A healthy breakfast that reads like dessert is a great way to start the day. The smoothie base is banana, plain greek yogurt, frozen peaches, blueberries and strawberries and some chia seeds. Top it with a little more chia seed, pumpkin seeds, and frozen blackberries. Enjoy!

For the past several days I have been in craft/creative mode. I purchased some second-hand baking sheets and have been destroying them trying to get baked on texture, burned on stains, etc. I am using both sheets in this image. Also, I found a bunch of old wool sweaters and have been shrinking them for some other projects. Can it really be described as crafting if I am destroying things? Either way, the process is intensely satisfying.

Tags:   food breakfast chia seeds pumpkin seeds smoothie bowl practicing more food photography my breakfast 365: the 2017 edition 365:2017 Day 324/365 20-Nov-17

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Day 2 of the black and white food challenge. Of course, there would have to be a steamy tea shot. I love the drama and unpredictability of these images. Enjoy yourself a steamy beverage today and maybe while you are at it, snap a pic of it and share.

Tea bag wisdom - Let us be kind and compassionate to remove the sadness of the world.

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Playing with selective color and motion today not sure if it works or not but I had to try. Have fun playing with your food today too.

Tags:   eggs cracking eggs 365: the 2017 edition 365:2017 Day 307/365 3-Nov-17

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Good travels at a snail's pace. Those who want to do good are not selfish, they are not in a hurry, they know that to impregnate people with good requires a long time.-- Mahatma Gandhi

Found this little guy on my porch this morning and used the tools I had at my disposal - an ipad for the surface and my cell phone for the light. I love it when my subjects come to me.

Spread some good around today, I am going to try!

Tags:   snail snail's pace good soft focus trying not to be overly critical 365: the 2017 edition 365:2017 Day 321/365 17-Nov-17

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So, I am whiny today, I tried for hours to get my flashes to work and finally had to give up and fall back on a familiar subject. I have a couple of off-brand (Altura) flashes and wanted to set them up to shoot off camera, which I did successfully but it would not work with the rear curtain like I tried. Will be watching videos later to work out my problems but feel very discouraged and deflated today. Sorry to be a bummer but every single time I challenge myself to try using my flash units it always ends up with me feeling totally inadequate and like a chump. Woe is me.

Tags:   monochrome sunflower sunflower remains macro 365: the 2017 edition 365:2017 Day 310/365 6-Nov-17

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