7/365 2011 (2010)

I didin't take a picture today. But, I took this picture a year ago today!

I'm surprised it took me 6 days to think of this. On days when I'm busy/lazy/uninspired, I'll mine through the archives and see what I come up with.

This butterfly is in the public garden at Crossroads. It's tucked in the parking lot between the Top Foods and Sports Authority.

ps: oops. Just realized this photo is from 1/6, not 1/7. I thought today was the 6th. :-|

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Picture info: shot with BlackBerry 8900

Crossroads with the kids to sell "sell" some books to Half-Price Books.  We took a bunch of kids books, maybe 40 in total and were offered a whopping $3.75 for the lot.

Of course, we took the cash.

This shot looked cool in my mind. Via the BB, though, not so much. That trail of white in the top middle are those hideous icicle lights that were so trendy a few years ago. It may have looked cool in the shot had I not shot them straight on, but I felt geeky enough holding the phone up that I just took the one shot and split.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/3200, f/3.50, 18mm, Av

I took the day off work today because the kids had the day off from school. We ran around all day, hitting appointments (Haley, Bella and Haley), and then, at the end of it, me and Rye went to the park at Crossroads.

Marci met us there later and on the way out, I saw this cool grate in a covered area. I put the camera on the ground and hit the shutter.

Stay tuned for a set from our hour at the park.

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/500, f/3.50, 50mm, Sport mode

Marci, Riley and I headed to the Crossroads park today. It was GORGEOUS out and we were able to get some much needed sun rays on bare skin.

I saw these kids skating in the covered area by the bathrooms so I moseyed over and asked if I could take some pix. They were happy to oblige, though they used strange words like, "hella" and "dope".

:)

Anyway, I took a bunch of shots and tried to make them look cool. I liked this one because 1) the kid is obviously airborne, 2) there's little background clutter (re: other kids, etc), and 3) there's clearly a "no skateboarding" sign in the corner.

Oops.

They were cool though, and enthused that I wasn't a pedophile.

Remember! Skateboarding (and photography) is not a crime!

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Picture info: ISO 100, 1/1000, f/1.8, 50mm

What a nice day today! I took Bella for a walk and had the camera in tow. I took some pictures of things around the neighborhood and didn't come up with anything fabulous, though I did like this fire hydrant. I had a horizontal shot I liked better, but I cut the bottom off. It was tough holding a pulling dog in one hand and a camera steady in the other.

It was such a nice day we took Bella out twice. Sold some Girl Scout cookies with Haley. Hit our local Blockbuster that is going out of business. I went to Lund Bros. practice and worked on our tunes.

Then Bella went and ruined it all tonight by eating her poop. Again.

We can't figure her out. She's pretty much a great dog 99.99% of the time, though she has gotten really annoying with wanting to go out every hour or so. She'll pee and then goof around and get some air. Tonight, I decided to let her out with her neck lamp. Usually when I do that, if I call her as soon as she's done with #2, she bolts home. I couldn't tell tonight and when she came back to the deck, she was licking her lips, a telltale sign.

I took a whiff. Yup. Poo breath.

Anyway, I'll spare you the rest. Happy MLK Day!

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A few days ago, I realized the tabs on our Pilot expired in December. For whatever reason, we never received the renewal notice. I jumped online today and renewed them, so it was off to Crossroads to pick up the new tabs.

After doing that, I saw a little P-Patch to the side of the Sports Authority. Unfortunately, because it's the dead of winter, there was virtually nothing growing. And, sadly, there were few ornaments or interesting things to photograph save for a little figurine and a butterfly.

Lucky you, you get the figurine today. I tried one without flash (pictured) and one with. I bounced the flash off my hand to the figure, but it took on an orangey glow from my skin, so I decided to go with the natural light one.

Picture info: ISO100 1/500 f/1.8, cropped for your pleasure in Elements.