much love monday, on a tuesday eve ♥

♥

hearts apple tree leaves for much love Mondays

i love apple trees

I love blueberries,
orchards,
fresh picked apples,
berry picking in school holidays,
apple picking through university.
no wonder apple trees remind me of my childhood, and tertiary education.
berries,
fruit thinning, apple picking,
working summers and autumns, in-between class terms,
a chance to meditate and enjoy nature
while working outdoors
among apple trees :)







gathering apples in Autumn :)
from our own little apple tree




(i've posted these last ones before... but can't leave them out!)

Inspiration ~ **tomo**

I am so in love with Tomo's photography. Her medium format film photographs of children by the Japanese coastline are so beautiful and endearing, and with stunning symmetry and shapes as well!





I love the way she captures childhood.




life




And using beautiful cameras!
Most of these are with a bronica SQ-Ai
And some with a mamiya C330.

And how sweet is her own little photographer? :)








1. catch the rainbow, 2. cherish, 3. concentration, 4. tail or flower?, 5. early spring sea, 6. eyes full of mischief, 7. feelin' lonely, 8. ごくごく, 9. girl's talk, 10. in the morning light #4 ~we are friends!^^~, 11. looking at..., 12. tightly, 13. rainy day, 14. smile, 15. Can you find the face that she made with stone?, 16. Believe

Created with fd's Flickr Toys


and friends :)









And her images also make we want to move closer to the sea, and a different coast too, right now!




... immediately!



love!

Thank you, tomo!
And for your kind permission as well. x

You can see more of her images here.

**tomo**

My problem is I have too many tomo favourites. I love them all! ...


1. good friends, 2. memory, 3. calmness, 4. come on!, 5. a challenge to the wave, 6. Do you see what I see?, 7. go to the future, 8. in the morning light #2, 9. time passes slowly, 10. in the twilight, 11. road to heaven, 12. running to the sea, 13. sakura, 14. shooting each other, 15. sky's the limit, 16. Which way you wanna go?

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

Winter rose gardens II ~ Looking for Spring

These are my last few favourites from last year's Winter rose gardens,
a short play in the gardens, looking for signs of Spring.

garden child

The roses were pruned in their winter beds, but we found winter flowers, camellia bushes, and new daffodils on the outskirts of the gardens, and played hide and seek among the pathways and trees.



camellia love

hide and seek

daffodils

and a walk home

Inspiration ~ iliveinoctober, Tanya

Russian photographer Tanya,
iliveinoctober, on flickr,
kindly allowed me to blog about her beautiful photos.



I love her portraits of women in nature. They do not just happen to be in a natural setting, but rather are an integral part of the natural surroundings, and in the most peaceful, whimsical and beautiful ways. I'm sure you can see what I mean...









The tones in this, how the water matches her...!





So a part of nature. do you see what I mean? Her hair!



and these are a little different, more urban...


And this one is one of my all time favourites of Tanya's.
It reminds me of my first photography influences as a child. B&W art and photography books, where shape and lines, and movement make the photo. love!



Thank you, Tanya!
iliveinoctober

For the light of the window ~ flickr inspiration

For the light of the window, originally uploaded by hiromi-u*s*s*.

I absolutely love this Mamiya C220 image by hiromi-u*s*s,
who says, on flickr,

I practice in various ways.

Light is gentle; nowadays.

Her whole Mamiya set is lovely, and I love the childhood moments she captures of her little ones

Winter rose gardens

It's the beginning of Autumn here. :) I can't wait for a good day to go out and find it properly!
I am so far behind on posting about last year's seasons in the rose gardens though. Here is Winter, mostly from impromptu mini-clothing photoshoots...

(click for larger)

The best part about the sun setting so early in Winter is that it is beautiful timing to finish school for the afternoon, walk from there to the rose gardens, play in the park for two hours in wonderful light, and then enjoy the setting sun as we walk home again.











going home


This was also the evening we lost one of the bears... at the end of this walk through across the field! My young son remembered a few blocks away and we went back to rescue the bears, which he promptly wrote about in the little journal he had in his pocket. ♥

(The bears were found on the stone pathway. Can you tell? <3)