Maybe I'll try this again next year...

Well, I made it more than half the year before I lost steam with my photo-a-day project... I'll start up again in 2010 and see how far I can make it this time around. Have a happy, safe holiday season! See you in 2010!!

More work today...

My poor camera is going to develop a complex if I don't start using it for something other than trying to sell the junk around my house!!

Working

My camera was my workhorse today - only took some photos of "stuff" I was going to post on craigslist...

Tuesday

This is getting ridiculous...

At first, my excuse for not posting my daily photos was that I was busy studying for my chemistry class. Then, once the class ended, my excuse was that I was busy getting caught up on everything I put off while studying so much for chemistry. I think I've run out of excuses... There were many days these past few weeks that I barely had it in me to pick up my camera, let alone put any thought into a photo - those days are pretty easy to spot... Other days I only had photos shot with my phone's camera... And I even missed a day (July 22)... But here I am again, and here are the photos:


Today - Work being done to replace the retaining wall on the north side of our house




Sunday, August 2 -




Saturday, August 1 - Luis wanted donuts for his birthday instead of a cake...




Friday, July 31 - Black beans




Thursday, July 30 - I have a really hard time working when things around me are disorganized. No wonder it's taken me three weeks to post photos, by the looks of my desk!




Wednesday, July 29 -




Tuesday, July 28 - Demolition of the old railroad tie retaining wall, day 1




Monday, July 27 - This library is being renovated




Sunday, July 26 -




Saturday, July 25 - This stump is giving the construction guys some problems...




Friday, July 24 - Documenting a shipment




Thursday, July 23 -




Tuesday, July 21 -




Monday, July 20 - I thought this was pretty cool. When the tree trimmer finished cutting down the tree in the back yard to get ready for replacing the retaining wall, I noticed one cross section of a tree branch was heart-shaped.




Sunday, July 19 - View from the Illinois side of the Mississippi, returning home from a weekend out of town




Saturday, July 18 - Yare




Friday, July 17 - Testing my father-in-law's camera which I'll be taking with me out of town instead of my big camera




Thursday, July 16 -




Wednesday, July 15 - Cousins




Tuesday, July 14 - Mario and our nephew, Nick, hanging out




Monday, July 13 -




Sunday, July 12 -

Friday & Saturday

Today - Miriam painted a picture yesterday, and this is a macro shot of swirls in the dried up paint




Friday, July 10, 2009 - The tree in our back yard, literally.

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday

Today - The guys showed up late this afternoon to start cutting down the tree next to the retaining wall that is being replaced.




Wednesday, July 8, 2009 - This is the tree that has to go before work can begin on tearing out the retaining wall.




Luis did NOT want me to take his picture!

Happy birthday, Mario!

The Pineapple Upside-Down cake I made for Mario's birthday - yummy!

It's JULY already?!?!

Today - Sunday, July 5, 2009 - this is a cart in our kitchen where Miriam keeps all of her various treasures. She knows just where everything is on here!




Saturday, July 4, 2009 - Fruit salad, yummy-yummy!




Friday, July 3, 2009 - Gazpacho is so refreshing in the summer!




Thursday, July 2, 2009 - This is a card made from a photo I took at the Botanical Garden. One of these days I'm going to put cards up for sale on my Etsy site...




Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - The chemistry class I'm taking this summer has me housebound most of the time, studying, so I find myself looking around the house at the end of the day for something to photograph... This is a project Luis made in school near the end of the year - Happy Sun!

Like some TV shows, my hiatus was longer than expected...

Ugh. My eye has been twitching all day, and I have a huge headache! But I WILL get these photos posted today - I WILL, dammit! And without further ado, here they are - Colorado trip through today...


Today, June 30, 2009 - Time for another self-portrait




Monday, June 29, 2009 - Cardinals vs. San Francisco Giants. The Cards lost, but our tickets, including food and drinks, were free so it was all good!




Sunday, June 28, 2009 - Looking across the plaza toward the Student Center at the Meramec campus of St. Louis Community College where I'm taking prerequisite classes for a nursing program.




Saturday, June 27, 2009 - A cool skylight in the ceiling of the Lecture Hall building at Meramec.




Friday, June 26, 2009 - Laundry day...




Thursday, June 25, 2009 - My brother-in-law, Jorge, was visiting for the week, and we all were enjoying hanging out with him on his last night in town.




Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - I studied all day for a chemistry exam this evening so all I could muster for a photo was a shot of Max's still-uneaten dog food. Lame, I know.




Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - Preparing for the chem exam.




Monday, June 22, 2009 - My bananas got a bit overripe and fell off the stems!




Sunday, June 21, 2009 - Just got home the night before from Colorado and spent the day getting things around the house taken care of. Couldn't even think about a photo - so it's Max once again...




Saturday, June 20, 2009 - Our last day in Colorado, and Audrey was being a sweet little goof!




Friday, June 19, 2009 - The 6-month-old baby of some friends. Look at that smile!! I think this was just before he peed on the rug...




Thursday, June 18, 2009 - My new niece, Scarlett - 3 weeks old here.




Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - In Rocky Mountain National Park




Tuesday, June 16, 2009 - My sweet niece, Audrey




Monday, June 15, 2009 - Miriam holding her new cousin, Scarlett




Sunday, June 14, 2009 - Audrey in the back yard




Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Miriam on the plane to Colorado, before takeoff