“Second Generation Trick or Treater” This beautiful little girl is certainly not frightful. What is frightening is that she is the daughter of one of Weber’s former middle school students. You know you have been teaching a long time when you have “grand-students” who come trick-or-treating at your house. It was dark outside and she is a wiggly two-year old excited by Halloween so this is not a great photo. I do kind of like the softness on her face….
“Ghostly???” I had zero creativity working today, well at least as far as photography was concerned. I think I used it all up in other places before I had a chance to take a photo for today. For the first time in 302 days, I hid to used an archived picture to accomplish a photo for today. I did have a few ideas for techniques I would have liked to try, but I just couldn’t muster the energy for…
“A Slice of Bread” I needed a little whimsy in my world today. Though this loaf of bread has indeed been sliced wide open, the wide open here really refers to aperture.
‘Watching the Trains” For some reason, we are both exhausted and stressed out these days. I can’t put my finger on exactly why that is. All I know is that no matter how much work I do I still have a ton more things that need to be done. It is a terrible feeling. I would just like to experience 48 hours where I don’t feel that no matter what I am doing I should be doing something else, something…
“Good for the Sole” My funky striped hand-knit socks are the first things that come to my mind when I think about stripes. I don’t have much of a personal style except for my socks. They are like a smile on my feet. How can you not be happy when you are wearing brightly colored hand-knit socks? I am always surprised by the fact that my students notice my socks and ask about them. Over the years, I have…
“Blade of Grass” I had a hard time with today’s prompt. The idea was to get those dancing bokeh circles atop blades of grass. That really needs to be photographed first thing in the morning when there is dew on the grass and beautiful morning light. That was not happening around here today. Let me tell you about our morning. First of all, the alarm went off way too early. All I could think of when it started beeping at…
“Playing With Mrs. Pota….Pumpkin Head” I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. – Henry David Thoreau – I love this man! How can you not when he speaks such wisdom? I guess this means that he would not have been interested in sharing that 10×10 cabin in the woods with me.
‘A Golden Day at the Fair” It was a beautiful fall day (finally!) and we went to the state fair. I didn’t take as many pictures as I would have liked and very few of the ones I did take had anything golden in them. The truth is, most of the things at the State Fair of Texas that come anywhere near being golden are that way as the result of being deep fried. I am happy to say that…
“Ode to the Laundry Basket” My brain is fried – I’ve had way too many things pulling me in way too many different directions lately. You know you are in trouble when you wonder what it would be like to live at the bottom of the laundry basket, where people are constantly tossing their dirty clothes at you. You know its time to call a professional when you are determined to figure it out! You know you are curious…
“Around” The intended goal for today was to focus on roads or paths and their leading lines. I figured I would take a walk on my favorite walking path that is not far from home. It has a lot of foliage and often nice reflections in the water. I walked along a took a few photos from various spots, but nothing felt right. I don’t know if this was because the skies were gray and overcast, weather which I really…