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31/366 | Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Where I Stand

Today is Wednesday so that finds me standing on the lanes at the bowling alley.

 

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30/366 | Tuesday, January 30, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Low Light

Not an especially pretty picture, but it's definitely a low light situation when I leave work during the winter.  This is the view from the shopping center where I work down to the street below (the shopping center sits atop a hill).

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29/366 | Monday, January 29, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Toy

My husband found this cute figurine for me to use with Lego models.

 

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28/366 | Sunday, January 28, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Seasonal Still Life

I took a hint from Garnett and decided to use my china for a still life.  I have a whole set of this Currier & Ives pattern that was my mom's.  I mostly used the tea service pieces, except I couldn't resist using the butter dish also because it has a sleigh riding scene depicted.

27/366 Picture Today Post

27/366 | Saturday, January 27, 2024 | #365PictureToday

On My Walk

On Saturdays I usually walk on my elliptical.  Today Ripley decided to photobomb my picture so she could look outside at the birds.

 

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26/366 | Friday, January 26, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Off Prompt

While I was in town running errands after work this morning, I saw this cute car.  I have seen this one or another one like it out on the roads but haven't had the chance to snap a picture of it.

 

25/366 Picture Today Post

25/366 | Thursday, January 25, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Fire

These are lit sugared red berry branches from Balsam Hill.  I bought them as Christmas decor but decided to leave them out to warm up dreary January evenings.

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24/366 | Wednesday, January 24, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Now

There isn't much that is in season around here in January.  After forgetting to take a picture at bowling (it is bowling season), I settled on it being bird feeder season here.

 

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23/366 | Tuesday, January 23, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Quiet

My favorite place to find quiet is while I'm reading just before bedtime.  I'm currently reading A Clearing in the Distance by Witold Rybczynski about Frederick Law Olmsted and China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan.

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22/366 | Monday, January 22, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Familiar Abstract

This is the best I've got for today.

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21/366 | Sunday, January 21, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Dried Flowers

I was happy to discover that there were flowers on the worship center today.

 

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20/366 | Saturday, January 20, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Mirror

I noticed this mirror at church.  The image on it isn't a reflection though.

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19/366 | Friday, January 19, 2024 | #365PictureToday

High Contrast

I took this picture of our front yard today while it was still snowing.  Then I ran it through ON1 to bump up the contrast.  Original is first followed by the edited image.

 

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18/366 | Thursday, January 18, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Icy

I just focused on the icy part of the prompt and found some icicles hanging from the house.

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17/366 | Wednesday, January 17, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Off Prompt

During our snow day yesterday I started another building project.  This is the Atom Brick project I got back in September when I visited Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob.  This is Unity Temple in Oak Park, Illinois.  This product is very similar to Lego, but it's a smaller scale.  The pieces are a lot smaller and can be a little painful to work with.  I love the building manual though!  It is hardbound like an actual book, and I like that it's on white paper instead of the black that Lego uses.  I tend to have a lot of difficulty distinguishing the colors on the black paper.  I would definitely build another Atom Brick project, especially the Frank Lloyd Wright ones that Lego has discontinued or doesn't have.

16/366 Picture Today Post

16/366 | Tuesday, January 16, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Picture In A Picture | Droste Effect

Technical Challenge

I was going to go with a different idea for this photo, but another snow day off from work gave me more time to work with this prompt.  Thanks to my husband I didn't have to drag the tripod out into the snow.  I don't use Photoshop so I used the easydroste app.  Details: f/5.6 | 1/1000 sec. | ISO 200 | 89mm

15/366 Picture Today Post

15/366 | Monday, January 15, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Prompt Free

A snow day always calls for building a Lego project.  We haven't had snow for nearly two years (728 days to give the official number for an inch or more snow in Washington, D. C.).

 

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14/366 | Sunday, January 14, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Berries

f/4.5 | 1/160 sec | ISO 400 | Using my mini-lightbox

 

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13/366 | Saturday, January 13, 2024 | #365PictureToday

A Fork

Challenge Day

Doesn't everyone eat their chocolate on a meat fork?

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12/366 | Friday, January 12, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Trees

I was at the library today so I decided to take a picture of the tree out front.  In the past this tree has been decorated for Christmas.

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11/366 | Thursday, January 11, 2024 | #365PictureToday

 

A Child

 

No children here, and I recently shared a picture of our cat, Ripley. However, Winnie, the "granddog," came to visit on Christmas Eve. Winnie is in perpetual motion and is really difficult to photograph. Photo likely taken by my son.

 

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10/366 | Wednesday, January 10, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Body of Water

The Rappahannock River in Fredericksburg on a cold winter day.

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 9/366 | Tuesday, January 9, 2024 | #365PictureToday

White | Color Day

Ripley was lounging on the shoe rack; she has many white patches since she's a torbie.

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8/366 | Monday, January 8, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Spontaneous | Macro Monday

I realized that the flowers that I bought for Christmas still look pretty.

 

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7/366 | Sunday, January 7, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Explore

I explored the grocery store today, and found that Valentine's Day had exploded all over this aisle.

 

6/366 Picture Today Post

6/366 | Saturday, January 6, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Something Metal

My son gave me this bottle opener a few years ago when I started bowling in leagues.

 

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5/366 | Friday, January 5, 2024 | #365PictureToday

My World | Seasonal Photo

Out of the sliding glass door in my bedroom.  I may return to this view monthly or I may just take pictures from different places around my yard.

 

4/366 Picture Today Post

4/366 | Thursday, January 4, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Makes Me Happy

My Christmas decorations make me happy, and I like to enjoy them through Epiphany.

 

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3/366 | Wednesday, January 3, 2024 | #365PictureToday

Chilly

I set up a winter village for Christmas.  It definitely looks chilly there.

 

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2/366 | Tuesday, January 2, 2024 | #365PictureToday

One Word

I had actually been thinking about this for a couple of weeks, even before seeing this prompt.  I realized that it had been a while since I had used the Scrabble board for a prompt.  It was a bit of a challenge to locate it.

 

1/366 Picture Today Post

1/366 | Monday, January 1, 2024 | #365PictureToday

New

Today is the day to get the new calendar ready to hang.