Day 53-58

Day 53:

This is a picture of my favorite meal.  My mom made it.  Homemade chicken and noodle soup and mashed potatoes.

Day 54:

My kitchen bulletin board showing two Where the Wild Things Are pictures: one from the book and one from a Baby Blues comic.

Day 55:

I think this was about a two second exposure.  I just twirled my camera around pointing up at the bare trees.

Day 56:

I wish I could have done a better job holding my head still but it was hard with my arm moving!  I used a 30 second exposure in my totally dark bathroom and moved my cell phone around my face for lighting.

Day 57:

I think this was a 20 or 30 second exposure.  I wanted to see how the pictures on the TV would blur.  I took several pictures and on this one for some reason I moved the camera.  I like how it made a double picture.

Day 58:

I spent the day at the Kansas State Capital Building in Topeka for Youth Art Month.  I love the architecture and all the details inside the building.  The staircases and moulding are very warm, I love the gold color.

Another Project 365

Here is a really cool Project 365 I came across.  This is the message on the page:

My name is Jo Bradford. I will spend the next 365 days, each day of 2010, taking a Polaroid picture a day in an attempt use up my expired Polaroid packfilm stockpile in a meaningful way...... I hope you will enjoy my journey x

Days 45-51

Day 45:

Valentine's day candy!

Day 46:

I got home and saw the most beautiful color of blue in the sky.

Day 47:

Another photo of students painting.  One of my first grade classes had finished their painting project early and had really great behavior so for a reward, they got to free paint!  I gave them primary colors, black, and white so they could practice mixing colors.

Day 48:

"Old Grandpa"- my great grandpa turned 93!  We celebrated his birthday at my parents' house.  He opened a few presents after supper.

Day 49:

Boo was feeling cuddly.  I had to try a few times to get an in-focus picture since she was sitting on my lap.  I set my camera to a slow shutter speed, turned it around, and balanced it on my leg.

Day 50:

I tried to take a picture of my niece holding a smiley face balloon in front of her head.  She was being a bit too energetic for the photo to be in focus but that's why I like it!  The picture definitely shows Rosie's energy.

Day 51:

I am reading Jane Eyre right now as part of the Penguin Classic's Challenge I'm doing with a few friends.  I like the blurred pages.

Days 38-44

Day 38:

This is what my Sunday nights look like!  After Jared goes to work, I spend my evening getting lesson plans ready for the week, editing photos, and sometimes updating my Art Ed blog.

Day 39:

Glue drawings drying on the rack at school.  I had to put the papers in at different angles and keep adjusting them so that the glue wouldn't drip on the other papers.

Day 40:

During one of the snowstorms we've had lately, my clock/thermometer blew off the fence and the glass broke.  I was sad that it broke but I loved the look of the glass fragments over the face of the clock.

Day 41:

I had parent teacher conferences after school on day 41.  Being at school for 12 hours doesn't leave a lot of opportunity for taking pictures!  This picture shows a paper sculpture I made in high school that now sits in my classroom.  The surface of the elephant is covered with images of human ears!

Day 42:

The second 12 hour school day due to parent teacher conferences.  This old typewriter is in the computer lab to show students how you used to type.

Day 43:

Day off of school!  Photographed Jared and Boo playing catch.  Boo loves to run in the snow and I like to watch the spray of snow that she kicks up behind her.

Day 44:

This is the darn squirrel that keeps eating all my bird food!  The bird feeder has been VERY popular this winter.

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Days 36 & 37

Day 36:

Got up a bit earlier today because Jared told me I needed to leave early due to snow.  There was no wind, just a peaceful snow falling straight down that left a lovely layer over everything.  I thought it looked extra pretty due to the streetlights so I set up my camera on the porch railing, used my gloves to get the right angle, and used a long exposure (I think 20 seconds).  I wish I had had time to get my tripod and take a picture without the neighbor's truck in the frame but I only had as long as it took to warm up my car!  I'll have to try on our next snow day when I have more time to take snow pictures in the dark...

Day 37:

A Valentine for Teacher... I love old Valentines.  (Not so much the ones that would now be considered reacist like ones with Native Americans and puns about feathers, etc., but most of them!)

Days 34 & 35

Day 34:

I kind of cheated.  I was going to take a picture of the old Valentines on my little vintage heart tray and I guess I thought about it so much that I assumed I already did it!  I did use my camera quite a bit during the day but it was to photograph my students' artwork.  The photo here is a painting by one of my 5th grade students that will represent me at our YAM reception!

Day 35:

I got home today during a little break from the rain so I wanted to find something to photograph outside. I noticed there were a few water droplets on the tree in our front yard so I took a few photos.  One of the others showed some branches reflecting but I like the composition of this one better.

Days 28-33

Day 28:

I took several pictures of my yarn bag but I decided that i liked the out of focus one the best.

Day 29:

We got a little bit of snow today.  I found these delicate little birdie footprints on the front porch.

Day 30:

I didn't do a whole lot today.  Dad and Jared put the new floor in our closet so I took a picture of the cords over the top of it.

Day 31:

I'm knitting baby booties for my Aunt Jodi's new baby.  I thought he could use some camo booties.

Day 32:

Another day of painting with my Kindergarten students.  There were lovely little drips of watered down paint left on the table after class.  I mean lovely literally, not sarcastically complaining about needing to clean tables.

Day 33:

We actually had some sun today so I went out and explored my back yard.  I just love the seed pods on golden rain trees.  They looked a lot more "glowy" in real life.  The colors never fully translate to a computer screen.