171/365 - Epic Fail

Well, I don't have a picture to post from Sunday. I do have one from Saturday night, which technically is 170, but I didn't bother since I don't have 171. I took not a single picture yesterday. I should have taken my camera to my in-laws for Father's Day, but it just didn't occur to me. And then I went straight to work and didn't have my camera with me. By the time I left work and picked up a few groceries, I didn't even realize until I was getting into bed that I hadn't taken a picture.

I considered fudging it - no one would know. Because I had a couple images from Saturday. I could have used on for 170 and one for 171. And at least kept the project going. And who knows, maybe that's how people get through it. It's not that big of a deal, I suppose. But I can't. I could resume today and call it a "365 -1" project. But that wouldn't negate the truth, which is simply that I failed.

169/365 - Summer Vacation

167/365 - Peek-a-bo0

I was out in my tiny meadow (my preferred term for the overgrown hill) and this little guy was poking out of a little white flower - they look like miniature daisies. He looked as snug as a bug in a rug.

166/365 - Impatient ..

... with this project.

165/365 - Mirror, mirror

Consider this a place filler. It's a photograph. And it was taken on the 165th day of the year.

164/365 - For Nicky

163/365 - Music Box

Uncle Steven's birthday present is every little girl's dream.

162/365 - A Lesson from My Mother

Julia's best friend came over this morning to play. They came up and asked me if they could make medicine for Lipstick, Julia's doll. This involved mixing up a bead-and-glitter-glue soup in a bowl. My instinct screamed no. But just as I was opening my mouth to form the word, I flashed back to two little girls, circa late 1970s. These two little girls were playing scientist in the bathroom - mixing together shampoo, lotion, cold cream, vaseline. Whatever could be found in the bathroom cabinet and the hall closet. And as if that weren't enough, cups of these experiments were then placed in the freezer for an indeterminate period of time (no, they never froze). At the time, neither little girl thought once, much less twice, about the mess. Or the waste.

But my mother was happy to encourage their imaginations. And so I let Julia and her friend have as much fun as I had with my best friend, Katie, 30-plus years ago.

161/365 - Jump Zone

Julia had a preschool get-together at the Jump Zone today - big inflatable bouncy things everywhere. For some reason I thought it would be "good practice" to take pictures of preschoolers running around like lunatics with my 50mm manual focus lens. But not, not so much.

160/365 - OMG ...

... I can't believe I've been doing this for 160 days and that's not even half way done. I didn't feel like taking a single picture today. I did go out into the woods and saw some cool fungus growing on a log. But the shots did nothing for me. And I just don't care. So I screwed around in photoshop - a lot.

159/365 - Wrong Feet

When Julia first learned to put her own shoes on, she put them on the wrong feet once. I said, "Julia, your shoes are on the wrong feet." And Julia, who hates to be wrong, said, "That is how I like them." And ever since, she wears her shoes on the wrong feet the majority of the time. Snow boots, dress shoes, sandals - it doesn't matter. And if you ask her about it, she says that's how she likes them.

Today I was doing a craft project with her - we were building the sparkliest, mermaidiest, pinkist beach you can imagine. And she wanted to glue the flipflops on the sand. So she did - they are on the wrong feet.

158/365 - Up and Down

157/365 - Out for a Sunday Drive ...

... home from work, that is.

156/365 - Two

I took pictures for a friend's daughter's two-year-old birthday party on Saturday. I love this shot - it's like the world as a two-year-old sees it. Or at least in my own imagination. And the pigtails kill me :)

155/365 - Pincushion

154/365 - I Love Presents

153/365 - Courage

He ran towards me right after the flash fired - I swear to God I screamed and ran like a girl.

152/365 - Kaleidescope

151/365 - I Don't Feel So Bad

150/365 - Not Much