"Very few of us are what we seem." -Agatha Christie
Category: Photography Challenges
Black and white photos of flowers are fascinating. Although color photos are stunning, it’s those easy to miss details that really catch my eye and those are seen best in black and white. At least, that’s what I think!
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Flowers
Have a great week!
-Kat
I’ve been keeping a low profile for the past month and from the looks of what our weather has been like, I did not miss much! If I’m not mistaken, it has rained around 90% of the last 30 days!! I haven’t really paid much attention to the weather lately because I recently underwent two separate eye surgeries. Because of the nature of my eyes (incredibly outrageously near-sided), I’ve been advised to proceed with caution. My recovery and restrictions have been twice as long as the average person. While I’m waiting for my new vision to fine-tune itself, I’ve done little reading and writing. I’ve only recently ventured on to my laptop for short periods of time and my iPad time has been quite limited. In addition to my eyes figuring out when they are going to decide to play nicely together, I’m very sensitive to average to bright lights, screens and skies. I’ve been advised to give my eyes more time before looking into glasses to help. Until then, while the rainy days don’t necessarily help me see, they don’t hurt!
-Kat
Here is my take on Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge- Feathers-
Hope you’re having a relaxing, restful weekend!
-Kat
Today-
-I dropped the kids off at school, one of the few times I’ve been able to do it in recent weeks. I only held up the drop off line a little bit while handing off 4 year old Beej to his teacher.
-While waiting for pre-k to end, I stood in front of school and chatted with a mom and the crossing guard about tomatoes and peppers- growing them and storing them– two things I don’t actually do.
-I had the sweetest afternoon with Beej. He was thrilled beyond words when he found out that I had bought more “sprinkle eyes” for his lunch. He instructed me on how to make the perfect sandwich, complete with eyes and sprinkles for hair that he wanted to look just like mine. He felt that I did an accurate representation of recreating my hairstyle and now you understand why it was an accomplishment for me to even go out in public let alone speak to someone with hair that looks like that!
-Beej and I watched a new episode of Arthur, you know, the aardvark. Unlike his older brother CJ, much older and all knowing at the ripe old age of nine, Beej was fine with the idea that Arthur has remained eight years old for the past 22 years.
-I was able to sit down and read, like, and even comment on some posts!!!! before my eyes called it quits.
-I found time to write this post- something that doesn’t happen often lately- or if it does, my eyes are not up to the task of reading or writing.
To some these might seem like small things, but for me they are huge. Considering everything, it seemed like almost a normal day. It gave me hope. And that’s enough.
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge- Hands, Feet or Paws
Kammie’s Oddball Challenge 5/16/19
Have a great day!
-Kat
…while life was busy burying me, I realized that I had an A to Z Challenge to complete. As I tried to claw my way out of this hole, I noticed that there were challenges that seemed to all line up so I could tie things together nicely and almost totally put the lid on them.
As April came to a close, things ramped up with my loved one and all of my time and energy was spent with those matters. Needless to say, this resulted in my U and X of the A to Z Challenge. My life was momentarily and permanently turned UPSIDE DOWN as I experienced the EXIT of one phase of my life and the beginning of another. Still processing and dealing with major changes in my life, I barely had time to catch my breath before I needed to address my eye issues once again.
This time, it was in the form of a surgery to repair problems that have been plaguing both eyes for years. This surgery had been scheduled a few months ago so I knew there was no putting it off. The strain on my eyes over the past years has taken it’s toll. I’m nearing the halfway point now- halfway between the first eye surgery recovery and the prep for the second. Although I know in the end I will be happy that I went through this and amazed at my newfound ability to SEE, right now I’m just kinda bummed out. It’s been a difficult year and being near the halfway point of eye shenanigans has shown me what I can expect for the other half. I am at a point where my vision isn’t awesome if I look out of both eyes at the same time…… so things like reading and writing are a challenge. (Please disregard any errors in this post…..thanks!) Factor in my terror at anything being done to my eyes, and you might understand why it’s all kind of getting to me. And this is where the Y comes in- YOUR VIEW, which from here is not very clear! As you can see from the lovely glasses that I’ve had to wear for the past week, it’s a good thing I didn’t feel well or else I would have been running all over town showing off those cool shades!! Of course, my driver (because I’ve been under a no-driving restriction) would probably be less than thrilled with my adventures…
Meanwhile, this post is almost to its breaking point with all the challenges it is covering!
Cee’s Black & White Challenge- From the Side
Stream of Consciousness Saturday- Strain
So, what have you been up to lately?
Wishing you a happy week!
-Kat
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