Waterfront Park fountain, Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. A.

Waterfront Park fountain, Charleston, South Carolina

Black iron fence, Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. A

Black iron fence, Charleston, South Carolina, U. S. A

Sharing with Good Fences at The Run*Around*Ranch

No bathers

0.8 seconds with ND filter, f5.6, ISO 100

Photo entries at the fair

Here are the results of my entries in the photography competition at the Middle Tennessee District Fair in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee.

There are about 15 different categories and each person can enter one photo in each category.

I entered a total of nine this year.  I know that sounds like a lot, but everyone else in line has a stack too. Last year I entered four and earned one 1st place ribbon.

Here are all of my entries.

1st Place in Computer Manipulated

(I did more enhancing on this one than usual, so that's why I put it in that category)

Here is the SOOC.

1st Place in Architecture

3rd Place in Seascape/Waterscape

3rd Place in Skyscape

The rest didn't win anything, but I'm extremely proud of what I did get!!!

The Pioneer Woman Cooks

I love it when a package arrives.  Especially when it brings a beautiful item.

An item with so many things in one package.

Food.  Color.  Photography.  Cats.  Dogs.  Horses.  Cows.  Kids.  Rural.  Life.

The Pioneer Woman - My New Cookbook

We watch several cooking shows and I have seen The Pioneer Woman television show a few times.

I like the show, but the airings usually coincide with other activities so I don't get to see it all the time.

I was interested in her cookbooks, but my friend's blog The Woman at the Well showcases many of her recipes.  So, I just visited Kerry's blog and The Pioneer Woman's blog and tried to be happy with that.

Kerry belongs to the Sweet As Pie Cooking Club and the club recently attended a book signing by Ree Drummond. 

Kerry brought her book for me to see before I bought it and the decision was made.
I had to have one.

The book is beautiful so I had to share it.

It draws me for many reasons other than the simple, scrumptious, step-by-step recipes
(see book cover above title :)).

There are many, many photos in the book.

Beautiful photos of not just the food and food preparation, but photos from her life.

The first place I went was to the index.

Burgers.

I.Love.Burgers

I was going to include photos here of photos in the book, but the fine print said bla, bla, bla about reproducing bla, bla, bla, so I'm going to leave you curious with just my text that would go along with the photos.

Isn't that a wonderful looking burger and a beautiful photo of a burger?

Handsome men and horses.

If you like horses, there are many wonderful horses.

Cats.  What can I say about a cookbook with lots of cat photos.

Simply wonderful.

Kids.  Sweet photos of kids doing kid things.

If you just love beautiful books, I can recommend this one.

And then, there is The End.

And what a delightful end it is.

Busy Bee

Fair Entries and 1st Place

I entered these images in the Middle Tennessee District Fair in Lawrenceburg, TN this year. The butterfly earned a 1st place ribbon.