A Sweet Treat

Today's moment is a sweet little treat, fresh strawberries and real whipped cream in one of my new dessert dishes. They are new to me but they are antiques. I won them in an auction at church today. They were new when a sweet friend of mine was a new bride nearly 55 years ago. She started to tell me about the tables being set with white table cloths and the newly acquired glassware for a celebration for her and her new groom. We were interrupted so I hope to hear the rest of the story soon!

Blessings~

July 5, 2010 Bowl of Berries

Bowl of Berries, originally uploaded by pictureapromise.

I have three little gooseberry bushes in my back yard and I love to spend a sunny afternoon picking and cleaning the berries in my backyard. This small bowl is just the beginning and perhaps this year my birds will enjoy more of them then I will, we'll have to see! I remember my grandma Mabel had gooseberries and I believe she made pies, I've only made jam. Tastes pretty good on toast come winter! They are good raw and just tonight I put some in my fruit smoothie, yum!

Blessings~

Raspberry Red February 25,2010

Raspberry Red, originally uploaded by pictureapromise.

Picked these up in the grocery store, a little spendy this time of year but worth every penny, delicious. Tastes like summer.

When I started this project, I couldn't have taken this pic. Just took it in my kitchen 9 pm no extra lighting no flash. I've learned to use my Manual mode on my camera! Yeah me :D Toyed some with other settings like picture control, set it on Vivid. Upped the exposure compensation and adjusted the shutter speed til I got what I wanted. I used the tripod, I need to get more comfortable with it as well. That's why I'm doing this project. Even when I don't feel like taking a picture I pick up the camera and find something. Not just anything, something I'm not too embarrassed to post here.

I am also learning more about self-discipline. It is a matter of choice. My choice. When I chose self-discipline there are great rewards!

Blessings~

oh, and the only editing I did was to hit the auto contrast/auto color and cropped it a little in picasa.

Berrylicious! January 29, 2010

Berrylicious!, originally uploaded by picturethepromises.

I love summer and summer fruits. It's still January in ND so we have months to go before summer. I found these beauties in the store and couldn't resist! They are just delish. Almost as pretty to look at as they are tasty to eat. I also got the blueberries and strawberries but I was looking for raspberries. Oh well, it's all good and each Berrylicious Berry brings summer a little closer . In the meantime, stay warm and safe.

Blessings~