Photo-a-day 2016: April

Day Eighty Nine Dino Adventures 1/7

Day Ninety Dino Adventures 2/7 Netflix and chill

Day Ninety One Dino Adventures 3/7 Dino Fabulous!

Day Ninety Two Dino Adventures 4/7 Visiting Old Friends

Day Ninety Three Dino Adventures 5/7 A stroll amongst the avocado trees

Day Ninety Four Dino Adventures 6/7 Futbol!

Day Ninety Five Dino Adventures 7/7 ..that time we were in that band...

Day Ninety Six Things in drawers 1/7 Some years ago, I was in New York City for spring break, helping a longtime friend move back to New Mexico. There were four of us visiting. We each brought two empty suitcases with us, and each day, the suitcases were filled with some of the belongings that were being moved back to New Mexico. Each day was a different color day - and only the things those colors were packed that day. I also only (for the most part) took photos of things of the color of the day. Upon reaching the drawer in her nightstand, my friend told me the story of a photographer friend of hers who was documenting the things people have in a drawer. He would come to visit and lay out the things and photograph them. I was fascinated by the idea and the seed was planted. If you want your drawer photographed, haha, let me know :) It is a very personal thing, this photography. It is a study of what things we keep and why we keep them.

Day Ninety Seven Things in drawers 2/7

Day Ninety Eight Things in drawers 3/7

Day Ninety Nine Things in drawers 4/7

Day One Hundred Things in drawers 5/7 LOL - this photo has given me more issues (it's that damn $5) - first, photoshop won't open it, because they don't allow editing of currency images, which I can understand, but then I couldn't even resize it, so I settled on a screen shot of the original image... Now facebook wants me to tag Abraham Lincoln... Ha ha

Day One Hundred One Things in drawers 6/7

Day One Hundred Two Things in drawers 7/7

Day One Hundred Three Roots I've been working outside in the yard mostly every day - the weather has been perfect for it - and have been focusing on taming the wild mustard. I love it, its spicy, beautiful yellow flowers, and the bugs like it, too. I just don't want my entire yard, front and back, filled with an immense mustard field, so I've been pulling some of them out, 'allowing' them to continue growing in some nice, select batches. This one was growing in the crack between the curb and the sidewalk, and the narrow space it had forced it to have a flattened root to fit. It came out in almost one whole piece. So here it is: roots.

Day One Hundred Four Water drops on iris So, I have decided to abandon the 'seven-of' series in favor of the love of hunting the shadows and light. I initially had thought that having a weekly theme to focus on would make my work stronger, but I feel like it has done the opposite, in some ways. For example, I'd pretty much stop taking photos after I'd gotten the one that fulfilled the theme for that day, and it really was taking out the magic of looking for amazing photos, because I wasn't really looking, more like had blinders on. I'd much rather throw myself to the wind and take in what the day has to offer, and then offer up my best from that. So here it goes, like back at the beginning - a photo a day, the best of the day's unknown events...

Day One Hundred Five Cheetah with Grasses Beautiful weather today for an outing to the biopark.

Day One Hundred Six Moon through Telescope

Day One Hundred Seven Really fun (cold! but not as cold as Sarah was...) shoot today in an amazing location. I can't wait to get some of the other shots up! Soon...

Day One Hundred Eight (!) We were watching the new (ish) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, so had to get out the Wonka Goggles and top hat and pose strangely around the house, right?

Day One Hundred Nine Dahlia the betta gets a phone call...

Day One Hundred Ten Kiddie car + Blue chalk = Toddler version of 'Pimp my Ride'

Day One Hundred Eleven I love wedding photography. It is a privledge to be allowed into a place that is such a personal, special part of a couple's relationship. Today's celebration was held on the couple's homestead, with the theme of 'sustainability' - just perfect

Day One Hundred Twelve Honeysuckle vine

Day One Hundred Thirteen Mike, everywhere you go is a Yoga Playground, especially when it actually is a playground

Day One Hundred Fourteen Valkyrie 44

Day One Hundred Fifteen Sometimes, like when riding a bicycle, it is fun to turn the camera to auto and just see what happens. We've been going out for bike rides the last few evenings, trying out the new bike trailer to haul the kid around. He loves it

Day One Hundred Sixteen Today was the first day the poppies were blooming in the yard, so I wanted to take pictures of them. It was really windy, so the flowers kept blowing around. Instead of trying to get the sharpest image, I tried to get the most motion blur. Poppies dancing in the wind.

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Day One Hundred Nineteen Bouldering at Stone Age I was (am) a climber. My mom often shares stories about me climbing up any tree in running distance - the taller the better. My son is definitely a climber, but making his own path!

Day One Hundred Twenty Meow Wolf. Even more crazy-amazing than I imagined. Just go.

Day One Hundred Twenty One Buying tomato plants and feeding the baby goats at the Skarsgard Farm sale.