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181/365 | Wednesday, June 30, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

Picture Style | It's in the Details 

I got two awards for bowling today! One was for bowling a game over 175, and the other was for bowling a set (the total of all 3 games) over 500.

 

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180/365 | Tuesday, June 29, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Worthy

Picture Style | It's in the Details

It's so hot today that I decided to have a Haagen-Dazs chocolate dark chocolate ice cream bar.

 

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179/365 | Monday, June 28, 2021 | #365PictureTodayPost

Rusty

Picture Style | It's in the Details 

This is an old grate to a grill.  It was definitely time to retire it due to all of the rust and wear.

 

 

 

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178/365 | Sunday, June 27, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Focused

Picture Style | It's in the Details 

I just love these yellow flowers in my most recent bouquet.

 

 

 

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177/365 | Saturday, June 26, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Affirmation

Picture You | What I Love | Self Portrait 

Jeremiah 29:11 is one of my favorite Bible verses, and this sign is in a spot in my home where I can see it every day.

 

 

 

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176/365 | Friday, June 25, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Zipper 

Picture You | What I Love 

I was enjoying the sunshine and the company of Ripley while wearing a favorite pink shirt with a zipper.

 

A couple of pictures of just Ripley

Here's an outtake where Ripley let herself back in the house.

 

 

 

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175/365 | Thursday, June 24, 2021 | #365PictureToday

6 O'Clock

What I Love | Picture Time 

At 6:00, I was getting home from work.  I pulled into my driveway and hopped out to check the mail.  I have always loved checking the mail; you never know when something exciting might arrive.

 

 

 

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174/365 | Wednesday, June 23, 2021 | #365PictureToday 

Park

Picture You | What I Love | Where I Stand 

Today is bowling day, and I was so busy with other things after bowling that I never made it to a park.  After bowling, our winter bowling team went to lunch.  Then I dropped some books off at a used bookstore, and it took way longer than I thought it would for them to check everything in.  I even forgot that it was "Where I Stand" day.   The best I have is our bowling score sheet for the day.  My mom and I weren't bowling against another team, but we had a great day!

 

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173/365 | Tuesday, June 22, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Nourishment

Picture You | What I Love 

I certainly love getting these flower bouquets every other week, and they are nourishing to my soul.

 

 

 

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172/365 | Monday, June 21, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Wave

Picture You | What I Love

I love boating of all kinds!  I love to tube and water ski.  I love to kayak and paddleboard.  I like to go out on small cruises and ferries.  I love to take cruises on the big ships.  I even know how to sail and enjoy that too.  This was taken on our recent vacation in May, and I love these boys, especially when they creatively find something to do together.  I'm choosing to see the wake our boat made as a small wave of sorts.

 

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171/365 | Sunday, June 20, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Determined

Picture You | What I Love

Over the years I have volunteered with a lot of different organizations including Boy Scouts, the board of directors of our swim team, and a couple of women's clubs, and I love it.  I have also had a lot of different roles at my church.  Currently I am the Coordinator of Educational Ministries.  Mostly that means that I am in charge of making sure that everything is in place for Sunday School classes.  Today I am determined to finish my articles for the church newsletter.  "He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, 'Quiet! Be still!'  Then the wind died down and it was completely calm." ~Mark 4:39

 

 

 

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170/365 | Saturday, June 19, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Morning  

Picture More | Isolate the Subject 

I spent most of the morning working on this brownie sundae ice cream pie that I am taking to a Father's Day get together tomorrow.  This is what it looks like now.  It's still chilling in the freezer.  I have to wait until tomorrow to put the chocolate sauce and whipped cream on it. 

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169/365 | Friday, June 18, 2021 | #365PictureToday 

Strength

Picture More | Isolate the Subject 

This exercise is called a skull crusher.  Trying to put the focus on the weight that I'm using to gain strength.

 

 

 

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168/365 | Thursday, June 17, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Loud

Picture More | Isolate the Subject

This is a bit of a stretch for this prompt, but I'm going with the crunch of sugar snap peas can be loud.  David picked these today so I thought they should be the focus for the day.

