tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50179668961339842552024-02-18T19:10:25.862-08:00ELLEN'S PHLOGEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-66982593471040961442024-01-09T07:19:00.000-08:002024-01-09T07:19:07.005-08:00It's Been A Whole Year - I've Joined a Photo ClubI know.. I just lost my border! I'm borderless. Oh my! I must be free (don't fence me in).......... I am happy, being close to my family. I still miss 'him' terribly. It's getting fewer and further between the memories that pop in and take me down that lane of sorrow. I try to smile, it was a perfectly happy and awesome time and, yet, life goes on. I joined a Photography Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-44303598717350660482023-07-24T08:19:00.002-07:002023-07-24T08:27:27.541-07:00Moved, Settled, Kinda Iffy It seems I always start my posts with "It's been a really long time". Life gets in the way.I moved half way across the country, after living 'there' for the past 20 years. I sold all 'our' stuff, kept some stuff.. too much stuff.. to live in a one bedroom apartment. It's near my kids and grand kids. I'm happy to be back in my growing up area. I'm closer to my birth place than I've Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-26239841451714377942022-12-06T14:39:00.003-08:002022-12-06T14:39:39.309-08:00Photo Sunday - TreeI'm submitting 'trees' ..... lots of them. Those little twin trees are perfect for Christmas! Somewhere around Burgdorf, Idaho. The stream is a hot spring. Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-69066230568682097952022-12-06T08:09:00.001-08:002023-04-26T08:31:37.838-07:00It's REALLY been a long time.......... WE had a blog.. Our Place Lar 'n El ... we haven't been WE since May 29, 2021. Lar past away. He had Diabetic complications and a stroke in May 2018 sent him to a rest home. I had to sell the farm and pay down our profits so that he could get Medical Assistance. We did not have long term insurance. He's at peace now. Wish I were/I miss him. I sold ourEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-70641860080581540152016-05-31T06:09:00.006-07:002020-08-15T06:59:29.693-07:00Our World Tuesday - May 31
This is the last Our World Tuesday photo for May! I think it should be special, but I'll have to go look..........
OK, I found this relic in someone's pasture along the road. That was back in 2015, it no longer sits there. I hope someone bought it to restore to when it was brand new.
For you Firetruck buffs, it's an International about late Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-27063728986867627332016-05-31T05:40:00.003-07:002020-08-15T06:58:54.470-07:00PhotoSunday - Skyscraper
The PhotoSunday challenge this week is Skyscraper. There are no skyscrapers here on the prairie, but I imagine this is as close to a skyscraper as I can come.
This is a Grain Elevator, we also have Silos... they're different, but alike! ;)
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-19638927147322968192016-05-26T05:48:00.002-07:002020-08-15T06:58:36.405-07:00Skywatch Friday - Sunrise on the Prairie
It's the last Skywatch Friday of May 2016! Here are my submits... I took these last weekend, while at our country farm planting the garden. A cup of coffee and out the door at Sunup. Quiet 'click' sounds of my camera shutter calls to a pheasant that stirs awake a turkey.. then a distrubed buck snort and a variety of beautiful bird songs....
click the photos to view larger
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-89104554088622375942016-05-10T07:20:00.005-07:002020-08-15T06:57:46.194-07:00Our World Tuesday
Our World Tuesday has an ongoing link up for whatever is happening in YOUR WORLD to share. It's early May, so I'm sharing some almost opened Lilacs.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-33335144306487287062016-05-10T06:51:00.003-07:002020-08-15T06:57:13.465-07:00Photo Sunday Challenge - Rose
This weeks photo challenge at Photo Sunday is 'Rose'
A Wild Rose by the edge of a woods.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-15298265888675321512015-08-05T07:08:00.002-07:002020-08-15T06:55:46.058-07:00For SkyWatch Friday
This is for SkyWatch Friday for the end of July... a nice dark stormy sky.
30mm Prime lens, Aperture Priority Mode, f/4, 1/750sec, ISO 100
I use a fast shutter speed because everything I take is hand held and the wind was blowing pretty hard that day. Earlier, I had been taking close up photos of wild flowers around the farm and while Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-68953584750284627492015-05-22T07:00:00.002-07:002020-08-15T06:55:02.796-07:00Photo Sunday - Star
My STAR for Photo Sunday
A metalic starfish at an empty wading pool.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-87179615549470020862015-04-12T13:05:00.002-07:002020-08-15T06:54:33.146-07:00Metallic
For PhotoSunday the theme is Metallic.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-27523508419849595652015-01-04T12:12:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:54:09.139-07:00Photo Sunday challenge is HOUSE
This week for Photo Sunday Challenge is House. I have a few.... as usual, just click on the photo to see a larger view.
An old farm house that has seen better days.
