PaD Jan 7

The ice is still hanging around and we're supposed to get snow tomorrow. UGH!!!!!! Spring where are you? Here is my picture of the day. I was editing pictures from this morning at the computer in my dark room and my daughter says to me "Mom, you should go out and take more ice pictures now. The sun is coming out" I'm glad I did. It was beautiful. I put it into Photoshop (which I haven't touched in about four months) and added this really cool texture.

Stay warm.

Ice, Ice, Baby

I complain about the cold weather all the time. As a matter of fact, just this week I complained about it at least 5 times. Even though I don't like winter, it sure does give me good opportunities to get some great shots. Here's the pictures that got me soaked from head to toe and my camera splashed. It was raining pretty hard....so hard that I thought I ruined my camera. The ice was beautiful though. Not enough for me to like winter though. Luckily the kids had a day off of school today because of the ice or I would have slid down the driveway.


and another version of this same one that I like even better


can you see the rain falling in the background?




I don't think I could get this thing to work right now


What's next?


Heavy branches - a little blurry but thought it showed how heavy this ice was.


More Branches




























Would you want to hang your laundry out on this today?


And my all time favorite ice picture - I turned this one upside down for a different effect:


I hope you enjoyed the ice pictures.
Now I'm off to get some hot chocolate. I'm freezing.

PaD Jan 6

The old typewriter. I think it would be interesting if there was a way to read all the words that were typed on this old beauty. It really is beautiful to think about. Think of all the love letters, the poems, the resume's, etc that were typed on this little typewriter. Today these things are typed on computers that can be read at any time - even after being deleted, but on the old typewriter that was not so. I sort of miss the sound of the metal letters hitting the paper. I also remember learning how to type in 9th grade. I was never able to type more than 45 words per minute. My two oldest children can out type me just like that. Tyler's been typing for years and he can now type like 65-70 words per minute. Sara on the other hand I taught to type when she was 10 years old. She really enjoyed the time spent at the keyboard. She now types like 45-50 words per minute. (Edited 1-8-09: Sara just read this and informed me that with her latest typing test at school she was typing 89 wpm.)
I guess I will always be the slow one.

PaD Jan 5

Here's Susie and Andrew. They are the two youngest children of one of my best friends. They are such cute little stinkers. Andrew is getting his cast off today and will be happy I'm sure to have it off. I arrived to see them right after they woke up so they both had bed head, but I think they couldn't be any cuter.
Sorry about the bad quality of these shots. It was sort of dark in the room and I was using my point and shoot. Oh and if you haven't noticed, I don't like flash much so there ya go.

My Favorite Shots So Far

These are not Photo a Day, but I just wanted to share my favorite shots to date so far. These are from this past summer.

Photo a Day (PaD)

This year I will be taking a photo a day - something that documents a part of my day. I will try to write something about each photo... time permitting. Here's my first four. I will come back another day to write about these photos.

PaD 4
Today I had some of my favorite people over for dinner and a visit. These are my camera buddies and mentors. from left to right are Gigi, Shedrick and Charlie. Shedrick and Gigi are great teacher's and inspirations to Charlie and I. It's so nice to have friends that can talk photography for hours on end and it doesn't get boring to them or me. I love that. I always learn something new each time I am around them.
Today was especially nice. We had a lunch of salad, garlic bread, cooked cauliflower, and spaghetti with beef and pork. Charlie brought some ice cream for dessert. Shedrick watched the football game with the boys and Gigi played the piano for us and sang some too. She has a beautiful voice that to me sounds like she lost her calling. She could easily entertain people when she sings the gospel songs the way she does.
Charlie is always entertaining. She is such a joy to be around. She reminds me a little of my mom in ways but she's old enough to be my Grandma. I like that about her. She is a sweetheart and I just love her. She doesn't think she takes very good pictures, but I would disagree. That girl has come along way since the first meeting of the PCCC. She has some great pictures and is always learning something new and trying new things. I am proud of her.


PaD 3
2 of the loves of my life checking to see what could be for dinner. I told them to look through the cookbook and pick something. They picked Chicken Fettucine. Hubby at the store now to get some stuff to make it. I'm hoping he cooks tonight. lol.



PaD 2
This is a picture of my lunch today. Almost every Friday my boss (who I adore and admire) buys us lunch. It's a great deal since I only work on Mondays and Fridays, lol. Anyway, I have a great boss. Not because she buys us lunch, but because she is a great person. She treats us with respect and always includes us in decisions and choices that affect us. I've always said that if everyone were to have a boss as decent and nice as her, the world would be a better place.


And Finally my first photo of the year PaD 1
Rebecca is Kelsey's best friend. They are such good friends. I didn't know that girls could be this close at such a young age. Becca used to be in Kelsey's class until January of last year when she moved to another state. It broke both of the girl's hearts and mine too. They would call each other and cry on the phone because they missed each other so much. It was really sad. Last summer Becca got to come to our house and stay for a week. They had such a great time together and they didn't get tired of each other at all. They will be friends for life no matter where they live. This photo was taken on January 1st of this year - about a year after she moved away last year.

Just testing a new style for the blog - hoping these pictures are much bigger.