Karen Lynn

red sunflower macro


Originally uploaded by Karen Lynnn

Jo brought me flowers for my birthday party on Saturday. I bet she knew I'd be shooting them. :)

one leaf


Originally uploaded by Karen Lynnn

This tree is pretty much naked now, we had a few days of wind, and only the oak trees and the weeping willows are hanging on to their leaves. I have a few perennials still doing ok, I was hoping to get out and shoot today, but the wind changed my mind so I took a day for myself, and laid in bed and watched Milk.

I rearranged the pantry today in anticipation of Thanksgiving. I want to attach my clothing closet too, but it is overwhelming when I look at it. But, the pantry was too, and I tackled that. I had expired jello...expired in 2007. Then I started looking at every expiration date on every package and filled a 13 gallon trash bag with near empty bags and boxes of stale snacks and expired Jello. I wonder why I had 13 boxes of Jello. What was I thinking?

I've got flowers around the house to photograph, 2 of my christmas cactus's are blooming, and Jo brought me flowers on Saturday, when we celebrated my birthday yet again. October was FULL of birthday surprises!

My best gifts by far were the platter Jo made for me and my IPhone.

I've sort of abandoned my Vox blog. There just isn't time in the day to keep up with a neighborhood and download and edit, post and comment AND do things offline that won't get done if I don't get off my arse.

Note to self. This posts to your Vox blog you dummy!

fall helicopters


Originally uploaded by Karen Lynnn

Today is gray and cloudy, but pretty windy. We've got a cold front coming through just in time for the trick or treaters. Poor kids.

So I am out looking for shots, I really want to do reflections, but will I tire of the same places over and over? I wish I had public access to lots of lakes and ponds, so that I could just sit close to the water and wait for shots. There are a few, but they are inconvenient to park and walk.

Please don't let winter take my mojo away this year!

But, I am finding that having best friends in real life eliminates the need to blog.  Also severely cuts into blogging time!

(and photography time) 

My 3 best friends. And the twins!

red tail hawk

We went camping in Savanna IL, at seven eagles campground.  It was such a great campsite, I'd definitely go back.  When it is warmer!

Camping Reflections

I didn't take too many pictures over the weekend because it was too freaking cold to wander too far away from the camper or the campfire! 

potato vine tubers

These things came out of the ground when I pulled my frost killed ornamental sweet potato vines.  They are edible, but bitter, so we aren't eating them!  There were a lot.  These are the ones I saved to photograph.

my crop

GBH and three geese

I'm not abandoning Vox, I swear.  As soon as the weather turns, and it is coming faster than I want it too, I'll be back.  Maybe then I'll have time to organize my summer photography. 

Here's a few shots from today

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It is a rainy day here, I had to sneak out to hunt down refraction shots between the rains.  I think I might be making Flickr self destruct today, as I am uploading 131 files.  I feel so much safer having them on a place where I can easy retrieve them if my computer dies, and my portable hard drive dies all at the same time.  Why am I such a fatalist?

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I haven't done this for a while, but I am listening to The Beatles White Album.  I forgot how good they were!  Hard to sit still without dancing in my seat as I am working in my digital darkroom. 

I sure hope you are all well.  Don't be shy about sending me a note about a blog post that

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you want to share...I do read my emails!  Photography is a time hog.  And it is really a solitary hobby.  I wish I got paid for it.  But flowers always smile for me, and I'm too shy to be engaging enough for portraits.  Maybe some day.  

First time ever!  Now I am in the photography stream of SU!  woot woot!  I hope that is a good thing.  I'm going to be famous one day.  In my own mind only maybe but that is good enough for me. 

bee, dahlia, self portrait in a drop

do you see me on the bottom right petal?  that was just a bonus, what a pretty flower!  I had such a good day today, I didn't need to crop hardly any of the shots and only deleted a dozen or so out of 75.  Oh gosh Nikon users, if you don't have a 105mm Nikkor micro (macro) 1:2.8 you gotta get one!  I can practically touch the flowers when I am shooting them. 

Brett Favre is a douche!  I am proudly wearing my "We will never forget you Brent" tee shirt today.  He needs a therapist. 

Here is a shot of my mystery plant today...I took the camera to the nursery and they thought it might be a variety of Aster.

mystery plant, aster maybe

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Ok the weather is beautiful, I've accomplished a lot today...updated facebook, twitter, Vox, took pictures, downloaded pictures, uploading currently to flickr...and I need to get outside.  Times a wastin!