This was option #2. Boring! :)
Just a random bloggy blog for photographs, thoughts, kindergarten teaching experiences, my 365 Project, and basically a place where I can clear my head and share myself with others....nothing too personal, nothing too introspective, nothing too ooey gooey or emotional. Just random. Like me. :)
1.03.2011
1.02.2011
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So, I've started off on the right foot... I can hardly believe it.
Here's the thing: I never understood why I couldn't work the focus when on manual with my pretty little Canon Rebel XT. I've had it for about 5 years. It's ok, you can laugh. This past week, Bestie and I were taking pictures of my great niece and I wanted to try the manual focus because I've been attempting to learn about f stops and getting the little blurry effect in the background while the focul point is sharp. Well, needless to say after 5 years of having the camera, I can now focus in manual by turning the focus part of the lens... not the zoom part of the lens. Duh! :)
Here's Day 2: a dusty piano with some pretty blurry lights from the Christmas tree in the background. The dust speaks volumes about how little I play and how much I'd like to.
Here's the thing: I never understood why I couldn't work the focus when on manual with my pretty little Canon Rebel XT. I've had it for about 5 years. It's ok, you can laugh. This past week, Bestie and I were taking pictures of my great niece and I wanted to try the manual focus because I've been attempting to learn about f stops and getting the little blurry effect in the background while the focul point is sharp. Well, needless to say after 5 years of having the camera, I can now focus in manual by turning the focus part of the lens... not the zoom part of the lens. Duh! :)
Here's Day 2: a dusty piano with some pretty blurry lights from the Christmas tree in the background. The dust speaks volumes about how little I play and how much I'd like to.
1.01.2011
1/365
Happy New Year!
I don't do resolutions. I don't follow through because I quickly realize that I'm just setting myself up for failure. "Resolutions are for quitters" we saw on a greeting card somewhere. It is so true. I swear I see the humor in that.
If I resolve to do anything, it's going to be to do more of the things that I love. Paint, draw, teach, write, sing, take pictures, laugh, smile, read, cook, dream... those sorts of easy things that soothe the soul and calm the nerves. That's what I resolve to do: more smiley happy things and to make the most of those smiley happy moments. Sounds simple. It's not going to be.
I've read on blogs and in magazine articles about many different people and their many different artistic projects. One of which is "A Photo a Day for 365 Days." I don't know who started it so I can't give proper credit, but today is the perfect day to start such a project. So, here I go. A photo a day for 365 days.
I realize that I may not complete this project. I must also realize that most of the photos added will either be of random things at home, the furry children, or insanely random snapshots taken on the glorious iPhone of Happiness. However, my goal is to learn more about photography & Photoshop while also getting out of my rut of doing absolutely nothing that I truly love to do.
Maybe next year it will a painting a day...or a movie a day... or I know, I know! A dessert a day. Yeah... I'll resolve to do that for the year that the world is supposed to come to an end.
If it's gonna end in 2012, let's end it with dessert!! :)
Work may get in the way.
School may get in the way.
Lack of motivation may get in the way.
Many photographs may be terrible.
I may not Photoshop all of them.
I will certainly over-process many of them.
I'll probably skip a day or two...or a week or two.
I will probably change the name of my bloggy blog...maybe to "Bloggy Blog."
I may never share my bloggy blog.
Nobody may give a crap-a-doodle.
I do.
Isn't that really all that matters? I talk to myself in my head all the time. :)
Here's to 365 days of doing (and improving) something that I absolutely love.
1. I'm starting off very simple with Doggie Doodle in the Backyard
12.15.2010
Self-Reflection....
I realize that I only have one follower (K, I adore you) so this post is sort of self-indulgent...however, I need it. I have to sit back and reflect on who I am and who it is that I truly wish to be. These things are partially one and the same.
1. I am a teacher. I want to be a better teacher.
2. I am a friend. I want to be a better friend.
3. I am a dork. I want to be a dorkier dork.
How hard can those things be, really? Turns out, they are INSANELY difficult.
1. I'm going to really have to focus and practice not only being true to myself, but also being to true to those around me; including the beautifully sweet munchkins in my clasroom. As a child advocate, as a teacher, as a human being I have to protect them and I have to make sure that they are successful & safe. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs demonstrates that safety must exist before learning and "self-actualization" can take place. Upon self-reflection, I need to amp-up my bravery meter and speak out on behalf of my children so that they can reach the tippy top of that hierarchy and be the best that they can be. Not until then, will I be a better teacher.
ADVOCATE
2. In order to be a better friend I have to be a better me. Self-reflection, time to relax, getting out of my quiet little solitary conmfort zone, and reaching out to others will make that possible.
TRUST
3. Becoming a dorkier dork means I have to keep that bravery meter up and stop being afra
id to put myself out there. New opportunities, new adventures, and bigger laughs won't come until I'm willing to dork it up.
DORK-IT-UP
4. There isn't a number 4... I just felt the need to end on an even number. Dorkier dork. Yup. Definitely got that part covered! :)
12.03.2010
Colorado.....
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| Dog park somewhere near Boulder.... was a beautiful, windy, and cold experience but I'd love to do it again. :) |
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| Bestie taking pics of a tree at the dog park. |
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| Grady and Babe |
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| Something somewhere on the way home from CO. Dirty lens and filthy windshield... LOL |
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| Downtown Morrison, CO |
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| Gorgeousness.... taken from an open car window. |
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| This made my day in Red Rocks...he's blurry but beautiful and man was I happy to see him! :) |
8.29.2010
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3.18.2010
Spring Break :)
This Spring Break has been a time of friendship, reflection, gettin' dirty in the yard, and sleepin' late... I have so needed this time. Thank heaven for the shining sun, my bestest friend in the world, and the little bitty chainsaw that took out a hateful tree.
I <3 Spring Break! :)
2.12.2010
Snow in 2010 :)
Well, it has been quite awhile since I've opened the blogger but... I'm compelled to play with pictures of the gorgeous snow and share them. Hard to believe this happened in North Texas. My area got about 10 inches of gloriously fluffy pure white flakes of happiness... what fun! :)
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