Round Robin Photo Challenge...Tiny Things
Hello again, Robins! I went diving in our suggestion pool today, and I'm glad to report that it's positively overflowing with cool topics right now. We're also starting to see some reruns and recurring themes, with different people coming up with similar ideas, sometimes the same day! I'm sure we'll get to many of these topics in the weeks and months ahead.For this particular Challenge, though, we're going with one that was suggested by, well, me! Way back in September 2007, I came up with the following:
Tiny Things. The idea here is to photograph very small inanimate objects - not details and closeups of larger things, but self-contained little items we see and take for granted. It should be interesting to take the expertise some Robins have with tiny critters, and apply it to objects that can't fly away. And the rest of us have the photographic challenge of learning to focus on the miniature world.Eight months later, though, I'm thinking it was probably rash of me to exclude tiny living things, or things that were once alive. So if you want to photograph a bee, a beetle or a baby guppy, be my guest!
Tiny Things. The idea here is to photograph very small inanimate objects - not details and closeups of larger things, but self-contained little items we see and take for granted. It should be interesting to take the expertise some Robins have with tiny critters, and apply it to objects that can't fly away. And the rest of us have the photographic challenge of learning to focus on the miniature world.Eight months later, though, I'm thinking it was probably rash of me to exclude tiny living things, or things that were once alive. So if you want to photograph a bee, a beetle or a baby guppy, be my guest!
So many things to choose from and so little time. I have been racking my brain for something different. A couple of Sunday's ago when we were home I got to read the Sunday paper...which is a rare thing around here. There was a article that caught my eye about cultivating you own tea garden. I thought what the heck...I think I will give it a try. So now in the garden we have all kinds of plants that you can make tea from...Lady's Mantle, Lemon Balm, Bee Balm, Lemon Thyme, and Spearmint to name a few right off the top of my head.
The little jewel featured in the photo was given to Mark's grandmother, Mamaw, as a gift from me on the first birthday I celebrated with her after starting to date her grandson, now my husband. When she passed, Mark's Mom took the brewer and kept it for awhile and then it was eventually passed back to me. I love it! I plan to use it as soon as the leaves dry out. Wish me luck in the homemade herbal tea. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks Karen for the challenge. I can hardly wait to see what everyone comes up with. FYI...the smallest penguin in you shot is just like the one my Nanny had when I was growing up. It made me smile.
Comments
Little cat Rosie is now 1 year old, and has remained small, but full of energy !
Carly
Teresa
Monica
That particular penguin is probably only about five years old, if that; but I'm reasonably sure the design has been made for decades. There were two main kinds of china animals I used for collect when I was 10 to 12 years old, and that was the second kind. Not sure I originally had a penguin, though!
gina
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