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I've been hiding my troubled soul.
This isn't how I really feel right now, but I didn't have any time to something good this week, so this'll have to do.
I should probably post last week's shot before I take this week's, eh? :) Taken last Saturday, at 31 weeks, right before going for a day of shopping and yummy food with my step-mom. Scores for the day: lots of cloth, a yoga ball and yummy, yummy Thai soup! It was the same day M had to get up early and go to this bootcamp for new dad's class, which he loved. (Yay!) He said it made him even more excited to be a dad. :)
I have been spending a few days here and there getting ready to sell my mother's home when I stumbled upon these two miniature boats. My mom always collected beach-type items like lighthouses, boats and sea shells because it reminded her of her time spent in Ocean City, MD.
While it's been very difficult cleaning out her house to prepare to sell it since she passed in June. I have enjoyed finding some gems in her house that I plan to keep and display in my own home and pass on to my children one day.
17th - 23rd December 2012
I went outside.
In five degrees cold.
And it was exhilarating.
This week has been mostly about evaluation and fresh starts. I was so down and I didn't quite know why until I stopped and slept and then thought about how and why I felt. I wrote a blog post about it, and a couple of people responded really kindly and I thank them for that. I learnt about Matthew Bourne's theatrical performances and fell in love with the light and the motion of his work. I redecorated my online homes and websites, turned my phone back on after four days of silence and got ready to embrace the Earth again.
I enjoyed hot tea, jam tarts and cakes, and watching late night fairytales with you.
Another year done and dusted. This is my second year in the group and I have enjoyed it immensely. On a bit of a sad note I must mention that there will not be a third year. At least not in 2015. Next year I have a couple of "projects" outside of photography that will make it very difficult to work within the weekly timetable. However, I don't plan to let my camera gather dust. I will look for a different photography goal for 2015 (another scavenger hunt, 100x project etc.) so expect to see me posting elsewhere on Flickr. For those of you that I follow, I will still be checking in when time allows too. A big big thank you to those of you that have followed my efforts up until now and especially to those of you that have commented, encouraged and inspired me within the 52 Week group. Your words and the motivation to try and lift my work to your high standards have been invaluable. Thank you so much to the small group of administrators that keep the project moving. The themes this year have been both fun and challenging. For those of you embarking on the 2015 edition, I wish you lots of creative energy and perfect moments. Happy and healthy New Year to you all.
Perspective--getting up close to foreground to appear larger with a wide angle lens
Also, lines, diagnoal from corner, texture, shapes
2012 in 52 Photos.
I'm going to be uploading a photo a week. I tried something similar before with a photo a day but that was a bit unmanageable after a while.
So here goes!
Week One: Resolutions.
My 2012 Resolutions:
1. Find a 'proper' job
2. Get my own place
3. Get my driving licence
(4. Figure out how to make a long-distance relationship less long-distance. Sigh.)
* Update! Resolution 3 done and dusted! :D vroom vrooom *
{Exactly a decade ago yesterday my husband and I graduated from high school! Although, it was fun, I am so glad it's over and we are living our own life.}
From the same day as my belated Week 22 shot... Yesterday. But this is my project, so I make the rules. :p
We decided to go in search of Joy this weekend and what better way than a family outing to the beach. This is the girls trying to throw their dad in the water.
Today was the first day of school holidays and we had a great day, breakfast picnic at the beach, watched some whales frolicking in the ocean, then headed up into the the hinterland for a rainforest walk and back to the beach for a fish and chip lunch. Thank you 52 group for the inspiration. Outtakes in comments.
January 29-Feb. 4
Raven went to a dance with a boy named justinnnnnnnnnnnn.
(she's gonna kill me for telling you all)
But anyway, she looked beautiful tonight. I have something awesome planned for Week six. :)
New week. Rested and ready. Hardest part done. Will be power slamming a couple days. Only because if l get ahead enough, will have off Thursday. And a similar day Friday as l had last week, or maybe even better. A four day weekend.
