78/365 Game

"Tangrams"

Weber is not a game player and I couldn't bring myself to photograph a game of Words With Friends or Scramble With Friends on my iPad so I had go for a game that I can play by myself.  I have loved Tangrams since I was a child.  There is still something so fascinating to me about the thousands of shapes that are possible by combining these seven geometric pieces.

77/365 Spots

"Spot On"

I thought my days of being followed into the bathroom were over once the girls passed toddlerhood.  Nope!  Though I did have a few years of privacy, the cat has now taken over where they left off.  It worked to my advantage for today's photo thanks to the spots on the shower curtain.

76/365 Wearing Green

"It's Not Easy Being Green"

Today is another day of life going on regardless of plans.  

Friday night a group from Resounding Harmony sang at the Dallas Museum of Art.  By the end of the performance, I had no voice.  This was a relatively short performance so having no voice was not a particularly good sign.  When I woke up yesterday, I was seriously congested.  I had a hellacious cold.

By this morning, it had moved into my chest.  I was coughing, seriously congested, and now had a fever.  Let's just say that the green that was resulting here was not suitable for photographing.

Though a few green beers certainly would have made me feel better at least temporarily, we opted for a trip to the acute care clinic.  Instead of celebrating St. Patrick's Day with green beer, I got antibiotics, decongestant, and cough suppressants.  Oh boy!  What a way for me to start spring break.  Hopefully things will improve tomorrow once I have a day of antibiotics in me.

In the words of Kermit the Frog, "It's not easy being green."  I was truly stuck for a photo for today. Green is not my favorite color so I had little to choose from clothing-wise or even from around the house.  Since this image pretty much sums up my day, this is the official POTD.  Looking on the positive side, despite how crappy I feel, I have yet to miss a day of photographing.  I keep reminding myself that they don't have to be good photos, they just have to be.  Go me!

Now, I'm going to curl up on the couch and go to sleep.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

75/365 Green

"Imagine Green"

What's that saying, "life is what happens while you are busy making plans?"  That pretty much sums up this weekend for us.

We had an al-day class on Saturday.  Afterwards we decided to go test drive (well, not me) one of the cars we saw at the Auto Show the other night.  We bought it.  It is a nice car and the manufacturer had nice incentives.  We have been talking on and off about getting a new car; I'm not sure that we had planned to do it Saturday, but we did.

It was late when we got home so I actually did not take a picture yesterday, though as we were going through the car buying process, I was thinking about what I would do so I am saying that this one counts for yesterday's picture even though I took it this morning.

It takes some imagination to see it as appropriate for the prompt "green."

Go with me here . . .Obviously (and thank goodness!) the car is not green; it is red.  However, it took some "green" to purchase it.

This morning when I went out to take some pictures, I caught the reflection of our St. Francis garden in the side of the car. There is some green there in the flowers.  That counts, right?  Again, its a stretch for the prompt "green, " but it was the best I could do.

I am fairly sure that St. Francis would be appalled to see himself reflected in a new car, or perhaps any car for that matter, but in Dallas a car is a necessity.  Though we use mass transit when we can, it is not feasible on a daily basis as one's only means of getting around.  The irony here is that we did take the train down to the convention center for the auto show.

74/365 Fields of Green

"Paint the Field Green"

Today is an absolutely gorgeous day; it definitely feels like spring.  The grass, however, is still looking like winter - brown and crunchy.  The only green growth seems to be primarily weeds, a sign that we are behind in applying the pre-emergent weed killer!  There were no pretty fields of green to photograph so my Lego mini artist decided to help me out by painting a green field.  If he works diligently, he should make it across the frame and paint away the pink stalks of the broadleaf weeds!

Spring is close, but the growing things are not quite convinced yet.  It it supposed to be 80 degrees tomorrow.  I suspect that in the next week or two spring will be in full bloom.

73/365 Branch

"My Neck of the Woods"

Today's prompt of "branch" was probably meant to inspire some beautiful shots of budding spring trees.  We have a few of those around, but, as you can see, I took a different approach.  Being that I live in the city of Farmers Branch, I decided on one of those photos that falls into the "making it personal" realm.  This is our street sign with our city's logo.  And just for good measure, there are a few branches in the background.

Yesterday at 3:45 officially marked the beginning of my spring break.  The first order of business was a trip to the dentist to have a crown put on.  Once that was done, the break began in earnest.  In a fit of spontaneity, we took the train down to the Dallas Convention Center to the Dallas Auto Show.  We are tossing around the idea of a new car; the pros and cons lists are about equal.  To help us decide one way or the other, we went to the auto show where e could look at everything we are interested under one roof and without the pressure of a salesman.  Not only was it an informative excursion, it was also fun.  It may be the only time I sit in a Mercedes - unless of course I find some friends who are richer than I am, i.e. not teachers!

We got home around 10pm and had not had dinner.  At that point, food was at the top of my priority list and I forgot to post this picture.  

72/365 Messy

"Silver Where?

Today's prompt of "messy" offered me so many possibilities!  Weber would tell you that I need not look any further than my desk, which admittedly is a major disaster right now.  Then there is the pile of shoes in my closet.  Some days I think that it is a miracle that I make it out the door in the morning wearing two matching shoes!

The mess I chose to photograph is our silver wear drawer.  It had these amazing dividers only weeks ago.  Everything was perfectly aligned and neatly arranged.  Then the adhesive failed on the dividers.  They migrated.  Now the drawer looks like this.  Though there are an equal number of forks, spoons and knives in this drawer, it is impossible to find the utensil that you want.  If I'm searching for a spoon, I grab nine forks before finding a one.  If I want a spoon, I first must touch every knife and fork.  There is an interesting probability study in all of this somewhere.

The truth is, this mess is starting to drive me crazy.  I can live with my desk and the pile of shoes a little longer,  but this needs to be remedied soon.  We are quickly approaching eating yogurt with knives and soup with forks.  

Attacking this drawer with the super glue to make sure the dividers never move again is on our spring break chore list.