Planet M Files » Shutter Sisters http://planetmfiles.com Welcome to Our Planet! It's filled with kids, dogs, and crocheted guinea pigs! (A real guinea pig, too!) Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:48:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 It’s Warm and Sunny! http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/25/its-warm-and-sunny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-warm-and-sunny http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/25/its-warm-and-sunny/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 15:08:28 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=3279 We have sun! We have warm! We have one sick kid.  But not very sick, just a sore throat.  We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow, so I hope to get some outdoor time in today.  I want to get some peas planted and I want to start some 4 o’clock seeds in a flower box.  I hope it’s not too early.  We had a frost advisory two nights ago, but the weather is so beautiful now!

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I hope your Saturday is full of wonderful surprises and outdoor fun!

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Don’t forget, tomorrow night, April 26th, the linky will be up for Monday Memories: The Eighth!

And, coming early morning Wednesday, April 29th, our Pet Parade linky will be up! Go capture those pets on film…um…I mean your CF card.

Oh, that reminded me of the weirdest thing.  The day that I posted the Pet Parade post, our old goldfish, Scaly, had died that morning.  My youngest son forgot to tell me until that night.  Isn’t that weird?

One more piece of news, this one is big and it is fantastic!  Have you noticed the i vote hope button in my sidebar?  Well, Shutter Sisters won their dream assignment!  Yippee!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/25/its-warm-and-sunny/feed/ 5 What’s Blooming http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/23/whats-blooming-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-blooming-2 http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/23/whats-blooming-2/#comments Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:00:34 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=3162 You are not imagining things.  I posted this yesterday and somehow managed to break it when I was trying to reply to comments!  It was one of those times when I felt like tossing my blog out of the window!  So, I will try deleting the old broken post and re-posting it here.  I’m sorry for the lost comments.  Here it goes. Wish me luck! I’m going to hit publish…don’t break, please don’t break…

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This is what is blooming “…right here, right now, in this one perfect moment.”  The quoted words are Jen’s.

Over at Shutter Sisters she has written a post that really speaks to me.  How did she look into my soul, my mind, my heart?  Love it!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2009/04/23/whats-blooming-2/feed/ 7 What Is Today Telling You? http://planetmfiles.com/2009/03/28/what-is-today-telling-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-is-today-telling-you http://planetmfiles.com/2009/03/28/what-is-today-telling-you/#comments Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:49:25 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=2787 Over at Shutter Sisters, Tracey posted a great question!  She asked, “If today could speak to you, what would it be saying?”

Go Outside!

Today is Telling Me, "Go Outside!"
Today is Telling Me, “Go Outside!”

So, here I go!

Hope your Saturday is wonderful!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2009/03/28/what-is-today-telling-you/feed/ 10 Happy Birthday Shutter Sisters! http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/22/happy-birthday-shutter-sisters/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-birthday-shutter-sisters http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/22/happy-birthday-shutter-sisters/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:53:04 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1834 Birthday rainbow cookies

This was my daughter’s 13th Birthday cake.  I’m posting it today to also honor Shutter Sister’s First Birthday!

They are have a great giveaway today to celebrate.  Go on over!

Also, don’t forget to check back on Monday for my very first giveaway!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/22/happy-birthday-shutter-sisters/feed/ 4 Contemplating Thirteen http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/06/comptemplating-thirteen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=comptemplating-thirteen http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/06/comptemplating-thirteen/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:31:39 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1588 Comptemplating Thirteen

I took this photo of my daughter on her thirteenth birthday.  I took a whole series of photos of her, but this out-of-focus, soft shot is one of my favorites.

Go over to Shutter Sisters and check out the beautiful soft images in the post and in the comments!


