i was going to wait until i was able to buy a camera with flash before i put in any pictures of the 110 year old house i live in, but since spring has sprung, and the flowers are so pretty, i had to go ahead and share. now, remember, i am not greg kiser, nor do i have a good camera. these were all taken with my digi cam bought at my church yard sale for $5. so bear with me, ok??
first,
this is a view from the driveway onto the porch. the little black dot in the middle of the frame on the roof is either chip or dale, one of my resident squirrels.
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this is a better shot of chip or dale.
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these are dogwood blooms up close and personal (taken on my back steps)
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this is a shot from further out in the driveway, near the street, showing the front porch and most of the front of the house. i have no way to control the brightness of the pic, and since the roof is tin and shiny, it reflected the sun. i have learned that i should only take pics of the house on cloudy days, lol.
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another shot of the front of the house, flag and all.
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a great shot of the side porch and the humongous cluster of pink azaleas in the yard.
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now this isn't in my yard, but i had to take a picture of it.....it is a cherry tree at the post office in a nearby town. the color didn't come through well, but the tree was so beautiful in person. beauty like this makes the pollen so much more tolerable.
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ok, now this is one you have to really look closely at. in the very center of the picture, on the side porch roof, there is a white kitty. this is one of the resident kitties that i think were abandoned by previous tenants. they are feral, but this one lets me get pretty close. she just sat there and let me take her picture. must be a little prima donna.
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this is a much better shot of the little lady. i have no idea how she gets up there.
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now she looks like she is telling me to back off, lol.
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so i did..................
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this was taken out my side kitchen window, and the windows are quite dirty. there is no way to wash the windows unless you have scaffolding or very long ladders. i have neither.
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this, too, was taken out that same window............
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i will stop with the house and critters pics for now. i will have pictures of my daughter and her boyfriend and MY kitty in another entry.
hope you enjoyed sharing these with me..........................
PS: I FOUND THE FOLLOWING PIC OF MY BACK STEPS. NOTE.......THE LITTLE WHITE DOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STAIRWAY IS THE WHITE KITTY.
2 comments:
Your house is so charming and the flowers are beautiful. Looks like a lot of up-keep that I probably couldn't do anymore but I love the old houses. There is an area in San Antonio I love to drive through called the King William District. Paula
I love your house, it looks like a real gem. I wish they still made houses like that these days. I just don't trust a house that gets built from dirt to furnished in less than 2 months. My house has more creaks and squeaks than my Grandfather's house that is every bit of 50 years older than mine. As far as the camera goes, you got a bargain for $5.00 for any digital. The exposure of the shiney roof is difficult with any camera on a bright day. Cloudy days are a photographer's dream...for the exact reason you mentioned.
Greg
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