10 May 2007
DAy 16 May 10 thursday lily pads at night
i love our little koi pond. although not entirely secluded - it is still soothing to sit and listen to the water, watching for jumping fish.
09 May 2007
day 15 church only over corrected
no time to write about this I need to go to bed but I just wanted to send it to the blog. this was taken on my way home from work around 930 pm no triopod of course - over corrected in elements
08 May 2007
day 14 baby foot 2
I have to credit my hubby with the idea for this one. I was complaingin that I didn't have an idea for the day and wanted to take a walk - well he didn't have time for a walk so he says - the birdbath is all green - why don't you take a close up of the green water. so I did - and then I thought this foot made a nice abstraction. I think this daily photo will really challenge me to come up with some intersting htings - I'm sure there will be cop outs too - but I look forward to the photographic challenges of the comming year.
I hope some of my freinds will join me in this?
I hope some of my freinds will join me in this?
07 May 2007
day 13 floorboard lake
This isn't the prettiest picture I took today - but It gives a picture of what is going on in my life this monday. (I didn't acuatally upload unitl tuesday but lucky blogger lets me change the date.) so here is this rusty lookig lake in the floorboard of my car. the first itme there was moisture i thought I'd spilled some water - so i cleaned out my car and removed all of the floor mats. well, no sooner had it started to dry then we had anotehr rain - and another - well, obviously this isn't just an uncapped water bottle -this is a real problem. My car is 14 years old - the thing is - the engine is still good - its jsut the body that has it's issues.
06 May 2007
day 12 sunday night empy streets kansasDSC_0106
sunday - photographically kind of a let down after the weekend. some days there isn't much to shoot - I can see that doing this every day and not just once a week for a year will be a challenge. It is so tempting to cheat and use sometihng from one of the days I found several shots.
05 May 2007
Day 11 of 365 Pow Wow May 5 2007
Gratitude today: I am grateful for the beautiful weather and to this gentleman and a few others for letting me take thier photos. I am grateful to have the chance to observe the beautiful dancing today and for all of the nice people we met. I look forward to my next pow wow.
This gentleman was very gracious to let me photograph him. I am in need of much practice photographing people - but I was inspired by this excellent photographer whose work I saw at the Brookside art fair last night. I never get the lighting or setting right with people - becuase I feel so shy about the whole business.
It was quite warm today - and we were outside all afternoon so I am quite tired. I can only imagine all of the dancers in full regalia must be so tired and hot. I really enjoyed seeing the dances though.
04 May 2007
day 10 beautiful
my photo for today. Today I am grateful for sunshing a day off time to visit with my grandparents and my mom. I am grateful that my grandpa is walking more than he was. I am gratefult that both these lovely fluttery butterflies and katie were both willing to pose for me today. and of course for my sweetie.
03 May 2007
DAy 9 THURSDAY May 3 orange pods
Today's photo. Taken between work and a discussion at church about "living simply, responsible consumerism &the like. More about that later. It partnered with a several themes that have beeen on my mind latel - budgeting and managing on less for an important goal (for us funding an adoption), then there is this other idea about in addition to purchasing less, purchasing more responsibly i.e. looking at hte imprint of what we purchase on the world beyond us. In church we have been talking about avoiding buying things made with slave labor - which is certainly both important and diffiicult to do in today's society. The other thing I have been thinking about is the whole environmental impact. NPR is doing a yearlong series on global warming - and it has me, and I hope others thinking a lot more about this fast approching problem. It is a problem that no one who really pays attention to teh changes that occur in climate can ignore or deny anymore. So related to this, they have talked recently about the concept in england about food miles and minimizing your carbon imprint. This partners some with what the speaker last night who is a buyer from whole foods was discussing, that we are so far removed from doing anything for ourselves and most of our food is shipped from miles away (florida, california, sometimes mexico & beyond) Take avacados I love avacados - and olives. And there are definitely healht reasons for eating these foods over other fats. But what about the rest of your food budget? I do feel good that at least buying at the local farmer's market not only do we save money - but we also can reduce the food miles in our family's weekly menu. Also, gardening - we only have a small garden becuase we have a small yard and little time - but some day I hope to have more land and larger garden. There is nothins so satisfying as hoeing the land - except maybe tasting the first of anything that you have planted for the year - first strawberry, first pea, first spinach - and later in the year first tomato. mmmmm
02 May 2007
Day 8 Wed May 2 tree reflection On workdays my world is very small
Day 8 Wed May 2 tree reflection On workdays my world is very small
Originally uploaded by GButterfly.
