Celebrating Sky
August 23, 2014 by margaretsmn
Ruth Ayres invites us the celebrate each week. Click over to her site Discover. Play. Build. to read more celebrations.
Every week Kim Douillard puts out a photo challenge from her blog site, Thinking Through my Lens. This week’s challenge word was Sky. Last night we went out to dinner near this pond and the sunset grabbed my attention. Using a filter on my phone, I captured this image.
Original photo (iPhonography) by Margaret Simon taken at Sugar Mill Pond, Youngsville, LA.
This was my first week with my students. It was so much fun to be back with them; although, a few were missing. (Moved on to middle school) We read together, decorated journals, and wrote poems about fireflies and cicadas. Two of my students, 6th grade boys, made me rubber band bracelets. My arm is very colorful.
Arm bands made by 6th grade boys.
Front cover of my journal for this school year.
The back of my journal.
Reflections on the Teche 
Time for me to be starting a new journal for school-you’ve inspired me to get out the scissors, paste & my box of “stuff”. Love seeing yours, Margaret! And I love the sky picture. It looks like part of the clouds are reaching down to the lake-gorgeous! Glad you had a nice, beginning, week, & hope next week is terrific too. Happy days!
Oh what a beautiful shot.I have to look into filters on my camera phone. And thank you for the reminder to decorate my notebook. A couple of students asked me about decorating. I hadn’t said not to, but I had not done it! Model, model, model.
I really like your photo of the sky. I need to start reposting photos. I have gotten out of the habit. And your new journal…lover the customization.
I adore your journal. I’ve been going entirely digital, but lately I’ve been thinking a reading response journal might make for some great modeling. Thanks for the reminder. Plus, man do I love those 6th grade boys. How can you not when they make you bracelets? Love.
Margaret, I was taken aback by the beauty of the sky shot taken with your phone. It is amazing what filters can do for a photo. Enjoy your journal writing in your visually attractive journal.