2022 365 Picture Today Post

120/365 | Saturday, April 30, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Quality

Picture You | What I Love 

I love a parade, and today was an extra special day because I got to spend it with my best friend at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival Parade.  This is an annual tradition for us, as former marching band color guard members, but it has been three years since we've been able to get together and "Bloom."  This is one of the best pictures I too all day.  Mia Dorsett, daughter of Tony Dorsett, is Queen Shenandoah XCV.  She was actually designated queen in 2020 but due to the pandemic did not reign.  Her older sister Jazmyn Dorsett was Queen Shenandoah LXXXV.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

119/365 | Friday, April 29, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Plentiful

Picture You | What I Love | Picture My Hands 

Lego projects are plentiful here, and it was time to start a new one.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

118/365 | Thursday, April 28, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Flourish

Guest Prompt | What I Love 

Yesterday my bowling team, Thar She Bowls, managed to win two games and take total pins in the last day of bowling for the season.  We went into the day tied for first, and since we won six points, that means that we finished the season in first place!  I have been bowling on a league since the fall of 2016, which is 5 1/2 winter seasons (covid ended the 2019-2020 season mid-year) and 4 summer seasons (no summer bowling in 2020 either), and I have never been on a team that has finished in first place.  Our team is definitely flourishing!

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

117/365 | Wednesday, April 27, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Now

Picture You | What I Love 

What I love now is this cat.  Even though she does things like somehow get on top of the clothes hanging in the closet and knock my husband's winter socks on the floor, when she KNOWS she isn't supposed to be in the closet to begin with.  She makes up for it by snuggling up against me at bedtime.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

116/365 | Tuesday, April 26, 2022 | #365PictureToday

I J

Picture You | What I Love | Picture the Alphabet 

For the letters this month, one of the projects in my son's art class a few years ago was for them to make a giant letter so he made an I for his name Ian.  I thought it was perfect for this prompt.  Then I used jellybeans from Easter to make a letter J.  I used black and purple because my favorite color is purple, and the only jelly beans I like are the black ones.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

115/365 | Monday, April 25, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Tranquil

Picture You | What I Love

Since I took a picture of myself reading yesterday, I wanted to come up with something else for today.  I also find it relaxing to sit in what is now my home office (it used to be our homeschool classroom) and listen to music while I work on the computer.  I am still in the process of cleaning it out and sorting through years of homeschool curriculum, books, and papers, but it's starting to make the transformation.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

114/365 | Sunday, April 24, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Esteemed

Picture You | What I Love | Sunday Selfie 

This picture shows me surrounded by things I love (Lego projects, architecture, books, travel) while enjoying a favorite pastime (reading).

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

113/365 | Saturday, April 23, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Meaningful

Picture More | Point of View | Scavenger Hunt 

I had fun looking for different points of view around church.  "Then Jesus told him, 'Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.' " ~John 20:29

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

112/365 | Friday, April 22, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Zeal

Picture More | Point of View

I was preparing our dinner from Home Chef with zeal.  For a different point of view I took the picture in black & white and from a lower angle.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

111/365 | Thursday, April 21, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Classy

Picture More | Point of View

Yesterday a few of us from church volunteered for our district's annual meat canning at Christian Aid Ministries in Ephrata, Pennsylvania.  Over four days approximately 2,000 pounds of chicken gets canned.  This year the cans will be divided with two-thirds going to the two districts who sponsor the meat canning (Mid-Atlantic and Southern Pennsylvania) and the other third going to Christian Aid Ministries.The canned meat gets distributed to a variety of sources, including food pantries.  We worked from about 7:20 until 11:30 cutting, canning, and labeling.  Having driven 3 hours from Virginia, it's possible that our group had come the farthest that day.  This photo was taken when we were getting ready to go to lunch, which was provided by another set of volunteers.  I had to take it with my phone through a window into the processing room because I was no longer wearing the required gown, hairnet, and gloves.  I think it's pretty classy to volunteer time to help out with projects like this.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

110/365 | Wednesday, April 20, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

Picture More | Point of View 

Dogwoods are my favorite tree, and they are in bloom everywhere around us now.  I looked for some that I could take pictures of in between bowling and work today.  I found some in the shopping center across the street.  Taken looking out my car with my phone.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

109/365 | Tuesday, April 19, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Acclaimed

Picture More | Point of View

Everyone loves the finished products made with Lego bricks, but when properly contained, the individual bricks can also be quite lovely.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

108/365 | Monday, April 18, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Yummy

Picture More | Point of View

Homemade Easter candy is definitely yummy.  Here is a small selection of what my aunt made for us this year.  I chose a point of view from above.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

107/365 | Sunday, April 17, 2022 (Easter) | #365PictureToday

Staggering

Picture More | Point of View

The church sanctuary was decorated with Easter lilies and a few other meaningful symbols of the day.  "In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!' " ~Luke 24:5-6a

 

 

Happy Easter 2022!

