MCP 16/52 - Furry Friends

Week 16 Theme: Furry Friends

This is as close to furry friends as I get.......

MCP 15/52

Theme: What People Think of You

Randomly opened page of my guestbook.....notes from my parents, sister and three of my "soul sisters" - my girls from college.

MCP 13/52

Theme: Just For Fun

Spent a little time with Kelly's boy this week before they move off to a new state.  I'm gonna miss this precious red-headed boy (and most especially his momma).

MCP 12/52

Theme: From the Jewelry Box

Just a few of my many selections - most handcrafted by my good friend Heather.

MCP 10/52

Theme: Childhood Toys

My mom has kept lots of our old toys and my nieces are taking full advantage. But here, 180 miles east of my parents' house, I don't have too many of my childhood toys.  However, I do have my favorite doll.  As far back as I can remember, Honey was with me.  I even loved off her first set of clothes, and my mom, being the fantastic seamstress that she is, sewed a new outfit directly on to Honey's little body.  She is battle weary and has ears full of blue ink, but I guess it just proves how much I loved her.

MCP 9/52

So, the theme this week is "Express Yourself."  I have a co-worker who is a bit of a goof.  When I got to work on Tuesday, my birthday, this is what I found on my desk.  Creative expression for sure!

 

MCP 8/52

Theme this week.....the view from here.  I had grand plans to take a photo while donating platelets today, but it was a less than successful experience, so no photo taken.  This is shot with my point and shoot camera I bought upon first becoming an aunt that lives in my purse.  So, not the greatest photo.....but it was a great evening with Sarah & Katie (plus a couple other friends) celebrating our birthday milestone.

 

MCP 7/52

This week's theme was Open Your Heart......I'll admit that I struggled with the theme.....took several sets of photos and deleted them all.  Then tonight, I was hit with inspiration.  My parents gave me a necklace when I turned 16 ..... it is the key to my heart. The plan is to wear it until I find my Prince Charming, then give him the key.  Still waiting for that Prince.....

MCP 6/52 - Words

Theme of this week is words.....I didn't want to do the standard book/dictionary shot. So, here is a box full of words. Scriptures of encouragement and words of burden. Box lovingly created for me by my sweet friend Jenny years ago.  It lives in the base of my bedside table (which used to be a doll clothes closet) and lies forgotten for months on end. Then the box emerges, new hurts go in, new blessings come out. 

Snow 2011 & MCP 5/52

from the first "snow" day of the week - Tues, Feb 1

today, Fri Feb 4

Tuesday, our offices were closed and I was home from work due to icy conditions. Wednesday, our offices opened at 10 am, but I worked from home because I just wasn't sure about the driving conditions. Yesterday, went into the office at 10 am and worked a regular day from there on. The highways were good, but side streets, parking lots, etc were still a sheet of ice.  And overnight last night? I'd estimate 4+ inches of the good, fluffy snow at my house.  

About 11:00 this morning I decided it was time to brave the snow:

made a snow angel .....

 
......gathered snow to make snow ice cream and took a bunch of photos.  One of these photos (not sure yet which one) will be my submission for MCP 5/52.  The theme this week was "Muse" - however, I'm going off-book because I couldn't come up with anything I wanted to shoot that I really felt fit the theme.

 
I think I'm going to veg on the couch the rest of the day - either watching shows on my DVR or perhaps I'll watch an Oscar nominated-flick or two OnDemand.  And, of course, try to stay warm!!

MCP 4/52

This week's theme....Soothing Repetition.  I immediately thought of my ceiling fans.  I'm one that runs my ceiling fan over my bed almost year round. (this particular fan is over my guest bed - the contrast of the brown fan blades made for a much better photo against white ceilings)

MCP 3/52

This week's theme.....Shades of Gray. After racking my brain to come up with something to shoot this week, I had an epiphany on my way out of the parking garage today. I couldn't quite narrow down my favorite, so here are three....

MCP 2/52

This week's theme - Illustrate a Song

"Piano Man" - Billy Joel

2011 Photo Project

I see lots around the blog world and Facebook about photo-a-day projects. I think it sounds like a fun challenge, but I just can't quite commit to that.  But, when I saw MCP Project 52, I thought....hmmmmm.....yeah, I bet I can do that.   

MCP Project 52 – It’s a way to encourage creativity, make photography fun, and provide a challenge without actual pressure. Participants will sharing their art work and images weekly while inspiring each other.

So, the idea is to upload one photo a week to the Flickr group (which I'll also post here).  The admins will provide a theme for the week (which may or may not be followed) and then will post some highlighted photos.


Without further ado:


MCP Project 52 - 1/52 "around the house"