100 Day Project 2021

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Four Things


When my daughter was very small she loved to watch Sesame Street. One of the phrases that has never left my mind, nor my daughters, was in a short cartoon where a little girl is instructed by her mother to purchase a loaf of bread, a container of milk, and a stick of butter from the grocery store. The little girl repeats it over and over again as she merrily skips toward the store. It has become one of our "family" phrases that we still use now and then. I thought of that phrase this week as I gathered the things needed for the Be Still 52 prompt. Then like the little girl, I almost forgot one!


We had a list of four things we were to include in our image...a loaf of bread, textile, twine, and scissors. After that, we could add anything else we wanted. The scissors and the twine were the easiest of the four. I bought a loaf of bread from the grocery store and used a jar of my homemade cherry jam. I remembered the textile item at the last minute and found a cloth tag to tie on the jar.


This has been one of the hardest prompts so far. I thought about this for a solid week, before I came up with any ideas. Finally, last night as I was looking through some of my cookbooks searching for good soup recipes, I saw a picture with a loaf of  bread and a jar of jelly. That was my starting point and the rest just fell into place.  Inspiration can come from anywhere at any time!  


This challenge was hard and I almost gave up and decided to skip it.  I think L. Frank Baum had it right in his book The Patchwork Girl of Oz, when Dorothy tells Ojo...


"Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next."

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13 comments:

  1. Next, I think you ate that piece of jam-laden bread! (Well, that's what I would have done...) I like the still life photos.

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  2. "Never give up. No one knows what's going to happen next" I love that phrase! Homemade cherry jam and I love the fabric label. I like the second shot best from above and the personality of those little scissors!

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  3. Great assemble of items. I love that quote!

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  4. Oh these turned out fabulous Cathy, especially love #3 in the series. Cherry jam is just the best especially if it is home made. Now I want some for breakfast, sigh I don't have any in the house.

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  5. Oh cherry jam is sooo good...on homemade toast! LOVE the collage and tones.

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  6. Don't you love it when inspiration strikes, seemingly out of nowhere! I am so very impressed with your still life skills - I love the way you have combined these rather random items into a cohesive and lovely whole. I'm glad you stuck with it.

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  7. Glad you didn't give up. This is excellent!!!!

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  8. I am glad you didn't give up. This series is excellent….Your determination really paid off…..

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  9. I love what you did with this. I've had a "four things" post ready to go for three days but haven't "pulled the trigger" because I'm not really happy with it. I probably should just let it go and move on.

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  10. So very lovely! I'm glad you didn't give up. Also, your cherry jam looks yummy!

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  11. Well done. What a fun assignment. - And Cherry jam ,oh my that sounds yummy.

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  12. You may have found this difficult but I would never know it by these photos! They are fantastic! And now I want some cherry jam:)

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