POTD: Water Dog

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This cute little guy is by Rockville Central friend Janet Brown. Of it, she says: “I love this cheerful little ‘water dog’ in Rockville Town Center. Thank goodness a sense of humor is appreciated in this town!” We concur, Janet!

POTD: Stop and Dream

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This inviting scene is courtesy Rockville Central friend Janet Brown.

Here’s what she says about it: “I so love summer weather in Rockville. Balmy evenings, which I didn’t experience much in Wales (the nights get chilly there). Here’s a pic of our newly-painted chairs in the yard. I think it’s appropriate that the ‘Stop’ sign is in the background. Everyone needs somewhere quiet and a little out-of-the-way, to stop life for a little while, sit, contemplate and dream.”

Thanks Janet!!

POTD: Hidden

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I am finding I miss the snow. I guess that’s because I know the unseasonably warm weather can’t last . . . I’d rather it be real winter or real spring, none of this in-between business. So I was glad Rockville Center friend Janet Brown sent along this snow-covered mound from about a month ago!

POTD: Juncos

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This wonderful shot is by Rockville Central friend Janet Brown. Of it, she says: “You know it’s winter when you see the Juncos (aka Snow Birds). They like the easy access placement of my thistle seed feeder – Juncos are primarily ground feeders.”

What a sweet shot.

POTD: Condos With Character

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This nice shot is by Rockville Central friend Janet Brown. Of it, she says, “Its occupants may have flown away for the winter season, but these ‘condos’ look very pretty in their fall decorations!”

Call for Digital Cameras

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Image from the Montgomery Avenue Women's Shelter website

We are delighted to pass along this request from Rockville Central friend, Janet Brown who has sent along several enticing POTD submissions. Now she is volunteering her photography talents for a very special project and needs your help.

Do you have a digital camera you don’t need any more? You know – the one you don’t use now because you have a newer model. The one that is too good to throw out, so you put it in a cupboard and forget about it?

Well here is a worthwhile cause that can make excellent use of your discarded camera and give homeless women in Rockville a chance learn a skill and express themselves through photography.

As a retired photographer, I’m volunteering with Montgomery Avenue Women’s Center to help the ladies at engage in the digital photography project: “See My World”.

Montgomery Avenue Women’s Center is a registered charity and a safe haven for women facing the challenge of finding themselves homeless. At the center they can get food, shelter, clothing and day care in a friendly and caring environment. MAWCTR will welcome any donations of your discarded cameras for this new and exciting photography project.

Once we have the cameras, the ladies at MAWCTR will start an absorbing photography art project that is relevant to their lives. They will learn to illustrate their view of the world and share it with others through simple photography techniques.

The women’s photos will be printed using enhanced digital printing techniques and a portfolio of work will be compiled.

There is great a value in expressing how you see your own life through pictures. When we have a collection of photographs, we can make a portfolio, put pictures on the wall and we hope to hold an exhibition. We would also like to make a movie of the pictures, illustrated with narrative from the women, describing how and why they took the pictures.

Getting this project up and running is totally dependent on donations of cameras and printing materials. If you have any type of still digital cameras (including disposable digital cameras) that you would like to donate, or photographic inkjet printing paper, please let me know by emailing Janet@studioposeidon.com.

I know we have at least one camera sitting around unused. Now I just have to find it! Hope you will too!

POTD: Tomatoes

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This nifty shot is by Rockville Central friend Janet Brown.

Of it, she says: “It’s great to see tomatoes growing with abundance in the yard here. There’s enough for us and the animals that care to eat the ones that drop. This picture represents a small aspect of a good summer to me.”

Well, then, me too!

POTD: Pampas

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This lovely shot is by Rockville Central friend Janet Brown. Of it, she says: “I spent most of today in the sun at the Argyle House, cutting back last year’s pampas grass and making it easier for the new green shoots to grow. However when I got to the last clump this afternoon, it looked so beautiful that I photographed it instead of chopping it!”

A wise choice, I think.

POTD: Last Of The Summer Wine?

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Rockville Central friend Janet Brown sent along this succulent photo. Of it, she says: “It’s a bowl of Muscadine (otherwise known as Scuppernong) grapes, harvested this month at The Argyle House, Argyle Street. Ron Powers planted the vine last year. These grapes are frequently seen further south, nevertheless it survived freezing winter temperatures and flourished this summer, providing a good ‘crop’. These grapes are known to make good wine, but they didn’t hang around for that. We ate them all in their natural, succulent state.”

Sounds good!!