January 11th - Winter

Winter in Houston - dead trees and blue skies!

January 10th - Happy Birthday Aunt Joanie!

January 10th is one of those occasions that draws us out to the cemetary. This would have been Joanie's 53rd birthday. We went to take pink tulips out to her, and when we got there, there were already a lot of flowers out. There are two trees on either side of the mosoleum (spelling?), and someone attached artificial butterflies to the tree branches, and someone hung a cute little "Thank You" pendant as well. Wherever she is, there is magic.

January 9th..

Bikes, Bikes, EVERYWHERE!

January 8th...

Because I just couldn't resist the "Alien Crossing the Street" sign!

January 7th - Random Electrical Tower Things

You'll probably notice throughout the course of this blog that I am fascinated by things that come in multiples. I have no idea why, but it fascinates me to see these electrical things and just how many of them there are and how long the extend past my line of vision.

January 6th - Purple: Fingernails!!

In a complicated world, all Karsyn really wants is painted fingernails and to only wear PJ's.

January 5th - Walking on Broken Glass

Because if I hadn't cleaned it up immediately, we would have been! A freak stacking-the-dishes-to-dry accident produced this beautiful blue mess, and almost caused me to mess my pants! I wouldn't hang this picture in my house or anything, but I thought it'd look nice against my black blog background.

January 4th - A Pair of Smiling Eyes

This smile is what saves Karsyn from spending eternity in time out. Don't let the picture deceive you, this was taken in the middle of her climbing out of her booster seat before even taking a bite of her food. As you can tell, instead of disciplining her, I got out the camera! Clearly you can't parent from behind a camera lens..

A Year in Pictures

I'm joining some friends in a quest to use my camera every single day. The title of this blog is representative of the direction I feel this quest will take me. Can I really get a worthy shot every day? Probably not. Can I get something totally random? Of course. For instance, I'm sitting here staring into my bowl of macaroni and cheese and wondering if the cheese would be as lovely in a picture. You're lucky I already have a picture for today!


January 3rd: Kids these days. 30 pound Karsyn carrying 17 pound Piper. She loves this darn cat. I have no idea why. According to Cole, all she does is shed and crap in a box. He might be right, but she does let Karsyn carry her around with minimum resistance.





January 2nd - My Life on a Shelf. I WANTED to get a shot of moving traffic and motion blur the cars, but that seemed risky considering I was in a moving vehicle when the idea came to me. Instead, I went home and shot random things sitting on the shelf my mom gave me for Christmas. In essence, this edited picture can sum up my life. The letter C is the first letter of our last name, and is the first and last initial of my husband, who gave me Direction. The C is sitting in front of finger-paint art created by Karsyn, who gave me Purpose. The motion blur is appropriate, because everything seems to move in fast forward these days!








January 1st, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I was unaware there was a challenge at this point, so you get my VERY first photograph of the New Year!





And now I'm off to fulfill my first of many New Years resolutions... clean out the closet, out of which I've so far pulled maybe 100 gift bags, a blow up mattress, a ride on toy, a chia planet, and the card reader I've been searching so fervently for!