I’m taking my time getting my jolly on. I baked a bunch of cookies yesterday for a friend’s party. We picked out a Christmas tree yesterday and put stood it up in the house, but didn’t get the lights on until today. Maybe tomorrow i’ll dig out all the boxes and finish decking the halls.
Category: Light
The Eyes of Texas.
Today was another welcome, wonderfully drizzly day. We just need another 100 or so days like it.
My cousin graduated from the University of Texas yesterday with his bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering. Today we drove to his parents’ house in San Antonio to celebrate with him, his family and friends.
On the way home we could see the UT Tower lit up in burnt orange from I-35. But today, instead of the #1 on the tower, reserved for times when the Longhorns win a national championship, there was a #11, to honor the class of 2011. Monte drove me around to at least 3 different vantage points on campus to try to get a decent shot. This was the best one I captured.
Congratulations to all the new Texas-Ex’s!
Mar 8, 2011
Today is the 1 year anniversary of my starting this blog. To mark the occasion, I made a collage using all 365 of the moments that I’ve posted here.
I can recall taking each one. 🙂
I started this in early March last year, in time to capture the signs of Spring, and into the Summer as things began to warm up and as we spend so much time on the lake… then through the changes in Fall and Winter when we spend more of our time on projects and playing with friends on land. I’ve come full circle, and am looking forward all the moments from the coming year.
Happy Mardi Gras! and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Lori and to Mary!
Mar 7, 2011
Today’s post makes the 365th moment that I have shared with you. This is a shot of one of the geraniums I planted yesterday that I took today during a break between conference calls.
I’m very pleased that I have stuck with this post-a-photo-per-day-for-a-year project. There were some days that I found it difficult to see something worth sharing. But I have to say that most days I looked forward to toting my camera around with me, and was usually pleased to find a moment that was either a photo that I liked or at least made for a nice story to share.
Wow, a year. 365 moments. It goes by fast.
I look forward to keeping my blog going. I don’t know that I will be posting something every day, but I am definitely looking forward to posting more moments worth sharing.
A colleague of mine passed away over the weekend after a fight with cancer. He was only 51.
I can only hope that you all have many more years left on this earth to share with your friends and family. But since we never know when our time will be up, we have to take the time to enjoy and be thankful for each and every day that we get to spend with them. I have done that for a year. And I hope to from here on out…
Feb 3, 2011
Brrrrr. We’ve been in the deep freeze. Day 3 of temperatures in the teens and 20’s.
Fire in the hearth. We’re cozy at home.
Jan 29, 2011
Tonight, I decided to get the manual for my camera out to learn about all the settings I haven’t used yet.
I’m still reading.
Jan 28, 2011
TGIF! Once again I spent time amusing myself with my camera on a Friday night. This time I was playing around with long exposures, ISO adjustments, self-timer, and a little bit of spatial awareness in the dark. 🙂
Jan 22, 2011
There’s just something about a Saturday morning that feels different than Monday-Friday. A little less deadline pressure and stress to wake up to. This morning is a beautiful, sunny one. I caught my reflection in the coffee pot and decided it would serve as a good self-portrait for this morning.
Jan 20, 2011
I am currently experiencing clean-window-euphoria – had the windows washed today! I don’t do windows, but I’ve been using Sunn Window Cleaning for several years and they are awesome! They clean every little piece of glass individually on my leaded glass windows in the entryway.
I really should do this more often 😉
Jan 17, 2011
Monday is quickly drawing to an end. This is the time of day that I look forward to.
Soon the days will be long enough to drive to the lake after work for a quick sunset sail. For now, I’m happy to take a quick snap of the sky as it changes from blue to yellow to pink on our way to dinner.
Jan 14, 2011
Just messing around on a Friday night.
Here is a time lapse view:
Jan 5, 2011
When I set out on this photo-a-day-for-a-year project in March, it wasn’t to hone my photographic skills, as many 365-projects are intended to do. I just wanted to pause long enough to capture a moment from my day to reflect on.
As it turns out, along the way I have picked up a few things related to photography. One thing I recently learned about (I may be the last person with a camera to do so) is a bokeh effect in a photo (wikipedia definition here) — essentially when what is outside of the depth of focus has a blurred effect. I kept seeing “christmas bokeh” shots in various blogs for the last month or so and didn’t know what it was til I looked it up.
So, this is my first, not very well executed, attempt at a Christmas tree bokeh shot. In the foreground is my new favorite angel figurine – the Irish Charm angel – a gift from Sue and Marty. In this case, what *is* in the field of focus is a bit blurry as well…but this was the best of the several shots I took tonight. 🙂
Dec 28, 2010
Christmas decorations — they won’t be out for much longer, so I may as well enjoy them.
Note to self: taking a photo in dim light without a flash turn out very grainy. 🙂
Dec 3, 2010
This morning as I was making coffee, I saw this shadow cast by the sun coming up and shining through the kitchen window. I knew I had a pretty packed day today, so I snapped a quick pic — the most inspiration I could muster at that hour.
This may be the closest I get to my camera today, so …. here it is. Still life: Morning in the kitchen.
Uh, pay no attention to the dirty faucet 🙂 I just noticed that.
I’m looking forward to the weekend!
Sheila365 