Leftovers

Getting back in the swing of things by posting "leftovers" I ran out of days for at the VoaT blog. Feel free to stop over and check out our images from recent themes. Just search the Archives by date for weekly themes.

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January? REALLY?!

Every week I tell myself "I'm going to blog this week.". Last time I actually followed through was way back in October. Doesn't seem like it was that long ago. THIS is the week I'm going to actually do it. Stay tuned for some pics or some sort of blog.

Hartwood Acres

Last week's theme at VoaT was Autumn. I decided to visit Hartwood Acres for an hour or so before sundown to see what I could get and came away with these shots of the mansion and stables. I hope you enjoy my favorites and "leftovers" from this week's theme. Stop over to see the rest of our autumn images, and check in next week to see our "empty" theme images.

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Mr. Chippy, Preparing for Winter

This little guy has a bunch of burrows around our house. Literally. This one is under the sidewalk by our front porch. There's one under the office window, a few around the deck, some under the driveway, and some in the side yard in a rock bed. I watched him stuffing his cheeks with nuts from the sidewalk burrow, and then scampering off to one of his other burrows and returning empty cheeked. Apparently he's distributing his food supply amongst his various homes in preparation for winter. He's a cute little guy, even if he does chew up my flowers in the warm seasons. :-\ I guess he can stay.

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Test Blog

Just discovered this email blog posting thing. Just trying it out!

Angela Kirby | AK Photography
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Succop Conservancy

I hesitate to post anything about Succop because it's such a peaceful little place and seems to be a well-kept secret. Part of me wants to keep it that way! On the other hand, it's so beautiful that I want others to experience it for themselves. I recently visited the Conservancy to shoot for our "outside" theme at Variations on a Theme. Fortunately for me, the rain held off while I was there and some blue sky even appeared for a few moments! Below are some of my favorite shots from the outing.

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Just for Fun

Some shots of the dogs enjoying the ONE nice day of weather we've had this week! I hope you all can get out and enjoy fall. It's my favorite time of year.

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They Didn't Make the Cut - part 2

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These old coins and paper money are a part of my Dad's collection that he shared with me during the "old" photo project theme. If you look closely, you'll see some pretty interesting coins from some countries that are no longer in existence!

 

 

 

 

 

They Didn't Make the Cut - part 1

The Variations on a Theme project has been a lot of fun so far. It's also been challenging. One of the hardest things for me is restricting myself to posting just one photo a day. I simply have more shots I want to share than we have days in the week! This week has been especially fun as it allowed me to revisit some old family heirlooms. Please humor me when I post my "leftovers" here. :-) First installment of this week's leftovers from "old":  

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Silver cup belonged to my grandfather likely from 1919-1923.

Silver cup belonged to my grandmother's aunt. Estimated date of 1850-1900.

 

 

This platter is a part of a full-collection of china given to my grandmother's aunt Kate Goffe by a friend. Dated 1867.

World's Fair cup dated as shown.

My great-grandmother's evening bag, dated circa 1920

Kukris anyone?

What's a kukri? I didn't know the answer to that question until recently. What I did know is that my grandfather was given a really cool knife-sword (hey, that's how I described it as a kid!) as a gift during a business trip to Hong Kong many years ago and somehow it came to be in my possession. It was one of those cool little treasures tucked away in the upstairs of his house that fascinated my childhood curiosity. I often took a peek in the faded purple velvet box when I went to visit. So, this object has a lot of sentimental nostalgic value to me. I don't know much of the story behind it (need to ask him about it and write it down) and I'm not sure how I ended up with it, but I'm glad I did.

My boxing coach is very knowledgeable about the martial arts and various weapons so a few weeks ago I asked for his help identifying it. When I brought it to the gym to show him he very promptly answered, "Oh! That's a kukri." To me, it will always be "Papa's cool knife-sword", but it's nice to have the correct name for it too. :-) Thanks Bob.

Our recent little photo project had me looking for "Old" things to shoot this week and I thought it would be fun to get some shots of it. (Stop over and take a look at the other old stuff we've shot this week!)

Want to learn more about kukris?

 

 

 

New Little Project

Well it's official! The project my friend Lisa and I are working on is now live. We decided to start a weekly themed photo blog to challenge our creativity and encourage us to get out and shoot things a bit more. I think it will be a fun project that will help us improve our photography by viewing the world with different perspectives. It's an open blog so if you'd like to join in, feel free! Just post a link in the comments area of any post, linking to your own photo that goes along with that week's theme. Our first week's theme was "Familiarity". This week's theme is "Old", and next week's theme is TBA! If you have ideas for a theme you'd like to participate in or see featured, drop us a note and we'll consider adding it to our ever-growing list.

Check it out at Variations on a Theme . If you like what you see, bookmark it and stop back often! We may or may not add new photos everyday, but hopefully enough people will participate that there will be something new for you to see each time you have a look.

Photo of the Day - 9/12/09

My friend Lisa and I have been cooking up a fun new blog idea. More on that later - but as I've been shooting for that I've also got some new material for Photo of the Day here at the AKP blog! Woohoo!

Today's photos make me want to snuggle up and enjoy the laziness of fall. Tommy's good at making me want to be lazy. After all, his idea of a good time is lying in bed and leaving the snuggly warmth of the sheets for only two things: food and neck scratches. I think he's got the right idea, what say you?

Tv: 1/20; Av: 8.0; ISO speed: 800

Lens: EF18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

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Congratulations Sho-Sho!

Kickboxing at Grant's Martial Arts

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A good friend of mine from the gym had her first kickboxing fight a couple of weeks ago - and won! Congrats Sho-Sho! You did awesome. :-)

Photo of the Day - 3/16/09

Tv: 1/400; Av: 4.5; ISO speed: 200

Lens: EF100mm f/2.8Macro

shot in RAW format

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 Tv: 1/200; Av: 5.0; ISO speed: 200

Lens: EF100mm f/2.8Macro

shot in RAW format

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Photo of the Day - 3/15/09

Tv: 1/320; Av: 5.0; ISO speed: 400

Lens: EF100mm f/2.8Macro

shot in RAW format

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 Tv: 1/320; Av: 4.0; ISO speed: 400

Lens: EF100mm f/2.8Macro

shot in RAW format

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