Can't believe it ... Day Thirty-one - January 31, 2012

Need I say more :) - Day Thirty - January 30, 2012

I'm going to let the picture speak for itself today :)

Have a great one

Washington, DC - Day Twenty-nine - January 29, 2012

As Jim is laying here taking a short "wink-wink" nap, I was trying to think of something creative and fun to photo, but nothing would come to me until I looked down at the project I'm working on - our itinerary for our upcoming trip to DC in June.  For those of you who may not know this, I LOVE Washington, DC and would visit there every day if I could (Patrick could too - he and I are huge history buffs).  We took the kids there in 2010 and then I went back with two wonderful friends from work in 2011 and still, I couldn't get enough.  We are going this time with Patrick's friend from school and her mother (they are looking forward to it and I can't wait to see Patrick's friend's face when she gets off the metro for the first time :) - that will be priceless, I know).  Well, I am headed back to working on the trip - even though it's in June, it is surely one you have to plan for - there is sooooo much to see and never enough time to see it all :(

Patrick's "Marvelous" Sandwich - Day Twenty-eight - January 28, 2012

Today I asked Patrick to help me with my Twenty-Twelve photo project and he said, while making his lunch, take a picture of my "marvelous" sandwich.  Now, of course, for those of us older photographers, such as myself, Billy Crystal and SNL popped into my head :)  I just love the older shows.  So, I had to take a picture of his "marvelous" sandwich - me, I'm not a big fan of salami, roast beef, pepper jack/cheddar cheese sandwiches, but it's pretty obvious that he is :)  I did ask him though where was the lettuce and his response was, "this doesn't need it, it's perfect just like this" - I think he just didn't want any green on it (LOL).  Have a great Saturday.

Cell phone photo - Day 27 - January 27, 2012

Today's picture comes from my cell phone while waiting for Patrick to get out of school.  I got the HTC thunderbolt back in December and haven't really played around with the camera feature so thought I would start learning how to use it.  Boy, have I got a lot of work to do.  I'm not uploading this from my phone, but I emailed it to myself so I can edit it.   I'm not very happy with how it turned out, but that's the point of photography - you learn everyday and take the good with the bad :)

Flowers in January - Day Twenty-six - January 26, 2012

Can you believe this - look at what I saw today - yes, flowers.  Now granted, I don't know what they are, but as I was walking around, saw these and thought they are pretty.  It's January and the flowers are already blooming, so I say, bring on Spring :)

"Squirrel" - Day Twenty-five - January 25, 2012

Today I had to get Patrick from school early because he has developed a head cold, so I brought him home, fixed him something to eat for lunch and sent him to bed for a nap.  When he woke up, the movie UP was on – if you have not seen that movie, you must see it – it is GREAT !!  In that movie there is a dog named Doug that has a talking collar on and there are times when he’ll stop in his tracks and yell “Squirrel”.  I laugh every time :)  Well, while we were watching it, I saw a squirrel and knew I had to see if I could catch him - I did.  I played around with Picnic (I’m sad they are closing) and used the soft focus feature.  The picture didn't turn out very colorful, so I thought if I did that, you could see Doug (that's what I named it) better.  I have enjoyed not only learning to take better pictures, but it has been fun learning how to photo edit – it’s so neat to be able to manipulate the photos you take.