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i'm sick of self-portraits, so this project is no longer exclusively me.
this is my mom making her ~*famous*~ fried potatoes with mushrooms, parsley and garlic garlic.
saturday: i watched eclipse and was extremely nostalgic for a part of my life i've left behind.
sunday: i worked 3-6 & mason and i powered through an entire box of quart lids, haha.
monday: i had dinner with my friend amy.
tuesday: pulled an all-nighter with noelle. :) we painted fruit, drank tea, ate soup straight out of the pot we cooked it in, and looked at pick up lines. it was a great night.
wednesday: i saw my mom for the first time since i left for winter quarter, won $8 at bingo, and almost bridged a gap of dysfunction but held my tongue.
thursday: i worked on paperwork for an upcoming internship interview next week! :)
friday: i did my taxes!
23/52: Lake Masyu and Mt.Shari
September 2 - September 8
I have been away for 10 days guiding a cycling trip in Hokkaido.
It covered the Eastern and Northern part of Hokkaido.
If you are interested in the cycling trip, just drop me a line.
We were very lucky with the weather. This lake is famous for being foggy and the last time I went there was sure enough it was so foggy that I couldn't see anything when I got to the same spot.
It is the clearest lake in Japan and the second clearest lake in the world.
If you have a chance to visit Hokkaido, I really recommend to visit this spot and I hope you will see the lake!!
If you are interested....
Camera Info: Nikon D300S | Tamron 17-50mm (f/2.8) @ 17mm | ISO 200 | 1/60s @ f/8 | Kenko PL-filter | Handheld Camera | Unedited
Strobist info: Canon 580exII at 1/2 power 24mm zoom, triggered with Aputure Trigmaster Plus and a (2) Victor PG250S Wireless Mini Slaves, triggered optically. All shot into a Westcott Apollo Orb above camera.
These are almost all photos of me till age of 6. Maybe because I have so few of them, I cherish them so much. It's so interesting and funny to see yourself so small and different.
I love photography the most for capturing moments for ever! This is just priceless!
Mel got me back my UN books for my birthday (lost in the fire), including the new one called "The World Eats." Someone has the pics on flickr if you'd like to look. Anyway, here's our haul. Not as disgusting as I'd thought. But I'm not proud, especially compared to those well-veggied Bhutanese.
The verdict: I snack as much as I thought. Must learn to eat fresh fruits and veggies. 99% meat-free. And yes, we did get fast food once this week.
A lovely sunny day at South Bank
I used the HDR setting on my point and shoot to get the multiple exposures for this shot. I have then added some extra HDR effect using my iPhone app. It's a bit of a cheat but I like the end product. I am definitely going to try this again with my DSLR when I have a bit more spare time.
busy week at work, and surprisingly not many customers to write about ;o) i did have one woman ask me if the corn remover was for 'when you've got a messed up toe', hmm god knows what she'd done to it.....
* i spent my day off with bev and her 2 boys, we took photos in myrtle park, then went to get chips, such a lovely day :o)
* started reading a new book 'outbreak', yep, another zombie book ;o)
* watched 'under the dome', first episode seems good, lets see what the rest of the series brings :o)
* finally finished decorating the kitchen, it looks good (even if i do say so myself ;o), all i need now is the mask i made at school putting on the wall, then we're done :o)
After weeks of dull grey skies and no rain it decided to poor down for a while this morning. The garden needed it and it was fit for this week's theme.
The rain was bouncing nicely off the patio. It's wet out there, very wet.
This is a large piece of driftwood which has had some carving done on it. You just get the urge to touch it! I thought it made an interesting subject for this weeks theme! Spotted in our local garden centre where there are some 18 gardens (big and small) on display
Theme Of The Week - Obsession
with science fiction
This is the first time I've worn a tin foil hat. They make your head hot. I felt like a baked potato.
I decided to try a 52-week photography challenge for 2016. The first week's assignment being a self portrait, I decided to try manual, off-camera flash using what I've learned from Scott Robert Lim's "Crazy Stupid Light" course.
-Nikon D750
-Sigma 24-105mm f/4 Art
-Cactus RF60
-Cactus V6
-Petzl Tika RXP
Submission for the group "52 of 2012"
Theme: New
Week #1
Taken on 01/06/2012
Lucas showing off his new haircut! He is preparing for his new adventure - PRESCHOOL!! I know this is super cheesy for the theme but everything I chose wasn't as meaningful "new" wise!!
