From the archives. Columbus Zoo.
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Carousels in Columbus OH and Ligonier PA
I missed National Carousel Day on July 25th but have seen two beautiful carousels in the ten days or so. Idlewild Park was last week and the Grand Carousel at the Columbus Zoo today
The lead horses look similar – http://www.carouselfigures.com/id250.html
Idlewild Park Carousel in Ligonier PA is first. Built by the Toboggan Company in Philadelphia
And celebrating Michaels tenth birthday at the Columbus Zoo today
Carvings by Marcus Illions from Lithuania who did the Coney Island carousel
http://rutheh.com/2013/06/19/coney-island-carousel-restored/
Frozen Motion
Weekly Challenge by Jen Hooks is MOTION
As I scour a portion of my archives, I see lots of frozen motion.
Today’s post is the four grandchildren in various motion shots
Maura running
Michael jumping into the pool for a heat
Jack kicking in a puddle at the Columbus Zoo
Anna caught midair off the diving board
and below in a more recent dive
Photo Challenge: Express Yourself
I tell the grandkids, “okay guys first a crazy pic- then a nice one.”
This is at the Columbus zoo.
I didn’t tell the tiger anything.
Good thing for the glass between us.
Anyone Else Feel the Urge to Hibernate?
We are fast approaching the shortest day of the year.
Can’t wait it out in a cave, buy have you a special spot where you burrow in for the winter months?
Furry slippers, cups of tea. Extra blankets to add some weight and warmth to the bed. Flannel sheets.
When I’m knitting in the evenings, I have a shawl draped around my shoulders to ward off the chill.
Just something I’m thinking about tonight, the urge to hibernate.
A Few More Reflections
You’ve seen some of these if you’ve been a follower for awhile.
Some favorite reflections. The weekly challenge prompted me to continue to search the archives for a couple of reflections I wanted to share.
Swimming at Ohio State Natatorium
Blue jeans in the glass of the Penguins exhibit at the Columbus Zoo
From the subway on the way to Coney Island
Church reflection in the Thai Kitchen table- Bloomfield
Red lights reflected on the sidewalk- Market Square Downtown Pittsburgh
Me in the Mail Chute at the City County Building.
Mary in NYC with buildings in the sunglasses lenses
Jack’s reflection in a puddle.
Jack and Maura at the Columbus Zoo
Back Sleeper and the Rule of Thirds via Anna
Are you a back, side or stomach sleeper? Anna texted me and sent this photo and said the lion is lying the same way as Henry (Airedale Terrier) Maura (almost 5) her sister, asked her other grandma if this is how she sleeps!
See the different positions and suggestions at the Mayo Clinic Site about sleeping positions. Back sleeping is supposedly good for back pain relief but not so great for snorers.
Photographed by guest blogger, granddaughter Anna (10) , at the Columbus Zoo Wednesday afternoon. It’s always fun for me when my family contributes to the blog effort.
Last week I was teaching the HS photography students about the Rule of Thirds and even made a grid on a transparency so they could see the lines splitting up the picture frame , get the idea. Information on how they could compose the strongest photograph by knowing about this concept of composition.
The Rule of Thirds comes to mind immediately when I look at Anna’s photo. And she wasn’t even in the class.
So went to check out The Lion Sleeps Tonight, original by Solomon Linda 1939 but covered by many famous singers.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Companionable
Maura with her Baby Dolls
Brothers at Kennywood
Cousins on Uncle Frank’s Running Board
Sandbox Siblings
This week’s challenge is companionable
Synonyms for companionable
- Synonyms from Merriam Webster online
- amicable, bonhomous, buddy-buddy, chummy, collegial,friendly, comradely, cordial, genial, hail-fellow, hail-fellow-well-met, hearty, matey [chiefly British],neighborly, palsy, palsy-walsy [slang], warm,warmhearted
Flat Ruthie is participating in the Weekly Photo Challenge on Cardboardmetravels blog, too.
Shoot Where You Are
Culled from the day’s catch- didn’t photograph any food making today but here is what I photographed on Saturday.
School’s out for the summer so I’m not in my home territory. Most days I shoot photographs as I drive around the city. But I am seeing different scenery these days. We went to a T-ball game on Saturday morning.
Four Annie’s Cheddar Bunnies fell out of the van onto the pavement and their bright orange caught my eye but I thought, nah, four bitty snack crackers are not worth a photograph since we have to get to the game and haul the fold-up chairs and the bag of snacks for the team. I mean another day I could do a Snack Cracker still life but we were in a rush.
Imagine my surprise when we returned to the van. The neon orange obliterated. Ants working hard to live.
and a close up detail
and then as we pulled out of the school parking lot by the baseball fields, there was a church parking lot and a scene I wanted to photograph. This is when you are probably annoying to your daughter-in-law but she doesn’t mind and pulls over by the dumpster and I got out and took about 4 quick shots on the gray day.
and the detail. My DIL asked if I wanted to come back and pick it up to take back home since it wasn’t broken!
A quick trip to the zoo and the reptile house. The kids got a chance to touch the Rosy Boa. I photographed the Pythons devouring rabbits but it is too graphic.
The Columbus Zoo has a lovely 1914 Carousel, restored. The youngest 3 grandkids took a ride.
and youngest granddaughter Maura in a quiet moment
Weekly Photo Challenge: Flowers
Weekly Photo Challenge: Flowers. This is unretouched, shot with a 70-200L series lens. Nice bokeh in this image. The bee just happened to be in front of a light petal. Photographed as we left the Columbus Zoo a couple of weeks ago.
- I feel the bee adds interest to the frame.