Anyways. Psyched skyhigh and ready to rock and roll.......... Everyone get ready, for the 21 gun salute .......For those about to rock.......... Fire...... We salute you............. Shoot , shoottttt🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉🙉💋🌹❤️🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐰🐈🐒😻🌹🐄🐹🐔🐓
Monday 15th April- Monday 22nd April
I had so many ideas for this weeks photos, in fact I could easily have uploaded 3 others photos (after some editing) but this sums up the week and my thoughts the best. It was taken in Prezzo along the waterfront in Lincoln, where my boyfriend and I dined on Saturday night. Rose wine, a candle and some delicious pizza (and very fast service!) I've had to come back up to Lincoln one final time to hand in 3 assignments, say goodbye to people and attend the kayaking AGM.
I keep focusing on the future, the new job, the holiday and the big house move are all looming and I'm ridiculously excited but every now and again it makes a nice change to look back and I think that is what these few days are about. Reflecting back over the last 3 years of my life, remembering friends that I am no longer in contact with, housemates I haven't seen since last year, history modules that were great (and some that weren't) and mainly recalling all of the laughing, the amazing nights out, the paddling trips and the tennis matches.
So there were go Flickr friends, a bit of a waffling reflective post but I think that's how I'm feeling right now. My head is a bit jumbled with everything coming up so any thoughts I do have about the past are through rose tinted glasses.
Week #16 Monochrome - Abandoned Workshop. I really liked the lighting and shadows cast on the side entrance to this old abandoned workshop.
I've been joking with my friends that with Easter approaching, I was having post traumatic stress flashbacks. Last Easter Olive was 10 weeks old and I'm pretty certain it was both when we hit rock bottom and when things started to turn around the tiniest of bits.
She weighed a little over 8 pounds and her reflux was getting worse. She rarely slept anywhere but on one of us. I remember the next week asking her new gastroenterologist if it was normal for a baby to cry so much. I tried to sound nonchalant when I squeaked out, "We have to hold her when she's awake or she'll cry. That can't be what normal babies do, right?"
Of course the doctor told us politely that all babies were different. No comfort to this mama who was nearing the end of her rope. Before we left for Marion, Olive and I had reached a nursing regression. What had become pretty comfortable and routine now was something that was painful and that I dreaded. I thought that once you got over that first month, nursing was no longer a struggle. No one had warned me that there would be setbacks and frustrations along the way.
For our trip to my parent's at Easter, I went out and bought a Rock n' Play because I heard it was a miracle worker and I really needed a miracle. It didn't help our "sleep only on a living being" nap situation but it did give us much better nighttimes. And best of all, she wasn't waking up to crib sheets covered in spit up.
But the one thing I'll always remember about last Easter is my mom and I getting into a near argument about what sort of baby Olive was. Grandmom said she was somewhere between "textbook and angel". I said she was grumpy and high needs. I guess my mom saw Olive's potential and knew what the future held.
A few weeks later Olive was on a new reflux regimen. She stopped spitting up quite so much. She could tolerate a little more solo time. She stopped taking every nap on us. We made mom friends. And just a month later she was unbelievably more happy, smiled all the tim and was always ready to play or be read to. It all changes so fast.
A year ago I could not have envisioned this Easter. Our happy, beautiful daughter playing in the sun, splashing in her water table, digging through her basket. She runs from room to room. She walks up to everyone, tilts her head, waves her hand and says "HI!" She signs and says stop and then a few seconds later yells "Goooooooooooo!"
I was overwhelmed this year with gratitude. Lucky to have such an amazing daughter who makes our lives so much richer. Thankful to have a fabulous husband who is also a great father. Awed to have grandparents who are so involved in our life and who love Olive so very much. My dad worked for weeks to clean out my brother's old room and make a nursery for Olive. My mom put together the cutest basket ever for her and had lots of her favorite foods on hand. My brother and his family made the long drive from Atlanta to be part of Olive's second Easter.
