project 365: finito!!

Alrighty folks! I'm done! If you read my last Project 365 post, I needed to complete days 181-192. (I started in July, 2010). I was hoping to come up with some really great shots to finish out this project. But because of our crazy summer schedules and this insane heat...it just didn't happen.

I only took six pictures during days 181-192, and three you've already seen. I did a total of 154 photos, which was more than 1 every 3 days. Pretty good for this commitment-phobe, huh? OK, let's end this!!! ;-)

day 184: on the lake


day 185: Silver Dollar City


day 189: boys with toys


day 190: what a poser


day 191: high key stairs


day 192: the end!


And you know I have to end with a collage...


Voila! And the project is complete! Thanks for looking! :-)

project 365: catching up

Ugh, you guys! I'm so happy I'm almost done with my Project 365! I mentioned in my last 365 post that lots of my current pictures are either repeats or snoozers.

Alright...scroll fast! You've already seen most of these. Zzzzzzzzzz. I still have to post pics from days 180-192 and then I'm done. DONE! No more Project Anythings for me! :-)

day 116: colored popcorn


day 117: flowers 'n blue sky


day 121: bowtie pasta


day 124: it's a jungle out there


day 127: dandelion


day 128: tall


day 129: kerplunk


day 141: blowing dandelions


day 164: out of focus


day 172: every night before bed


day 173: happy new phone day to me!


day 174: breakfast


day 175: run!


day 176: bubble bokeh


day 177: just for her


day 178: lightning strike


day 179: coneflowers


day 180: water fun!


Anyone still looking? ;-)

It feels GREAT to finally get these pictures posted and move on! :-)
Hope you're having a great weekend! ♥

project 365: the home stretch

Hi everyone! :-) To those that left such sweet comments on Livia's birthday post...thank you so much! You know it makes me feel awful not to respond to everyone personally, but with my crazy schedule it's just not possible. I'm so sorry! Soccer and baseball season overlapped for a bit, and with both boys in sports, I feel like we're running constantly. Collin had two baseball games this week scheduled at 8:00pm, meaning we don't get home until 10:15pm on a school night. Thank goodness one got rained out! (I know, that's awful). But I want you to know your thoughtful comments about my sweet baby girl mean so much! ♥

For the first time since starting Project 365, I feel like I'm ready for it to be over. You know me...I have no problem missing days here and there. That doesn't bother me. But I'm finding with my 10 on Tuesdays or my "the way I see it" posts, I'm having trouble not duplicating pictures. I'll take a picture and then I'm not sure where to use it.

But here's the great part: my Project 365 ends on July 12th so I'm in the home stretch! YAY! I thought I'd do a little collage to motivate myself to finish it out. Here are my shots starting at New Year's.



I have several more 365 photos waiting to be posted, but I feel like some of them are a little ho-hum, and a few others are duplicates. I need to throw some more interesting ones into the mix before I do a catch-up post. Yesterday I had to ship my camera away to have a hot pixel repaired, and I won't get it back for a couple weeks - WAHHHH!! - so that might be awhile.

Hope everyone is having a great week and thank you again for all the sweet b-day wishes for Livia! ♥

day 114: happy easter!

project 365: days 79-89

Sorry friends! Nothing to see here... These are all repeats, but I wanted to put them all together in one post and tag them with my 365 photos.

It's 43 and windy here today, so these pictures make me miss Florida all the more! I hope the weather is better where you are! :-)

Have a great weekend! ♥

day 79: my 3 with papa


day 80: crane


day 81: castle


day 82: bokeh lights


day 83: boats


day 84: beach bike


day 85: publix truck


day 86: beach chairs


day 87: sandy tushie


day 88: soar


day 89: clouds

day 61: golden light

project 365: day 52-56

day 52: my kitchen window, 4:23 p.m.



This is the crazy sunflare that blinds me every evening as I'm cooking dinner. I took this shot with my 100mm macro. Remember, to get all those little pointy things on your starburst, you need a tiny aperture. I used f/22.

day 53: a gigantic oops (i mean abstract spoon)



Totally not what I was going for here. Posting this picture anyway is good for me and my new motto: it doesn't have to be perfect, let it go! :-)

day 54: c'mon spring!



day 55: 23 hours later...



No joke. Accoring to the memory card, the tulip shot was taken at 5:44 on Wednesday, and the snowy shot was taken at 4:51 on Thursday. I was going to do some artsy shot, you know...snow on the seat of the swing, snow on the tips of our fence posts...
Let's cut to the chase: I'm not a cold weather person. So please enjoy this shot taken from under our covered deck. ;-)

day 56: an awesome idea!



I recently came across a blog called SKC Photography. One of her suggestions was to use the TV as a background. Genius! So much color, softness, variety...I love this idea! I was drawing a blank as to what to use for this shot, and remembered a beautiful shot by Allie. Thanks for the inspiration guys! ♥

Hope everyone had a great week! XO