Photo Of The Day - Days 1-7

It would appear that I have 10 weeks of Photo Of The Day posts to catch up on, so without all that jibber jabber, here are days 1-7!

Day 1:

Tom and I spent New Years Eve with my sister, brother in law, and nephew which has become quite the tradition over the past few years. This little pile of Ezra's shoes by their back door was just so sweet I couldn't help snagging a picture before we left in the wee hours of the new year.

Day2:

 

Some days I use inspiration prompts provided by the CaptureYour365 blog. Today's was "new beginnings". I took this literally as I just so happened to be starting a brand new compact of makeup. Perfectly pressed powder is so hard for me to just muss up, taking a picture of it first helped.

 

Day3:



 

The Day 3 prompt was "repetition." This is Fender feeling terrible for stealing Tom's shoes to cuddle with while we were out. Tele is back there basically rolling her eyes at him. This happens pretty regularly, and he feels just this terrible every time.

 

Day 4:

 

So, um...I already messed up. That's right, 4 days in and I somehow didn't take a single picture with my camera or my phone. Ugh. Moving on...

 

Day 5:



This is our niece, Alexis (our other niece, Meredith is in the background). She is hysterically funny and has, since she was less than 1 years old, had a thing with growling. She is so joyful and affectionate, but one of the ways she expresses her happiness and love is with ferocious roars. She loves me a lot here. A. Lot.

 

Day 6:

 

Seriously? Again? ALREADY? So, it's pretty evident at this point that I'll have a few less than 365 pictures at the end of the year...my bad. Developing habits may not be a strength of mine.

 

Day 7:

Today's prompt was "movement". These are Fender's favorite toys, and this is exactly how he left them strewn about for me to find that night. We always laugh at how Fender carries around his stuffed toys and shows them off. He doesn't really want you to throw them and make him fetch, he just walks them around the house with them dangling proudly from his mouth. 

 

So here's hoping I don't continue to miss 2 out of every 7 days...that would be embarrassing.





New Blog = New Hobby!

Hey there, new blog! First things first - here's the fam (and main reason for this blog):

Basically, documenting our life together is my new hobby. To be clear, I'm not a photographer, nor do I aspire to become one. I would like to be able to take a decent picture, I mean, there has to be someone in every family who is willing to be that person, right? To that end, the husband and I decided to purchase a slightly-better-than-your-average-point-and-shoot camera and in my attempt to figure out how to work it I stumbled across the idea of a "Project 365" and using a picture-a-day challenge to help figure out how to take better pictures. I think the idea is that you take a crap ton of pictures and eventually some of them don't turn out so bad. We will see...no promises on quality, only quantity.

One of the keys components of a Project 365 is sharing your photos. I believe this is meant to help keep you motivated and accountable. Also, what's the point of photos if they never see the light of day? So here I am - intending to share my daily photos. I'm not trying to set myself up for failure here though, so I'm aiming for weekly (eek...fingers crossed) posts that feature my picture-a-day for everyday that week. I started my Project 365 on January 1, so seems like I have some catching up to do in the way of posts. I procrastinated starting the blog until today - my 29th birthday. Happy birthday, new blog! We have something in common!

While I'm setting up some expectations, I should cop to the fact that this family of four has a lot of hobbies. I knit, dabble with a sewing machine occasionally, have an unhealthy love of glitter (and who am I kidding, most shiny things), and my obsession with all things paper has created a veritable fire hazard in our home. I'm pretty into letterpress and am determined to figure it out, also calligraphy- despite my unfortunate left-handedness. Screen printing snuck up on me fairly recently and has kind of stolen my heart. Also - my nephew, Ezra. I know he's not a HOBBY, per se, as he is, in fact, a person. But he is a person that I'm really into. Like, really. He's the best 16 month old I know and there will probably be a large number of pictures featuring my fascination with him. 

My husband, Tom, has a thing with basically any instrument with strings. He's also determined to figure out how to cook just about everything - he's pretty amazing with a BBQ pit and now he's figuring out how to use a wok. I don't know that he's ever met a documentary, thrift store, or puppy that he didn't love. Together we are pretty into making our house a home that is a reflection of what we love while also being a comfortable place to entertain our friends and family.

As for the pugs (Tele and Fender), their hobbies include bones, seeing how long they can bark at neighboring dogs before they get yanked back inside and told to hush, being grumpy, being desperate for affection, blankets, and laps. 

All this to say - there are probably going to be posts/pictures about some or all of the above. Hopefully not this many words...this is probably too many words to set up a blog that should mostly be pictures...oh my.