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Summer's End...

I know that technically summer doesn't end until September 22 but I have to say that each year, when August ends, it feels like summer is closing it's door. School starts one week from today. Am I ready? Yes and no. I will be happy to be back at school teaching and learning new things. But, I will also miss the lazier rhythm that I have finally managed to achieve (it took all of July and most of August to achieve it!)

Today is a monthly mosaic day. I honestly didn't take many photos this month. Mostly I read A LOT! I have read 9 novels in the last week alone! So, I decided to do another San Francisco mosaic. My hubby took over 2000 photos while we were there and it was really hard to pick just 31 for last month's mosaic. So here are another 31 photos of the odd, interesting, colourful and unique things that Dax finds to photograph.

Project 365 - July

A little late but what else is new? These are all photos taken in San Francisco while I was there with my hubby. He took over 2000 photos in 4 days!!!!!

Project 365 February 2010

So, it has become very obvious to me that I do not have the time to upload photos daily or even weekly. I have decided that I will do a mosaic once a month. Here is February!

Project 365 Days 5 through 8

So, okay, the problem I had of having trouble deciding which picture to use each day when I was on vacation has turned into the opposite problem since I have been back at work. I am lucky if I remember that I have my camera with me and to take even one picture each day!

Obviously, this whole Project 365 takes some training of the brain to get into the habit of picture taking randomly throughout the day.

Also, all of my best intentions of getting on each day, downloading that day's photo and writing some scintillating prose to go with it has also fallen by the wayside. Obviously, whoever has done this project before did not have a teenage daughter who was a Facebook junkie or a husband who loves to play computer games.

So, here is my offering from Tuesday through Friday of this week.

Day 5 Bosley is better than any Gund could ever hope to be.

Day 6 Winter Sunrise 

It was so stunningly beautiful and I know that this photo really does not do it justice. The morning was crisp, clear and filled with sunbeams bouncing off the trees and rooftops. It was one of those morning where you are just glad to be alive and healthy enough to be out walking and having the chance to appreciate Earth's beauty.   

 
Day 7 The Three B's

These are a few of my favourite things: Bosley, books and my bed. Oh, I love my oh, so cozy and comfy bed. My husband puts heating pads into it before I climb in and it is so toasty warm and welcoming.  
 

Day 8 Nature's Heart

Can you see the way the bark has peeled to reveal the heart? I walk by this tree each and every day on my way to school and I never noticed the heart before. This project is forcing me to pay attention to my surroundings more and then stop to document the marvels I find. 

Now, if only I can remember to take the camera out and use it more often! I am tired of my photos being ones I took either first thing in the morning or late at night. I want to take time to smell the roses during the day, too. That is my goal for this week.

Cheers! 

Project 365 - Day 2 Morning Nirvana

I never expected it to be hard to decide which picture to use each day. I only took 8 pictures today but there was something about each of them that spoke to me.

This was my first photo of the day and shows probably the most important morning ritual I have. Coffee...aaaah....coffee. It truly is my morning nirvana. I know that I am addicted to the caffeine but that is okay with me. I don't smoke, do drugs, drink to excess or do anything else that would be considered a risky behaviour. So, if caffeine is my vice, my crutch, my morning sigh of relief, so be it.

Project 365 - Day 1 I am the key to my success...

I have decided to challenge myself this year. I want to blog more and need something to keep me blogging. So, I am going to do a picture project and take one picture a day for a year. Can I do it? Yes, I can. Will I do it? Ah, now that is the true question.

So, here goes...

I am the key to my success...