Project 365

catch the moment: week twenty-two

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Linking up for Catch the Moment: Week 22 with Mindi at Simply Stavish, Stephanie at Behind the Camera and Dreaming, and Sarah at Nurse Loves Farmer.

This week has been full of fun, adventure, and surprises.  Whenever I think about things that have happened in the last seven days, a few highlights (and maybe a few lows) might pop into my mind. But when I compile these posts – one tiny glimpse of each day of our lives, I realize and think about how much we really do pack into each Wednesday through Tuesday. The pictures trigger memories of other things that we did on the same day.  I thought I would be losing steam with this project by now, but the opposite is happening. I look forward to putting the posts together, even if there are many days where I’ve just grabbed the camera for the sake of having at least one pic to post from that day.

Here we go…

148/365: May 28th. Just a laid back Wednesday afternoon of coloring while dinner was cooking.  I love coloring. Before the boys, I hadn’t done it in years. Now I find myself still sitting at the table sometimes after they’ve long moved onto something else. 

149/365: May 29th.  One of those hit-the-brakes moments on my way to work when I saw this and many other beautiful poppies blooming in a field of wildflowers in front of a barn that I have photographed before.  Love this picture. 

150/365: May 30th. Friday morning drop-off at the babysitter and I spent a little extra time with the boys, letting them walk over to see the fishies.  Ryan and I decided on the spur of the moment to head to Kings Island for the day and I knew I wouldn’t see them again until the next morning. 

151/365: May 31st. Read all about Theo’s rise to stardom in this separate, dedicated blog post. 
152/365: June 1st. What better way to spend the beginning of June than at the strawberry patch, picking berries for the first time?  See and read more from our visit here. 

153/365: June 2nd. Surprise! Nothing like coming home from an otherwise disappointing Monday to find belated birthday gifts from an old friend waiting in the mailbox! 

154/365: June 3rd.  One of those hurry-up-and-take-a-pic-before-the-day-is-over pics.  But I like it. That’s my big little boy watching Sheriff Callie before dinner.
I really like all my photos again this week, but my favorite has to be that poppy in front of the barn on day 149.  So many of these pics elicit warm, happy memories for me.  Hope your week was full of warm fuzzies, too.
xo,
~C~

catch the moment 365: week twenty-one

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Here’s a super quick look at our week/long Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy!!

Linking up with Mindi at Simply Stavish, Stephanie and Behind the Camera and Dreaming, and Sarah at Nurse Loves Farmer for week 21 of Catch the Moment 365.  Still rocking my DSLR for every photo taken this year!!

141/365: May 21st.  My quick, fleeting, pretty unsuccessful attempt to get a cool shot during a thunderstorm before I ran out the door to meet some friends for dinner.

142/365: May 22nd. We could pretend he was just really sad about the last day of school. Or I could tell you the honest truth and say he was actually pissed because I threatened him with some arbitrary make-believe punishment if he refused to let me take his picture.  Hmmph. So there.  Guess he showed me who’s boss.
143/365: May 23rd. We went to Tennessee for Memorial weekend and stopped to eat on the way down. The boys both wanted some junk out of a little machine. The meal was oddly delicious and quick for a sit-down restaurant. The service was over the top fantastic. They asked for a birthstone bear key chain. I explained that it was highly unlikely that they would get the right one but they didn’t care. And then they got their own, in the right order and everything (Dex is holding Theo’s here).  Twilight zone much? It was so weird.  Just one of those extraordinary ordinary moments that made me smile so much. We decided the machine was magical.

144/365: May 24th. Feeding the ducks (and geese) at the duck pond in Knoxville. 

145/365: May 25th. What kind of houseguests would we be if we didn’t make ourselves at home? 
Read: “make a mess like we do at home.”

146/365: May 26th. Memorial Day. We went to a park near my mom’s before we went to lunch and headed back to Indiana.  I thought some little spider was quite talented. 

147/365: May 27th. Back home and back to our routine.  Chicken on the grill for dinner made the yummiest sandwiches on Tuesday night and the best salad for lunch on Tuesday!  Grilling — one of my favorite things about summer for sure. 

So that’s our week, in a nutshell. I will probably post separately about Memorial Day weekend one night this week. Hope you had a good holiday weekend and that you were able to enjoy it with someone you love.  What’s your favorite photo this week?  I kind of like Day 146 (spider web) for something different and Day 143 for that magical moment with those dumb little bear key chains. 🙂

xo,
~C~

catch the moment 365: week twenty

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Woo! Twenty weeks into this project and still having fun getting to know the people in the Facebook support group for Catch the Moment 365.  Last Thursday (5/15) I went to an Intermediate Photography class at the local library and now I just really want to take something more official.  During the class, I was messing with the many modes and settings on my camera and finally figured out how to change the aperture. Obviously I hadn’t tried very hard before, but adjusting my f-stop and using my new 50 mm 1.8 lens has changed my photos. I’m having a lot of fun playing around but the new lens is really hard to get used to since it doesn’t zoom in or out at all.

Linking up again this week with the lovely ladies hosting the project – Mindi, Sarah, and Stephanie.

Here we go …

134/365: May 14th. Finished cupcake picks for Dexter’s birthday party. (see party post for more).

135/365: May 15th. There’s just something so calming about those rows and rows of unread books. And also overwhelming. I recently have had the desire to get my hands on real, physical books. As someone who hasn’t read regularly since long before she had children, I didn’t even know where to start. Genre? Author? After my photography class, I walked upstairs to peruse and left empty-handed. Anyone got suggestions for quick, fun, interesting reads to get my feet wet again?

136/365: May 16th. Niko.

137/365: May 17th. Birthday party day.

138/365: May 18th. One of my favorite nature shots so far this year. Or ever. This is now my screensaver for my laptop.

139/365: May 19th. Water gun fight in the driveway before dinner. That look on Dexter’s face, oh boy.

140/365: May 20th. Out to dinner. It was late and getting dark and it was cute that Dexter just HAD to take that monkey into the restaurant. I needed a pic and this was the best one I got.
I like this week of pics, but if I had to choose just one, it would definitely be day 138. Dandelions at dusk. Which one do you like best? 
xo,
~C~