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

106/365 | Saturday, April 16, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Giving

Picture Color | Green

My older son had to fly to New Mexico for a business trip so we had our family Easter dinner a day early.  It wasn't really anything fancy, but it was nice to sit down and eat together.  There is a little green scattered here and there throughout the picture.  Photo courtesy of David.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

105/365 | Friday, April 15, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Good

Picture Color | Green

Roasted broccoli is good for you and tastes good too.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

104/365 | Thursday, April 14, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Intense

Picture Color | Green

I noticed that this tree in the parking lot at work is already an intense shade of green, and it really stood out against a cloud-filled sky.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

103/365 | Wednesday, April 13, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Thrilling

Picture Color | Green

One of the two bowling balls that I use is green so it was perfect for today's prompt.  We bowled the team that is in second place and split points with them today.  It's thrilling that we are somehow still in first place (by two points!) with just two weeks left in the season.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

102/365 | Tuesday, April 12, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Taste

Picture Color | Green 

I put a dill pot roast in the slow cooker this morning.  After it cooks all day it is quite tasty, and the green of the dill fits in with today's prompt.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

101/365 | Monday, April 11, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Sunny

Picture Color | Green | Macro Monday 

A few hyacinths finally bloomed in my yard, and it was sunny today!

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

100/365 | Sunday, April 10, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Persuade

Picture Color | Green 

I wish I could persuade this tulip to open soon.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

99/365 | Saturday, April 9, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Command

This weekend I bowled in the Virginia State Women's Bowling Tournament with my mom and two other ladies from our bowling league.  This is the third time I have bowled in the tournament; I started in 2018 and also bowled in 2019.  I was registered, but the tournament in 2020 was canceled, and no one really wanted to travel or risk registering in 2021 so I missed those two years.  Many people were excited to go to the tournament this year however, especially since the team event was being held at our home lanes.  I made a collage of the tournament pictures.

2022 365 Picture Today Post

98/365 | Friday, April 8, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Significant

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box

I don't really know what is significant about this heart box or the jacks inside, except that I made this ceramic box myself and the jacks and ball are from my childhood.

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

97/365 | Thursday, April 7, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Open

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box

Some books that I am currently reading.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

96/365 | Wednesday, April 6, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Terrific

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box 

For today's still life in a box, I used my bowling bag as my box.  I have a bowling tournament coming up this weekend, and I had to bring the important things that I keep in my locker at the bowling alley (see March 30 post) home.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

95/365 | Tuesday, April 5, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Unforgettable

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box 

I decided to take this prompt in a different direction.  I recently bought a jewelry holder that is in the shape of hands, and thought that it would be fun to make it look like the hands were rising out of the box.

This is a full picture of the hands.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

94/365 | Monday, April 4, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Brilliant

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box | Flat Lay

I thought I would use my wicker basket to do a flat lay of some of the different tools that I use at work.  I included my work shirt, a pencil for marking student pages, a punch because we punch their page and their punch card when a page is completed and all correct, a calculator in case instructors have to quickly figure out answers to student homework, a calendar advertising fun activities from last summer, and a deck of cards which we use to play various games with students (multiplication war, addition war, adding integers, concentration, complements of 10, etc.).

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

93/365 | Sunday, April 3, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Polished

Picture Style | Still Life in a Box 

I decided to try to use a wicker storage container for as many of my pictures as possible this week.  I found a few crystal items to showcase one of the cookies from Crumbl where my son is working.  I think this was a New York cheesecake cookie.  The menu changes every week so it's hard to keep track of the different cookies he brings home.  "Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth.  The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind." ~Isaiah 65:17

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

92/365 | Saturday, April 2, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Captivating

Picture You | Low Key 

I decided to play with some Lego creations in a dimly lit room, and this was what I found captivating.

 

 

 

2022 365 Picture Today Post

91/365 | Friday, April 1, 2022 | #365PictureToday

Optimistic

Picture You | Low Key | Picture My Hands 

I am optimistic that spring weather will soon be here, and that the cold, dreary, rainy days will be over.  Therefore, I decided that it was time to hang the spring wreath on the door.  This isn't really low key but due to the overcast skies, the colors are a little less vibrant.