Week 6 beginning July 29, 2013 and ending August 2, 2013.
The sixth week of camp has come to an end and we have 2 weeks left! This past week of camp kicked off with "Puttin on the Hits" performed by our Jr. and Sr. groups! The CITs took a three day trip to New England! Several groups took off campus trips to BOUNCE U, Fun Plex and even bowling! The sixth week of camp ended with a Carnival! By the pictures you can tell we all had so much fun!
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i still have the tiniest of innie left, but there's now an upper "lip" above my navel that spells doom for the poor thing over the next seven weeks. it's totally at risk of going completely flat. poor belly button, i will miss you.
til we meet again some time post-partum.
I asked Arthur if he wanted to take a bath. This was how he was hiding. Haha.
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I posted three videos, in case you want to see it. One of them shows how he's winking, only with the left eye (which is returning to normal). The other one shows him trying to hide to scape a bath and also him barking (arguing with me. If you pay attention you'll see that he have great points), where you can see that only the left side of his face is "working", which makes his expression kind of crooked. And the last one is just to show how happy he looks when taking a shower.
Since the left side of his face is coming back to normal I think it's an improvement, so he's better. Also there's no more fluid coming out of his right nose. Twice as better.
So that's all the news for this week.
Thank you for all the heartwarming messages about Bidu. We truly appreciate your energy.
Stay in peace and have an amazing week, everyone.
I was contacted yesterday by Photography Week magazine and asked if they could use one of my bug images which i said yes to.....anyway heres a screen shot.
And heres the original:
www.flickr.com/photos/38569865@N02/7678508858/in/photostream
Photography Week is a new digital magazine for iPad. It's from the makers of Digital Camera World and is coming out in September.
In addition to the magazine they have a:
Photography Week Tumblr can be found here:
And their Facebook page can be found here:
basic block almost done. need to trim down a wee bit to 8" square, then handembroider my name. i'm still deciding whether or not to add the applique i had originally intended to use. it would add a very personal touch for the recipient which is kinda the point. but i'm worried it might make it too busy. then again.... what's too busy for me? if only i knew what she'd prefer...
week end in otaniemi beach...
summer time is really time to take a lot of photos about boat, water and beaches ... it will be frozen in winter time for quite a long period.
Preeetttyyyy dry with ideas atm - need more coffee and less busy days i think.
Quadra through softbox as key
sb600 from above as rim
April 30
Shot with Canon EOS Rebel T2i + Canon 24-105mm L Series USM f/8.0
With this weeks theme Architecture the town i work in has a flood of new homes but not so many interesting buildings. This is the new Ability Centre being built in Whitby, Ontario, Canada the interesting part of this is the rounded steel girders along the front of the building!
34 weeks! 5 weeks and change until our estimated due date! As Rob pointed out, we can count the weeks on one hand. Wowza.
This past Saturday we had our childbirth class.
We sounded like total hippies in the class. We were the only ones to openly talk about pursuing a natural, drug-free birth, and Rob even mentioned placenta encapsulation when the instructor asked us what happens to the placenta after delivery. The class was definitely education, especially when it came to the different stages of labor and coping techniques for the pain. It was great to actually try out all of the positions so we could get a feel for what may work best for us when the big day arrives. Also, Rob had to give me a back rub for a half hour. WIN!
The videos they showed were not exactly unbiased. They definitely suited our natural birth desires. But I wondered about the other people attending, especially the ones who want epidurals at the door. The course material was very blunt about the downsides of various medical interventions. I just wonder if the other students were expecting that sort of information. Another thing I learned is that I will be "taught" how to push at the hospital. I didn't think about it before, but these are muscles we never have to actively command, so of course there's going to be a learning curve. I also learned that pushing can take anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours for the average range for first time moms. Two hours sounds EXHAUSTING.
We also learned more about what to pack for the hospital. I still think it's early, but Rob started pestering me to pack my bag a couple of weeks ago. But then he refused to pack his bag. So I packed it for him. And tagged a list describing what is packed already and what needs to be packed at the last minute. I am phenomenally organized, go me!
The only other development this week is that we're further along in talks with the doula. We need to schedule our prenatal meeting, and then next time we'll see her at the hospital.
Butternut is still super active, despite his increasingly cramped quarters. He still makes the full belly earthquakes, which I just can't help watching. That's when I realize that he is huge, and he is going to have to come out. Eeek!
