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11.365 (1/11/17). I decided to abandon the number of chess pieces to go along with the day attempt--I tried a few with 11, but nothing that I liked. My inspiration/creativity on this theme may be waning.
as of today it's official. I love the letter J. I love writing it. it just flows so easily from my pen. It also just so happens to be the letter that begins both my brother's and my dad's names, as well as that of my new little niece.
As long as you ignore all of the start up costs, I save money every week on groceries by growing veggies and herbs in the garden. Plus the lettuce tastes great!
ODC - 12/19/2025 - How or What do you save?
285/366 2020
More dyeing activities, I am dyeing the ends of a massive long skein of yarn in order to produce a yarn that will knit up as stripes when made into socks.
The reason that, (a) why my feet were getting wet when I drained the basin after shaving and (b) why the cabinet drawers under the basin were swimming in water ...
To honor the over 2700 fallen soldiers from WWI to the present whom called Florida home, The Southeastern military Academy and Road to Victory military museum will be displaying a hand made cross for each soldier killed in action. It's a bittersweet site to behold knowing that they died for freedom yet left behind those who loved them. Perhaps one day we wont have to send people to shoot each other over petty ego issues, Oil or other rediculous reasons. Although, I fear that wont happen for many many generations. My brother Cory served in Afghanistan and I'm thankful every day that he made it back. Some of his friends weren't so lucky and each of them deserve to be honored.
I received a text this morning from my mother with pictures of the memorial cemetery. She was covering it for TreasureCoastHappens.com and thought it may be a nice addition to Project365. I agreed and put the word out that I was looking for volunteers. Lauren Milazzo volunteered herself and her two sons Aiden and Christian for the shoot. We setup to meet at 7:30pm just 30 min before sunset. I wanted to get some shots before and after the sun set but knew that working with kids only gave me a short window of cooperation.
Now, just to eliminate confusion, this was a staged shot. Lauren's husband Chris was just out of frame acting as child handler. I wanted to portray loss in today's shot and thought a mother and children in a sort of mourning state. It may be a bit morbid but I feel it was appropriate in light of the holiday. Although, you don't have to have lost to remember.
I arrived 5 minutes late due to an unforeseen vehicle situation. Lauren and family were waiting amongst the sea of crosses. Shawn and his son Rylan stopped by to observe for a bit. I was also joined by China, a German woman who just moved to the states to pursue her love of photography and see where it takes her. This was a quick way for me to meet her and see if she will be able to assist me in future shoots. China, a reserved and quite young woman didn't speak much but I more than made up for her lack of vocalization! I think with her knowledge of photography, she will be a good assistant. I said, as long as she doesn't mind me never shutting up, we'll be ok. That will remain to be seen!
We shot till just after sunset, only moving twice in the cross maze. The last shot turned out to be the winner as I had them hold the dog tag. Christian nailed the expression as he looks sad and deep in thought. I love how it turned out and know I have a new set of models for future shoots.
I feel the need to mention here that everything for this memorial was donated, including time, labor, materials, and money. There will be no profit made yet the town of Tradition couldn't find it in their hearts to donate the use of the land. They had the audacity to charge the organization a fee. I encourage anyone from the towns administration reading this to contact me to explain this. Have none of you ever lost anyone to war? You don't always have to think with your wallets. Stop being cold hearted bastards and pay a little respect.
Anyway, thats enough of that.
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Shooting eagles at Starved Rock, i don't have a long lens like my friend here so i decided to take a picture of is 150-500 sigma.
Fantastic weather again today, so at lunch time I took some photos at the lake but when I got home they looked pretty ordinary.
Went back tonight for another go and I'm rather pleased with the result of this Project365 shot.
Plenty of fishermen out tonight at the lake and in Vic Park but didn't see anyone catch anything.