 

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166/365 | Tuesday, June 15, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Up

Picture More | Isolate the Subject 

I went out to a local airport hoping that I might catch some planes taking off today.

 

This picture was a close second for today.  I got my hair cut and was trying to get more of my hair in the picture, but I like the way it turned out.

 

 

Lastly, I was at the VRE Broad Run station to look for planes and hoping to see a train too, which didn't happen (I wasn't going to wait 57 minutes), and I was surprised at how few cars are in the parking lot during the middle of the workday.  Over the years they have had to add to the parking lot because there were never enough spaces.  I had experiences where I tried to park there, and you had to park along the road because there weren't any available spaces.  This is what it looked like today right around 4:00 p. m.

 

 

 

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165/365 | Monday, June 14, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Magnificent

Picture More | Isolate the Subject | Macro Monday 

I looked around for insects but couldn't find any that would cooperate to be photographed, but the day lilies are in bloom finally.  I like that you can see the pollen in this picture.  I also love how the petals curl.

 

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164/365 | Sunday, June 13, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Off Prompt

Picture More | Isolate the Subject 

No water here, unless you count the coming rain.  However, once again I saw a cool car at the grocery store so I had to take a picture.  I'm not sure what it is, but it looks like it might be a 1947 Chevrolet Fleetline.  I should have stopped and asked the owner who had just come out to his car as I was leaving.  I like the fact that in the background, you can see the recently installed electric vehicle charging station.

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163/365 | Saturday, June 12, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Richness  

Picture Color | Black & White

The peas are starting to get ripe!

 

 

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162/365 | Friday, June 11, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Ink

Picture Color | Black & White 

My ink for today is the menu from a restaurant that we visited for the first time.  It's called Flavor on Main, and it's right on Main Street in Culpeper.  The food was terrific!  It definitely calls for a repeat visit.  I apologize for the lack of crispness in the photos.  There wasn't a lot of light, and this Nikon Coolpix is a new camera that I am still learning to use.

 

 

I had the marinated flank steak.

 

 

David had the duck breast and duck sausage.

 

 

And we shared the chocolate souffle for dessert.

 

 

 

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161/365 | Thursday, June 10, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Capable

Picture Color | Black & White

I am capable of getting home from work and making dinner.

 

 

 

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160/365 | Wednesday, June 9, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Paper 

Picture Color | Black & White 

These are the two papers that I have every Wednesday at bowling.  On the left is last week's score sheet, and on the right is my record of how I bowled in each frame and a summary of the scores for the game.

 

 

 

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159/365 | Tuesday, June 8, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Plenty

Picture Color | Black & White

Today is the day that I pick up my flowers.  It's so nice to know that every other week I will have plenty of flowers to photograph.

 

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158/365 | Monday, June 7, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Roadside

Picture Color | Black & White 

I didn't see anything interesting to take a picture of while I was out today, but when I got home, I noticed that the peas now have blossoms on them.

 

 

 

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157/365 | Sunday, June 6, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Quality

Picture Color | Black & White 

My youngest son left for his summer job after church this morning.  He will be working as a lifeguard and summer staffer at our church district's camp.  I got a picture of his car leaving the parking lot.  "Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, 'Here are my mother and my brothers!  Whoever does God's will is my brother and sister and mother.' " ~Mark 3:34-35

 

 

 

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156/365 | Saturday, June 5, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Yarn

Picture Style | Minimalist | Song Lyrics 

Well, I went with the word string and chose the song "Six String Sting" by the Scorpions, one of my favorite bands.  Since it's an instrumental, there are no lyrics.

 

 

 

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155/365 | Friday, June 4, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Soul

Picture Style | Minimalist

For some reason barns speak to my soul.  Old barns, new barns, falling down barns, it doesn't matter.

 

 

 

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154/365 | Thursday, June 3, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

Picture Style | Minimalist

Just some sheet music found on our piano.

 

 

 

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153/365 | Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Innovative

Picture Style | Minimalist

It's Wednesday, and that means bowling!  In other news, today my mom bowled a 198!

 

 

 

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152/365 |  Tuesday, June 1, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Sunshine

Picture Style | Minimalist 

This is the second of my CSA flower bouquets taken outside in the sunshine.