it was simply AWESOME!!
Day 131/365: Magnolia Tree Blooms in Spring
My spring flowers continue, I’m so happy it’s spring, color is starting to peak out from their buds and this magnolia tree was just starting to bloom. Five out of the next seven days will be of flowers and blooms. Every year I venture out to this tree to take photographs of the buds in full bloom, but magnolia trees are persnickety. The petals fall off so fast and if we get a strong wind, which in Nebraska we often do, they blow off before I get a chance. But this year it’s going to happen. I will have my camera at the ready.
So glad I started this 365 Project, gives me a reason, or an excuse some may say to take pictures without guilt every day. If you have a favorite Magnolia tree I’d love to see the photos. I love spring, flowering trees give me such hope for the future and the season ahead. I’m really a warm weather person and when the Magnolia trees start blooming then I know summer isn’t far behind.
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Day 130/365: Spring Elementary Carnival
It’s spring time and therefore the annual Elmwood-Murdock Elementary Spring Carnival. Student, parents and relative purchase tickets that can be redeemed for games, food, raffle drawings, jump houses and the very popular cake walk.
Although there is only a little over 200 students in the K-6 school at least twice that many attend the carnival. Kids everywhere, making a “joyful” noise. It makes you appreciate teachers. Thousands of dollars are raised that go back to the classrooms for supplies, trips, and other needed items for the students and teachers.
Although my kids are far removed from elementary school the high school cheerleaders had a fundraising table. Since my daughter was at State FBLA conference I took her place. Just knew my photo of the day would come from the carnival.
I worked in the ticket redemption center where little first graders agonized over prizes worth one ticket a piece, a 6 inch back scratcher or a sticky alien man. Boy, to go back to when those decisions were the only ones I had to make. The grand prizes were large stuffed animals worth 330 tickets, and yes it was normally the 5th or 6th grade boys. Over the years they had figured out the game system. Everyone had fun, I think, it was hard to tell by looking at some of the parents.
