Day 106 - Tulips

Although the snow is slowly disappearing here in Quebec, the flowers have yet to start blooming. Feeling impatient, Peg purchased a bouquet of beautiful tulips. They have stayed hardy for the week and add a beautiful touch of colour to the room. I liked the way they looked against the blue wall, almost like they were outside with the blue sky in the background. Can't wait to be capturing these colourful creatures outside.

Day 88 - Blue Bubbles

I was looking at Peg's flowers today and noticed the bubbles on the stems below the surface. As I was trying to get pictures of the stems this lonely floating petal caught my eye. The petal is from the infamous 'blue' flowers that 'E' picked out. I find it interesting how the bubbles form on the bottom of the petal. You can also see the surface of the water. The tricky part was getting a clear shot through the vase. I would have liked clearer but this was the best I could manage.

Day 86 - Birthday Blooms

As I mentioned in yesterday's blog, we had a birthday supper with our godchildren and their parents last night. To celebrate the occasion, they brought flowers for Peg. They were very special flowers because 'E' picked them out. Although his mother tried to convince him otherwise, he insisted that they get blue ones. Along with the bright blue flowers were beautiful gerbers, roses and astromeria. I snapped this pic this afternoon. I like the contrast between the orange and the blue. I tried playing with some presets but I wasn't patient enough to create something I liked. Guess it'll have to wait until next time.

Day 83 - Monochrome Painting

We've been learning about colours in Art lately. This week we focused on value and students learned how to make different tints and shades using one colour along with black or white. Their assignment was to create a monochrome painting. There were many great paintings added to our class art gallery. One that stuck out was Lydia's blue tree. She blended her paints in such a way that she was able to create texture and various values of blue. When the students did the gallery walk and evaluated each other's paintings, this one was one of the most popular.

Day 3 - Watch that first step

We pass this building every time we walk the dogs at the farm. We actually park just past it. Today Peg commented on the number of doors and windows on this side of the building. She thought it would make a good pic. So, I pulled out the camera and took some pictures. I find the blue very interesting. It looks like I did some post editing but that really is the colour; no touch ups this time.
Peg laughed when she saw the picture. She said the upper doors look like mother-in-law doors. Apparently, that's what elevated doors with no step or platform are called in Newfoundland. I don't think you need any explanation about why they're called this. If you'd like to know more about where these doors come from check out this site.

Camera: Canon Xsi
Lens: 70-200mm
Focal Length: 70
f/stop: 4
Exposure: 1/100