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334/365 | Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Stillness

For several days, including today, this is how I spent most of the day - sleeping on the sofa.  I often had the phone, a bottle of water, and either ginger ale or Gatorade next to me.

 

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333/365 | Monday, November 29, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Odd

Picture More | Framing

There are simply an odd number of objects in this display of two chairs designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and one of his stained glass windows.  Taken at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.

 

 

 

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331/365 | Saturday, November 27, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Treat

Picture Color | Rainbow | Scavenger Hunt

This took me a long time to finish because the day fell on one of the early days when I was falling ill (and was out of commission for nearly two weeks).  I had already taken nearly all of the pictures but between being sick, keeping up with current photo posts, and getting ready for Christmas, I had very little time to organize the pictures and make the collage.  I finally had time to put it all together.  Lately, I've been using Canva to make collages because I have found it to be easier to work with than Lightroom.

Red: Lego-themed candles on my son's birthday French silk pie

Orange: Showing my alma mater's colors for the big game against our in state rival

Yellow: My son's new Hufflepuff Lego creation

Green: My Lego advent wreath

ROYGBIV: My favorite fuzzy scarf

Blue: Cavman is blue because we lost the big game

Purple: Some decorative flowers I have in my dining room

White: My Cabbage Patch doll

Pink: A Care Bear

 

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330/365 | Friday, November 26, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Imagination

Picture Color | Rainbow

While wrapping Christmas presents, I also wrapped an early birthday gift for my friend, and I realized that the dots are a rainbow of colors.

 

 

 

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329/365 | Thursday, November 25, 2021 | #365PictureToday

11 o'clock

Picture Color | Rainbow | Picture Time 

I know it's nowhere near rainbow colored, but at eleven o'clock on Thanksgiving Day, I was making this gluten free cauliflower gratin.

 

 

 

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328/365 | Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Self-motivation

Picture Color | Rainbow 

This week I have been noticing a lot of things that I have that come in a rainbow of colors. The other night I realized that my car collection has nearly all of the colors of a rainbow!  A couple of things that motivate me are to learn new photography techniques and features on my camera and hoping to bring a little bit of joy to someone else with my photographs.

 

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327/365 | Tuesday, November 24, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Joy

Picture Color | Rainbow 

Brightly colored pens give me joy.  So much so that I apparently bought two packages of these gel pens.  I even rearranged one of them so that they more closely matched the proper sequence of a rainbow.

 

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326/365 | Monday, November 22, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Hard

Picture Color | Rainbow

One of the first things I thought of for rainbow week was my collection of marbles.  So here they are.

 

 

 

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325/365 | Sunday, November 21, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Radiant

Picture Color | Rainbow 

The communion table at church had a rainbow of colors on it spilling from the cornucopia in honor of Thanksgiving.  "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow.  They do not labor or spin.  Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these." ~Mark 6:28-29

 

 

 

 

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 324/365 | Saturday, November 20, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Locks

Picture Style | Night

I had a different idea for this picture, but I can't find the lock I wanted to use.  Instead here is the lock to the most used door in our house.  It's a Unican door lock, and we never need a key.

 

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323/365 | Friday, November 19, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Music

Picture Style | Night 

I'm just listening to some music in my home office while I post pictures, send emails, and write church newsletter articles.

 

 

 

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322/365 | Thursday, November 18, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Moon

Picture Style | Night 

This is my first really good picture of the moon.  I don't think I had ever really thought about how fast the moon is moving or how bright it actually is so my setting were always off.  The November full moon is called the Beaver Moon.  According to the Old Farmers Almanac website it is the time when beavers finished preparations for winter and retreated into their lodges.  Settings: ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250 second.

 

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321/365 | Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Simple

Picture Style | Night 

I originally had a different thought for this picture but decided that it might not be a wise idea to try to set up my tripod on the side of a country road in the dark.  Instead, I just went with a simple still life in my dark dining room.

 

 

 

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320/365 | Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

This isn't a night picture, but the maple tree in our yard is stunning during the golden hour light today, and it's probably not going to have its leaves for much longer.

 

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319/365 | Monday, November 15, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Vintage

Picture Style | Night

I was looking forward to attempting the light painting technique that was described, but unfortunately I forgot my flashlight.  Rainy weather was preparing to begin so I just upped the ISO and used a low aperture to get enough light for this picture.  This is the office for the Christian school that is a ministry of my church.  ISO: 1600, F-stop: f/4, Exposure: 4 seconds.

 

 

 

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318/365 | Sunday, November 14, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Brighten

Picture Style | Night 

We actually did break out the fire bowl tonight and roasted marshmallows and made s'mores.

 

 

 

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317/365 | Saturday, November 13, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Cup  

Picture You | Gratitude | Where I Stand 

We had another birthday celebration.  My boys wanted to go out to brunch to celebrate my birthday so we went to place in Warrenton called Denim and Pearls. The downstairs has nice stone walls so I set up some glasses in front of it.

