a relaxing new hears eve....snacks and a movie with hubby and maria - and of course the lovable bunny muffin....
31 December 2007
30 December 2007
picnic play with wood duck
there is this program called picnic - you can edit your images right online - nothing so fancy as phtoshop...but I don't yet know how to use photoshop...this has a few fun little features.... (see the differnce from the original image below)
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day 250 of 365 days the wood duck i saw in november is still hanging out with the maliards - and with them one pair of white domestic ducks and for the moments lots of skittish canada geese.
29 December 2007
12/29/07 Pink and Blue Mix 249/365
I was intrigued by her look - mostly sort of preppy and feminine with the flowered dress and pink lips - but then her hair had blue tips. I think the pink lemonaid really added to the contrast for me. so -this is my picture of the day today.
here are some other people who are doing this (ok just one but I'll add to the list)
http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/
here are some other people who are doing this (ok just one but I'll add to the list)
http://www.parisdailyphoto.com/
yay one more on explore....briefly
on flickr explore is this elusive thing that some of us seek - it's exposure basically. well, it has always eluded me - there are 500 images that make it to explore every day. a couple of days ago one of my images made it in, then dropped as of today - it has re-entered and risen to 144 - which is my highest "ranking" yet. it's an algorthm so I shouldn't care - but I do. it feels good. at least part of the algorythm is being favorited and commented on my people who visit your photo. so I have to thank all of my visitors. I am excited by it - and when I uploaded the image from my memory card - I knew it had potential because it took my breath away and I'm often a critic of my own work. yay!
28 December 2007
why do my lips do this ? Day 248
today friday december 28 day 248 of 365 days of photos. I was off work w/ my hubby today but not feeling so well - and there ws nothing of interest to photograph when we ran out to run a few errands.
I cropped this image in to focus on my lips because in almost every photo there is of my I am disturbed by the crookedness of my face. it's the same whether i smile, frown, or just relax - the lips are crooked.
I cropped this image in to focus on my lips because in almost every photo there is of my I am disturbed by the crookedness of my face. it's the same whether i smile, frown, or just relax - the lips are crooked.
its cold i'm sick there's nothing to shoot Day 247 dec 27
day 247 of 365. there was nothing to photograph today. i went to work - my stomach hurt so I decided this colorful door could use a little attention. snow is pretty when it's falling - as yesterday - but then when the cars and pets get ahold of it....not so pretty anymore. so - we stayed inside tonight & rented a movie
Dec 26 2007_magical snow in kansas Day 246
Day 246 of 365. December 26 - the day after christmas. so, it snowed on and off for much of the day. on my drive home from work I found a place to pull over and photograph the trees. happily for this shot the snow was still falling.....
I want one of these..... 245/365
day 245 christmas day. I want one of these...the todler not the trucks - well, I do realize they come as a package deal - have toddler and you will have toys everywhere.
house on the hill Day 244/365
In my quest to take a picture every day for a year- the moonis often my saving grace.
I went to pick up hubby from work around 730 AM and the moon was still in the sky - big as you want - so I pulled over to snag this shot...
I went to pick up hubby from work around 730 AM and the moon was still in the sky - big as you want - so I pulled over to snag this shot...
day 242 dec 22 2007 the moon cradled in branches
day 242 december 22 - the moon was out...I am thankful as it's all I had to photograph today
22 December 2007
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november 11 photo - i just experimented a bit with the raw editing in adobe cs3 bridge
journeyman
i really like this show - however watching tv on my computer is not what i should be doing with my time - especially when I have so much to learn about the computer .....watching tv shows doesn't really help
19 December 2007
17 December 2007
moving lights Day 237 of 365 december 17 2007
i haven't uploaded the other pics from tonight yet. i was out w/ friends you think I would have photographed them - but no I opted to photograph the lights. Maybe because I don't like my own photo I'm not as into photographing people as I am objects and animals and such.....
starting early day 236 Dec 16, 2007
of course they didn't really feed him wine - just let him hold the glass. isn't he cute. he's our dear friends' baby quinn. such tiny little hands and cute little rosy cheeks
lone wood duck reflected.jpg
this is out of order - actually from some time in november - but when i almost lost this among other photos on my hard drive - i was inspired to upload it.
bird looks like a dino 229/365 days dec 9 2007
not sure if i uploaded this but here are my baby birds on dec 9
13 December 2007
a blue blue christmas Thurs December 13 photo of the day
i'm not feeling super chiristmasy - we didn't put up a tree we aren't doing gifts because we need to reduce our clutter - and then we can do some charitable giving instead - which is the right thing to do and i want to - but what i really want of course is to be totally swept up in the holiday season in an attempt to make the seasons memorable for a small child - but i don't have a small child yet....so even though I do have my sweetie and my parents and grandparents - don't get me wrong I am very grateful to have all of them in my life -true blessings - but without a child - despite the other loves in my life - i'll still have a blue blue christmas.
