The task was to take a picture and add a “sorry” to it.  Here is my cat Tiger apologizing.

Here is my caption for the cute puppy.        

For today’s daily create I used an old goat house on our property.  We need to take it down, but we haven’t yet.

The idea for the daily create was to do a drawing without lifting your pencil.  Here is my drawing, it is a little elementary but I never claimed to be an artist.

For this 2 point assignment I used Paint to put make-up on my cat.

For this 2 point assignment, I used pictures from my curio cabinet to form my name.  It was a little hard to find all the letters, but I think it turned out well.

This visual assignment was to find 3 pictures that defined love.  For this assignment I used one of the first pictures ever taken of my husband and I.  Then I used our wedding photo and I finished up with a photo we just took in May of our family.

Here are my instructions on how to use a mixer

I watched 3 of the movies and they were all really disturbing.  The cinematography made them all more dramatic.   They all had dark themes and were all done in Noir style. This screenshot is from “The Man Who Wasn’t There”  The dramatic shadows in this screen shot show the intensity of the moment.  I … Continue reading Reflections on Noir and Visual Storytelling →

I went on a Noir Safari this week and I can’t believe how much I enjoyed it.  Photographing things in black and white is amazing.  I love the contrasts in the pictures and I think I will end up doing more of this kind of photography. I like the dramatic look of the clouds both … Continue reading Noir photo Safari →

This visual assignment is to tell what is in Isabelle McIntosh’s purse. It is a 3 star assignment Isabelle’s purse is basic black purse that contains several things that she uses on a daily basis.   She always has a comb and her lipstick, she is not a vain girl, she just likes to have a … Continue reading What’s in the bag-Visual Assignment-Isabelle McIntosh →

Here is my daily create for 1-28-2015 This is my Roger Rabbit version of the 2048 game.

I don’t have a lot of experience with photography, just snapping pictures of my husband or my kids. I have been known to take a picture of the landscape and I have a few of them I am very proud of. I don’t take as many pictures now as I did when my children were … Continue reading Photographer….Not so much →

Here is my Daily Create for Sunday the 25th of January.

Week two has been really taxing.  I started off messing up and not starting on Monday.  I will not do that again.  I plan to do a little every night so that I can relax a little on the weekends.  I am learned a lot about Noir and myself this week.  I started participating in … Continue reading 2 down 14 to go. →

After solving many “unsolvable” crimes for the Chicago PD Isabelle “Red” McIntosh went on to a very successful career as a mystery writer.  She has written many award winning novels, but still maintains her job at the local library, where she works for free.  She is well known, and helps the police whenever she can.  … Continue reading Isabelle “Red” McIntosh in the future (Textbook form) →

“Nick walked up the dark street to the corner under the arc-light, and then along the car-tracks to Henry’s eating-house. George was inside, back of the counter.” (Hemingway) “Did you see him?” asked George “Yes, he looks  so defeated” replied Nick “Nothing we can do, I’m sure he must have done something to deserve it.” … Continue reading The Killers by Ernest Hemingway, an alternate ending. →

This was difficult,  I was surprised how quickly 10 seconds could go by.  I know I missed some things, probably some very important things, I don’t think extremely clearly when I’m under pressure. Here is what I am thankful for: My family My health My home My life My friends that is all I could … Continue reading 10 Seconds of Thanks →

I used the random word generator and my words are:  pieces, officer, amber, prime, awful, fool, loop, abstractly, blaze and parallel.  The animal I chose is a cat. When I woke up this morning my cat was laying on my face.  I felt awful and I knew it was going to be a rotten day.  … Continue reading Short Story with 10 Random Words and an Animal →

Today was just another regular day on the farm.  Here are my 10 pictures from 1/24/2015

It is Chicago in the 40s, and Isabelle McIntosh is a young, twenty-something librarian that doesn’t really call much attention to herself.  The only thing that stands out about her is her striking red hair, which has earned her the nickname of Red.    She wears a lot of black and enjoys staying in the background … Continue reading Isabelle McIntosh →

When asked what I thought Noir was, my first thought was that it was my first thought, was just dark detective stories from the 40’s but I see now that that isn’t quite it. I read “The Postman Always Rings Twice”, “The Killers” and ” the Shadow” all of these talked about murder and vendettas. … Continue reading Noir or not? →

This was an interesting Daily Create.  The hardest part was to accept that those old eyes were really mine.

I did my best at yodeling, this was quite an experience, it took me 2 hours to get SoundCloud to work again, I tried everything and finally reverted back to an old computer of mine and it worked.   It sounded really bad but my cat didn’t seem to mind to much, I just wish she … Continue reading The Daily Create-Yodeling? →

Hi, my name is Brenda Levoy and I’m working my way diligently thru the 1st assignment, this has been a really interesting process and I am way out of my comfort zone.  I have only posted on Facebook, so all these new programs are really foreign to me.  I decided to start with Twitter, I … Continue reading DS106 Assignment 1 →

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