Today's photography assignment/challenge is Something that Starts with the letter P, so I decided to take a photo of what a peaceful weekday morning looks like...coffee...it's a great, great thing, and it is usually a part of my morning...every single morning!
The Lord, family, and coffee...it's a great way to wake up! :)
January.
The weather has been cold, but there has been great memories made. I started a Photography Assignment/Challenge that helps to motivate me to take at least one photo a day. It gives me a theme each day of what I should take a photo of. It helps me to practice my photography, and it also helps me in documenting this adventure we call life!
I don't just limit my photos to this photography assignment/challenge, but it does help me to really practice my photography and capture a little bit of life in a photograph or two (and sometimes more than a few photos). In this month's photos you can see a few different moments of life inside of these photos.
Day 1: shows how I want to really focus on my faith this (and every) year.
Day 2: shows our New Year's breakfast (cinnamon rolls).
Day 3: something I wore...a ring that is special to me (our family ring).
Day 4: something red (the placemat, and I took this photo while reading my Bible).
Day 5: breakfast (usually my breakfast is just what this shows...coffee).
Day 6: calm, (this is a photo of my sign that reads faith...my faith helps to keep me calm).
Day 7: this came from my fortune cookie when we ate Chinese food.
Day 8: this was a day with the theme of "Simple," and I thought photographing a "simple" act of kindness would be great. We went to Mcdonalds, and they had made an extra Frappe, and they gave it to my husband and I.
Day 9: an apple (the theme for this day was circle).
Day 10: my lunch at some point during the week...nice, warm soup.
Day 11: some of my favorite things...my faith, reading, and coffee!
Day 12: starts with the letter j...January.
Day 13: three...since I needed to photograph something with three, I took a photo of three of my daughter's colored pencils.
Day 14: kindness...this is a plate in our kitchen.
Day 15: to-do...my planner...it helps me to plan out my days each week.
Day 16: shoes...boots are appreciated in the Winter, but I am a flip-flop kind of girl!
Day 17: leading lines...another photo of my daughter's pencils.
Day 18: relax...something that we love to do on the weekend!
Day 19: in my cup...it's usually coffee!
Day 20: light.
Day 21: looking down...this is a marble from our new property. The property used to have a very old school house on it, so we're thinking that one of the students played with this marble as a toy.
Day 22: weather...I love sunshine, and the coffee is nice when it is cool outside!
Day 23: frame...this is a frame from the old schoolhouse that I mentioned in regards to the photography assignment/challenge on day 21.
Day 24: a selfie.
Day 25: sweet tooth.
Day 26: what inspires me...God and God's Word!
Day 27: my workspace...I was working on our church's website, and our Shih Tzu, Maisy, decided to keep me company!
Day 28: number...this is Daily Bible Verses from our church's calendar.
Day 29: a keepsake...my daughter gave this to me when she was in around the second grade...she is in the 8th grade now, and it still hangs on our fridge.
Day 30: something I made...having chips, spinach dip, and a movie at home with my husband is sometimes better than going out anywhere, so this is what we did one evening, we had chips, made spinach dip, and watched movies!
Day 31: a good Saturday definitely includes a good book!
This is just some of the moments in my life, this January 2015, that I'm so happy that I was able to capture in a photo, so that I can look at them again and again for many, many years!
God's Word inspires me, and it helps me find my way along this journey we call life.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Today's Photography Assignment/Challenge: is something that inspires me. God's Word inspires me so very much!
I've been doing some photography assignments/challenges, to help me with my photography even more, and because I love photography. Today's challenge was a "selfie." I was not really comfortable with just taking a photo of myself, I don't know why...perhaps it's because I am more used to being behind the camera instead of in front of it. I do realize though that this blog, this journal, it is for my family to remember as much of our lives as possible, and sometimes a photo of me may be necessary, so that would require me getting in front of the camera.
I decided to do a somewhat selfie, I guess, but this photo still tells quite a bit about who I am. In this photo you can see my coffee cup; I am a coffee drinking girl! You can see my wedding band, my husband is my heart...he's my best friend...he's all of that and more! You can also barely see my short hair...(long enough to style, but not too long to be aggravating to me). You can see a little of my dimple. Although Bre don't have dimples, our son does. They both have the bluest, and prettiest of eyes ever as well (something that I don't have...blue eyes).
Something that I would like a picture to show is my strong faith in the Lord. I love Jesus a lot. I'm very strong in my faith.
Just a few things about me, with this selfie. Mostly because these are things I'd like to write (or type) for our kids and family to remember years and years from now.
It's been a cool January, warm coffee has been nice, but we have also seen some beautiful sunshine.
Photography Assignment/Challenge: Weather
The weather this Winter hasn't been terrible. There's been very little snow so far, and not too many cold days, but just enough to still have to wear my boots. I am so ready for flip flop weather!
My Photography Challenge/Assignment today was: Shoes. So, I thought I'd take a picture of the boots I've been wearing this Winter season.
Today's photography assignment is: Warm.
I had soup earlier during this work week. Nice, warm chicken noodle soup. Yummy! :)
Today's photography assignment is: Circle.
This apple is pretty and green, and it's round, so it's my photo for today's photography assignment/challenge.
"Faith."
My photography assignment today is "Calm" so I chose to take a picture of my sign that reads "Faith." THIS...faith...it's how I remain calm anytime life gets tough.
He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”
-Matthew 17:20 (ESV)
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -Matthew 17:20 (KJV)
So many things are possible, even with a little faith!
I've been participating in a photography challenge, to help improve my skills with my camera. I don't think anyone can ever be too perfect with a camera, and this gives me a chance to take pictures with various assigned projects, so I can practice my photography. Sometimes these projects give me an opportunity to blog/journal about what was assigned as well. Which is a good thing! It gives me the opportunity to journal just a bit more of my life!
Today's assignment was to take a picture of something I wear. I decided to take a picture of this ring that I wear. This ring is almost always on my finger. It's my family ring.
It has each of our names...mine, Justin's, and the kids' names on it. Our birthstones are also in this ring. I got it for Christmas from Justin and the kids one year, and I love it. It means a lot to me because it has a little about our family, our birthstones and our names, all with hearts in this ring! A little of our story on my finger.
There's something about seeing the photos I've taken after they've been printed that makes me feel like a kid on Christmas morning! :)
This post is also in the Members Area!
Our family spent some time together (electronic free, and with no cellphones), on Sunday. It was really nice! We had a cellphone in the glove compartment, in case of an emergency, and other than that we each left our phones and electronic devices behind for the day. While we had some nice family time together during the day, we decided to make a trip up to the farm as a part of our day.
Around a few weeks or so ago, we also went to the farm to see a calf (actually, the calf in the below pictures), but the calf hid and didn't really want to be seen as it was still really young on our first time of trying to see it. I still got some neat pictures that day, but Sunday, the calf decided to come out for awhile, and I finally got to show it my camera. :)
