205/365 Action

"Action, we wish!"

We did arrive safely in England and today, our second day here, I feel like a human again.  We sang the first service of our tour this evening, Evensong at Exeter Cathedral.

Free wi-fi seemingly is not very popular in public places in England.  Without an international data plan on my phone and iPad, my options for posting are limited.  I did post, I thought, yesterday's picture of the day from the hotel via my iPad last night, but it doesn't seem to be here.  Not sure what happened there, but I will figure it out.

I will also post some pictures of the places we have visited thus far.  Right now I just haven't figured out an efficient workflow given the technological limitations.  I will conquer this tomorrow!

Meet Bob B.

If you visit me here with any regularity, you know that I am fond of photographing Lego mini figures.  I decided that on our trip to London, I would take "Bob B."   My plan is to photograph him throughout our travels.  I wonder how many people I can get to have their picture taken with him?

"Business Class?"

Right now he is wondering based, on his current flight accommodations (in my camera bag) why, if this is business class, anyone would pay extra to fly this way!!

Sorry Bob!  We'll get you out of there as soon as possible.  And I'm sorry you had to leave your rifle behind.  We don't want any problems going through security!

203/365 Framed

'A Plan and A Plane"

This is a very quick photo before we head out the door to the airport.  Stay tuned for pictures from England over the next two weeks!

202/365 Urban Art

"Urban Art Texas Style"

Nothing says Texas better than a big ol' armadillo.

201/365 Shades of Blue

"Packing Shades of Blue"

Sorry, I forgot to post this yesterday.

Shades of blue should have been a no-brainer for me.  Everything in my physical world is blue because blue makes me happy.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a whole lot of time to give to this today.  We are leaving Monday for two weeks in England and so were busy getting stuff gathered and packed.  As I separated my clothes into the stacks of requisite concert black and the other stuff, I realized I had a huge stack of blue clothing.  Big surprise:-)  So here is today's photo - my shades of blue wardrobe.  Nothing special, but it is me.  I once heard someone say, "I don't wear outfits; I wear clothes."  Yep, that's me.  I  grabbed a bunch of my favorite stuff.  I hope when we get to England, I have something that I something to wear that doesn't make me look like a poorly dressed gypsy.

200/365 Two Scoops

"Frozen Family Fun"

Today was one of those days when everyone was a willing participant in the daily photo.  After a nice vegetarian dinner at home, prepared by Brooke, we headed to our local frozen yogurt shop for two scoops - each.  Mine is the one in the front - cake batter and cappuccino yogurt topped with reese's peanut butter cups and graham cracker crumbs.  Yum!

199/385 A Source of Happiness

"Eat, Drink and Be Happy"

I am blessed that there are so many, many things in my life that not only make me happy but bring me great joy.  Most of those things I photograph often.  I decided today to head toward the silly rather than the serious side of things that bring me happiness.  This is not to belittle the prompt but to attempt to document all the little quirky things that make me, me.

For the most part, we eat fairly healthily.  We buy organic and make and prepare most of what we consume.  I, however, do have a weakness for animal crackers, not just these iced ones, the plain ones too.  These just happen to photograph better.  As a child, my mom would give a box of the Barnum and Bailey animal crackers, you know the ones in the red and yellow box with the four animal pictures on each side and a shoelace-like handle, to snack on as I sat in the grocery cart.  They also took me to my happy place through all of the stresses of college and graduate school.  And diet coke . . .all I can say is that there is something about those bubbles.

We all have our weaknesses.  I feel so much better now that I have shared one of mine with all of you.  And in case you are wondering, there are plenty more where this one came from.