EMPS #68 -- Holiday Decorations

Today I am back to participating in the Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot thanks to Carly's Ellipsis blog. I don't have a lot of decorations up, it just being myself here and not having a regular tree, which I kind of miss (although I don't miss the needles and clean-up that go with a real tree). Here are my decorations -- a small artificial tree, which is rather ugly from being bashed up so much -- with Socksie next to it, and my new Mary Englebreit nativity scene.



















If you would like to participate in the EMPS, go to the link in the first sentence. It is always fun!

EMPS #65 -- Giving Thanks

I'm posting a bit late for this week's Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot, as Thanksgiving was Thursday and I'm just getting organized now that it's Sunday. I'm squeezing in before the deadline!

Here are some things that I'm giving thanks for. First is 3 1/2-year-old grandaughter Emily, who is so full of vim and vigor and spunk! She's a joy to be around.


















Next are 7-year-old grandson Noah and his dad, my son Jeff, here playing with some Star Wars toys my son J.D. has around for children who are guests at their house. Noah is extremely knowledgeable about trains.


















Here's half the group eating Thanksgiving dinner. The food was plentiful and the company was fine. We had a very nice time.


















This is the other half of the group eating dinner.


















Included were friends of Kris and J.D.'s, my DIL and son who hosted the dinner, Chris and Jolie, Kris's sister Tiffany and her friend Paul, son Jeff and DIL Steph, nephew Nick, the two children, and me and, of course, Kris and J.D.

If you would like to post to this Ellipsis Monday Photo Challenge about Giving Thanks (and I think it's obvious that I give thanks for my family and plentiful food), it's not too late. Just go to the link in the first sentence and follow the directions.

EMPS #63 -- Downtown

The theme of the present Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot at Carly's blog is "Downtown." We were to take shots of the downtown of our city or town or hamlet. I guess you could almost call Canby a hamlet -- it's not very big in the downtown area.
Here are the pictures I took of downtown Canby today. They go from the new movie theater, to the grocery store, to downtown stores, lastly showing the bricked circular intersections that have added class to the city.
























To go to the meme and play the game, follow the link in the first sentence.

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #62 -- Autumn Fruits and Vegetables

Today's Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot by Carly is about Autumn Fruits and Vegetables. I don't have too much in the way of such things but I do have a couple of small tomatoes on a scraggly vine out behind my house. One of the tomatoes is actually two that have grown together. I'm not sure how clear that is in the following picture.
















I may have to go down to my business and pick some of the Granny Smith apples growing on a tree down there, too. So this entry may not be finished yet.

I didn't go down and get any of the apples at my business; instead, I am featuring the sweet potatoes I had for dinner tonight (Tuesday) along with some ham.



















I love autumn fruits and vegetables, although I'm a creature of habit and generally forget to get them.

To participate in the meme, go to the link in the first sentence and Carly will tell you on her blog how to do that.

Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot #61 -- Halloween

I am having to obtain pictures from my archives for this Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot in a different way, by obtaining them from Flickr. Previously I could save them but that no longer seems to be an option. So here they are, one at a time.
Princess Stevie 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The theme is Halloween this time and I have fairly old pictures of a couple of my cats dressed up. This is of Stevie, as a princess. The next one is of Chester, as a pirate.
Pirate Chester 1 on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The next is of me and Steve, dressed up as his mom and dad for a Halloween party back in the late 1970's.
Me and Steve on Halloween on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

And last is grandchildren Noah and Emily dressed up as R2D2 and Raggedy Ann last year.
Close look at R2D2 and Raggedy Ann on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I'm sorry I have to refer you to Flickr but they have apparently changed their format for saving archived photos to our picture files. I think that's a total bummer! Anyway, I hope you don't mind checking these pictures out.

To go to the Ellipsis site, just go here.

Round Robin Photo Challenge -- Shooting in Low Light (Indoors and Out)

Today's Round Robin Photo Challenge has the theme "Shooting in Low Light (Indoors and Out). My low light shots seem to be nearly all outdoors. The first two here are near-sunset shots from my front yard/driveway area, which I love to take.




















This is my now-gone kitty, Chester, up in a flowering plum out front near sunset.
















During my recent trip to the beach, I caught the following near-sunset and sunset shots from my motel room window in Newport, Oregon.



















To see more low light pictures and/or to play along, go to the link in the first paragraph.

EMPS #58 -- Bridges and Walkways

Today's Ellipsis Monday Photo Shoot is about bridges and walkways. I love bridges in particular, and I have also captured a photo of a walkway with a bridge in the background, so I'm all set. The first shot is of the Yaquina Bay Bridge from my rented condo room in the Yaquina Bay.
















Here is the spectacular bridge over the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, where my mother lived until her passing almost 2 years ago.
















This is the Astoria-Megler bridge, which soars high enough to let large ships pass beneath it, in Astoria, Oregon. It crosses to the Washington side over the Columbia River.
















Here is the Florence, Oregon riverfront, the shot with the walkway and the bridge in the background. I'm not sure which river this is.
















To see more pictures of bridges and walkways, go to the link in the first sentence and follow directions, especially if you want to participate, which is fun!