The kids had a hankering for marshmallows roasted over a fire the other day--so despite temperatures hovering just above freezing they headed to the outskirts of town, gathered some wood and built a fire
notice the little one with her bare feet extended to the fire and her snowboots on the ground :)
pictures taken by my youngest daughter
here's another fire to remind us of another era
this fully functioning wood stove is located in the kitchen of the American West Heritage Center, the ladies were cooking dinner when I took this picture
I converted the color to sepia then using a paintbrush brought full color back to the fire. Then I bled color through until just a hint of blue shows in the enamel cookware and the womans dress. I finished up with lomoish effect and vignette to step it back in time.
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28 comments:
KIds are so funny! It's cold so they're by a fire but they take off boots, and socks, lol. Making smores?
I remember grandma Bentley cooking on a stove like that. Nice Picture!
Great idea! We haven't had a fire yet this year... can't think of why not..... oh yeah--all the rain and snow!!! =)
you are such a good Grammy.
Memories are wonderful things to give children.
What fun! Lucky kids :)
I love the one of Iz with no socks on. I swear when I sent her out the door she had some on. :)
Love the toasty toes in the WW post.
My girlfriend had to learn to cook on a wood stove in the first house she lived in after getting married. That was in the sixties . They were in the Navy and some places you could find housing was pretty basic.
I like the final image after all you went through, although I don't know the terminology. MB
wow what a fun bon fire with toasted marshmallows! and that wooden stove looks really interesting! i have seen one like that before
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I feel too cold to even step outside and there that little one is in bare feet! :)
I love this picture 'through the fire' - nice surreal look.
I wouldn't want to have to build a fire just to cook! I could not be my Grandma.
Love the selective sepia of the fire Kaye!
Round The Bend.
That is a great picture of the marshmallows. Beautiful in sepia.
Love the juxtaposition of the lawn chair / bare feet with the snow and fire :)
We've been checking into wood fireplace inserts and wood cooking stoves out here :)
WOW love the second image - so very well captured!! lovely post too!!!
Gena @ thinking aloud
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ooh, those marshmallows look PERFECT. now i'm craving them. ;0
and the second pic is really cool!
Kaye! Outstanding! I've been using picnik for editing too but I've never been able to figure out HOW to achieve sepia or b/w and a single punch of color. How oh HOW did you do that on picnik? Email me privately if you like.
Great shots especially the middle one.
Hi ,
Loved the bon fire pic! We've done a lot of that in the past with our Grandkids here at our place!
Your Sepia is very interesting, also.
Junie
There's nothing quite like the heat from a woodstove!! Those photos of the kids with their socks off outside it too cute!
Great photo of your barefoot granddaughter in front of the fire with the snow all around. And the other cutie just has her socks on. They are beautiful girls.
That must have been a lot of work cooking on a wood stove in the old days. I have no idea how you did the selective sepia, but it looks great.
This is a fun post ;-)
Nice the way you photographed through the fire.
Mmm roasted marshmellows... Love the photo of the grandkids with their shoes (and socks) off at the fire. What a great shot of so many elements...
Ack I burned my hand on a stove like that when I was visiting family when I was young. Never seen one and didn't know how HOT they get.. wonderful editing job on it.
I love the marshmallows, they are a toasty brown that tastes best to me (at home, some think this is 'burned' - the perfect sepia treat as the coals wither away...
The stove is a cast iron beauty. Nice sepia!
Excellent post - Kids w/ no shoes in front of a roaring fire the freezing winter cold eating marshmallows, & sepia! I love it! heheheee
How'd the mm's turn out?
I so want to be sitting there with the girls. And great job on that photo of the stove.
Did you do this on a whim? (the marshmallows)...awesome
Oh...those marshmallows look perfect!!!
And I love the fire shots.
Love the marshmallow picture! It makes me want some chocolate and graham crackers!
Bare feet, snow, and fire. What a combo!
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