f.l.a.m.e. by summerfield

f.l.a.m.e.

gheez! that was from almost 50 years ago when i started high school. my friends were so pre-occupied with boys and we would fill in slam books and such. one thing i do remember them do is take the name of the boy and cross out as many letters that corresponded with the letters of "flames". f for friendship, l for love, a for admiration, m for marriage (jesus murphy!), e for engagement and s for sweetheart. then of course they were so agog over a boy named "victor" the letters of which matched none of those in 'flames' and it was one big dilemna for them. hahahaha!

this is bad. i am remembering things from so long ago that i never paid attention to. i also remember that they would always use or borrow my notebooks so they can write down these stuff and no one would know they have a crush on someone. then others would see my notebooks and they'd thought i was the one with a crush on somebody. i only had a crush on two guys in high school, the rest of them i beat up or were my friends.

i'm on textures today for the flash of red challenge. i know, i know, that's being covered next week. but i came home late from work and i have a bad tummy ache and this is all i could come up with. it's a nice candle holder, made of ceramic, and holds one small tealight candle.

also for the f-word challenge, this one for flame.

also for my get pushed challenge, set by laura @la_photographic and her challenge was to create a minimalist photo.

thank you for your kind visits and comments; know that they are truly appreciated.
@la_photographic - hi, laura. here's one minimalist photo for you.
February 5th, 2015  
This is gorgeous,love your processing and that tiny bit of sparkle.
A fav.
February 5th, 2015  
Fun memories and wonderful shot. I was such a crush girl way back when. Just awful. And most I didn't even know. Such an idiot in high school. Glad I mostly grew up. And I married one of my many many crushes, who'd have thunk it? Love your textured glowy candle shot. Feel better, my friend!
February 5th, 2015  
wonderful capture... great texture and light . Never knew about the flame thing. Hope your tummy settles down
February 5th, 2015  
Great shot!
February 5th, 2015  
Sheesh we are supposed to be doing a theme each week for the flash of red?! how did I miss that? i am feeling good to be getting an interesting B&W let alone adding another twist to it!

This is a terrific B&W! I love the composition and texture!
February 5th, 2015  
This works very nicely, love the textures and light.
February 5th, 2015  
@grammyn - you don't have to if you don't want to. :-) just keep plugging away. i'm reading the book so trying to understand as much as i can (or pretend i understand tee-hee!)
February 5th, 2015  
sorry you feel crappy...I loved this when I saw it...beautiful sparkly shot! so much stupid stuff we did huh?
February 5th, 2015  
Great photo.
February 5th, 2015  
very cool candle holder, best on black. sorry to hear you are not feeling well.
February 5th, 2015  
Great shot
February 5th, 2015  
I truly hope one of your friends met and married a guy called Sam Elf. Was it you? Looks lovely on black.
February 5th, 2015  
@gozoinklings - no, but one of them married an ALF, not the alien cartoon, but he might as well have been that alf. hahaha! thank you, cp.
February 5th, 2015  
Good shot- and this works well for shape and form too- so you've still got this week covered! Feel better my friend! (Oh, and I think you're remembering these things because they are entertaining little snippets of life!)
February 6th, 2015  
Wow...f-word...minimalist and flash of red...you nailed it, but then, you always do! Lovely photo! But now to the Slam Books! I was thinking of mine the other day and how they were not unlike things that are written on FB today! I hate that my mother must have thrown mine out...what I'd give to read through it now...silly as it might be! Kids...NEVER throw away any sort of journal! HA!
February 6th, 2015  
@Weezilou - hahaha! i made slam books for my classmates because of my calligraphic penmanship, so i made money out of it, just like i did with my notes during exams. that's how i enjoyed the juvenile stuff. makes me wonder sometimes why i never got rich with all the ways i tried to make money. life is such an enigma, ain't it? thank you, my friend.
February 6th, 2015  
Great B&W shot. Love the texture of the candle holder
February 6th, 2015  
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