Wordless Wednesday - the Back to Work after a Two Week Vacation Edition

2014 Project 365 – Week One

Here we are in Week One and I’m starting off the year as I mean to go on – with a gazillion pictures. I tried to cut some of them out, but I didn’t do very well. Perhaps I need an editor!

Sunday, December 29^th   

After going to the nursing home to help my dad lead singing for Sunday School, we drove back to Ohio. Before we left I finally remembered to take a picture of the doll that my cousin the potter and her mother the seamstress made for my wedding. I’ve never had anywhere to keep it in my home, but I think that the next time we go to NC I’m going to bring her home with me. The dress is made out of my mother’s wedding dress. Pretty good likeness!

We took our usual detour on the way home. Guess what we saw?

  

Monday, December 30^th

The squirrels are still enjoying the new feeder.

Tuesday, December 31^st           

Sunset in Xenia…

Wednesday, January 1^st

New Year’s Squirrel!

I finished the set – hat, fingerless gloves & scarf. As I finished the hat I realized that I had misread the pattern when I made all those other scarves & gloves. Ha!

Thursday, January 2^nd    

We got about 6 inches of snow. What a way to start the year!

Dr. M bundled up to take the trash out. Thanks sweetie!

Friday, January 3^rd  

Dr. M taking art photos of the snow on our eaves…

The moon!

Saturday, January 4^th   

I finished the scarf I started last week. Love my model!

We went out to run some errands & of course had to check out the ducks & geese at the local park. The camera setting for the first picture was wrong, but I think it’s really cool!

Lots of snow everywhere. The first picture here is one of the roads we went down. Thank goodness most of our roads are pretty clear!

And we’ll end the week as we started it – with sheep!

Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710.  The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask! 

Proceed With Caution

Image from here

Proceed With Caution

On the edge of winter,

Someone said,

Let’s slice it clean

                Just here.

This is old.

                This is new.

It seems arbitrary,

But I look both ways

Before I venture forth

Into the new year.

Just in case

That ball comes

Crashing down

                On my head. 

Happy New Year everyone! 

2013 Project 365 – Week Fifty-Two

It’s the last week of the year. I have been thinking long & hard about P365 & whether I want to continue doing it for a 5^th year. And for now the answer is yes. I won’t guarantee what day I’ll post my pictures, but Dr. M & I enjoy it too much to let it drop now. That being said, this week was for the birds. Ha!

Sunday, December 22^nd   

Sunday was a quiet day of church and relaxing around my dad’s house. Dr. M took pictures of birds through the rain-washed windows in the sun room. The top photo has a titmouse on the left & male & female house finches on the right. The bottom photo is a female cardinal.

Monday, December 23^rd

Mr. Cardinal.

Dr. M drove out to see his dad & passed by one of his favorite sheep farms along the way. We love this dog!

Amy & I dressed alike to walk at the mall :)

My dad cut two bunches of collards to give away. Wow that’s a lot of collards!

Tuesday, December 24^th          

We spent Christmas Eve evening with Dr. M’s brother & his family.

After dinner we went to check out our niece Misty’s lights. She & her husband really go all out each year!

Wednesday, December 25^th

Christmas was SUCH a busy day! Breakfast at my brother & sister-in-law’s house, brunch at Amy’s daughter’s house, & then dinner with Dr. M’s uncle & aunt & family. I started out taking pictures but then just totally forgot for the rest of the day. This is Dr. M at my brother’s house mesmerizing their dog Chloe.

His Christmas gift from my sister-in-law. It came in such an innocent package!

I am excited about this gift!

My oldest nephew – wearing a tie to Christmas breakfast. I had to have a picture!

Thursday, December 26^th    

More birds – there’s such a variety at my dad’s house! Blue Jay, titmouse & male cardinal here.

Friday, December 27^th  

Another in the series of photos of critters who stare at Dr. M. Ha!

I started a totally new scarf pattern today. I like it!

My dad’s Christmas cactus is outrageous! It’s a family heirloom – from a cutting from my great-grandmother’s plant.

Saturday, December 28^th   

We had breakfast with some of my best friends today – we’ve been getting together at least annually for 30 years now. We were missing one of our members – J had the flu. Boo!

One last shot of NC birds. In this group is (clockwise from top): Bluebird, sharp-shinned hawk, mourning dove, Carolina wren, mockingbird, and goldfinch.

Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710.  The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask! 

Merry Christmas!

Snowflake

Alone, awash amidst this sea of spruce
And pine I sit. Into the rising fog
I gaze as if to see some mystic realm.
Enchantment drew me to this holy hill
By promising a glimpse of heaven's bliss,
But haze and heavy clouds obscure my view.
The gloom, my doom it is, I think, to see.
What is it like to dream of future days
And not of nightmares past? The wintry blasts
Come howling through my brain. Yet on the winds
Of pain a solitary snowflake floats.
Someday the snow will fall and bury all
My shame beneath its pristine flow, and I
Will know at last a season of new hope.

Mike & Dana Rhyne
Christmas 2013

2013 Project 365 – Week Fifty-One

Here I sit at my favorite B&B (my dad’s house) the day before Christmas Eve & I think that I’m mostly ready for Christmas. Although it might just be that sense of resignation that one gets after it’s too late to do more anyway. Ha!

Sunday, December 15^th   

It was our 23^rd anniversary & we celebrated by going to see the Nutcracker at the Dayton Ballet. Fun! Dr. M took a few pictures of one of the department store window displays they had in the lobby. They were pretty cool.

Monday, December 16^th

Our house is pretty hilarious to me. Dr. M found a dog’s Christmas costume & put it on Polly Bug. And then there’s the polar bear & penguin train…

The moon!

Tuesday, December 17^th          

It was really cold this week!

Wednesday, December 18^th

Pinky says, “Peace out man!”

We had our office Christmas party today. I brought the (bought) decorated cake. Someone else brought her famous homemade bourbon cake. Which one do you think was gone by the end of the day? Ha!

[Note: Correction! It's rum cake, not bourbon (yeah, I'm not really that into alcohol - ha!)]

Thursday, December 19^th    

Dr. M took a lot of really great pictures today. If you haven’t already, you should go check them out. In the meantime, I had a little bit of fun with one of them.

This was my “dirty Santa” gift from the office party. Pretty great, huh? I can’t wait to try out all the different teas.

Friday, December 20^th  

I love this yard!!

I was washing dishes & asked Dr. M to tuck my hair behind my ears. This is what he did – ha!

Saturday, December 21^st    

Today we drove down to NC, but since it was rainy & dreary the whole way we didn’t take any pictures. Fortunately, I took one before we left the house. When we moved in we took the closet doors off of one of the closets to give us easier access to our clothes. I had the bright idea of dragging one of them into the living room to put our Christmas cards on. Just call me Martha. Heh.     

Go to Mamma Fran’s blog here to see the blogs of all the other Project 365 participants. Have a great week!

Most of our photos are taken with a 12 megapixel Nikon D5000 DSLR, using a 55-200mm zoom lens. This is the camera that Dr. M takes with him most days. He also takes pictures with our old reliable 7 megapixel Canon Powershot A710.  The Bug uses our new Nikon Coolpix S6200 most of the time. If you’re interested in which camera was used for a particular shot, just ask!