Stacked Books and Undergarments

I had to do days two and three today, instead of yesterday and today, because we had a wind storm yesterday that knocked out our power all day long. We lost our power at 9:00 A.M. and it didn't come back on until 11:45 P.M.!

Day two's theme or inspiration was "stacked books." I thought back to an idea I saw a long time ago (I would link to it here, but this was about three years ago and I honestly don't remember where I saw it) about stacking books and taking a picture of your child reading. I did this with A when she was about a year to a year and half old. I loved the way the pictures turned out, so I tried to do it again, this time with S included. Here are some of the results (I included an #AutoAwesome motion one for fun, too):

Day three's inspiration was "undergarment."At first when I saw this one I was a bit apprehensive. I couldn't think of something outside the box, and well, couldn't think of a tasteful way to share one's undergarments. Then, while shopping at Target, I decided to buy S some new underwear. We are going to start potty training as she has shown a real interest lately. One concern we had is that she adores Elmo on her diapers (to the point that we have to convince her to wear the other diapers in the package that don't have Elmo on them). We were so happy when we found these underwear at Target for her to begin her training!

Reflection

I have decided to do a photo challenge for the month of November. I decided to do this one. The first inspiration idea is "reflection." I love reflection photos of all sorts; I have many favorites that I have taken of my own. However, the idea is for me to take a new photo each day. As stated in my previous post, I am going to be using my cell phone camera. As of now, I plan on just using the built-in camera on my phone with little to no editing. It will probably be more of a month of snapshots because of this.

 The above picture is of the nearby lake in our community. This is the halfway point across from our house to the gate leaving the community. 

 This was also taken at the bridge at the lake. 

As I was driving to dinner tonight, I noticed the trees in my rearview mirror. While at a red light, I snapped a quick reflection picture of the trees. 

Well, that was another nice break of no posts. I was busy. Not trying to make excuses, but it is what it is. I am going to try and be better (again) at posting things. I make no promises, and with school and life and everything else, I fully expect to have another big lull. I will *try* and post things on a semi-regular basis, at least for the month of November. I would like to post a new picture a day. What I am planning as of now is doing a "mobile theme." I will post pictures taken with my phone. No, this is not an original idea - BUT I think it is one I can handle! What I REALLY would like to do is play around with my SLR, get back out of auto-mode (how easily one slips back into that without regular practice), and start getting truly creative. However, I know that I just don't have the time right now to do that. So - in the meantime, here is my post saying I will post something later. :) Enjoy!

The monthly theme for May was "Street Photography." I didn't get out to shoot any photos as it was a crazy month. I plan on going through older photos of mine to see if I like any that fit this topic. Will post if I do.

The theme for June is "Technology." Here's hoping I succeed this month!

Spring Colors - April Pictures

Behind again as usual. Here are the pics I selected for "Spring Colors" for the month of April. I will also work on my filtering so there won't be so many pictures for a given month. And I will work on the layout :-)

I am starting a new photo project called "The Way I See Things." I will have a monthly them to capture photos pertaining to that theme. The theme for my starting month (Apr 2012)? Spring Colors. Stay tuned in May to see the results of April!

Garfield Park Conservatory