212/365 Picture Today Post

212/365 | Monday, July 31, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Fruitful

Picture Color | Emerald

My husband has been buying avocados and mangoes this summer.

 

 

 

211/365 Picture Today Post

211/365 | Sunday, July 30, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Land

Picture Color | Emerald

Sundays usually find us at church, a grounding part of the week.  I saw this emerald (well, maybe jade is more like it) candle and thought it would be great for today's POTD.  "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord." ~Romans 8:38-39

 

 

 

210/365 Picture Today Post

210/365 | Saturday, July 29, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Luxury

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture

We spent the day with our children and my husband's parents to celebrate my husband's birthday.  Dessert options were chocolate satin pie and peach cobbler a la mode.  After a lunch of barbecue and all the sides, dessert wasn't necessary, but it was definitely a bonus.

 

 

 

209/365 Picture Today Post

209/365 | Friday, July 28, 2023 | #365PictureToday 

Lift

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture 

A fresh haircut can give a lift both physically and mentally.

 

 

 

208/365 Picture Today Post

208/365 | Thursday, July 27, 2023 | #365PictureToday 

Make

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture

My son likes to make Lego projects.  This is #12 Grimmauld Place, the former headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.  Harry Potter and his friends used it as a hiding place in some of the Harry Potter books.  It is generally hidden to passersby on the streets.  In the movies, it is revealed as numbers 11 and 13 slide apart.  Looking closely at this model, you can see that it cleverly slides open and closed.

207/365 Picture Today Post

207/365 | Wednesday, July 26, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Kissed

Off Prompt

On July 19 Fauquier County lost two community members.  Pablo Teodoro died in a car accident, and Officer Sal Torelli passed away unexpectedly at home.  Officer Torelli was a beloved school resource officer, and Mr. Teodoro was the proprietor of the local Main Street bakery Great Harvest, which opened in 2010.  These signs have been on the windows of the bakery since Mr. Teodoro's passing.  Many people have left heartfelt notes.  In fact, just before I took my picture, someone was leaving a message on one of the signs.

206/365 Picture Today Post

206/365 | Tuesday, July 25, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Journey

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture

The people who were on this train most likely made the journey back to Manassas from a day in the Washington, D. C. whether they were working or sightseeing.  So far I'm not having luck in changing the aperture on the new point & shoot camera that we have.  I was hoping that the train in the background would be out of focus.

 

 

 

205/365 Picture Today Post

205/365 | Monday, July 24, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Devotion

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture 

Some equipment to better my bowling performance.

 

 

 

204/365 Picture Today Post

204/365 | Sunday, July 23, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Jibe

Picture Basic | Wide Aperture 

The children's message today talked about cairns.  This is a small, decorative one that the person giving the message brought.  "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

 

203/365 Picture Today Post

203/365 | Saturday, July 22, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Jumpstart

Picture Life | 100 steps 

My husband caught me jumping in the back yard.

 

 

 

202/365 Picture Today Post

202/365 | Friday, July 21, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Kindred

Picture Life | 100 steps 

I usually park about 100 steps from the door at work.  During the summer we do theme days to make things a little more fun.  We do things like cool sunglasses day, wear your favorite pattern, tell an instructor a joke or riddle, etc.  Today's theme was Hawaiian so I wore a shirt that I found in my husband's side of the closet.

 

 

 

201/365 Picture Today Post

201/365 | Thursday, July 20, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Logical

Picture Life | 100 steps 

It was logical for us to build a clubhouse of sorts for our son when he was younger.  Conveniently, it is about 100 steps away from the house.  It has electricity, air conditioning, and heat so it could be used all year.  He's outgrown it now, so it's a place to store camping equipment.

 

200/365 Picture Today Post

200/365 | Wednesday, July 19, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Myriad

Guest Prompt | 100 steps

Approximately 100 steps from my door down my driveway there are a myriad of trees.  I find this one particularly interesting.

 

 

 

199/365 Picture Today Post

199/365 | Tuesday, July 18, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Lively

Picture Life | 100 steps 

About 100 steps into my back yard is the entrance to a trail in our woods.  You can take a brisk walk in the shade.

 

 

 

198/365 Picture Today Post

198/365 | Monday, July 17, 2023 | #365PictureToday

New

Picture Life | 100 steps | Where I Stand | 7 O'Clock

On Mondays this summer I'm bowling in my new league.  At 7 o'clock I was standing on the lanes getting ready to bowl.

