Summer Photography Hunt

I have had my pics taken for a while, I have just been remiss in posting them. 

#2 Footprint or pawprint

I found this one on the sidewalk near my home.

#4 Book or magazine read this year

Scrappy, of course!

#6 A camper

 I found this on a dog walk.

#8 An art project

(tons to choose from)

I am quite fond of this one, perhaps because of the time I spent.

#11  Fresh Produce

This was in the middle of summer and lots of nice produce available.

#13 The moon

#15 Team logo

My son's favorite teams

#17 Twins

 I thought this would be the hardest and I ended up with two sets!

#18 Supermarket cart full of groceries

This is a very light load for me but I finally remembered to snap the photo.

#19 A seasonal cocktail or beverage

frosty alcoholic beverages

Baseball and beer, how much more "summery" can you get?

#20 Someone laughing

My friends and I at a show

#21 photo of me with a calendar (from the beginning of the challenge back in June)

I am also including an alternate just because my baby is so cute!

Thank you so much for bearing with me and this last scavenger hunt post.  You can find the rest of my post here and here.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

October is a HUGE month beginning on the first with National Card Making Day and continuing all month long!

Alicia

2016 Summertime Photography Scravenger Hunt #rindas2016photohunt

This is my second post for the hunt and I have several photos to share that I took over the weekend.

#3 skeleton, bones or x-rays

Well,  I saw another entry with a skeleton such as this...so I took a second photo.  This hangs in my studio.  My first bone pic is kind of gory...skip ahead if you are squeamish.  

photo #2 is a bone I just saw on the ground, it is covered in dirt and maggots, yuk!  It was the first bone I saw and in general bones are gonna be kind of icky anyway.  I hope this doesn't offend but this is part of the circle of life and such is the subject matter for photography.  

#5 porch or deck

I don't think there is a much prettier porch than this one.  This is my uncle's house and he built most of it.  My son commented after we left that they have the prettiest house he has ever visited.

A close up view.

#7 a family gathering

You guessed it, we were at my uncle's for a family gathering!  Of course, since this was taken in the kitchen it is mostly the women (and I will note also the ones not chasing after small children). My mother, two of my aunts, my cousin, two of my nieces and their dad, my brother in law...sneaking some food, I am sure!

#9 playing in or around water

If you guessed my aunt and uncle have a pool, you would be right!  And this is three of my nieces and my son playing.

#10 A bicycle

Prior to the family gathering my sister and I went junk'in.  I saw plenty of cool old bikes.  Here are some of them:

Close up of one of the seats.

This one was definitely for decorative purposes only.  The entire thing was painted silver and flowers were adhered to the handle bars.

#12 A window

Back to photos at my family gathering...again their home is very picturesque.  The view from this window of their old pump house is super neat.  The little white cottage in the distance was my grandmother's.  She passed last August.  She was 90.  We were here to empty it of the last of her things.  It was sad, but seeing family is always a good thing and we have several new babies in the family so it was a very nice visit.  I love playing with babies that aren't mine!  LOL!

#14 a buffet of food

This was dinner.  19 pounds of smoked boston butt pulled for sandwiches.  I don't eat meat but everyone was very impressed with it!  I had pasta salad (prior to the bacon bits being added) and potato salad as the baked beans were also laced with meat. My family is southern, can you tell?

#16 a map showing a trip taken during the period

Well, this is my GPS as we left for this family gathering.  I tried to zoom out but it still wasn't very identifiable.  We ran into a bit of traffic and stopped to eat so we actually arrived at 10:12 pm.  It was a trek and this trip I didn't have anyone to help with the driving.

I took a picture of a bowl of fruit, I wasn't that pleased with and another one or two that I am not sure I am happy with so more to come soon!  I am lovin' this challenge!

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt First Post #rindas2016photohunt

I noticed some bloggers participating in a neat scavenger hunt last year and I started following said blogs so I got the word this year as the latest Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt begins.  I am so excited to play.

Here's the list:

Here's my take on #1, spotted these two "hearts" just feet apart on a dog walk the first day!  I am going to have to memorize the list because I could only remember a few on my dog walks.  The first one may be stretching it, but in my eyes despite the fact it is garbage, I don't think a human designed this "heart", I believe that nature worked on the piece of trash (styrofoam I believe but I didn't pick it up) until it morphed into a heart shape.  The color just really caught my eye in the pile of twigs as I walked by it.

Just a few feet beyond I found these heart shaped leaves.

There's a Facebook group to show off your photos and a monthly linky on the blog.  I look forward to showing off more of my finds as the summer goes on. I believe it goes until autumnal equinox in September.  You can get all the details in the links.

As I look over the list, I am attending a family gathering this weekend, so that one may be the next photograph!  Someone remind me to take pictures!

Thanks for stopping by!

AliciaI 

High Style 20th Century Couture Fashion Exhibit 1900-1980

Good morning readers! Something different for you today!  A very picture heavy post about a recent art exhibit I attended at the Cincinnati Art Museum.  I love that place!  And now that it is FREE how can you miss it?  For locals the Contemporary Arts Center, downtown Cincinnati, also now has free admission.  

This exhibit was originally curated for the Metropolitan Museum of Art via the Brooklyn  Museum Costume Collection.

The exhibit begins with some Victorian~esque fashions.  I was really loving the cut and fabric of this first one.

Then some more traditional Victorian.  The beadwork is exquisite.

The 20's brought a wider variety of garment styles including infamous "flapper" styles.

The peacock feathers in this material are gorgeous.  My photos don't do it justice.

I actually learned about shoes!  These are very expensive and molded to the owner's feet.

So expensive that special trunks were made to hold the shoes on forms to keep their shape.  This was a very elite item.

These shoes are from later and a different designer. There is only one of each because these were prototypes. 

Check out these heels!  Super cool and still sturdy!

Now to my favorite designer of the exhibit.  

Elsa Schiaparelli

Italian

1890-1973

Her range of work is incredible!

This piece was based on the night sky.

I love this butterfly print and parasol!!

She was the first couture designer to boldly bring the zipper out of hiding!

Tiny pianos for buttons!

Now we move on to some more familiar names:

Dior, Chanel, Givenchy and Halston.

The FIRST little black dress!

more modern shoes

This hat was made famous by Mame Eisenhower.  I believe she wore a version during the inauguration parade but in a different color.

Modern travel wear for the jet set.

This outfit is a bit dramatic but this designer designed theatrical costumes as well.

Geometrics accentuating new areas.

The third part of the exhibit focused on the most modern couture and one particular designer, Charles James.

Halston

This is Charles James' famous clover leaf ball gown.

Charles James

His sketch of the Clover leaf ball gown.  It has a "structural system" to hold the dress in such form.  He "engineered" most of his work.

The James part of the exhibit was very extensive and had muslin prototypes and cut aways of his most famous designs.

This particular dress is famous for looking like a completely different dress from every angle.

There was a virtual slide show on the constuction of this dress.

The dresses with their muslin prototypes.

You can definitely see the similarities in his work for framing the female figure.

If you looked through all of these good for you!  Now perhaps you are ready to see some crafts based on formal attire?  I thought this was appropriate to post just prior to the next blog hop:

See you back in a couple of days!

Alicia