Team Up: Unexpected.

Unexpected was the theme this week and wowzers. It sure got my mind thinking.
Puna snapped up fish on a grill in an unexpected moment at a festival. I love it. For some bizarre reason, this image of hers has me conjuring up the conversation these two would have. How's about a witty caption? Can anyone lobby in on this one?
For me, it was this rare shot at a make-up counter. Another perhaps little known tidbit about me is that I'm not such a make-up kind of girl. If I find the time to swirl on mascara in the morning it is usually in the rearview mirror of the car while stopped in traffic. The moments of lipstick, liner, eyeshadow, foundation and powder, then the perfect kiss of colour are few and far between around these parts.

Skip over to Megan or Melody and see more Team Up in action.

Team Up: Direction

Puna and I were in this week. Direction was what we wanted to find. I shake my head at the irony of direction as the topic and me here clearly lacking both the direction and discipline needed to post this on Thursday. Puna's shot has me in awe. Some weeks I am amazed at just how in tune we are despite having never met and living many many miles apart. Direction. I read so much of this theme in her image. A road trip across the Canadian Prairies in the spring is always an unpredictable adventure. Old Man Winter hadn't quite given us his licks yet and so, he blew out a final fury. Driving conditions were bleak. Complete white outs and a highway who's whereabouts was uncertain was what lay ahead. Direction. Faith. Hope. All things that helped us get home safely. Puna's image above from the National Cathedral pointing in all directions to faith. Melody and Megan have some more awesome team up shots happening. Visit them, won't you? To you, Puna, thank you! For partnering, for understanding, for being super awesome.

Team Up - Dessert

Puna picked this week's theme and as soon as I saw dessert I thought, "Wow, that's a big one." When she sent me her image, again I was stopped in moment of wow. Just look at how she caught that cookie. I'd say a cookie is not the first thing that comes to mind when most people think dessert but I think she has captured so much more in this beautifully lit image.

As I got thinking about dessert, I thought of the many spectacular dessert places in my city. You can snap about just about everything from decadent chocolate cakes stacked so high it falls off your fork before you can lift it to melt-in-your-mouth cheesecakes to cupcakes to pies to everything else. When it came down to it though, all I could think was what we often have. I can't wait until June when the strawberries will be ready to be picked fresh.

Cheers to a sensational week!

Team Up: Spring

We're here for another great week of Team Up Thursdays.

Skip over and visit Puna. Isn't her image sensational? I love the colours in it.

Mine is of the grass that is starting to sneak its way through the snow. Despite constantly changing flood forecasts and sandbagging efforts getting under way, these tiny blades of grass remind me of the beauty that will be.

Megan and Melody have more awesome Team Up happening over in their parts of the world. Skip over won't you?

Team up: upside down

Upside down and boy oh boy did this week make me dizzy.

Puna's snap is low. I really like how dynamic she is with her shooting angles.
My pic is taken from my lap looking upside down at the ceiling and the swag that was on display before a show started. I'm not sure what I was thinking when I snapped this. I can't say that it much matters, though. I liked the way the image came out.

Skip over and see Melody and Megan for some more Team Up fun.

Team Up: Blue

Oh hello Friday! How nice of you to have arrived with such speed this week.

Puna and I missed the boat on Thursday but definitely not on the them of BLUE. She is coordinating with a certain Miss on paint colours. Good luck! I still have swatches on my walls after months with no decisions made.
I went with my familiar. My blue. My boy. Blue from his eyes to his favorites. He is exactly what think when I think BLUE.

Skip over and see what the masterminds, Megan and Melody, have pulled together.

Team Up Thursday: Stacked

It's time for Team Up!
Puna and I tackled stacked this week. This is an image of her stacked wedding china. I'm not sure when the last time I had my wedding china out or when the last time I set a fancy table for dinner. I might just revise my missions for February.

This is my shot of stacked books I want to read before too much more time passes. I'm a avid reader and I am determined to get to the bottom of this one. Some of these have been on my want to read list for years.

Megan and Melody have some awesome things going on with Team Up.

Way late Team Up.

Last week it was Black and White. Puna does such a sensational job. Just looking at her images gives me the winter chills.

Contrasting her outside chilly snap, I went with a different type of black and white. The black dog on white pillow was my odd spin this week.

Pop over and see what Melody and Megan have up, won't you?

Team Up Thursday: All in a Row.

We're back! Puna and I have teamed up again.
Her image is of Christmas cuties all in row. I like the devious look on that first one's face. Oh the thoughts he must be thinking! I admire how awesome she gets her aperture. I'm honoured to be her partner.

Let me set the stage. 7:20AM the morning of her wedding, my sister calls me frantic. The bouquets arrived and the florist messed up. I grabbed everyone coffee, stopped and picked up whatever yellow flowers could be had and zoomed to the rescue. This was the result.
Skip over and see Melody and Megan for some more great fun.

Team Up: December

December was this week's theme. I think Puna and I captured the contrast of the month well in our images.
Puna has a chilly snap from the icy outside.

I went with a warm twinkle from our Christmas tree.

I so look forward to seeing what her and I come up with. Thanks for another fantastic week Puna!
Melody and Megan are having a team up contest challenge. Won't you go over and check it out?

Team Up: Here

This week it was my choice of theme. So HERE it was.
Puna came up with something fun. At a drive through and that employee has got it just right. HERE.

These are my travelling shoes taken at an airport. There was some time between flights and I was having some fun.