 

 

 

197/365 Picture Today Post

197/365 | Sunday, July 16, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Nearby

Picture Life | 100 steps | Picture Me

My car is about 100 steps from my bed, and this morning as we were leaving for church, we discovered that one of my car's tires was low.  Thankfully, we were able to take another vehicle and weren't even late.  My husband was able to patch the tire later in the day.  "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." ~Psalm 119:105 

196/365 Picture Today Post

196/365 | Saturday, July 15, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Luminous

Picture Style | Sports 

My sons also used to swim on a swim team every summer, but I couldn't find a single picture of them swimming.  I did find a few pictures from swim meets but nothing with any real action that wasn't blurry (apparently my older son took some pictures of his brother swimming on one occasion).  In lieu of that, here is my volleyball picture from junior high.  I only played for one season because in high school I joined the color guard for the marching band, and volleyball seasons and marching band competition seasons were the at the same time.

 

 

 

195/365 Picture Today Post

195/365 | Friday, July 14, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Lavish

Picture Style | Sports 

Another one from the archives.  Both of my sons also played basketball.  At one time all of the teams were issued the same uniform: a reversible jersey that was bright orange on one side and white on the other so that one team was white and the other orange for every game.  On most Saturdays, we had a game for each boy to attend.

 

My older son from 2009.

 

My younger son from 2011.

194/365 Picture Today Post

194/365 | Thursday, July 13, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Organize

Picture Style | Sports 

My older son played baseball for many years.  It takes a lot of effort to not only organize the league but also to organize the team for each game.  This is from a pre-game team meeting during the last season that my son played.

 

 

 

193/365 Picture Today Post

193/365 | Wednesday, July 12, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

Picture Style | Sports 

Fred is practicing his bowling.

 

 

 

192/365 Picture Today Post

192/365 | Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Open

Picture Style | Sports

In 2021 we stayed near South Holston Lake and rented a boat for a day.  Here my two sons are enjoying each other's company while sharing a tube.

 

 

 

191/365 Picture Today Post

191/365 | Monday, July 10, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Euphoric

Picture Style | Sports | Macro Monday 

Monday is bowling night this summer.  Brightly colored bowling balls waiting on the rack.

 

 

190/365 Picture Today Post

190/365 | Sunday, July 9, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Boisterous

Picture Style | Sports

My younger son played soccer for many years.  This is a picture from his last season playing.  It was taken in the fall of 2015.

 

 

 

189/365 Picture Today Post

189/365 | Saturday, July 8, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Picture Color | Sepia 

From the Blue Bell, a reconstructed building at Colonial Williamsburg.  This is a private residence now, but in the past it was a tavern, an inn, a store, and a gunsmith's shop.

 

  

 

188/365 Picture Today Post

188/365 | Friday, July 7, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Soul

Picture Color | Sepia

We took a tour of the Nelson-Galt House back in May.  Here is a mirror in that house with some creative use of sepia tones.  "You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul." ~George Bernard Shaw. 

 

187/365 Picture Today Post

187/365 | Thursday, July 6, 2023 | #365PictureToday

By-gone

Picture Color | Sepia

On our recent trip to Colonial Williamsburg, we stayed in a room in the Chiswell-Bucktrout House through the colonial house program.  This house was reconstructed in 1951 based on a part of the house that survived until the 20th century.  Col. John Chiswell had the house built.  He was apparently hot headed and was arrested for murder and mysteriously died before his trial.  Benjamin Bucktrout, a cabinetmaker from London, purchased the house a few years after Chiswell's death.  The room where we stayed was comfortable with modern amenities and a taste of a by-gone era.  Again I processed this in ON1 with an antique filter.

The view from our room.

186/365 Picture Today Post

186/365 | Wednesday, July 5, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Juicy

Picture Color | Sepia 

My son recently left his job at Crumbl and returned to work at the summer camp where he used to work.  However, he still likes to bake, and he made these gluten-free chocolate chocolate chip cookies.  They might not have been juicy, but they were definitely delicious!

 

 

 

185/365 Picture Today Post

185/365 | Tuesday, July 4, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Multitude

Picture Color | Sepia

We had a small cookout for Independence Day.  I spotted this fence lizard and took a picture since it's sepia colored.  We have a multitude of lizards and skinks around our house.

 

 

 

184/365 Picture Today Post

184/365 | Monday, July 3, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Visualize

Picture Color | Sepia 

This is the William Finnie house, an original building in Colonial Williamsburg.  In my recent readings, I have learned that Thomas Jefferson was familiar with this house and there is speculation that he may have based early designs of Monticello on this house.  Photo processed in ON1 using the antique filter.

For comparison, here is the east front of Monticello (from Monticello's website).

 

And here is the more famous west front (also from Monticello's website).

 

183/365 Picture Today Post

183/365 | Sunday, July 2, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Triumph

Picture Color | Sepia 

I found this cute rabbit at the Peyton Randolph house today.

 

 

 

182/365 Picture Today Post

182/365 | Saturday, July 1, 2023 | #365PictureToday

Simple

Picture Basic | Leading Lines 

This path through the gardens at the Peyton Randolph house simply leads to a gate in a fence.