KODAK MOMENT of the Day

Wonderful decorations in Maryland

Every year at Christmas time I enjoy driving around my home town and photographing the beautifully decorated houses with their colorful and twinkling lights.

Eloquent ornaments wait for their positioning on a Christmas tree.

I have an infatuation with cats:) I took this sitting on the couch with my cat, Miss Salt, enjoying the Christmas tree.

I enjoy the festive "spirit" that Christmas brings to my home. I try every year to add something special to my design.

I Love Christmas...! My home reflects the traditional reds and greens of Christmas. To me, this signifies the season of "extra" sharing and being with family.

sunrise on the Chesapeake Bay in Md...that sunrise never gets old..so peaceful

This picture was taken at night with just the tree lights on. It's just so soft and inviting.

SEASON'S GREETINGS !~

This picture was taken during Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at Sacred Heart Church in New Britain, CT. The church is beautifully decorated for Christmas every year, and the Mass is celebrated in the Polish language for the large community of Polish people living in New Britain.

This is an aerial type view of the ceramic tree my husband's grandmother made years ago. After she passed it was handed down to us. We put it out every year to remember her. This was taken just this year.

I just like to capture moments in time. My pass time hobby when not working is walking in the park, trip to the zoo and/or capturing pictures wherever I can. This picture was actually taken in my parents front yard. I zoom in and focused in on the berries and leaf with the sunlight bouncing off slightly. Nature pictures are the best. It's the simple things that are around us all the time that you can find the beauty in!

Found this pond after a beautiful snow, along a country lane. Very peaceful.

I like the peaceful baby and the security of being held by Grandma. June 2014 USA

My son said he never thought his first kiss would come from a giraffe.. he said " lucky giraffe".. a Kodak Moment for sure!

The upward flow of the lilies seems like its only light floating like smoke

What I like most about this pictures is the contrast between dark and light. Taken in the Pacific Ocean.

A burst of energy as my granddaughter enjoyed the sunset in Morro Bay, California.

We went to Chaco Canyon hoping to photograph the Milky Way over Fajada Butte...clouds began to move in at sunset and the colors were amazing. No shots of the Milky Way that night but loved the sunset.

I love waterfalls. This waterfall at Letchworth State Park in Livingston County, NY, is beautiful at any time of year, but it was especially beautiful in the snow. Taken in December 2013.

One evening, I was walking down a street in my hometown, taking pictures as I traveled. I saw this lizard on the windowsill and thought it would be fun to see how close I could get before the lizard scurried away. To my surprise, the lizard seemed entranced by the light from the shop window and was too distracted to notice or care about my presence.

Often heard before it is seen, a Red-shouldered Hawk is captured in flight.

Taken on a January cold evening. I wanted to use light to illustrate a movement of traffic on this busy junction.

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This image is of the keys of an old adding machine.

This is a beautiful picture of my friend showing off her first time application of henna.

We normally don't have owls in our front yard tree just few feet from my front door one May morning. Mom was found first then 2 weeks later the owlets were found. I was lucky enough to get them all together. Mom was normally hanging out elsewhere in the tree.

As my granddaughter Leah was playing in the window, I asked her to just look out the window for me. What beautiful innocence I beheld.

One of the gifts from Mother Nature is for us to admire a colorful Peacock?s tail. Photographed at Flamingo Gardens in Davie, Florida. - www.flamingogardens.org

This handsome fellow resides at the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, South Carolina.

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this beautiful huskie named Roxie walked by my house one day in the middle of a snowstorm.

This picture was taken in March 2014 on the American side of Niagara Falls, NY, just above the rapids. To me, it looks like a wild-haired snow pony leaping out of the rapids. Can you see it?

The picture is just beautiful! Things like that do not happen very often in Vienna.

This is a portrait of a close friend of mine. It is special to me because it shows a beautiful, fun-loving person with deeper level of emotions.

A squirrel at our bird feeder tries to make a desperate and determined attempt to reach the top.

I am trying to provoke myself every minute to give rise to new ideas and projects, to do something beyond the boundaries of imagination.

This was the day after Christmas, our first snow in the Roanoke valley. Taken on top of Mill Mountain, Roanoke, VA. Peaceful and beautiful, my son and I were the only people up on the mountain.

Our cats always want to be wherever I am when I'm outdoors shooting (they leap into trees, get in the frame, etc...) This one found a precarious place to pose in the river. Taken in our backyard, Kingsville, OH, Oct. 2014.

I find classic automobiles to have a design that incorporates a blending of style and shapes that seems to have been lost in the design of contemporary vehicles. Even small details, such as the grill and hood ornament of this old Packard can be striking.

Kiryu, an hour outside of Kyoto, Japan, still has many traditional craftsmen. This young woman is the daughter of a lifelong paper maker and is making paper for the middle school diplomas.

A friend's bulldog showing off his good side (and funny face). What a character !

This was the first photo I took with my new camera (panasonic G1) after moving up from using a camera phone, photography is now fast becoming a big part of my life. It was taken at home after everyone had gone to bed to I had time to perfect the exposure.

This is Roo, she's a 3 year old whippet. This was taken out on a walk. I love this picture because it shows her confused emotion and makes me laugh.

A pretty snow scene with my iPhone6 with noir effect in photo app. I am amazed at what you can do with a phone! My backyard Kentucky, USA Feb 2015 Unique artistic effect with iphone

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When she found out her cancer had returned, she came to me with the idea of the boxing gloves.. so she could ' fight cancer".. ready for round two.. the bravest 15 year old I've ever met.

Love should be our first line of expression. Try it, it works!

The Snowy Owls are truly majestic birds and I was very fortunate to have it pose for me long enough to get this photo. The wide open bright golden eyes make this photo special for me.It was taken along a stretch of beach on Eastern Long Island, NY.

During the Carnival on 2014-03-02 in the city of Weert, it rained confetti during the parade.

Love the emotion

Flowers are always nice to enjoy, smelling their fresh scents and seeing their beauty, but I like to add some "rain drops" to get reflections of the flowers nearby. I took this in my yard recently, now I can enjoy them all winter long! Fresh roses, all but the scent!