12 December 2007
10 December 2007
09 December 2007
08 December 2007
gifts of color....
i'm wearing a wonderful shirt our friends brought back from guatamala a couple of years back - when we thought we would have a baby and I'd need well you know a special shirt to accomodate motherlly activities. not sure if we'll have a child that's young enough for that - but i still love the shirt and one day I'll be brave enough to wear it for more than a quick photo.
The quilt behind me also fabulous and bright - my MIL just sent to hubby and I for christmas - again - hwen there is a child in our life - this will go in his/her room - but for now I get to enjoy it. it is really beautiful and I feel so honored that she made it for us. incredibly honored.
The quilt behind me also fabulous and bright - my MIL just sent to hubby and I for christmas - again - hwen there is a child in our life - this will go in his/her room - but for now I get to enjoy it. it is really beautiful and I feel so honored that she made it for us. incredibly honored.
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some days i think that i could be in her position some day still - especially after hearing her story -but in the meantime - it's been long enough that we're going to do the adoption thing - if both happened i would be so happy i could pee - since my "ideal" family includes 3 kids - and a bunch of furry critters....
06 December 2007
spring in the snow
this is what hubby did with the fountain in front of the house - i like it - well he didn't add the snow - that came from above....i only captured the collaboration.
tonight we bought a car (much needed and not a minute too soon to drive in the snow) and ate some gnocci. yum!
tonight we bought a car (much needed and not a minute too soon to drive in the snow) and ate some gnocci. yum!
05 December 2007
some people really like christmas
some people really like christmas..... taken wed dec 5
went to a meeting tonight that gave us hope - an adoption meeting. although we were the only couple there who do nto already have at least one child - there was family working on number 4 from korea (we are too old for korea's age limits) and a couple that was older than us - and she had her only birth child when she was my age -and after 3 years of trying.....i know not to carry false hopes - but it just gives me hope there will be a child or hopefully eventually 3 children in our home some way - whatever way that winds up being. HOPE - just when i thought there was none left in my heart
went to a meeting tonight that gave us hope - an adoption meeting. although we were the only couple there who do nto already have at least one child - there was family working on number 4 from korea (we are too old for korea's age limits) and a couple that was older than us - and she had her only birth child when she was my age -and after 3 years of trying.....i know not to carry false hopes - but it just gives me hope there will be a child or hopefully eventually 3 children in our home some way - whatever way that winds up being. HOPE - just when i thought there was none left in my heart
02 December 2007
noplace to go but in these doors
the hubby kindly drove me around to find another church to photograph on dec 2
30 November 2007
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mission had it's annual pre-christmas street thing. it was too cold to stay and not much going on for adults - but fun for the kids included smores - or just plain marshmallows - at least I snapped off my photo of the day.
25 November 2007
balloons text.jpg
i was happily surprised by these baloons at a car dealership on an otherwise unveventful day...
moon on the plaza for flickr upload.jpg
it's true i haven't blogged at all in a long time and i should be sleeping but can not pull myslef away from the computer. so....here is the moon outshining the plaza lights....
10 November 2007
fire stuff DSC_5852_2.JPG
yep I'm behind haven't been blogging....haven't been posting photos...i just uploaded a bunch may have missed uploading some days - will have to check that another day - but I know i TOOK one every day - gets confusing becuase nikon was off after daylight savings for a few days.
29 October 2007
oct 22 crazy mushroom oregon 133
does this not look like a cartoon mushroom? it seemed even redder in person.
oct 21 profile pic pacific coast
I'm out of order - not posting all of the in between photo s- but this one makes me happy. hello beautiful pacific - we will be back i promise
15 September 2007
sat sept 8 belly costume 3942
oh to have such a slender youthful figure that you can actually drape a swath of shiny white fabric across your hips and have it look so fabulous....
sept 8 kinetic DSC_3969
on the plaza they did this thing called fire water or water fire...soemthing - we missed the lighting ceremony -but went down for a bit while the fires were stll lit. in brush creek some ironworkers buitl metal pyres to hold little fires. they added wood and lighter fluid, can of course a match or something...anyhow it was pretty -and there was good music and a few people in costumes wandering about as entertainment. i wish there were somethig like this going on every weekend - it made for a sort of carnival like atmosphere as much as you can get that on the plaza. (minus the rides sadly - when will I ever stumble across a nice ferris wheel?)
sept 7 friday kinetic abstract
wes worked friday night -so after he went to work I napped a bit - then frantically went in search of a photo before midnight.....I remembered the fountain on metcalf and a wonderous thing it had lights - so I decided to play just a little bit. here is one of the results.
sept 6 ghost runner leaving footprints of light
i love it when hubby and i have time to play like this. I really want to do more experiments with light and long exposures like this.....I'm grateful that he is intersted in taking the time to do things like this with me...
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