A variety of photographs!
Sent to me by a neighbour.
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They are very special.
More of these delightful photographs next week.
Picture Parade Four Hundred and Four
Category: Art
Picture Parade Four Hundred and Two
Yes, you guessed it. More doggie pictures from Unsplash.
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Just wonderful!
Hopefully some more in a week’s time.
Picture Parade Four Hundred and One
More dogs playing. Photos courtesy of Unsplash.
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They are all beautiful but that last photograph of the German Shepherd is especially gorgeous!
Another beautiful poem
Again by Bela Johnson
You don’t want me waffling on so I’m going straight over to Bela’s poem. It is called River Thoughts and was published on Bela’s website on the 24th May, 2021. With Bela’s permission, I should add!
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River Thoughts
The river thunders, to no applause
in particular; rolls along, rippling
and eddying without thought
or expectation of feedback,
though I can’t help but think
all of nature thrives under
an appreciative gaze;
We once watched endangered
river otters cavorting in plain sight
just under the bridge of a much
larger river, we told no one;
fishermen dislike that they are forced
to share with these sleek creatures
we thought dolphins, when first
they caught our eyes,
out of context, having come
from Hawaii only recently;
Our smaller Vallecitos river is
magnificent in its own right,
rushing lifeblood to this struggling
ranching community, altitude
too high to receive much precipitation
in liquid form, preferring the snows
of winter, and those have been
in shortfall for years now, water levels
everywhere having dropped
precipitously, and with the decline
comes the invariable unrest
in people dependent on the bounty
of the land;
And so this rainy day is particularly
welcomed while the dampness
is in marked contrast to the bone dry
of the region, and as a fire blazes
in the hearth, ranch dogs lie fidgety
like grammar school children forced
inside for recess in inclement weather.
Mr. Peanut awaits what’s next!
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Perfect!
And another painting
This one was sketched in pastel colours.
It was a gift from Jean for a fellow Rock Steady attendee. The Rock Steady class is held Monday and Wednesday at our local Club Northwest for Parkinson’s sufferers.
Jeannie is painting again!
And it is thanks to all of you!
There was such a wonderful response to when I recently posted some of Jeannie’s paintings from previous days that she picked up her paint brushes again.
To say that I was delighted is an understatement.
So I present a painting of Louis, a dog belonging to Jim and Janet Goodbrod, when he was a puppy, that’s Louis not Jim!
Jim and Janet used to live just around the corner from us but moved some time ago up to Roseburg. We are going to visit them today and Jean is taking the painting with her as a gift to the Goodbrods.
But to close with another thank you. Because it really made such a difference.
A few of Jean’s paintings
That came via the sale of Jean’s bike.
Yesterday we drove down to Phoenix, Oregon to deliver the Sun Tricycle to the new owners. Daniel and Cherie were a delightful couple, albeit more my age than younger. But they had been through one heck of a disaster. Because last year they were both asked to flee the fires with very little notice and only recently had they found a new home and were still settling in.
Daniel rides his trike and wanted to get one for Cherie. We were delighted with the sale and we hope we all will see each other in the near future.
Anyway, Daniel is quite an artist and Jean mentioned she used to paint before the Parkinson’s tremor made it much more difficult. But Daniel insisted on photographs being taken of a few of Jean’s paintings and sent to them via email.
Here they are.
Just thought they made a nice change!
Picture Parade Three Hundred and Eighty
This was a real treat!
Jim Ingraham of our local Caveman Camera Club sent out an email last week.
Wednesday, March 17th will be our next education meeting. It will be a light painting field trip with Dale George as the teacher/instructor.
We will meet at Reinhart Volunteer Park (also known as All Sports Park) at 7 pm. When you go into the park take your first left. Just go to the end of the very long parking lot and you are there.
As much as I don’t want to say this, I gotta…Observe social distancing and wear your facial covering. I want all members to attend. I cannot and would not attempt to enforce this, do what you’re going to do, but please be respectful of others.
Bring camera, tripod, remote shutter (not absolutely necessary), fully charged battery, warm clothes, maybe a headlamp to see your camera dials.
Daylight savings time will be in effect so it won’t be getting dark until 7:30 or so.
Let’s get out of the house and have some fun.
Jim Ingraham
Education Coordinator
Now I didn’t have a clue as to what a “light painting field trip” was but Jeannie agreed to come with me so we both turned up on the 17th at 7pm.
This was the area of the park where we all assembled.
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In the main a single individual stood in front of us waving a light board in a synchronised manner. It was a flashing board. But there were times when he was joined by a woman and they both swung their own light boards.
Apart from cropping the images a little these photographs are as they were shot!
Talk about incredible!
(The shots were taken with a Nikon D750 with a Nikon 24-120 mm lens attached.
The settings were approximately 30 seconds Bulb f7.1 ISO 320.)
Signs!
Another delightful photograph.
Again from Gary.
Beautiful!
Learning with Lisa!
It is amazing what can be shared these days!
But to get you in the mood, I am going to start with this video about small dog breeds for young persons.
Right, now to the essence of today’s post.
My son, Alex, recently sent me details of a new teaching programme introduced by his partner, Lisa. It is called Learning with Lisa.
It consists of 32 videos each one being published at 0700 British time (presently GMT). In other words one new video each working day; i.e. Monday to Friday.
Here is the background to this new service.
Learning with Lisa.
I am a qualified primary school teacher of 26 years now teaching a series of early phase phonics lessons designed for children in the Early Years Foundation Stage (pre-school and reception).
The first series – “Preparing for reading and writing in the Early Years” aims to give children, aged 3 to 4, the best possible start with early literacy skills by providing fun yet challenging activities 5 days a week. Some of the later sections are also suitable for children aged 4 to 5.
These videos are suitable for parents, carers and their children, trainee teachers and other early-years practitioners.
Here is the link to the YouTube channel that you will need if you want to subscribe to each new video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGlsoYGeT6YOZAvbsOWe9YQ/featured
Preparing for reading and writing in the Early years.
The video gives an outline of the lessons included in the series and discusses the teacher’s philosophy. The video is aimed at parents, carers and early-years practitioners and gives an understanding of the processes involved in early phonics, reading and writing.
It will help viewers to navigate their way through the series so their child can participate in a fun and challenging experience. The series aims to give pre-school children the best possible start to early literacy.
Below, this is the first teaching video in the series.
If there are any readers willing to share and subscribe to Lisa’s channel please do.
Especially those that have 3-4 year old children and/or grandchildren, that would be great.
Have a think as to your friends who have young children and send them this link: Please!
