Photo Share Wooden Bowl series

Claudia and I have been trading photos for a few months on and off. Our birthdays are very close and we 'found' each other on flickr. We think we might have been separated at birth, except we're a few years age difference.

We both like wooden bowls and that's what started it. I have the first photo she sent me framed on my kitchen counter. Of eggs in a wooden bowl. Interestingly enough, I have a photo of eggs in a blue ceramic bowl on the wall above it. It was a photo I shot years ago, none of that was planned. Anyway, we both find and photograph wooden bowls, amongst our many other interests that appeal to us. Old bicycles, flowers...kitchen items.



This weekend was our city garage sale. I went to many and found some neat things. I passed up a bowl for $7, but today found one for $3. Claudia sent me these photos this week, which I wasn't expecting and was delighted with the snail mail surprise! I took them out on the porch and used my new "old" bowl and some antique ceiling tin, another find, as basis for photographing the photos. I like the result. I also think that Claudia and I have started something now with this photo sharing. Just keep posted. Never know what we'll do with it.
So here's a link to some photos I sent her as a birthday greeting. http://www.flickr.com/photos/laurohunt/3703900597/

It's here!

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Book Preview

This is the book I've been working on and now it's ready to buy. Thinking Christmas in July? Well really, you should. This is a great time and I'm shamelessly promoting my book. By clicking on my blurb badge, it will take you to the preview, which only hints at what is in the book.
Today, when I showed it off to friends and coworkers, some of the comments I got I was not prepared for at all. One person said it was some of the best work of mine they'd ever seen and I that I should be very proud. Another very dear friend gave me a big hug and said she was proud of me. I wished I had video taped everyone who looked at the book. It was really fun to see the reactions and how they would pick out a favorite photo.
I am looking for corporate and business sponsors to purchase levels so that I can gift some of the books as I'd like to get this in rural libraries in Oklahoma and provide some of the cowboys with a copy. I happened to meet a Comanche school librarian today at our local used bookstore and she's hopeful to get a copy for the library. If you are interested in learning more about the sponsor levels, please e-mail me at photosbytonih (at) yahoo dot com

Triple Digit Days means fun in the water

Third day in a row that has been 105 degrees and then some! This was over the weekend when my husband was watering the front, which sadly needed it. MM couldn't help herself. She so loves the water. Ever since she was a newborn.

What's in your bowl?

Instead of what's on your plate! I started to title this 'cheap finds'...the placemat at Wal-Mart for $1, yes, off the summer clearance aisle in the garden section. The bowl I found just a half hour earlier at the Goodwill for 99 cents. I was going to use the photo as my new blog banner, but then got to playing around with some old candy heart photos I shot in February and came up with what you see now up there. I think it's fresh and summery.
Today was so hot. I just checked the noaa for OKC area, reached 105 degrees today and right now is 88d and 43 percent humidity. That's ridiculous. While my husband was watering the yard earlier, we let MM play in the water that was sprinkling. She didn't get too wet, but enough to help her cool down. I shot some photos of course, haven't loaded them yet.
I've been enjoying blog surfing, finding new blogs, charging up my creative spirit. I just checked blurb and see that my book has been shipped and is on its way to me! I can't wait. If you think you are interested in buying a copy (it's the western one on the Chisholm Trail Cattle Drive from 2007), post a comment or use my Web site contact page and send me an e-mail. I'll put you on the email list when I send out the 'for sale' news.

MMs July 4th photos

Now this is the way to have fun on the 4th! Even if we melted five minutes after going outside. Then it rained tonight, cancelled most of Oklahoma's fireworks shows. Thank goodness for sparklers.