spring rainbow

Yesterday I was snapping some random photos in the cookshop where I work... they are to give me some inspiration for working on their website.

I started in the textiles area...

then walked over to a window of glass spice jars...

then looked up at the hanging LeCreuset teakettles...

then I looked back and saw these fabulous cocktail mixes.

NOW I know what to do... take my better camera to the shop... take closeup shots of colorful goodies... and make a mosaic with them! A spring rainbow! ;)

i fancy fences

I truly love taking photographs of the beach... especially when they are lined with weathered fences!

These boundary fences also help curb erosion of the small dunes, keeping people from walking across delicate areas.

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sharing Victorian photographs

One of my most favorite past-times is collecting antique photographs. I've sold many of them in my etsy shops over the years. I find the clothing and hairstyles particularly charming.

I also wonder about the lives the people in these photographs led. What did they look like when they aged. Did they marry and have children.

Did friends remain friends. Did some of them move far away from their own families.

Do copies of some of these photographs remain with their original families. What was the occasion why so many people were smiling.

Feel free to use these five images which are copies of photos I've once personally owned. If you use them in your own artwork, please leave me a link so I can see what you've done with them.

Thank you! ;)