Cherries, not apples

After photographing the Rainier cherries I realized that they could also look like apples. I took the messy looking stems off and sprayed them with water. While photographing them (3 pm) my nice sun coming through the window went away and on looking up I notice the sun had gone behind a 3 story pine tree  - okay maybe 2 story. Cherries were gone by the next day, so didn't re-photograph them. Yum.

And is life a bowl of cherries? Hmm or like a box of chocolates as Forrest Gump said.

Water and notes

Playing with water and light.  Shooting through the water distorts the background and these were shot in my sunroom while I blocked the direct sun with paper.

Careful what you leave at my house

Bailey's violin was left at my house one day to keep it out of the extreme cold and Gma just had to take it out and photograph it.

Brushes

Paint brushes, watercolor brushes, and they are dusty from lack of use.

Just safety pins

Yes, these are just safety pins. I am not making a statement, I am not a buttercup, it's just a photo of safety pins. Like yesterday's post, they are used to keep our clothes together and for me they do not  have any other meaning.  And yes, our world is getting really strange.

Buttons

This is my stash of odds and end buttons saved over the years. If you have been to the craft fairs you probably have noticed the different items made with buttons. But try to buy them in a bag instead of the little cards ($)... to create something, hmm - not happening. So if you are at an estate sale and see some, grab them since they are a hot item.

View from the top

Colored pencils just colored pencils.

Tear drop chrystal

Here are three different views of a glass chrystal that is about an inch high. When I  held it up to look in the center the facets were beautiful-- but I didn't capture them like I wanted to in the top image. All were taken with the macro lens.

Growing rocks

These were taken with my macro lens and the top one was close to a mushroom or would have missed it. The tallest one was maybe 1/2 inch tall and is possibly a Trumpet Cladonia. The one below is a lichen. It was nice to see how small I could get with the lens, but ended up lying on the ground to do it.

Poinsettia Photoshopped

With this photo, I have removed the red color. 

Macro of Poinsettia

This was taken  while I was experimenting with the new camera. After reading the manual- duh- I realized that I could take a photo as close as 4 inches.