As we wrap up 2021 today, it is also the final day of Project 31. Every time I take a month-long photography workshop or issue a challenge for myself like I did this month, I come away with a fresh gallery and new perspective on my visual voice. I always remain true to myself, but the flavors and variations are fun surprises. Today I want to take a deeper look at what our photos say about us. What do my photos say about me and what do your photos say about you?
Introducing…Rainbow Milk! Ok, not really, but it sure looks like it! This is actually a batch of homemade almond milk made using our brand new favorite kitchen tool – The Almond Cow. Read on to learn more…
We have had maybe two inches of snow here all season. Up in the mountains in Colorado. It is so strange! I had planned on creating a lot of snow and macro snowflake images as part of my Project 31, but unbelievably it isn’t going to happen. But how can December pass without any snowflake images? It CAN’T! So, yesterday afternoon Willa and I made our own snowflakes, even better than real ones because ours are RAINBOW snowflakes!
Yesterday I mentioned doing a Year In Review, a deeper dive than what comes from boredom and triwiches. With just a few days left in this year, let’s do that today – a 2021 Reflection!
Today I’m offering up a question for you – what can you do with the remaining days of the year? There are five day left. What can you do, create, accomplish, finish, begin? Will you make the most of these days to wrap up the year with a shiny red bow? Or will you waste them, thinking that the fresh start comes in six days, so why bother? Let’s explore…
Today is National Thank You Note Day. It makes perfect sense being the day after Christmas. So, today we will all sit down to pen thank you notes to those that not only gave us gifts, but also those that thought of us in special ways or deserve gratitude for any reason. Willa got a head start…
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Today’s post is short and sweet because I’m planning on spending the day with my family, enjoying every bit of the day together. It is rare that all five of us are together so savor it we will!
Happy Christmas Eve to you! Every morning this month both Willa and Mason have been enjoying their Lego Advent Calendars – Lego Friends for Willa and Lego Star Wars for Mason. We have been getting them since Lucas was little so I have a feeling we will do this in perpetuity. Each day they open a new door and have a tiny set to build that adds to a collection that creates a scene, and each year they are different so it is fun to see what is in each one. However, they are still little kits with instructions, boundaries, and limits. The build takes maybe a minute – yay, you followed the instructions – but it has little meaning afterwards. Fortunately, all three of my kids quickly move out of that realm and into their own creative, boundless space with Legos. This is where the true genius of Lego resides…
Happy Festivus to you! In honor of this classic holiday, we are partying it up big time at our house. While we don’t have an aluminum pole, meatloaf, airing of grievances, and the feats of strength, we do have our own versions of absurdity that bring us joy. Read on to see what we are doing…
There’s a fine line with so many things in life – not enough and too much, good and great, borrowing and stealing, genius and insanity, being bold and being reckless, life and death, etc. Today I’m going to explore the concept of the fine line in regards to pushing ourselves physically and in regards to our chosen work.