#photoadayapril 4/25/2012 – Looking Down

not very mind blowing, but nevertheless Looking Down… hmm maybe i should go back and do Stairs too… is that cheating?

anyway… this is a photo looking down the stairs in my house and hanging there on the railing is a quilt, my mom made that for my grandma and when we lost my grandma last year, my aunt sent the quilt back home with me to california.   i knew as i unpacked it that it would be living there on my railing.  i see a slightly modified version of this view from my office as i work each day, and on even the worst day i can look at that quilt and it connects me to so many family members, even though they are all far away in one way or another.  some day if i have a bad enough day, it could even come off that rail to be wrapped around me, but so far just the thought of those hugs are enough.  i don’t really have a lot of bad days 🙂

it is an extra bonus that the quilt is purple and teal.  those are my favorite colors and  the quilt my mom and i made for me as my first foray into quilting is also purple and teal.  and as a parting thought, a picture of my grandma with her quilt, i love that face 🙂

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#photoadayapril 4/23/2012 – vegetable

fresh corn on the cob.. or at least it will be soon.  i took this one in my mom’s garden a few years ago.

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#photoadayapril 4/19/2012 – orange

the bird of paradise.  This is one of my favorite flowers… the former owners of our home were kind enough to plant quite a few of them. they are in the front yard, the back yard and even one right by the front door.  the colors are so vibrant, they brighten my day every time i look at them.

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#photoadayapril 4/18/12 – hair

this is not a great picture, it was taken with a cell phone a few years ago… i have been wearing my hair in a mohawk-esque cut for many years now, but i don’t actually ‘mohawk’ it except for halloween or other costume related reasons.  while vacationing in missouri back in 2009 my niece thought it would be entertaining to french braid my hair.  it caused much laughter and is one of my favorite family gathering memories.

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#photoadayapril 4/17/2012 – something you don’t like

distance.  the distance between my parents and me… i live in california now, and they live where i grew up in missouri.. i love where i live, but hate how far i have to go to see my family.  i need a star trek transporter, or something to close the gap

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what an awesome resource, i often have trouble with the Depth of Field option specifically this will be very helpful in remembering which direction to change the settings to get the picture i want 🙂

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#photoadayapril 4/16/2012 – flower

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#photoadayapril – 4/15/12 – sunset

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#photoadayapril 4/14/12 – how you feel today

busy, like a bee

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#photoaday 4/13/12 – something you found

this is another from the archives.  circa 1987 or so… my Buddy cat, he literally came in my bedroom window one night soon after we had moved to a new and very unfamiliar place.  i adopted him and he stayed with me for years, finally moving to the country with my parents where he one day wandered off never to return.  he was a great cat, he would play fetch and loved to have his ears scratched.

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