It's Been Fun

Three years ago I discovered
the wonderful land of

 "Blog".

 It was love at first visit.

It didn't take long for me to 

figure out how things worked

and before I knew it I was

considering starting

a Blog of my own.

I didn't have a clue what I 

was going to write about

but I did love taking pictures

and so I 'bit the bullet'

and jumped in.

 I had no idea what to expect. 

Nothing prepared me for the

excitement of seeing that 

first comment.

Many of you have the quote

"I LIVE FOR COMMENTS"

on your blogs...

it didn't take me long to 

realize how true that was.

One of the wonderful things 

Blogging has done for me

is to help me become 

a better photographer.

Funny how your view

of the world around you 

changes when you 

see it through your

"Bloggers eyes".

Subjects...details

light...shadows

FOCUS

all became much more

important to me.

And then of course I entered

the wonderful world of

Photoshop...Picmonkey

and all the rest.

Yes Blogging taught me

many things that I can use

in life outside "Blogland".

Most importantly though

Blogging opened

a whole new world of

creativity and kinship. 

 It's been wonderful

getting to know many of you

and seeing what your 

life is like in your corner 

of the world.
 

Life however needs to be lived.

I have been struggling with this

for quite some time.

Since the beginning of the year

I have felt as though Blogging

has been taking over my life.

 I'm not a multi-tasker.

I wish I was!

But I'm not.

And so I have made 

the decision to quit my Blog

and get on with life.

It was a tough decision

but I feel good about it...

relieved.

 

I will miss your sweet comments.

I will miss seeing your new

posts in my sidebar every day

but I will be visiting you

and commenting 

on your wonderful

Blogs

when I can. 

I will keep my 

 Lilac Lane Cottage

on Blogger for the time being.

I wish you all the best.

It's been fun.

Thank you everyone.  

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PS
Some of you may have noticed that my pictures
lately are stamped with 
Kisiwa Creek Photography
instead of Lilac Lane Cottage. 
I just wanted you to know that I do not have another Blog.
I did start a practice Blog with this name and I even
made a stamp for my photo's if I actually went ahead with it.
I then proceeded to hit a wrong button and loose my
Lilac Lane Cottage Photoshop brushes and never
found the time to make more. 
To add to my frustration once I made the practice Blog
everything I published on Lilac Lane Cottage and every comment
I have made on other's Blogs have shown up as
Maura @ Kisiwa Creek Photography.
I'm sorry for the confusion.

So
now if you see a comment
on your Blog from 
Maura @ Kisiwa Creek Photography...
you'll know it's me :)
XO
 
 

 

 

Just Things

I've been struggling for a while now

with my posts.

Usually this time of year I'm outside taking photo's around the farm but this year everything looks

terrible because of the drought 

and our rusty water has

my poor newly

planted

gardens 

looking terrible!

Inside the cottage things haven't changed much

so then I feel like I'm boring you 

with photo's of the same

thing!

But then I realized something...

I don't mind seeing 

other bloggers photo's again

so I thought...maybe you won't mind either.

So here goes!

I love my white enamel

and I'm always on the prowl 

for something new.

I still haven't stripped the old wall paper

on this one wall in the kitchen.

One day hubby wants to do some 

renovations in here so I may

just wait for that.

The wash stand below is perfect

in this spot.

Inside is all my excess and super 

long tin foil and plastic wrap

etc along with extra egg cartons.

I pile them underneath too!

See the cream and sugar below?

I bought them hanging 

just like this.

I liked the pattern on them.

This China set was given

to me by one of our 

neighbors

when we lived in the city.

They were really wonderful neighbors.

I miss them.

I love this 'dresser'

it's HUGE!

I bought it off 

Craigslist for $100

Another favorite Craigslist purchase

was this antique secretary.

We drove all the way to 

Arkansas to pick it up.

It has the most wonderful

wood grain

and the glass bulges slightly.

It's like they poured the glass 

over the wooden frame

and it cooled in that shape.

It also has beautiful claw feet...

sorry I didn't show them.

Just a few other favorite things.

The blue Willow lantern 

is special...my Dad bought it for

me when he and my Step mom 

came to visit when I lived in British Columbia.

Above the old pitcher on the right

belonged to my Gr. Grandmother.

The one on the left was given

to my by another neighbor

years ago.

The large platter above

came from my gift shop

I owned in a little ski village

in British Columbia Canada

The Blue Willow I bought from

Sears back in the early 80's.

I hope you enjoyed

seeing my 'things'

again and I hope you

won't hold back from showing

some of your favorite things too.

Have a great week!

Maura :)