Festive Fruit
Canon 5D Mark ll, 100 2.8 macro, 3.5 aperture, 1/200 shutter, 160 ISO. Texture applied in photoshop.
These beauties were another find at my local grocery store this week. I could not resist their ruby-red color. I brought them home, arranged them in one of my favorite bowls on my kitchen table and then promptly forgot about them. Today, as I was processing another photo shoot, I got up and walked into the kitchen from time to time to stretch my legs and nibble from the pantry. These lovelies would catch my eye every time as the light shifted and changed throughout the day. I finally gave in and spent some time photographing them. They radiate a sense of holiday cheer. I just had to share them here. I love this processing too, with the muted colors and textures. It’s a little different for me. Might make a nice fine art print or calendar page in my new calendar I am putting together.
Still trying to keep it simple. I am learning to rest in this final stretch of my blog, although I am hoping to knock a few out of the park before it is over.:)
If you would like one of these pear prints, leave me a comment here on my blog and I will give three away this week. (5×7’s) You don’t have to say anything special. I just like to know you’re out there sometimes. I will pick the winners with a random number generator at the end of the week.
May blessings tumble into your hearts and lives like these richly colored pears. Happy Tuesday!
~Mary Anne
Ephesians 1:15-18 ~ “I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God. I pray that your hearts will be flooded with light so that you can understand the confident hope he has given to those he called—his holy people who are his rich and glorious inheritance.”
Cheerful Colors
Pretty Pears
Take One
Delicately Framed
29 Comments
We are out here, reading every day. You are such a blessing, and so encouraging. May your talents continue to grow, and your blessings continue to give people light.
I don’t even like pears all that much… yet you make them look delicious. Love the red/gold.
These photographs are beautiful! 😀
Absolutely gorgeous… so creative! 🙂
These are gorgeous!! Love the colors! Thanks for letting me peak inside, I look forward to your writing and your photography!
Mary Anne, your blog brings beauty and encouragement into my world. I’m going to miss it when you’re done! I love the gold beads with the pears…looks like spun sugar.
I’m out here! I’ve been enjoying your blog and sharing it occasionally on facebook for a couple of months. Your enthusiasm, artistry and insights have been such a blessing to me. Thank you for taking the time to post every day; I’m sure it’s been difficult to keep up throughout the year. I look forward to next year, whether there are posts daily, weekly, monthly, or whatever!
Love your blog. God has spoken to me in sometimes quite ways and other very loudly and fittingly through your words and photos. I look forward to them every day.
Pick me! 🙂 Love your work and your heart!
Yummy beautifulness…. reminds me to cultivate fruit within.
You’re work is such an encouragement. I hope you continue it next year.
I love your favorite bowl, and your appreciation for simplicity.
Love!!!
We are out here, encouraged every day!! The trip to England is my fav! I like “take one” and “pretty pears”.
Love the beautiful colors!!
daily reader here. will not know what to do with myself once your blog isn’t waiting for me in my inbox… LOVE your work (photos and words)!!!
Love the simplicity!
I love all your food pictures. I’m always hungry for whatever food items you chose to shoot.
Have been enjoying your blog since i found it a couple of months ago. And I’m passing it along to others!
I have so enjoyed your photos! Thanks for blogging this year!!!
Your blog remains apart of my daily ritual…always grateful for the “fruit” that grows from your inspired images and heart-felt words. Praying that you find many blessings in the final days of what has been such a wonderful project for your adoring public. Grace and peace.
……reading and enjoying and praising God through you everyday!!!
Thank you for your view . . . it is always lovely.
Carol
HI MARY ANNE,
I LOVE YOU AND YOUR BLOG…
I LIKE SO MANY OTHER’S READ YOUR NOTE AND SEE YOUR BEAUTIFUL PICTURES…
I’M SURE WITH ALL THAT YOU DO THIS HAS BEEN A ‘JOB” . A BEAUTIFUL JOB..
THANK YOU FOR SHARING..
KAY
ALSO KNOWN AS CAMI AND CORY LEBOVITS GRANDMA
You bring out the beauty in the simple and everyday. I LOVE your work 🙂
Danny and I think you and Chris are quite the ‘pair”!!! love you so much dear girl!
We’re all here (as is obvious by the comments!), and I for one am sorely going to miss your daily photos. I’m not taking much to South Korea, so don’t count me in for the random drawing – just wanted to let you know I’m one of your many fans. 🙂
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sorry i missed this – a harried week for me – preparing to return to Germany first routing to Baltimore
Covet your prayers – love the colour red —- love this series… also love the Oxford pictures…the invite remains… come see what God is doing in Germany – you could come and teach me how to better journal His story that goes on there.