photo a day...something wicked this way comes

shot in color, but only black and white to be found.  81˚on february 28th at 4pm. 

the wind is blowing wickedly, bringing in the nasties tonight.

photo a day...vinca, bubbles and the cat

 forgot to post  yesterday...a vinca saturday ⇑ and a bubbles and the cat sunday ⇓

photo a day...monkeys take Target

 

stumbled upon what was clearly the genesis of a monkey takeover of Target.

just out of sight were their troops, ready to be called into combat, sitting on a bottom shelf. 

these three were walking down(ish) the aisle. must be scouts.

photo a day...abalone

quick stop at the bead store...diva abalone shell bead

photo a day...watch cat

photo a day...random perfection

⇑

monday's 

perfection

&

tuesday's ➭

perfection

photo a day...go for it, baby!

photo a day...big love

 

full moon love

photo a day...book covers

 3am

warm dry windy

sirens whine

waking the dogs

who whine back

outside

old leaves chatter

smoke blows fast and loose

over a fat moon

somewhere there is

flame and hurry

here

the night

furls around me

like smoke
slow and silky

the other side of friday

through the lens

you repeat winter's lie

on my skin

 you trace promises

of dogwood

blooms

photo a day...experiment

 hm...

photo a day...jimmy stewart

starting to feel

like jimmy stewart

watching from my window

waiting to get better

at least my view is better

photo a day...striped

photo a day...circling love

                                 happy ♥ day!

photo a day..fake it till you make it

so very sick. so no picture yesterday. :(
here is a photo of how i want to feel right about now. 

photo a day...times two

              spent thursday in hospital waiting rooms and a home without internet (I know, right??)
                                   so as promised, today we have two days of photo a day.

                                                            the day was long and flat
                                                         but when the sun went down
                                                             and your star came out
                                                                         magic

                                                                     my dad is home
                                                             and i am doggone happy

photo a day...don't forget list

'the worse pencil is better than the best memory.' anon

a million things to do before i go
don't forget, don't forget
off to finish the things that i knew i would remember
i think


*i will be taking a photo tomorrow but may not post. will be in a hospital waiting room. so maybe 2 on friday. *

photo a day...two trees that could

driving home

i saw you
your little christmas self
sweet rogue caught between
the street and the sidewalk
sprouted or planted
under a canopy of old oaks
all dolled up
standing proud in february





and
nobody tells you
to stand
bare and shivering against the wind
you wrap yourself
tight and warm in ivy

photo a day...at work's end

after a day of creating jewelry
all the beads and silver
get put away
and the tools
leave their reckless pile
and pretend once again
that i am organized

photo a day...catch a feeling

i wanted to capture today.
snap snap snap
how many shots did i take
trying to catch
in vain
the feeling
the freedom
the promise
the palpable 'hang on, spring is coming' vibe
but then a mistake
right mode, wrong lense
right lense, wrong mode
plus my magical tree
and poof
there it was

photo a day...after the rain

worlds in a row

photo a day...beautiful defiance

i sighed a visible 'morning
in the cool wet air
you said no more
than your defiant
orange presence
i thought to ask why
why you were still around
but suspected you wouldn't say
you and a few of your friends
play coy
but how many times have
i walked past you
today
you whispered to me
and i saw you
do your beauty thing
you do it well

photo a day...kit and kaboodle

two needle felted kitties that are ready except for...peepers. looking for just the right ones. not sure how stabbing wool thousands of times with a very sharp barbed needle turns into such darned adorable things!

thoughts on my first complete photo a day month

i have completed my first month (+ 2) of photo a day. it has been such a revelation for me. on the 3rd day in, i didn't think that i would make it. many times i thought that nothing interesting was happening so there was nothing to take photos of. on lots of other occasions, i thought that i didn't have a 'great' photo to use. some days i just didn't want to do it. and with the heavy of january gray, i felt like i was just a hamster in a habitrail.
so what has this month taught me?
1. this is about documenting my life, one photo a day, and not creating a photography book of stellar shots.
2. when i think that nothing interesting is going on, then i am not paying attention. they say that life is in the moment and i am being more aware of them. there is beauty to be found all over the place.
3. gray and brown can be striking.
4. and last, certainly not least, is that i can follow through on something, even when i am not inspired and that being held accountable...knowing that there are those who check the photos every day...is a huge motivator for me. (being a coach, one might think i would know this! ) as someone who has all the attention span of a magpie, this is pretty darn exciting.

on a side note, i decided to do a digital scrapbook of each week. i have done a layout of the first 4 and 1/2 weeks of the year. i have added a bit of journaling to each layout so that i know where i was or what i was up to. it will be a way cool journal of my year and be much longer lasting than my transient memory!
thanks everyone for sharing this month with me.
more to come...

photo a day...pooh bridge

wooden footsteps up and down
start and finish of pooh sticks
summer and snow
these dogs, and angels before
breathe deep

photo a day...bed springs and eyeballs

rusty bed springs, felted eyeballs...hm.