snow reflections

Second Snow

If you get a nice wet snow, you should go build small snowmen.

And then shoot at them with your airsoft guns.

That's what homeschool recess looks like at my house.

144/365 may snow

What can I say? It's Colorado.

40/365 daily beauty

This is not a photograph that was taken to employ my photography knowledge. In fact, I don't think I gave much thought to white balance, ISO, lighting, f-stops, composition, or anything else.


I took it because it's a part of the daily beauty in my life.


It's so easy to take things for granted. I'm working at not doing that quite so much. One thing that I'm more apt to take notice of is how absolutely beautiful it is to live in Colorado Springs. Having grown up here, I forget that not everyone has amazing mountains in their view, almost every day. I'm still captured when I see the Rockies, Pikes Peak in particular, from various angles, depending upon what part of town I'm in. So even though there are buildings and businesses and traffic and power lines, this is a part of what always appears on the horizon of my day.

I'm always blown away by the depths of blue in our skies and our mountains. God is a remarkable Artist and Creator.

36/365 sad firemen

The firemen were all headed to an awesome local ice cream joint, but it's closed for renovations, so they turned around and headed back to their truck, empty-handed. Poor, sad firemen.

34/365 snowy bench

11/365 snowy shadows

We've had some incredibly cold temperatures recently, so I haven't ventured out more than necessary. But I did have fun getting this cool shot of the shadows on our front step.

I had to prop open the screen door and lay on the floor in our entryway to shoot this at the angle I wanted. On a morning that was probably no more than about 10 degrees. It was a quick effort, though, so I could shut the front door and not let any more heat out! Or cold in.

365-365 I Made It

The last one of the year.



Well, I somehow made it. By the skin of my teeth. (Where did that saying come from, anyway, and what does it mean?)

As is typical for me, I'm consistently inconsistent. For awhile, I stay caught up, then I slip a little behind. Catch up again, hang in there awhile, and then fall behind. And so on. And so forth. However, last year when I tried this project, I only made it about two months. This year, I actually have 365 days of photos posted.

Things I want to think about for next year's project:

1. I posted metadata early on, but then stopped. I'd like to do it again. It's helpful when you're trying to learn how to take better photos.
2. I didn't participate in many of the memes and challenges for the 365 Project. I'd really like to do that next year.
3. It might be good to tackle one particular function of my camera or a certain skill each week/month (aperture, lighting, composition, etc.)
4. I need to upload my pix faster. Sometimes I get lazy.
5. It was very helpful to keep a log of my photos in a little notebook. There were days when I couldn't remember if a certain photo had been posted or not and it was simpler to just take a peek in the logbook. {Also helpful for those times I got a little behind. Which I don't plan to do next year. Famous last words.}

This has been a lot of fun. I've really enjoyed hopping around to visit the other participants' blogs - there are some very talented and inspiring ladies out there. I'm excited to do it again.

You're welcome to join in the fun. You can get the scoop over at Mommytography and be inspired, encouraged, and perhaps make some new friends. We'd love to have you!

Wishing a glorious and blessed New Year to everyone!!

2010 Project 365

2011 Project 365

364-365 frosted grass

363-365 frosty chain

359-365 winter wonderland

The day after the foggy day was gorgeous!

352-365 snow sweeper

That's my boy - shorts and sandals year-round.

The colored lights on him are the Christmas tree lights reflected in the window through which I'm taking this picture.

314-365 first snow

Last night, we had our first snow, resulting in this today.

313-365 frozen tree

113-365 blizzards

83-365 let it snow

Some snow on the Avalanche. LOL!!

A little on the van's rear view mirror as well.

49-365 snow stripe

40-365 flakes

29-365 sparkly

I LOVE how the snow has colorful sparkles across the top of a fresh layer early in the morning. Since I was still in pjs, a robe, and slippers, I only ventured out a little ways and caught this.

The challenge is getting the colorful sparkles, which can only be captured while blurred, but not focusing on something goofy. Although it seems that any focus distracts you from the colors. But no focal point just looks weird. I'm sure I'll have a few more opportunities to tackle this one.

28-365 snowcap