Week 20 - Amy

Color

I cheated a little with this photo, I did not take it this week. I took it last Spring. I love the colors  in this photo (I did not adjust them at all). It reminds me of the exact colors a child would pick from the crayon box to draw the sky and the grass.

Wild

The wind was really whipping and the leaves were blown everywhere. I thought this car looked pretty wild with all the little bits of leaves that were stuck to it. I'm not sure how they got stuck on there like that. None of the other cars that I saw looked like that. It's hard to tell in this picture, but I thought it made the car look fuzzy.

Snack Time

We stopped at Up With Doughnuts on Saturday and enjoyed doughnuts and chocolate milk.

Animals

Rainbow trout at the fish hatchery.

Bees made a hive in a knot hole in one of the trees where I work. Most of them are gone now, but if you look close you can see the back ends of four bees in this picture.

Happy

Kieric is very happy to finally be learning an instrument. He is taking a cello class as well as a guitar class. I don't have any pictures of him with the guitar yet, though.

In The Car

In the bumper car. Cheated again! This is from our trip to Disneyland two years ago. Kieric had a blast. We are taking our kids to Disneyland one kid at a time. When they get to the age of six, they get to go.

Creepy

Someone burned down the play structure at Pioneer Park this week. It was a very sad day and many kids in town cried. The structure was really cool. It was like a castle or a fort. It was all wood (except the slides). I just don't understand what someone would get out of burning down a playground. The city has insurance on it and it will be rebuilt, but it will be a while before kids can play there again.

Week 20 - Michelle

I had some good opportunities to get some pictures this week.  We had some rain here and there, which brought out the fall flowers.   It's almost like a second spring!  

Enjoy!

Color

Sunflowers are taller than me this week at the elementary school garden!

Lantana in my yard

Wild

The favorite pastime of all of the wild boys of the block is to scoot up and down the street.

Snack time 

The best football snack ever - Chips and Queso!!!

Happy

Happy Birthday to my husband!! Too bad he had to suffer a nasty Spartan loss on his birthday!

In the car

This is my daily view of kid pickup at school.  I have to get there 20 minutes early to get a prime spot.  I actually enjoy this because it is my peaceful reading time before total chaos breaks loose.

Animal

Which animal is in control??

Week 20 - Melissa

Well, like Ashli, I didn't take too many pictures for week 20 either.  It wasn't that I didn't have time or that the subject matter was difficult, or even that I didn't have my camera - because I take a lot of photos with my phone.  This past week, part of last week, and this week coming ahead has been ALL RAIN!  The drought in Michigan is no longer a problem but getting out to take pictures in the rain... is.

That said, I was missing some photos and although I didn't take from the past, I took some this week because there was a slight pause in the rain and I might have even seen the sun peek through the cloud cover.  It is ironic, though, because Aisha says "Clouds are our friends."  These friends have overstayed their welcome.

 

Hope you enjoy the photos!

 

COLOR

We did have a little blue sky on Thursday morning.  You can see a little of the fall color on the trees but not much is left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WILD

...Wild West, that is.  My youngest wants to be a cowboy - but not for Halloween.  He wears his hat and boots every chance he gets. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SNACK TIME 

 

My husband made baked apples and cinnamon ice cream.  I ate it for dessert but he waited until the kids were in bed and had it for a late night snack.  They were yummy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HAPPY/ANIMALS

With all the rainy weather, the kids have been couped up inside.  Another quick break in the weather allowed them to get out for a few minutes on their bikes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IN THE CAR

 

This is my drive to work at night.  (Notice the rainy road?)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CREEPY

 

I think the pictures says it all.

 

 

 

 

Week Twenty - Ashli

I have a confession to make.  I did not take one single picture with my camera this week.  In fact, it is still sitting here on my desk, plugged into the computer from last week, when I uploaded my photos.  So, what to do?  Skip this week?  I didn't want to do that since so many others are taking a break right now.  But it rained all day and my husband and kids were gone, so I couldn't really get out and take any today either.  I did take some photos with my phone.  So, I have decided to dig into the archives and also use what I took with my phone.  Sadly, I don't think any of them use the concepts that Aisha wanted us to try this week.  I promise to keep them in mind going forward. Please don't hate me.  P.S.  This is the only way I can get all seven photos!

Color:

This is a pretty pink plant I photographed at the zoo in Naples, Florida. 

Wild:

This is my "wild," cat Iris.  He (yes, I said he) is trying to tell me something in this pic, I just can't remember what it was. 

Snack time:

This is my friend's daughter at a birthday party.  Quinn saw this photo and told me that her ice cream is in the shape of a dog.  I think he's right.  Do you see it? 

Animals:

This is my other cat Stanley - he dreams of a career in photography. Add your own caption.

Happy:

This is an old favorite of Quinn from last fall.  I had just gotten my new camera and we had flipped the screen around so we could take self portraits.  He was enthralled. 

In the Car:

This was on the way home from our camping trip last weekend.  If you notice the bottom left corner, he fell asleep mid-graham cracker. 

This was the lovely weather on our way home from our date last night.  In fact, it's pretty much like that outside right now.

Creepy:

Once in a while, I let my kids pick out an exotic fruit they want to try.  A couple of weeks ago Caleb picked out this horned melon.  It tasted about as disgusting as it looks. Surprisingly he liked it and ended up eating quite a bit of the gelatinous goo.

Sorry this is not a very good photo - I had to be sneaky.  At the Curves I go to, they are having a book sale to raise money for breast cancer research.  This is on of the books they had for sale.  I laughed out loud!

Week 21 - The List

Lets test our skills this week and see how many directions our photos can take us.

Left

Right

Up

Down

Forward

Backwards

Diagonal

If you struggle with the diagonal, Tyler picked it as the 7th direction.  You can blame my smarty-pants 10 year old.

Good luck!