Brenda Photo Challenge - Orange

Here's my entry for this week's Brenda Photo Challenge, which is Orange.



An orange flame....

Orange hair on the toy clown's head.......

and a random selection of orange objects around the house.

This week's challenge is being hosted by Just Joni at Morning Coffee . If you'd like to join in, just go to her blog and let her know that you've posted your pictures.

Keys Photo Challenge

The Brenda Photo Challenge is being hosted by Nita today, and the theme is keys:

An old iron key in an old door.

Part of the wall of a key cutting shop.

Piano keys.

The list of participants can be found in Nita's blog, if you'd like to visit and see what everyone else has posted.

Liquid Shots

Here are my entries for the Brenda Photo Challenge.

Raindrop

Unplugged

Calm

If you'd like to visit the other participants, they're

Brenda
Donna
Joan
Nita
Jeanne
Sally

Nita from Red Tin Heart has agreed to set the next challenge, so don't forget to stop by there again tomorrow, to find out when and what the next challenge topic will be.

The Brenda Photo Challenge - Friday MAY 30TH

Donna of Made in Heaven has posted the following rules on her blog.

Rules:
1. Up To 3 pictures allowed
2. If you've been chosen, pick a Theme for your challenge then set a date for it. Please give participants time to get out and about and do their picture taking. I gave them two weeks between challenges.
3. Hence forth, this challenge shall be known as The "Brenda" Photo Challenge
4. Anyone who wants to play along must leave a comment letting You know who to link to.
5. Have your link list at the bottom of your post so others can go visiting...
6. Pick a person to pass the challenge on to and let them know! If they don't respond? Pick someone else!
That's It!!!
If you just Can't think of what picture to take...Don't Worry!! This is about FUN...LAUGHTER!!
And LEARNING!! If you have ANY photography tips to pass along as well...PLEASE DO!!

When I set the date for my turn, I chose next Friday. Now that the rules have been formalised, I've decided to allow the two weeks to give everyone a chance to get their shots sorted out, so I'm changing the date to Friday, May 30th instead.

The theme for the next challenge is "liquid". Anyone who wants to can join in, so just leave a message in the comment section of this post.

TAKING PART IN THIS CHALLENGE:
Brenda
Donna
Joan
Nita
Jeanne
Sally

Pretty Shiney Things

I'm so embarrassed. I can't believe I forgot to post my pictures for Donna's photo challenge. However, in the spirit of "better late than never", here are my efforts. (I'm sure it must still be Friday somewhere).

Perfume Bottle

No Evil

The Japanese Art of Chokin

Donna has nominated me to select the next Photo Challenge and I've chosen next Friday (May 23rd 30th) for the date. For the subject, I've chosen "Liquid" which I think should give anyone who wants to enter a lot of scope.

Just let me know if you're going to join in, and I'll add your name to the roll I put up on the day.

Back to Work

Christmas is over. My daughters have gone back to their respective jobs, and I'm trying to fit back into my normal routine (if you can call it that).

We had an amazing Christmas holiday. All the family were in one place at the same time. A truly rare occurance. We had Christmas Dinner at my youngest brother and his wife's house, and 25 people sat down to eat at one long table. My brother's wife cooked the entire meal almost single-handedly, a truly heroic feat, and an absolutely perfectly delicious result.

It was my oldest brother's 60th birthday on Christmas Day, and my mother had ordered a cake in the shape of a Christmas Tree, since she'd always made him a Christmas Tree cake when he was small. The resulting cake had four (4!) layers, each a different flavour, and was covered in white icing. There were candy shapes like decorations stuck all over it and an angel sitting on the top. There was one polar bear candle per decade, just so his lungs wouldn't be put under any strain when he came to blow them out. (Actually, the real reason was that there was some concern that the cake would catch fire if there were 60 lit candles on it.)


This picture was taken by my daughter, with her digital camera set at black and white. Hence the lack of colour. When I was her age it was so exciting (and expensive) to take colour photographs, because the norm was black and white and most people couldn't afford to take or develop colour pictures. Now we've gone full circle, and black and white photos are cool.