Showing posts with label joyoflove. Show all posts
Showing posts with label joyoflove. Show all posts

Friday, February 11, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 12: Eyes


{The eyes are the window to the soul}

Tomorrow's assignment is to take a photo that focus's on your loved one's eyes. I captured this shot of Bella this evening, before she and Andy left for the Daddy-Daughter Valentine Dance. I'm not sure I can top this one tomorrow...but I'll try!

Joy of Love, Day 11: Dreams

Anyone who is friends with my husband on Facebook will be all too familiar with his dream. He comments on his life goal weekly: "Is it time yet for us to sell everything and retire to a sailboat?" Well, this isn't exactly the sailboat he had in mind - I don't think 14 feet would hold my hoards of junk - but this is us taking baby steps. (Thank you again and again Seehavers!)


Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 08: Gift from the Heart

The hubby and I have been together 15 years and he has learned I love anything in the little blue box. A few years ago, he bought me a piece of jewelry for Christmas from *gasp* another jewelry store. However, he decided to play with my head a little by giving me a little blue box, and in it....this little blue box, ceramic style! Now I have a place to keep my non-little-blue-box necklace. :)

(I'm really not a jewelry snob who wears only Tiffany. I just get excited when I DO get Tiffany! It's so pretty and shiny and silvery!)

Monday, February 7, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 07: Generations

This assignment was a toughie. We don't have any nearby family, so getting multiple generations together is a challenge on short notice. I decided to "borrow" an idea I've seen used by many photographers. This isn't my best effort - no catchlights in the eyes for starters - but when I downloaded my pics and realized this, I couldn't very well get my subject out of bed for some more shots! It was fun to edit though. :)


Sunday, February 6, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 06: who THEY love

This is Bella's beloved Bun Bun. Bun Bun has been her love for 6 years. Andy bought her when we lived in Gettysburg and used to take Bella for walks on what we called "The Bunny Trail". We would walk through the battlefield beside our house in the evenings and find families of bunnies there to feed our carrots. Bella received Bun Bun from her Daddy that year for Christmas and has slept with her ever since.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 05: Love to Hate

With a subject like "Love to Hate", how could I choose just one target? I chose one for each of my loved ones, including myself out of guilt for raking the others over the coals.

First, THE MEN-FOLK:

I chose toilet for so many reasons. My first pet peeve is when my hubby finishes in the restroom, he drops the toilet seat down with a *SLAM*. So, so loud. I know I should thank my lucky stars that he puts the seat down at all, but does he have to slam it? Now the boy does the same thing when he uses the oval office. Nice.
The boy definitely lacks in the aim department. Really, really bad aim. (Note to self: replace mesh trash basket beside toilet in powder room.)

The boy often forgets to flush. I'll spare you the photo for this.

Second, THE GIRL:

Room cleaning is not her forte. She's a huge clutter bug. I need to help her clean so she doesn't just move stuff around, but at this point it would probably be much faster to just clean it myself! Add that she likes to play dolls in the closet, and there's pretty much nowhere sacred. This is her closet after her idea of cleaning. (The dolls you see are swinging...not by the neck, but it does look a little creepy!)

Third, THE DOGS:

I already covered rock-chasing on Day 3, so that leaves me with wet footprints today! Ugh, anyone with a pet can relate.

Finally, ME!

I think if my hubby were to choose one of his biggest pet peeves, it would be my habit of leaving stuff on the stairs. I leave things that must go up on the steps because I'm way too lazy to climb them repeatedly! I hear about this occasionally when he falls over something waaay too large for the space. Oops.


Joy of Love, Day 04: What They Wear, Part Deux

I couldn't resist representing Andrew in the "What They Wear" category of my class. This is the most recent addition to his attire:


Friday, February 4, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 04: What They Wear

No outfit is complete without a hairbow.
Even if the hair is messy.
New Crocs are a must, even with crazy crocodiles on them.
A BSD Performance Company Jacket....
mandatory attire on Mondays and Wednesdays!
And of course, Bella Bottoms.
(Dubbed as such by Bella's beloved second grade teacher, Mrs. Denby)
The final collection
(If only I could figure out how to make my collages appear larger. Suggestions?)

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Joy of Love, Day 01: What They Do



Hello, my name is Lucy and I am obsessed with rocks. I chase them. I chew them. I sometimes swallow them. I cannot stop. I may not bring them into the house, but my people find them in the couch and chair cushions. My people make the rocks go away but I dig up the driveway to make more. I love rocks.

Joy of Love


Ok, it's been forever since I blogged but now I have a great excuse/motivator to start back up. My dear YOUNG friend Allison (we do not use the term "old") is a photographer and blog-enthusiast. She has started taking an online class (FREE if you can imagine that!) that challenges you to learn/brush up on photography skills using your favorite subjects: those you love the most. My other YOUNG friend Amy and I are jumping into this class on day 3 and both of us are loving it already. (Although I cringe at some of the photos I've taken over the years.) Here goes:

Day 3: Then and Now


THANK YOU WILLETTE DESIGNS! I am not sure when I'll find the time to do this each day, but I'll do my best! http://www.willettedesigns.com/?p=3272