Another old farm house that is barely standing and trees taking over.
A cabin at Itasca State Park in a rainy Spring day.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-22857408655691380342014-10-27T09:38:00.003-07:002020-08-15T06:53:20.358-07:00PhotoSunday ~ Weekly Photo Challenge: Orange
The Weekly PhotoSunday Challenge is Orange this week. I'm a little late, but this is my offering.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-30263653650317321982014-10-09T14:51:00.000-07:002020-08-15T06:52:53.616-07:00Saying "Goodbye" to The Round Robin Photo Challenge
The last challenge for the Round Robin Photo Challenge is : Goodbye . Even though I was just an occasional submitter, starting with 'The Far Side Of Fifty Photos', I will miss the challenges and good natured exchange of comments.
I enjoyed every minute of it..........Good Luck in all that you do.
My 'Goodbye' photos:
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-17253538939975471362014-10-09T14:30:00.001-07:002020-08-15T06:51:15.586-07:00The Round Robin Photo Challenge- About The Weather
The Round Robin Photo Challenge is all About The Weather.
We had a break in our weather so we ventured out and saw some sites in a farmer's field.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-50412919538462785952014-03-23T12:49:00.003-07:002020-08-15T06:50:37.198-07:00Photo Sunday - Slant
The Photo Sunday challenge this week is Slant. My photo is one I took last summer.
Dandilions... on a slant
As always just click the photo for a larger view.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-67563341236306279892014-03-17T16:02:00.002-07:002020-08-15T06:50:08.006-07:00Sunday Stills: The Color Brown
The days are getting longer and warmer, so more 'brown' spots are popping through the snow drifts...
Here are my submissions for 'Brown' for the Sunday Stills challenge.
We had a nice day last week up above freezing. It provided a chance to get out and walk around the woods on our farm. It was pretty slow going, since the snow was still deep.
A dead oak leaf melting into Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-9306573871877637052014-03-07T20:39:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:48:51.164-07:00The Round Robin Photo Challenge: HOT STUFF
HOT STUFF is the latest theme for The Round Robin Photo Challenges.
Our step-daughter and husband got us some little gifts for Valentines Day. This is what Lar got. And he was delighted. WE will use them, you betcha. The dried Red peppers are from our garden.
HOT STUFF!
As always, click on the thumbnail to get the larger view.
I got a chocolate Rose and a Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-72887268011392095432014-03-03T08:16:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:48:01.329-07:00Sunday Stills: Barns in Black & White
It's Barns in black and white this week in Sunday Stills challenge..........
I happen to love taking photos of old barns and farms. In fact their Latin proper name is "Barnicus Dilapidus".
These started out in color and I've enhanced them to bring out their character. I'm sorry I did not get a chance to get out and take recent photos, these are some archived photos from the Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-26145982220800751922014-02-21T04:49:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:46:48.971-07:00Skywatch Friday
Just like it sounds... watch the sky and take a picture, then post it and link to Skywatch Friday.
....fun place to post and link from.
Simply take a picture which includes the Sky, post that picture on your
blog and then come here and put your preferred name and link in the
relevant places. Try to visit others on the links, those at the
beginning and the end.
Blown out brights, Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-82485588766819968542014-02-21T04:31:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:46:06.658-07:00Round Robin Photo Challenge - Dark
The Round Robin Photo Challenge is Dark.
Here's my Dark. It so coinsided with the full moon on the 14th. I was watching it come up while I was doing supper dishes, so I ran and got my camera. Three versions.. click on them to see larger view.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-90135334957994385172014-02-09T13:07:00.004-08:002020-08-15T06:45:29.037-07:00Photo Sunday - Dawn
Photo Sunday - Dawn
Our field in the morning.
Sun-up zoomed in.
Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-91497497476209021732014-02-09T11:18:00.001-08:002020-08-15T06:45:02.827-07:00Photo Challenge Blogs - Fun And Challenging OR Just A Money Maker?
I enter a few photo challenges at blogs that offer that sort of thing. I post for the particular challenge that I think I can accomplish in the free time I have at hand. I pick and choose the challenge that interests me the most and seems feasible in my environment and climate. I may not get a chance to fulfill my self appointed obligation, so I miss out on some challenges.&Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5017966896133984255.post-18218424303924942432014-02-09T04:12:00.003-08:002020-08-15T06:42:37.221-07:00Behind Me- Round Robin Photo Challenge
I'm late again for the entry for The Round Robin Photo Challenge, which the theme this time is ... 'What's behind you?'
I'm late, because ... well there's really no excuses, especially when I just ran to the nearest mirror and turned the articulating LCD screen around so I could see what I was aiming at and took this lame photo!
It was quite the challenge to figure out where I wanted theEllenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07437910753174108310noreply@blogger.com1