HERE.
I am HERE.
I am right HERE.

As always, Puna, thanks for a super fun week. I love how you think on the fly.
Pop over to Melody or Megan's places for some more inspiration.

Team up Thursday: Orange

Well good morning Saturday!

This should have been up on Thursday but I seem to be coming up late with everything right now.

The girl in Puna's picture has such a contagious smile. Such a beauty.

My snap this week is of a burning fall sunset during a migration landing. Geese migrate south (smart birds!) to get away from our cold Canadian winters. There is a place here where in the half hour surrounding sunset the birds land on the water to rest for the night. It was such an experience to witness.

Head on over to Melody and Megan for other amazing team up inspiration.

Team Up Thursday: Fall

Puna is one of the most marvelous people I know. She continues to offer me comfort as I struggle through a trying time.

Puna's take this week rings deep for me. I have been surrounded by death over the last 10 days. For me, I see in her image that one green tree still vibrant and standing strong amid the others that have surrendered to the changing season.

For mine, I see the beautiful puppy desperate for love and the crinkled leaves on the grass. Fall. Fall in love.

Share in the love over at Melody's and Megan's.

Puna gets to do a lot of flying. She's married to a pilot! A PILOT! It looks like she was in my kind of plane in her picture. Something large and stable, something where the windows don't open to let the air in, something where the light comes on telling you to fasten your seat belt and the staff review the safety measures prior to take off.


My image was taken while flying in a tiny four seater plane built by the man who piloted it. I sat white knuckled gripping both the seat and my camera (because we all agree that the photo is what we need right?) Those tall buildings are the downtown of my city. Puna says I'm kinda crazy (if she only knew!). What can I say? When my little boy took me by the hand and said, 'Let's go, Mom,' I just had to. While I may never have tried this on my own, I'd love the opportunity to go again. Maybe Puna, someday you and me?
Be sure to skip over to Melody and Megan for some more fantastic pairings.

Team Up Thursday: Work

This week it is work.
Puna went with old school, hard core, there you have it kind of work.

I went with a daunting task of make up application which for me takes a lot of effort and is something I rarely do often because of this.

Our pictures together make me think of The Pioneer Woman.

Skip on over to Melody and Megan for some more great takes and links to others playing along.

Team Up Thursday: Selective Focus

Fun week for team up this was. Selective focus. I get the obvious. Buttery backgrounds, soft around the edges, sometimes obvious sometimes not. Puna and I seem to have taken a different spin.
Here is Puna's snap. The first thing I thought was how awesome the colours of the buckets are.
Make sure you hop over to her blog, too. Check out her September banner. Awesome!

My selective focus came when I was walking through the woods. There was soft wet mushy moss carpeting the forest floor. Mushrooms were popping up here and there. New little trees were scattered about and trees were down showing me the natural cycle of life. Then I saw it. That plastic green that stood out. Looking from my camera perspective all I kept thinking was "one of these things doesn't belong". SNAP! My selective focus.
Be sure to visit Megan and Melody for some more great submissions. Hat's off to these ladies for the ideas and encouragement week after week!

Team Up Thursday: Old

Puna is the best partner on the planet. This week, she editted up my image. My computer with PS died. It's going to be a bit yet before I'm up and running again.

Here is Puna's shot this week. I wish I could have a converation with this lady. I can only imagine what wisdom she walks with.

My snap is of a building that was built in 1890 and is still standing. The top three floors of the building burnt in a fire in the 1940's but the foundation stood solid.

Melody and Megan have some awesome images and more wonderful contributions over on their blogs. Pay them a visit.

Until next week!

Team up Thursday - Big

Hello Thursday!
I'm on vacation and am definitely behind the ball.
This is Puna's idea of Big. Whoa! This one stopped me clean in my tracks. Big. My God certainly is the biggest thing. Such a perfect view. Thanks Puna!

For me, Big this week is meant the tree in front of my house. It's branches stretch high up into the sky and remind me just how little we are.

Puna, thanks for returning me to this moment this week. I will carry your image from this week in my mind for a long time.
Skip over and see some more Team Up amazement at Melody's or Megan's blogs.

Team up Thursday: Up

Those brilliant ladies behind Mental Inventory and The Hip Momma's Journal did it again. Another fabulous week of inspiration. Spread the love! Make sure you check out their topic for next week, too. I can't wait!

Here is Puna's shot. This lady just amazes me more and more. Not only does she duck into kitchens to snap quick pics and get down low to breathe in the Earth's beauty, she knows how to go with larger than life. Where better to do this than in Las Vegas? (I'm heading there in November for my first time. Any tips?)

My shot is one of the four pillars that stands tall at our city centre. I am fortunate enough to work among these monsters, though not in the one featured here. All those windows, all those floors.
I can't help but give a quick shout out to the window washers of these places. Just the thought makes my knees weak. I admire what they are able to do.

Puna, thank you for partnering with me. I can't wait to see what next week shakes up! Melody and Megan, thank you both for the challenge.

Team Up Thursday: Doors

The lovely ladies behind Mental inventory and the Hip Momma's Journal do not disappoint. This has been another sensational week of inspiration. Thanks ladies!

Puna was brave with her snap. She peeked into a kitchen door and turned out a beauty. There is such a story in the activity of the shot. Don't you agree? Puna, I admire your images. Thank you for another super week.

My snap is of my front door - a favorite place of mine. We bought this home off the people who built it and I can only imagine the stories of people who came and went through that very door.

Happy Snapping!