This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is “Holding”.

a lovely small dish from Japan holding a roasted beet with a bit of rosemary!

People, animals, statues holding babies, flowers, pups & heads!

looking past the gentleman in the first boat, you’ll see a boat holding some characters (where’s the Scarecrow and Toto?)

This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is “Celebrate”. She said: “(feel free to pull a photo of your favorite celebration moments from your archives)”, so I did!

A few years ago, my Aunt gave me some diaries that belonged to my Grandmother written when Grandma was 18 years old! This page details her birthday celebration in 1910.

From my Grandmother’s diary: “Eighteen years old! Holiday for Battle of Concord & Lexington. Met B at 1 o’clock went to races, Cameron won. We walked or sat around resevoir all afternoon. Wore my new long pongee coat Ma gave me for birthday gift. Lavender silk bag from Mrs. Marshall, Dollar from Aunty; chamois gloves from Nat; lace stockings from Mary. Card from Margaret, letter from Eva Dill. Birthday supper, B stayed. Surprize party on me! Weston and Marion got it up. He jollied me on phone pretended he was Mr. Stebben (one I met Sat. at dance). Meanwhile party came in back door and to the parlor. I walked in “oh, say” to Bert but there was the crowd.”

My friend Betsy (not Captain Jack Sparrow as it might seem from this picture) typed up this list of “Do’s and Don’t’s” of being friends with me for my 40th birthday (and yes, we’re still friends!):

My boyfriend drew this for my brother’s 50th birthday celebration (his girlfriend threw him a surprise party, and he was actually surprised, what fun!):

This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is “On the Table”.

In the back yard of the house we rented down the cape were two tables, this one and a regular size picnic table. Wolf, my shiba inu, LOVED sitting on both. I think maybe he liked being up high, able to survey everything.

This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is “Golden”.

Of course the first thing that popped to mind was a sunset:

quickly followed by food:

a very pale gold:

I took this one quite awhile ago
but thought it was pretty enough to share

This week’s prompt over at Bella’s 52 photos project is {Still Life}. She said: “When it was time to post this week’s prompt, I wondered what I could capture (besides color) that wouldn’t require me to venture out of my house.”

I do so love a photographic challenge!

caramel in chocolate with sea salt on my leg (covered in jeans, thankfully!)

Can’t get much more ’still’ than this…I call it: help…meeeeeeee…. (this one was taken outside, but just on the deck)

a typical picture around my house…a shiba in the background, hoping for someone to drop something!

always props around the house!

I always keep at least one jar of honey in the house