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316/365 | Friday, November 12, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Empowerment

Picture You | Gratitude

Nearly every year for somewhere close to 20 years I have participated in a charity walk for Church World Service.  Over the years there have been many taglines for this walk.  One is: "We walk because they walk."  We walked approximately 3 miles today because 3.1 miles represents the average distance to clean water in developing countries, often traveled each way daily by women and girls to bring back clean water for their families.  Another tagline has been: "Ending hunger one step at a time."  I feel empowered when I help raise money for this organization, knowing that it is going to a good cause.  I'm also grateful that I am in a position to both walk and help raise money.  I had intended to try to get myself in a picture, but it's hard to walk and try to take a selfie at the same time.  As you can see, we even had a police escort for part of our walk. To find out more about Church World Service and Crop Hunger Walks or to donate, please click on the following link:  2021 CWS Crop Hunger Walk Donations

 

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315/3365 | Thursday, November 11, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Reflective

Gratitude | Self Portrait  

Today began as Armistice Day as a way to commemorate the armistice between the Allies and Germany on the western front in World War I which took effect at eleven in the morning—the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month"of 1918.  In 1954, it became a day to honor American veterans of all wars and the name was changed to Veterans Day.  This is the cemetery at my church, where many of my relatives are buried.  My great grandfather, Claiborne Preston Rankin, was a veteran of World War I, and the plaque just behind me is in honor of his being awarded the Silver Star for getting messages across enemy lines in the Argonne Forest.

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314/365 | Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Early

Picture You | Gratitude 

Almost six years ago I had a very bad experience with sciatica. After having imaging done, my doctor said that I might need surgery or at the very least try epidural injections.  I asked if there were any other options and she said that I could try physical therapy.  I picked the physical therapy.  I went to the office once or twice a week and learned how to do the exercises, which they had me do at home on the off days.  To this day I start my day with stretches to help prevent it from happening again.  So here I am early in the morning stretching my legs and back.  I'm very grateful that I haven't had any additional severe sciatic pain since then.

 

365 Picture Today Post - It's Birthday Time!

313/365 | Tuesday, November 9, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Gratitude

Picture You | Gratitude 

Today is my actual birthday, and my husband made me dinner and bought me some of my favorite chocolates.

 

 

 

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312/365 | Monday, November 8, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Mirror

Picture You | Gratitude | Macro Monday

I had trouble finding something that when reflected became a heart, but I did find this top to a ceramic box that I made and was able to photograph it and its reflection, which was actually quite challenging.

 

 

 

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311/365 | Sunday, November 7, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Thankful

Picture You | Gratitude 

With Veteran's Day and both my birthday and my father's birthday approaching,  it provides an opportunity for me to remember how thankful I am for my father.  I have many wonderful memories of trips we took, help on homework that he provided, career guidance he gave, and many more things.  His time in the military helped to shape him into the man he became and provided him the opportunity to attend college.  He passed away in 2006, and I'm glad that he was around for my sons to get to know him too.  "Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock." ~Matthew 7:24

 

365 Picture Today Post - The Birthday Celebrations Continue

310/365 | Saturday, November 6, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Transported

Picture More | Incorporate Curves 

Birthday celebrations are continuing in advance of my actual birthday.  Tonight we ate dinner at the Melting Pot.  It was a new experience for us but definitely a lot of fun.  I was so hungry when we got there that I forgot to take a picture of the appetizer course.  We got the Wisconsin cheddar fondue, and it came with apples, bread, and vegetables.  Next was the salad course.  I think mine was called bacon Parmesan or something similar.

 

For the main course I got the land and sea option, which came with salmon, shrimp, chicken, and steak.  David had an Asian themed plate.  We got the Mojo seasoned pot to cook everything.  The entree course also includes vegetables like potatoes, broccoli, and mushrooms that get cooked also.

 

Quite a number of tasty sauces accompany the main course as well.

 

For the dessert course we chose the dark chocolate fondue, and it came with a lot of different items to dip.

 

365 Picture Today Post - Let the Birthday Celebrations Begin!

309/365 | Friday, November 5, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Off Prompt

Today I spent several hours with my BFF celebrating my birthday.  We had a long lunch and then wandered around Davis Street in downtown Culpeper.  Here are a few pictures from the afternoon.

I had the pepper steak, which was a peppercorn-encrusted, pan-seared sirloin in traditional green peppercorn cognac sauce served over potato gratin with green beans, from It's About Thyme.

 After lunch I had a piece of flourless chocolate cake for dessert.

 

Pictures in the sun with shades and in the shade with no shades.

 

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308/365 | Thursday, November 4, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Remarkable

Picture More | Incorporate Curves 

My birthday is in a few days, and I decided to treat myself to some remarkable chocolates from a place called the Frenchman's Corner.  These dark chocolate cats were adorable!

 

 

 

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307/365 | Wednesday, November 3, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Sunset

Picture More | Incorporate Curves 

By the time I get off work now, it is after sunset.  I did notice that these bowling balls have some of the colors of sunset, and they have curves.

 

 

 

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306/365 | Tuesday, November 2, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Serendipity

Picture More | Incorporate Curves 

It was serendipity that I took a detour on Monday and happened to find this silo.  Silo and barn art seems to have become a thing in my area, and I love when I find new ones, especially when they are as pretty as these sunflowers.  I love that there are so many curves here too: the top of the silo, the roundness of the silo itself, and the shape of the flowers.

 

 

 

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305/365 | Monday, November 1, 2021 | #365PictureToday

Edge 

Picture More | Incorporate Curves

I was back at the gym today.  I am trying to get back into the routine of going, and I have made it at least once a week for three weeks in a row.  This is a curved wall in front of the indoor pool.  I've been coming to this gym for quite a few years now, maybe 15, but I'm not totally sure, and I have never been on the other side of this wall to see what the outdoor patio is like.