We are lucky beyond description. If you ever have a baby, and find that those first few months are harder than you expected. Or that maybe you didn't get the baby you had imagined. Don't be fooled into thinking that your today is also your future. Your future will surprise you in the most wonderful ways.
Project 52 2013, Week 46, Sudixa Adhikary Khatri and Amita Adhikary, Austin, TX
Strobist Info:
* Nikon SB 26 (key light) @ 1/8 power, inside a 24" softbox. Camera Left, approximately 4 feet from the subjects.
* Sun light from window as fill light.
* Nikon SB-26 (rim light) @ 1/8 power, CTO Full. Camera left, approximately 8 feet away from the subjects.
Week one:
October 1st - October 7th 2017
Self - Portrait
For anyone who knows me, I hate having my photos taken. I use to take photos of myself all the time when I was younger, but I outgrow it. I think it had to do with the crazy amount of weight gain. Alongside with the photography challenge, I am hoping to be a bit more active... at least one day a week (have to start with small realistic goals). Either way, I found a few lists on the interwebs, and the first challenge is a self-portrait. YIKES! I had to use my phone to distract myself because it was terrifying! Until next week...
I could liken you to a werewolf the way you left me for dead
But I admit that I provided a full moon
And I could liken you to a shark the way you bit off my head
But then again I was waving around a bleeding, open wound
But you were such a super guy 'till the second you got a whiff of me
We are like a wishing well and a bolt of electricity
But we can still support each other, all we gotta do is avoid each other
Nothing wrong when a song ends in a minor key
june 23, 2012
New shoes. Fresh pedicure. Absolutely no adherence to this week's theme.
Do you ever feel stuck at your desk and wish you could move a little while you’re working? Suzie Carmack from CenteredBeing Studio provided a super informative and fun event that got PAHO staff moving and taught them to keep active, even at their desk.
Wellness Week Sept. 13 - 21, 2014
An exciting, vibrant and fun packed week including Circus Skills, Japanese Drumming and African Dance. In the evening there were Inter-House competitions. 5th-9th February 2018.
New Jersey State Police helps escort and provide a security perimeter for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships as they travel up the Hudson for the beginning of Fleet Week in New York, N.Y. on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (New Jersey State Police / Tim Larsen)
Week: 30
Circumference: Just over 41.5"
Belly Button: Still in. By the end of the day it's pretty flat.
Enjoying: Multiple Christmases with the family. (And multiple Christmas dinners, with seconds and no guilt.) Swimming - I get all the kinks worked out and any swelling I do have (not much) is gone.
Feeling: Pretty much up to snuff. Very heavy when I walk out of the pool.
Movement: Still varies although she's usually kicking around when I first wake up and then again around 9pm.
Sleep: Been getting plenty since it's Christmas break. My body is ready to be up around 8am no matter when I go to sleep. Too much sleep in one batch makes my hips and back sore. Daily naps help. Not sure how I'm going to adjust to going back to work 10 hours a day.
Food: Plenty of it with multiple Christmas dinners. Lots of Tropicana OJ with calcium. Milk has been easier for me to drink while pregnant, but 4 servings a day still gets to me. (When I'm not pregnant I can only handle 1 glass of milk every other day).
Anticipating: A new year - I always feel like its a fresh start. Part of me wants to be done being pregnant now - mostly just to know everything is OK. The rest of me is enjoying it. I'm sure two months will go a lot faster than it sounds.
Theme Of The Week - Like watching grass grow
Ok, I am straight-up cheating this week. It has been miserable weather all week. Today, it sleeted, rained, and snowed... and there is 15 mph wind gusts. Plus all the grass is still brown and dead. So here is a picture of the late-great Misha Barkton and I.
The Mamas & The Papas: California Dreamin'
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is grey
I've been for a walk
On a winters day
For more images from my 2013 self-portrait project, 52 WEEKS OF ME: click here.
And 2012's project, 365 DAYS OF ME: click here.