Project 365: Day 17

Day 17: My friend texted me to let me know that the sky was particularly beautiful tonight. It's hard to truly capture the sunset from our house as there are too many other houses and trees in the way, but I was able to get this shot...and with the exception of that annoying telephone wire in the middle of the picture, I rather like the shot. :)

Once Upon a January Sunday

I spent Sunday afternoon with friends. We hadn't really had the opportunity to hang out downtown, outside in while...since summer, I would guess. So it was great fun and I'm glad we got to do it. The weather was great - about 50 degrees - and it was a wonderful afternoon.

 This pond is normally not frozen (obviously) so it was kind of fun to see it frozen. Some of my friends tried walking on it (the ice was about 5-6" thick, I think they said) but I was not brave enough. Of course. :)

 We walked down by the river, too, because it was quite pretty.

 Here's the whole gang...minus myself, since I was taking the picture, and minus one of the guys who didn't want to be in the picture. :) Some of these people I've known and been hanging out with for years. Some of them I have not known fore more than a year or two. But all of them are awesome people, and great friends. :)

 And to close...the bird you see in this last picture (if you look really closely) is a bald eagle. :) Click on the picture to make it bigger if you can't see the eagle. :)

Project 365: Day 16

Day 16: Our weather during the latter part of last week was rather abnormal for January. Instead of being the frigid temperatures we expect (and what we experienced at the beginning of last week), it was a balmy 50-degrees outside. It felt lovely. I spent the day with friends after church. We went to lunch, and then walked all over. Eventually we went out to Higgin's Point which is a good spot for watching bald eagles. We noticed it smelled kind of odd out there and realized eventually that the shore was littered with dead salmon. So I thought that would make a, well, "different" sort of picture for my daily shot. :)

**Edited to add: My friend Abe informed/reminded me that the salmon are kokanee, nicknamed blueback. Thanks, Abe. :) **

Project 365: Day 15

Day 15: My mom suggested that once a month, as close to the same date each month as possible, I take a picture of the same spot in our yard, and watch the transition from month to month, season to season. I have decided to try to take a picture of our yard on the 15th of each month. After taking one picture I thought I would actually take two different directions off our deck. And I figured out how to put them together into one picture. So here is our yard on January 15, 2011. In other news, since I am half-way through January, I have now completed 1/24th of this challenge. Not a very large percentage (only 4%), but hey...it's a start!

Project 365: Day 14

Day 14: I was cold and it was a bit rainy, so I decided that a delicious mug full of hot cocoa, topped with whipped cream and sprinkled with rainbow sprinkles sounded absolutely lovely. And it was. :)

Project 365: Day 13

Day 13: Quite honestly, I almost missed taking a picture today! I forgot to take my camera to my ballroom dance class, or I would've taken a picture there (and the sunset tonight was absolutely breathtaking and would've been nice to document, too!) But, lucky for all of us, I did not let the night completely escape without taking a picture. So I decided, for lack of other inspiration, to stack up some of the books I have checked out from the library, and take a picture. So that is what this picture is. :) I think I better start reading my way through this stack!

Project 365: Day 12

Day 12: Every Wednesday  night I get together with some of my friends for "Girl's Group." We have been meeting for about 5 years or so. The group has grown and shrunk over the years but the five of us have been the only members for about 3 years. We sometimes use a study guide for a study but this time we decided to pick a book of the Bible, and do a chapter a week. We're each taking turns leading the discussion. Tonight we began the book of Esther.