Day 187...Hope And A Facelift

July 25, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Day 187

I took these shots after leaving work this evening...

I love these big, puffy clouds...Hopefully this beauty brought someone rain.

I was really happy after uploading the image when I saw the flock of geese flying through...

I hadn't noticed them when the camera was up to my eye......I like!

The shopping center where I work needed a fresh new look and it's getting it!

I know it will look so updated when it's all completed.

It's just what the salon needed...like the clients who enter the salon door!

A fresh new look for their hair! We deliver!

Day 186...The Finest Lace

July 24, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Day 186

Spent most of my day cleaning house (which it needed desperately)

canned another batch of tomato juice, had a quick dinner with Mark

and then it's almost time for the favorite TV shows to begin so the scramble is once again ON!

I did take one photo earlier in the day, but I wanted more!!!

I'm like a dog looking for a cat...lol

What to shoot, where should I look, what to shoot...

the garden is always there, ready and willing to be my subject

whether it's dead from the blistering heat, barely surviving or in beautiful bloom

There is always something.... :)

I've never planted Queen Anne's Lace...

It showed up last year and I'm glad it came back!

So delicate...it really does look like a crocheted lace doily

There is fried Okra in my very near future!!

I've taken a photo of the Kale before but I love the colors so much

and it looks so pretty despite the terrible heat.

What caught my eye was the drops of water all over it from the garden sprinkler.

It looked so refreshing, even in the heat!

I took this photo around 7:15 pm... it was still 100* on my thermometer.

Day 185...A Really Fun Subject! :)

July 23, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Day 185

This GiGi needed a Jaxson fix!

And a drive to Lawrence got me what I needed!

I could've used more but any amount of Jax time, is a good time :)

I realized a couple of very important things while taking some snapshots today...

A darkened room, shades pulled, on camera flash photography, a moving target....

GiGi needs some practice with these conditions... :/

But, I treasure these photos more than any of the others

that I work so hard to make right.

And...I'll figure it out!

What a fun afternoon with my little guy, his mommy and my son!

I'm a happy GiGi........for now :)

Day 184...A HOT, Summer Sunday

July 22, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Day 184

Another normal Sunday at the Kane house.

Laundry is done, ironing is done and naps are taken.

Today was no different.

Except in the morning there's usually coffee drinking and newspaper reading on the porch.

Not today. It was already too hot by the time we got up for that...And we get up early!!!

After dinner, (which was a really lame chicken casserole, by the way...lol)

I took a drive to see if I could find any crazy people

out in the blazing heat at the park near my home...

Honestly, I was hoping for that barren, deserted park scene to shoot,

then I would write something about the heat, no one being at the parks, etc...but not so!

I found a mom and dad sitting in their air conditioned truck while their three kids played.

Can't say that I blame the mom and dad for their choice of seating!!!

I thought I might look funny myself out on a 100+ day,

with a camera in hand, so I moved on.

Sprinkler park here in Liberty was my next destination...

Now...I think I may have driven into the craziest part of town ever!!!

An adult ballgame was being played on the field there, people and cars were EVERYWHERE

and either a small family reunion or

a super large family picnic was going on too...

I couldn't believe all those people were really OK to be out in the heat like that...

but I figured it was probably a planned event...

so what else to do but go ahead with the plan!!!

Once again, I drove on not wanting to be the "stranger with a camera"

lurking about at someone else's family gathering!!

By this time I've only been gone from my house for maybe 15 minutes but the frustration is setting in at not having a photo for my day and my "park scene" idea had been foiled by all these people who were either crazy... or not as wimpy as me!

I drove on wondering where to go and ended up at the cemetery.

I always find them peaceful and I always sit, say a little prayer and then take a walk.

Today it was not much of a walk...I parked the car and got out next to the statue!!!

This statue was erected in 1904 in honor of 200+

Clay county, Confederate soldiers who lost their lives in the Civil War.

Heading home I drove through the park by my house again and now found it empty...

like I'd originally thought it would be...

Mom, Dad and kids obviously didn't stay for long.

Looking at this lonely, dry photo of a playground, I can just feel the heat of the day.

No children willing to stay and play for long...No picnics and family fun going on here...

those will be plans for another day

...guess I got to write that after all... :)

DAY 183...HALF WAY THERE!!!

July 21, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Day 183

Wow, I really can't believe I've made it half way through my 365 photo a day challenge!

With the exception of one single day, May 21, 2012, I've taken at least one photo a day and posted it under the date it was shot. Sooo, by the calendar, I am one day behind because I chose to number only the days I took a photo on.
Technically, yesterday was day 183 of my photo a day year
but, I missed that one, dang day... :/
Although I'm still having fun with this personal challenge, I do seem to have hit a "motivation snag" since the weather has been so terribly hot....It just seems that garden photos are getting pretty darn boring but as I said once before, I know it will be fun to look back at and remember just what went on that day!
I have an "album" of photos to post today!
It was a fun AND productive day!
This is my "I've made it half way" celebration post!!

this cute little guy was "people watching," helping his family out at city market...
I think his job surely must have been to "sit there, look cute, attract customers!"