Quilt

In addition to photography, I enjoy quilting. I'm currently working on a new quilt for Hubby and my bed to go with the new bedroom and colors we'll have in our remodeled bedroom.

Althought I followed a pattern instead of designing the quilt myself, I did modify it to make the quilt bigger, and I'm submitting a picture of the quilt for this week's theme "Creativity" theme at the Thursday Challenge.

I have the binding sewed onto the edges, but I still need to flip it over and tack it down on the back. Then the quilt will be done!

The Mountains at St. Mary

This week's Thursday Challenge theme is "Outdoors."

I took this "Outdoorsy" pic when we were at the St. Mary Visitor's Center in Glacier at the beginning of July. Such beautiful mountains!

Splash Pad

The other week I took the kids over to our town's new splash pad and was able to capture some fun memories.

(My submission for another "Blue" theme, this time over at the Thursday Challenge)

(My submission for "Pure Joy" at Perceptive Perspective)
***UPDATED to say that I won this photo challenge!

I'm also submitting both of these pictures for Simplicity's "Summer" theme.

Sparkler

The Thursday Challenge for this week: "HOT" (High Temperature, Campfire, Stove, Oven, Sun, Hot Air Balloon,...)

Well, sparklers have fire, and fire is hot, so that's my reasoning behind submitting this pic I took of Hubby making a figure 8 with a sparkler during our 4th of July celebration. (And, of course, I think Hubby's pretty "HOT", too!) ;)



I set the camera to have a longer exposure time in order to get the streaks. It's one of my first times experimenting with trying to capture the fire trails made by sparklers and fireworks. I know this pic isn't the greatest because of the funny spots in the middle and upper left portion, but I do like how the trails of fire turned out.

Go to the Thursday Challenge to see more "HOT" images.

Big Sky Country

This week's Thursday Challenge theme is "WEATHER" (Sunny, Calm, Rainy, Snowy, Icy, Fog, Clouds, Thunderstorm, Lightning, Hail, Windy,...).

Montana comes by it's "Big Sky Country" nickname honestly.
(I took this one while on the train going out to Glacier.)


Head on over to the Thursday Challenge to see more weather-related pictures.

Contrast

As I mentioned, we did a LOT of hiking while in Glacier.

The current photo challenge theme at the Thursday Challenge is "Sports." I know hiking isn't a competitive sport, but if sports=exercise, believe me hiking qualifies! Hubby went online afterwards, and he concluded that the day I took this picture, we hiked 8-10 miles.



I just love the contrast in this image of my "small" 6'4" hubby with two of the kids set against the trees and mountains. What a reminder that we are but a tiny part in the majesty of God's creation!

Visit the Thursday Challenge to see more sports themed pictures.

Home

Our home - taken last fall


Visit this week's Thursday Challenge to see more images with the theme "Home".

Thursday Challenge: Metallic

"METALLIC" (Metal, Shiny, Mirror, Clothes, Cars, Jewelry,...)

My mother-in-law's herbs



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Family

This picture of my kids is my submission for this week's "Family" theme at Thursday Challenge. I took the picture to use on a Valentine's Day photo card to send to family members back in 2009. It's one of my favorites of them!