But at the same time, just about everyone and their mothers seems to think I don't look 34 weeks along. Everyone asks me when I am due, and when I tell them, they say, "You look so small!" or "You're carrying it so well!" or some variation. I guess the alternative would be for them to ask me if I am having twins.
Strawberry and cream cheesecake.
This is Martha Stewart's recipe . Ive never before ate so delicious, soft and silky in taste cheesecake.
Unfortunately its takes around all day to make this cake but is worth it.
And if any one you love cheesecakes and strawberries then you MUST make it :D
"Joie" (Joy)
I don't know what happened, and I don't really feel the need to understand it. But I'm feeling really, really happy. I can't remember the last time I felt this good. Maybe it's the sunny days, maybe it's because my mind has been occupied with major things. This is so good. I'm colorful, full of joy, energy and will. Something must have happened, something I didn't notice, and I'm very thankful for whatever may have happened.
This week's photo came earlier because this was the only free time I had to dedicate to this project. It came out completely different from what I had in mind. It started pissing me off actually, ironic, huh? But oh well. Here it is. Now I have to go, buh bye darlings, have a great week!
Week 129
This is a love letter to my friends, who also happen to be moms. I have never been a friend collector. Since childhood, I’ve always been more comfortable having a few close friends as opposed to being part of a big group of friends. I like solitary hobbies like reading and photography. After a long day at work, I liked to go home and work some more. My social life was comfortably sparse.
After having Olive, when I found out I wasn’t going back to work, I knew it was time to venture out and meet some other moms and find some babies to invite to Olive’s inevitable first birthday party. I had read a local blog that mentioned the South Charlotte Playgroup on meetup. I'm not sure if Olive was even a fetus at that point, but I tucked that nugget away and when Olive was about four months old, I looked up the group and attended my first events.
I can remember meeting some of my now closest friends for the first time. Some I knew right away that I would be friends with, some were harder to read and some I met later, when our kids were a bit older. We were all not ourselves: still sleep deprived, wrong-footed and second-guessing all of our decisions. It was so refreshing and empowering to meet other moms and observe other babies. Sometimes we would gather together for three or four, maybe even five hours, and it was so nice to not be stuck at home wondering what to do next during those times.
I found myself looking forward every week to those meet ups and then going to more meet ups until my whole week was filled with mornings and afternoons spent with other moms.
We’ve all read about how hard it is to make friends as an adult but I can honestly say that never in my life have I had an easier time making friends. I realize I am so, so lucky. I can’t imagine raising Olive without the friendship of other mothers. It was a rare moment that I felt alone in motherhood. There is almost always someone else going through what you are. During the first year, there was almost always someone else up in the middle of the night and willing to text and offer a little company.
On bad days, my friends are there to commiserate. When my toddler is melting down, someone is always trying to make things better. When things are going great, someone is always glad for me. Olive is loved by these women. You can see it in their genuine smiles, feel it in their concern and hear it in their interested voices. And I love their little ones, too. I sniff their new babies’ heads and kiss their toddlers as they run by. I want them to succeed and find traits that their parents might find challenging, endearing.
Reciprocal relationships are rare and I feel lucky to be part of this amazing circle of moms.
The benefits aren’t just mine; they’re Olive’s, too. She has grown up with these kids. She gets to practice friendship in a safe place. She asks to spend time with them and wonders what they’re doing when we’re not around them. She is so in love with Cait’s little sister. She always wants to hold her and check on her. She’s named her favorite baby doll at home “baby Emma.” Her friends are part of the stories she and her dad make up and even get incorporated into her songs. I’m grateful she gets to learn about friendship from such a young age and that my friends are raising children who Olive will learn so much from.
Like all friendships, there are times when we see each other often and times when our lives are so hectic that a moment together is rare. But they never feel far away. I know that as we inch closer to kindergarten and individualized interests that our play dates together will become increasingly rare. There will be a time sooner than we think that filling up an afternoon isn’t our job anymore and that we will crave days on end to spend in our home instead of feeling driven crazy by them.
I hope that when our kids want to dye their hair blue, wear inappropriately short skirts and go out on dates for the first time, we will be the group of ladies eating brunch at 11am on a Wednesday wistfully thinking about how easy it was when they were toddlers.
I love you, ladies. You have been one of the greatest, most joyful surprises of motherhood.