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Photo-a-Day 2018

by mrsjanj

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July 27 - Our hot temps are drying out all my Hydrangea...
July 28 - What a Saturday should be...
July 29 - "Oh yay, it's self portrait day" ...said no one ever
July 30 - Currently loving Monarch Butterfly season...
July 31 - There is no dinner dilemma at the Johnson house. Most days we have a salad; perfect on hot summer evenings. The only variable is what the protein will be...tonight it's grilled steak.
August 1 - Practicing hummingbirds this morning until it was too hot to stand there any longer...
August 2 - I love using sentimental items in my images. Things that belonged to grandparents and that I don't use day to day find new life in my art...
August 3 - FINALLY last night I had a chance to go to Balboa Island and watch the regatta...
August 4 - You’ve gotta love summer...
August 5 - So excited to have my daughter "Chef Kate" home!! Wishing her a very Happy Birthday today...Let the celebration begin!
August 6 - Birthday Cake...it's what for lunch.
August 7 - An afternoon in Balboa...
August 8 -
August 9 - Blue Eggs on White. My daughter hand-carried a dozen eggs from her chickens in her carry on when she flew in to visit because she knew I've wanted to photograph blue eggs but couldn't find any locally. How sweet is that!
August 10 - Blue Eggs Dark and Moody
August 11 - Another day...another regatta
August 12 - Heading down the road...
August 13 - On the road and on the go, so not much time for photography. But I did capture this quiet family moment...
August 14 - An early dinner at the lake. Photo credit goes to our terrific waiter.
August 15 - I just love views like this...
August 16 - Unable to escape the smokey skies on this trip, but a red barn is always pretty to me.
August 17 - A morning at Fernan Lake
August 19 - 10 days, 3,200+ miles (all of them smokey), and one last hotel bed. I'll be glad to trek the last 400 miles home tomorrow and lay my head on my own pillow.
August 20 - "Blue skies smiling at me"...Today was the first day since August 6th that we've seen smokeless blue skies!!
August 21 - A baking day...
August 22 - Macro Day
August 23 - I love looking for beauty in each day. This is what I've found today...
August 24 - Only one more week of regatta season...I'll miss it when it ends.
August 25 - I went with a sub-prompt today...
August 26 - Our annual B&W portrait...
August 27 - Currently Loving that my hydrangeas were at the perfect stage to cut for drying...
August 28 - Everyday is a good day for tea...
August 29 - A restful day at the harbor...
August 30 - Warm and just out of the oven it's always tempting...
August 31 - Different day, same Hydrangea blooms...
September 1 - Spent the day at one of my favorite places; a Civil War Re-enactment...
September 2 - Always in Manual...
September 3 - The folks that participate in Civil War Re-enactments work hard to have as many details as possible appear true to the period. And I enjoy the challenge of making them appear period as well.
September 4 - Focusing on lunch...
September 5 - There's room for one more...
September 6 - Still enjoying my drying hydrangea. Now that I've finished my daily practice it's time to watch some football!!
September 7 - Sailing into port...
September 8 - It was a good cloud day on Lake Oswego...
September 9 - Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu...Cutest bird ever!
September 10 - I spent the day at Swan Island Dahlia Farm...
September 11 - Just having a chance to look through my dahlia images...
September 12 - It's starting...
September 13 - Better late than never...
September 14 - Elephant Kisses
September 15 - It's a good day for a sail...
September 16 - A head above the rest
September 17 - Fair warning...there will be a lot of flower images from me this week.
September 18 - One among many...
September 19 - Puckered Up
September 20 - A sea of pink...
September 21 - A morning walk to Dredge Lake...
September 22 - Like glass...
September 23 - Fingers of fog...
September 24 - Currently loving autumn in Juneau...
September 25 - The last of the fog series...
September 25 - Since there are no fall colors in my neck of the woods quite yet, I'm drawing from our weekend trip to Juneau...
September 26 - This blanket is the one I used to sit on while at my grandma's house many years ago. But all I have to do is look at it and treasured memories come rushing back... #CY365 - Appreciate/Hand-Me-Down
September 28 - Missed posting this yesterday...
September 29 - The blue eggs live on...though I wouldn't eat them.
September 30 - I don't usually photograph pumpkins until October...but today's prompt just called for white pumpkins.
October 1 - Some texture practice today...
October 2 - Today I lost my shadow.
October 3 - Every day is a good day for a walk through the harbor...
October 4 - Hello Autumn...
October 5 - It was a good shopping day...
October 6 - A cloudy day...
October 7 - Driving in...
October 8 - The lone survivor...
October 9 - Even into October these continue to bloom...
October 10 - Today was a baking day...
October 11 - Continuing to work on my images from the Civil War Reenactment from last month...
October 12 - A little bit of fall in South Orange County...
October 14 - I missed yesterday's shot as I was traveling. But here's some Orange for today's prompt...
October 15 - It's a leaf raking kinda day...
October 16 - Practicing with my Lensbaby Velvet 56 today...
October 17 - How creative is our Creator...
October 18 - Well this proved challenging...
October 19 - Today's prompt definitely called for Dark & Moody...
October 20 - As I scroll through all the gorgeous fall color photos today I'm a bit envious as there are none of those colors here. So I create my own bits of fall in my home...
October 21 - Incognito...
October 22 - Currently loving the colors of fall...
October 23 - When the fall colors don't come to you, you have to go out and find the fall colors...
October 25 - Off the beaten path...
October 25 - Just a beautiful day in Bodie...
October 26 - Soaking up autumn in the Eastern Sierras...
October 27 - A little autumn glow...
October 28 - I found some red leaves too...
October 29 - Excited to be home so that I can work on my images from Bodie (a gold mining ghost town in the Eastern Sierras)
October 30 - Bodie Historic State Park...Day 2
October 31 - From my house to yours...
November 1 - I'm thankful for my family, but because they all live out of state I've learned to cherish the time I have with my husband...just the two of us
November 2 - I'm celebrating the fact that November is here and I have lot's of excuses to make Pumpkin Pie(s)...
November 3 - I'm thankful for an enjoyable morning at a Civil War Reenactment...
November 4 - I'm thankful for last night's view out my window...
November 5 - Not a big fan of Mondays I'm guessing...
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