West Seventh Freelance

Photography, seeking, writing…and learning along the way. Want to come along?!

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  • End-of-Month Photo Dump: February

    I am not being original…many of you do this. This time, Joe and Woe inspired me!

    End-of-month phone dumpth (February)

    Halle
    Cozy Table 110 at Day by Day Cafe
    Wall Art Day by Day
    Katielyn revisited
    Smiles
    Dude

  • 7th Street Barbers, St Paul, MN

    Barber Peter Klein and Mike

    Owner Peter Klein and Mike

    7th Street Barberbarbershop

  • Mewsing: fun with Tamron SP lens

    Dylan

    DYLAN

  • Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward

    Forward! Charge! Full speed ahead! This is my interpretation. Life is a delightful whirlwind. Something new everyday. Yesterday ‘rock pictures’…today the lovely Katielyn and I met up again for a photo shoot at a local cafe. As she moves forward, so do I.

    Thank you Katielyn, for being such a wonderful friend and model!

    coffee kisscup Tabletop at Day by Day

  • The Road to 100

    Just for giggles I googled, ‘the road to 100 blog followers’.

    Here is what I learned: it might take quite a while to get there.

    Apparently a niche is important (I am thematically challenged). Today I spent time photographing a pile of smooth Lake Superior rocks. Yes, the pictures are included below. Also, I am not a mom, well- not a mom to a human. I do not do fashion and I am not such a great cook. So I will just keep plodding along with odd bits here and there, cat photos, portraits, a Minnesota vista now and again, and rocks.

    Best of all, I will continue to enjoy and admire the people and critters I have met in the blogosphere!

    RockcolorWM rocks2_edited-1 rocks7_edited-1

    Hahaha! Told ya’! 🙂

  • Dave

    The West 7th Chronicles continue:

    Dave2

    Dave

  • Warm Fuzzy

    It is gloomy outside…

    Eliott7

     

  • Daily Prompt: The Clock

    (This will be a first, as I have never participated in a writing post!)

    dylan2

    Red dot to red dot. Then the satisfying ‘click’ of the threads meshing; lens to body.

    The tax return was spent. All gone. A clandestine trip to the camera store under cloak of suburban mall traffic over, I was now free to play. Of course I began by stalking the cats. Then the mailman. Downloading the newest photos, tiny beads of sweat pricked at my hairline. A voice reverberated through my head. “Don’t go out and spend all that tax return,” it intoned. Shaking it off I continued to work. Hours passed. I heard the car door slam, and immediately looked at the clock. I began to race about my work space. Packing materials flew everywhere, the camera and lens safely tucked away. Faster, faster!! You can explain this all tomorrow.

    The front door opened. The entrance. A quick glimpse at the screen. “Wow, nice shot of Dylan!”

    The end.

    post script: we file returns individually 😉

  • A Kiss in Abstract: Weekly Photo Challenge

    abstract kiss

  • Look at me! Look at me!

    yo mama“Yo mama! What kind of lens is THAT?!” asked Dylan. Bagheera sniffed, “couldn’t much care. I am on the porch basking in the sun. Let her do what she wants…”

    bagheera