]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2009/01/06/comptemplating-thirteen/feed/ 14 Favorite Shot of 2008 http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/28/favorite-shot-of-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=favorite-shot-of-2008 http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/28/favorite-shot-of-2008/#comments Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:53:22 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1482 Over at Shutter Sisters Irene asked readers to post their favorite shot of 2008.  Wow.  That is difficult.  I have a few photos that I think are my best photos, but they are not my favorites.  My favorite shots are the ones that include my husband and three children.  The problem is that as my children get older the opportunity for shots that include all of them are few and far between.  As you can see, my husband’s head is not even completely in this image!  Sheesh!

August 2008 vacation

I think I just found something that needs to be a New Year’s resolution for me.  Get husband and kids together for photos more often!  I’m sure they’ll love that idea.

Go on over to Shutter Sisters and check out everyone’s favorites!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/28/favorite-shot-of-2008/feed/ 7 Christmas Light Painting http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/23/christmas-light-painting/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=christmas-light-painting http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/23/christmas-light-painting/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:44:42 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1434 Laura over at dolcepics did a great post on Christmas tree light painting.  Her images are so beautiful!

Here are my tries at Christmas tree light painting!

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And below is my attempt at hearts…

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Oops, how did I manage to make upside-down hearts?!

I need more practice!

Go over to dolcepics and see Laura’s fantastic images and then check out more images of light at Shutter Sisters.  They will bring joy to your heart!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2008/12/23/christmas-light-painting/feed/ 11 Things Simple and True http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/18/things-simple-and-true/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=things-simple-and-true http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/18/things-simple-and-true/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:44:40 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1078 This is what I am finding through my lens, simple and true.

The beautiful future, my sweet girl, almost thirteen

Go and see more beautiful, simple truths at Shutter Sisters today.

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/18/things-simple-and-true/feed/ 5 Starts with Love, Ends with Turkey http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:52:57 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=1037 At Shutter Sisters I have seen some amazing images of hearts that photographers have found.  I often think, “Gee, it would be so cool to find an unintentional heart!”  Well, I found one!  Yippee!  I put my bowl on the kitchen counter to make guacamole and there it was!  The coolest thing was that if I rotated the bowl even just a little bit the image inside was no longer a heart!  Amazing!  Go check out more images of love at chookooloonks!

In black and white, of course, for November in black and white!

And now, on to the Turkey part of the post!  I need some Turkey advice.  In the many years that I have been making a Thanksgiving turkey there is only one time that I made a good one.  I have tried both food store Butterballs (and other brands) and butcher shop organics and they all come out dry and tough and tasteless.  I thought for sure last year’s turkey was going to be great.  I spent something like $76.00 on it (Yipes!)  It was a butcher shop organic but I don’t remember the farm name.  I brined it overnight.  I followed the butcher’s cooking instructions.  Blech!  Same old dried out tasteless thing.  Oh, I should also mention that I have a terrible fear of salmonella, so I do cook it to an internal temperature of 180 degrees.  (Oops, I just checked the USDA Turkey Fact Sheet and they say an internal temp of 165 degrees is safe!)  Maybe that’s part of my problem.  But, I don’t just want a safe turkey, I want a delicious turkey!!!  I would love to hear your advice for a tasty bird!

]]> http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/13/starts-with-love-ends-with-turkey/feed/ 13 Guitar Love http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/06/guitar-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=guitar-love http://planetmfiles.com/2008/11/06/guitar-love/#comments Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:03:09 +0000 Gayle http://planetmfiles.com/?p=983 It’s Love Thursday! I thought I would share my oldest son’s passion with you!

He is fifteen, sixteen in February.  He is passionate about his guitar playing.  He started learning about two years ago and is quite a good guitarist now.  He is self-taught. I love to listen to him play!

He came home from school yesterday and enthusiastically told me about how his English teacher plays guitar and he invited my son and one of my son’s guitar playing buddies to play in front of an audience on Monday night.  Where?  He doesn’t know for sure, some coffee house?  Maybe?  What time?  He doesn’t know.  Any details?  He doesn’t know!  So…I’m hoping to hear some details after school today.  I’m excited for him and if he and his buddy do it, I think it will be great!  I’ll let you know!

Don’t forget to check out more November in black and white!

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