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Showing posts with label Project 365. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Project 365. Show all posts

Zoo Photography, Shutterbug Session

91/365: 

This was SO much fun.  
We began our “photo safari” at 7am (prime time for animal activity) and had 2 full hours to click away before the Zoo opened to guests.
Seriously, SO fun.

















Many thanks to this guy for taking me along :) 



Project 365, March 27th-30th

87/365: Blessed

I love it here…
I love our little life together…
Nothing is sweeter than being happy with where He has you…


88/365: Purging & Cleaning & Reorganizing

“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.” ~William Morris


89/365: Tradies About

tradies have been parading about the place today…

our backdoor besieged…
by framing gizmos, stucco patch & various painting supplies…

because, somewhere along the line, the frame that encompassed our backdoor warped…  


thankfully, our builder agreed to fix it, (best part) at no cost to us…
it’s now good as new :)

90/365: Hope
“Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.” ~ Romans 12:12


DIY Outdoor Lighting

80/365:
on a roll friends, so on a roll…



feeling a bit wired to create…
using bits of this and that, found lolling about the place…

this, our new porch lighting, was practically free…
step one: save a few old jam jars and things of the sort…



minus them of their labels…


add desired amount of sand…


toss in a candle…


& there you have it, instant outdoor lighting for us, at dusk, out here on our new front porch…

Spring

79/365: 

tomorrow it’s officially “The First Day of Spring”
count me in… yes, we’re all about that…
spring “cleaning” the baseboards & wainscoting…
via a fresh coat of white paint…
due, muchly, to the fact that I’d rather paint than scrub… ;)


my reward?
this purdy new lady…



inhale… exhale…
spring...
the longer days of spring and summer are just ahead…
yea buddy…

Last Weekend

77/365: Saturday {ramble alert}

pouring rain and gusty winds stirred me awake afore my alarm ever had the chance…

I’m a fan of raining mornings…
I quite like them…


he made me smile this morning when he sent me this picture…
because we’ve been there, in Westwood, together, once before…
“just friends” at the time…


but were the Mister and I ever really just friends?
I think not…
you could call it whatever you like…
but from day one, we were drawn, like magnets, to each other…


still are…

so today, as he was there on business, this picture made me smile…
it was one of the first places we ever went together…

my first and only memory of boba…
he bought me a drink and I, unknowingly, took a sip…
some slimy chunk came up the straw and I about puked it up all over the table…


a memory to smile at…
oh and yes, I'm ready for the Mister to be back home this evening…


this morning’s pounding rain did, finally, reduce itself to a drizzle…
& I seized the day’s one and only opportunity to squeeze in a late morning run…
quite rewarding…
fresh, crisp air…
the smell of fire burning in the neighbor’s chimneys…
fascinated by the colors of a rainy day…
the way stormy weather manufactures brilliant contrast…
wet tarmac and soaked tree trunks,
juxtaposed against soft white flowers in bloom…
wispy, grey clouds moving quickly, just about the tree tops,
striking immovable, sodden foothills of deep green…


and then :) the Mister was home (insert happy dance)
a present for me in tow…

does he know me, or does he know me???

78/365: a Sunday in the life

awaking to the sound of rain on the roof
Mark 3
lovely lunch date with my man
item scored off the pottery barn clearance shelf
John Carter Imax 3d
musical art--we moved the infamous black beauty to a more prominent location & added these guys to the master bedroom





& there you have it, a Sunday in the life...

Girlie & Lovely & Happy...

76/365:
pre-dawn spin class…



grey marine-layer morning… 


scalding-hot shower + a bowl of steaming oatmeal…
8am NAP :) indulgence...
(because the Mister was still away on business & I could stay up late getting all of the day's to-do's crossed off the list)...

10am sunshine…
3/5 of today’s tasks got checked off the day-planner…

& then I got distracted with beads…

you see, these 3 bracelets were in the “fix-me” pile…


they've been waiting for new life for quite some time...


& what started as 3, became 6…



+ 2 pairs of earrings…


& it didn’t cost me a dime…


mostly because I used broken bits...
and also
because I disassembled bits of old prom jewelry that me & high-school BFF made way back in the prom days... 


I like me some bracelet and bangle layering...


a bit of jangle and jingle...


girlie & lovely & happy...

Thursday, 7-9pm

75/365: 
2 hours, 6 stores :)

because the Mister is away on business tonight :(
SO glad this is a super short trip for him :) :) :)


JOY

74/365: 


 this is my kind of “crafting”…


only 2 items needed: wooden letters & yarn…


zero talent required… if I can do it, you can too... ;)


“… In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever.” –Psalm 16:11