Today I visited grandparents briefly before work - it's nice to have time to do that - even if only for an hour or so. Wednesdays I go in at 1 so I can visit or do chores and such in the morning. While I don't like having a different schedule or working late -the Wednesday mornings will be missed when I go to days.
I heard an interview with Ann Quindln on the radio this morning - I really am ashamed that I have not read any of her books - I must remedy that when I finish my 2 main knitting projects. She was giving a talk at a local church tonight -I wish I could have gone. I'm definitely putting her on my summer reading list.
Ok I just relaized htat (1) this is posting really small - you can make the photo out much better on flickr. & (2) the comments I've written under my photo don't post - which mean my gratitudes don't show up. So -starting today I'll remedy that.
"GRATITUDE: I'm grateful I could help hubby with something tonight as he does so much for me. AND I'm grateful for the feel of the weather today.
I love the feel and smell right after a late afternoon rain. It's not muggy like a daytime rain -its cool and the breeze lifts the scent and feel of water to my skin in a gentle carress, carrying me elsewhere for a few short moments, reminding me how an evening by the sea would feel. Thank you for the cool treat, summer rain!"
01 May 2007
red butterfly girl uploaded on day 7
I wasn't doing a photo a day when I took this photo - but I just uploaded it to my computer so that should count. I love these window displays and usually I'm not all that impressed with anything on the plaza - but of course - hard to resist a good butterfly isn't it.
Day 7 May 1 tuesday daily photo Katie climbing
Day 7 May 1. It was late in the day i was tired and she was about to jump down so it's all out of focus. this is my cute neighbor. she loves to have her picture taken so i should have just asked her to pose again.
30 April 2007
day 6 monday 4_30 SQARING A CIRCLE because there is little else to shoot
day 6 monday 4_30 SQARING A CIRCLE because there is little else to shoot
Originally uploaded by GButterfly.
29 April 2007
day 5 4_29 sunday flox moth
day 5 sunday april 29. we went to church. we planted tomatoes and such. we visited with friends. it was a full lovely day.
28 April 2007
DAy 4 4_28 hard working man picture a day001
Day 4 4/28 we also went to the market today. this guy alwasy makes a good photo whenever he is there. I think I could make a whole collection of just him.
I love the market on saturdays. some day when we don't have a lot else going on that weekend -I want to get there first thing in the morning and not leave until the vendors all break down at night - with my camera of course.
27 April 2007
DAY 3 upload of 364 4_27_07 405 pm rainbow leads to graveyard
Day 3 of photo a day 4/27/07. This was taken when leaving a visit to grandpa in the rehab a storm came in and I knew about this graveyard on the way home -so I stopped for a few photos. Actually the last time he was in this same rehab - one or two years ago - i took some shots at this same graveyard on the way home one night - though not in the rain.
We also went to an art openign at the Liapold Gallery tonight - interesting; and we had dinner at Carmen's. Carmen's was overpriced and nto worth it. It was ok just not that impressive. We won't go back unless it's free.
26 April 2007
DAY 2 upload of 364 4_26_07 629pm
4/26/07 day 2 of photo a day.. Taken in the parking lot when I went otu to mov emy car. fortunately the sky has been offering me some interest when nothing else in the day has.
25 April 2007
DAY 1 upload of 365 4_25_07 435 pm
on 4/25/07 I started a photo a day challenge for myself. I'm going to try to keep it up for a year - I won't limit myself to one photo a day - but I must take a photo a day even if I go nowhere and end up with an out of focus piece of lint in my house -it will hopefully train me to look and focus more.
23 April 2007
20 April 2007
even the grackles are pretty in sunlight
Today was nice. A day off (but I work Sunday) visited grandparents enjoyed the fantastic weather in the park then our department at work threw a dinner party - to some that may not sound good but the thing is that I really like the people I work with - so it was a good time.
After a couple of weeks of unseasonable cold - a late frost even - a nice warm day with the sun out was a treat and I was blessed to have the day off to enjoy it.
After a couple of weeks of unseasonable cold - a late frost even - a nice warm day with the sun out was a treat and I was blessed to have the day off to enjoy it.
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