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november giveaways: more sundays at home

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Today marks the end of Daylight Savings Time for 2008, which in these Midwestern parts signals the inevital gloom of a dark, cold winter.  Yes, I know that calendarwise, we’re only in the middle of autumn, but here in Chicago, autumn usually last six weeks while winter lasts six months.  And believe me, I definitely felt a chill in my bones today.  The end of DST also means we natural-light junkie shutterbugs suddenly lose an hour of shooting time each day.  For a working gal like myself who gets on the train before 7am, spends an entire day in a windowless office and doesn’t return home until close to 5:30 in the evening, it means I can say goodbye to the sun until spring.  Anyone else feel my pain?

Before I depress myself TOO much, I guess I can look on the bright side of the imminent darkness and chill of winter.  Here are some things I’m looking forward to: getting cozy in the warmth of home, sipping hot tea with a book and nowhere to go, making popcorn and watching movies as a family, turning inward and reflecting on the past year, spending time with loved ones and catching up on our busy lives during the holidays.

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Here’s something else to cheer us up: we are designating another month of Sunday Giveaways on Shutter Sisters!  Remember how we partnered with the folks behind the book America At Home during the month of June to give away FIVE of these amazing books with CUSTOM covers?  Well, we’re giving away FIVE MORE this month, one on each Sunday in November!  If you haven’t already taken advantage of the 25% discount offered by Rick Smolan to get this treasure of a book, here’s your chance to win one.

So as the days get shorter and colder, start capturing the warmth and simple pleasures of your hearth and home.  Even if you live down below the equator and can’t imagine a cold, dark November, show some empathy for those of us in the extreme North by sharing your photos At Home as well.  To be included in the random drawing, just leave a comment below with a link to your photo of hearth and home between now and Monday at midnight EST.  For inspiration, be sure to check out these great photos At Home by jodyangel, pumpkinoodle, and simple sparrow.

And speaking of great photos of hearth and home, Sheri at CafeMom’s Home & Garden Buzz is celebrating the simple moments at home as well.  Share your photos of home on her Show & Tell post by November 30, and your home could be featured in a “Show & Tell” Home Tour on CafeMom like the one she did with SouleMama.  Totally cool.

 

Comments

  1. Ooh! I’ll take one of those books! We don’t have a true ‘fall season’ here in Southern California and the month of October has been the driest, hottest since 1853! Average temps in the high 80s/low 90s. Sigh…but I still will miss the extra hour of light, that’s for sure.

  4. I understand your pain as I’ve just gone through it for half the year.
    Luckily for me, we have finally said hello to the sun again, although at the moment in the bottom of the world, its rain, rain, raining.

    I often feel that I have this bond with the sun that others don’t. We photographers share that bond with the sun and light that other people don’t even realise they are missing out on. I’ve always loved the sun anyway, but its so hard to not have him around day in and day out.

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