day 3 ... neighborhood

 

I have said it before and I will gladly say it again. I love our neighborhood. It took me six months to find a house, I love it and the neighborhood it is in. It is a planned community in its infancy. Once completed it will have 900 acres of water way and 60 miles of trails among its many amenities. The neighborhood is dotted with these magnificent old growth Live Oaks. This one is on a small peninsula in the middle of one of the lakes that we walk past on our evening walks.

day 7...

high angle...

oops, I definitely thought I was suppose to be shooting low angle. Patrick and I got up early on Sunday morning and headed out on our bikes to the community center. Our neighborhood hosted a Triathlon. We had never watched one and thought it might be fun. It was also something to take pictures of. I spent the morning focusing on low angle shots. For some reason even though the list clearly says HIGH angle I had low in my brain. I took many. The ones above are just a few. I was crouched down low taking the picture of the helicopter when the pilot offered to take my picture inside his helicopter.... uh, NO, thanks. The race was fun to watch but by 8:30 it was already in the 90s so we headed home to a breakfast of blueberry pancakes and coffee. After a long day relaxing poolside I checked my project list and realized my mistake. Too late to grab another shot I uploaded what I had and in the end found one photo taken from atop a hill in the front of our community of the swim portion of the Triathlon. Not the most interesting high angle but a shot that met the definition of the assignment.

days 16-25...

this is going to be a long post...



day 16...experimenting with light trails.

Taken from the balcony of our hotel in Ocean City. Traffic wasn't very heavy.



day 17...street lights.

I grabbed this one before we left on vacation.




days 18... depicting emotion

Kate and Matt... he is still looking a little surprised and bewildered. When I showed them this shot Matt said ... "Did I do that?" in a great deadpanned Erkle voice.


day 19...involves landscape.

I love the little stretch of prairie between Mom's section of our neighborhood and ours.




day 20...what ever you please.

One happy little guy. He is getting so big.


day 21...sunset.

These are always easy shots here in our new neighborhood. Almost every evening Patrick and I watch a beautiful sunset while we walk the trails.


day 22...a person you love.

Patrick.


day 23... makes you think of childhood.

Sisters sharing secrets.



day 24... has a color scheme

I again forgot to replace the memory card in the camera when we went to Assateague, so the above is a cell phone photo.



day 25... what ever you please.

My nephew, Spencer, does not usually let me take his picture. While we were in Maryland he allowed me a few shots. This is my favorite, and since he let me take more than one I have another that I like...

Whew... now I am only one day behind!

day 11...

a black and white photo

 Sophie has always been camera shy. I get my camera out and she turns away or gets up and leaves the room.  When I laid down on the floor to grab the shot of her she was sleeping with her paws curled up under her cheek. Absolutely adorable. Then she saw the camera, she was instantly alert and looking uncomfortable with the situation. I love her even if she hates to have her picture taken.

Just because I can I turned yesterday's photo to black and white too. Which do you like better?

i'm back...

It has been a while since I have visited my own blog and even longer since I have posted. Life was a bit overwhelming for a while but I am back. A lot has happen in the four months I have been gone. Kate came and visited, so did Connie, then Kate and Matt again and the Burtons. Patrick's first National Sales Meeting is behind him and went well. Our home in Maryland finally closed in mid January and two weeks ago we closed on our new home here in Texas. There were other things, some that changed me forever. With so much going on I found it hard to write and worse I did not take pictures. Now that we are in our new home I have taken my camera out and I am beginning to explore photography again. We have fallen into a new routine over the past few months. Patrick works during the day, I keep the house, volunteer a little and in the evenings we walk. In the apartment we walked to the local Starbucks and then around the complex. Here in Bridgeland we have miles of walking trails, most along side of the many lakes. The temperature drops after dinner and a breeze blows most nights. I love our walks.