Showing posts with label Antique Violin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antique Violin. Show all posts

FOL14 - Week 16

To continue with the month of April's prompt of "Moments", Sally, over at the Studio Sublime, has given us the photo prompt of "A Moment Best Captured in Black and White" for week 16 of the Focus on Life 2014 weekly photography challenge.
 
 
 
 
 
Sally said: "Sometimes, when there is no distraction of color, the image is no longer just a photo but a clean, honest, deeper look at life."
 
So true!
 
Left Photo -Violin Case Handle  /  Right Photo - Violin
 
 
I have a very special violin that is approximately 100 years old.

Possibly a bit older.
 
 
It was my Uncle's and he gave it to my Dad.
 
 
It's one of those things that although lovely in color, I find it most beautiful in Black and White.
 
 
Possibly because it's a
'Moment of History'?
 
 
Hop on over to the other participant's blogs and see what 'moment' they captured in black and white this week!
 
 
Until Next Time,
 
Peace, Love and Antique Moments!
 
Cheers,
~Shel~

Focus on Life: Week 15 - Aged Beauty

***The Bead Soup Blog Party 2nd and 3rd Reveals were postponed one week so today is the 2nd Reveal (instead of the 3rd Reveal).  Please hop on over to Lori Anderson's Pretty Things Blog to see all the participants and get to hoppin' !
 
Please come back here next Saturday, April 20th, for the 3rd Reveal where my Bead Soup Blog Party Partner, Francesca Watson and I, along with a slew of other bead-chefs will be
serving up some great soups for you to taste!!
 
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Now,...On with the weekly photo challenge:
 
 
 
 
This week our prompt from Sally over at the
 
 
 
Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old,
but of the natural.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
                                                     

"There is always something so intriguing about old things. Whether an heirloom or flea market find we are always intrigued by the back story of the piece that has caught our eye and the thrill of a possible story of family history, lost love or travel to forgotten worlds. In the rust is character, scratches and dents are their badges of courage and the bare metal exposed by peeling paint is acceptance of time.
Aged pieces have a beauty all their own, a beauty that draws us in to look a little deeper into a past time.
This week focus on the aged beauty that may be an old building or an aging vehicle in a parking lot, items in a local barn, flea market, garage or in your jewelry box and snap a shot of a vintage beauty! "
 
So, here's my take on "Aged Beauty"
 
This is the violin that my Uncle
gave to my Dad.
 
 
 
 
It's 100 years old.
 
 
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I thought of having it restored but I don't think I want to do that.
 
 
 
 
 
To me, that would take away all the
'life-prints' of everyone who handled this.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
These 'life prints' as I call them, are what makes this "Aged Beauty" so special to me.
 
Please hop on over to the Studio Sublime and see the different types of
Aged Beauties
everyone else has captured this week!
 
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love and Sentimental Aged Beauty!
 
Cheers,
~Shel~