Day 30: in motion

Cameras are too smart sometimes.  When I wanted to create motion on my point and shoot, I had to turn off the stabilizer, because my camera thought it was being so smart - the more I moved the camera to create motion, the faster the shutter would go, thereby creating no movement.  What in the world did I do to create these photos? - I got smart.  Not only was my stabilizer off, I put my timer on and used the camera strap to swing the camera around.  I think they turned out pretty cool!

Day 24: a smile

My heart smiles when I get mail - real mail, not bills but real mail.  You know, the kind where someone wrote your name on the envelope, bought a stamp and placed something special inside, just for you!  It always brings a smile to my face and my heart!

Day 29: purchased

I went to Ten Thousand Villages today to pick up a gift and I was so excited to find the their assortment of food and drink had greatly expanded!  The most exciting thing was the Camino juices (actually, the choice of Camino products grew exponentially considering it was basically just chocolate before).  These juices are fair trade as well as organic!

Here's what it says on the side of the juice box:

Join us in the joyful food revolution
Welcome to the path, or in Spanish, the camino.  Your purchase of a Camino product is a step forward on the path towards change.  Through the joy of drinking this refreshing beverage, you are contributing to building vibrant, sustainable communities here and throughout South America.

Taste of change.  Taste of Camino.

www.tasteofcamino.com

Day 16: what i ate

After a busy week of teaching, it was time to veg and what could be more perfect than pizza on a Friday night?!

Day 4: favorite color

 

My favorite color (thanks in part to my grade 7 teacher Mrs. Peters) is purple.  I also love brown and green.

day 1: self portrait

Good ol' school pictures!  Not bad for a self portrait - a picture of a picture!

Day 15: my shoes

How to pick just one pair. . .I decided on my new TOMS (check out www.tomsshoes.ca - one for one).  Yep, the journey is the destination. . .one foot in front of another. . .step by step.

Day 28: daily routine

 

For the past 3 months at the shelter, 6 a.m. used to be the hour that I had to push through to stay awake until 8, when my shift was over.  Now, it's the time that the alarm clock rings and announces the start of a new day. . .so off to school I go!

Day 17: on the shelf

 




What's
on my
shelves?
Books of
course!!

Day 19: where i slept

After spending a few nights in Winnipeg, it was great to come back home to my own bed tonight.  After working 3 months of nights at the shelter, this week I've realized just how little sleep I got then and just how sleep deprived I am.  Hoping to change that soon. . .don't know how successful I will be with all the work I have to do for school now!

Day 18: in my bag

everything except. . .

Days 26 & 7: something old, something new

 

I couldn't decide which day this picture belonged to, so it's both something old and something new.  I'm back teaching (old) in a school where I previously taught (old).  I'm teaching grade 9 & 10 science (thankfully old!) in the same classroom (old) but everything is different (new).  It feels kind of like coming home, but home (and its faces) has changed a lot in the 6 years since I was last there.

Day 2: what i wore

This is the best I could do with today's theme.  The outfit for my first day of teaching yesterday was rather cute, if I do say so myself!

Day 6: childhood memory

I'm heading back to school today and I don't think that I feel that much different from my very first day of school for kindergarten.  One childhood memory I have is my mom taking a picture of me (and then me & Lyndon, and then me, Lyndon & Lee) before heading off on the first day of the new year.

It may seem like a bit of an odd picture, but I've been following Dear Photograph (dearphotograph.com) and I wanted to make a submission - this picture works for my own photo challenge as well as theirs.  By the way, it's harder than it looks to take this type of picture!

Day 12: close-up

LOVING the macro (almost as much as this beautiful pink gerbera daisy)!!

I may not be able to go back to my SLR (not without a macro lens anyway!).

Day 13: from a distance

I know people have differing opinions about the windmills that were put up in southern Manitoba around St. Joseph, but I personally love them.  I think that they are a great renewable resource and they are quite a sight to behold.  If you haven't seen them yet, take a drive down and check them out.  You will definitely be able to see them from a distance!

Day 3: clouds

Amazing clouds. . .in front of an awesome sign!

Day 8: technology

As you can probably tell, I've been using my macro setting a lot while working on this project (and I've had a lot of fun with it!).  It took me a while to get this shot because my point-and-shoot was not focusing where I wanted it to.  I finally got the right angle so that I was happy with the place of focus.  My laptop is very literally my life and I am quite lost without it (and my internet connection)!  I wonder how many keystrokes I've logged on this keyboard since I got it at the beginning of 2009. . .

Day 10: something i made

I spend 3 hours stitching baby blankets for my family
& friends when they welcome a baby in their lives.

Day 14: flower(s)

Day 27: after dark

 

Only a few more nights left crossing Mountain & Main at around 11:45 p.m. for work.  Next week I'll be going to work in the light at a much earlier hour!

Day 23: sunset

Taken through the windshield of my car. . .while driving. . .don't try this at home!

Day 11: something fun

something fun. . .a giant cup of coffee with a friend

Day 20: what i read

Yikes, where do I even start with a theme like "what i read"? - I mean, I can't even fit all the books I've read in the last year in one picture that I'd be happy with. So I picked the one book that is the most important to me, the Bible. Some days it's hard to read - because of how busy I am or because of the content of the text. Other days I don't want to stop - because God speaks through it and it touches something deep within me. I photographed one of my favorite chapters, Isaiah 58.

Stay hungry. Stay foolish.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc&feature=player_embedded

Day 22: trees

I LOVE trees!  And at this time of the year, seeing them turn color from greens to reds and yellows and oranges is simply amazing.  It stirs something within me that I cannot describe in words.  The fall is upon us, even though the temperatures don't feel that way - to reach 30 in the summer is one thing, but at the beginning of October is unheard of!  Be sure to get out and enjoy the changing leaves and the beautiful weather!

Day 25: sunflare

 

  

Hope that you were able to get outside today

and enjoy the beautiful weather and vote!

Day 21: pretty pattern

 

pretty pattern. . .enough said

Day 9: faceless self portrait

Since moving in August, my bike and I have trekked many miles together.  I have biked to work and to the pool, but there are also great biking trails in town that I've taken advantage of.  I've been lucky in biking to work - it's only rained a few times and when it did, it was just a light rain.  I guess I'll see what happens when the snow flies (maybe that won't happen this year?!?).  Here I had to stop at an intersection and wait for a few cars when I noticed the reflection in the water and my shadow, so this is my faceless self portrait of one of the new activities in my life.

Day 5: someone i love

My dog Sydney is definitely someone I love!  She greets me with unbounding love and admiration every time I see her!  Getting a picture of her is always a challenge since she doesn't sit still for very long (unless you're giving her a belly rub and then it's difficult to take a picture!).