Ice cream on the mind.

Today I have ice cream on the mind.  I didn't when I woke, but then I read that there was a giveaway for David Leibovitz's ice cream cookbook and a kitchen aid ice cream adaptor. Oh, I have wanted this pair for years. So now I have home made pistachio ice cream on the mind.

With any luck, I'll win and can post photos.

Project 365 - day 34

Okay, it's not really day 34 because I have several pictures I took before this to post, but this was too good not to add.


We went hiking today, and all of a sudden I looked up and noticed that this rock formation looked like Jabba the Hut.

I do love the play of the trees I was looking through to the rock formation in the distance.

Project 365 - day 33

The aquarium had a tiger (yep, never seen one of those either).  I was pretty impressed that I was able to capture this picture of the tiger yet not make it obvious that he was behind plexiglass. 

Project 365 - day 32

I love the way jelly fish look and move -- as long as they are not in the body of water I'm swimming in.

Here are two pictures I took at the aquarium.

Project 365 - day 31

A few weeks ago, I went to the aquarium.  I like how the fish is just peeking out from his/her house.

Project 365 - day 30

This picture was taken last summer at the Vancouver Aquarium.  I love the backlit image of the child with the tale of the whale just disappearing behind the wall.

Project 365 - day 29

I've been taking pictures, I've just not been inspired  to post them. So, I'm going to start, but not in the order they were taken.

This was taken from my front yard using my macro lens. I almost decided I would take this picture the next time it snowed, but it was a good thing I didn't wait because the squirrels ate all the crab apples the next day.

I just loved the way the snow was contrasting the red apples.

Project 365 day 28

I'm not sure why, but as much as I keep taking pictures, I'm not so good at posting them. So, I'm going to pretend that everything is on schedule, and I'm going to just post my old pictures as well as my current ones.

This summer, we went on vacation to Vancouver, BC. Our first day, we took the ferry to Victoria. On the ferry ride back to Vancouver, I went off by myself to take pictures of the pass. I love the reflection of the land in the windows of the ferry.

Project 365, day 27

I know, I'm a bit slow with this lately but I have a good reason. We bought a house and we are spending five weeks redoing it before we move in. Between that and keeping up with the girls activities, things are a bit wild and many pictures aren't really taken for the project.

Last night, I committed a grave error and didn't bring my good camera to my daughter's baseball game. So, when she was put in to pitch for the first game ever, I was only manned with my iPhone to take pictures.

Thankfully, I was able to capture an interesting one, even at a a distance.

Project 365 - day 26

I took this picture at our local coffee shop on Friday.

Then, when making an avatar, it cut off part of the coffee cup - I thought it added an interesting look to the picture. I hadn't considered this until technology accidentally showed me another option. I may have to try this again when I go back.

Project 365 - day 25

The other day, it snowed. Yes, it's April. So, I took a few pictures as it was snowing. I like how this one captured the snow (this was not filtered through a window).

Project 365 day 24

The other day, I took picture during a dance practice. I was so happy with so many of the pictures I took. I chose this one because it didn't show faces but it shows amazing strength and movement.

Project 365 day 23

I call this one "Neighbors Meeting by the Fence."  Over the 6 mos we've been living here, Spots has gotten  used to the dog next door. She quickly ran to him when the dog came outside, then stalked towards him.

Project 365 day 22

Here are some pictures I took yesterday morning. I couldn't quite get the effect that I wanted, but I'm not sure what I really wanted. Maybe I needed to wait for the sun to come up a little bit more (but I was walking the fine line between sun reflecting off snow and sun melting snow). Maybe I needed to get the macro lens to change the focus. I'm not sure I'll have the chance to do this again -- depends on the spring snow.

Project 365 day 21

Yesterday evening, it snowed. This morning, I wanted to try to take some backlit pictures of the snow on the bushes before it all melted. I didn't like the way they came out. Later, glanced over and noticed my cat sleeping in the sun. She looked so cool with the halo of light that I went to grab my camera. Just as I started to focus, she jumped up and I was quick enough to capture this picture of her. Not what I intended to post, but fun.

Project 365, day 20

The house we are renting has a great yard for chasing birds (but perfect for the birds to escape before they become a trophy). . . and our cat loves to hunt.

Project 365 - day 19

This past weekend, we were in Denver for a skating competition. When we finished eating lunch, I looked up to see a great image of the Rocky Mountains. I wish the photo did the mountains justice, but this was the best I could accomplish. I did blur the edges some to reduce the look of the shopping center.

And in black and white to see if that would change the depth of field. I think it made it harder to see where the mountains ended and the clouds began once you changed from color to black and white.

Project 365 - day 18

A couple of weeks ago, I bought new blades for my ice skates. I decided to see how my skates would photograph.


I liked this photo because it really show the shape of the blade.

With this photo, I was trying to get a better photo of the teeth (the teeth and the rocker are the real advantages of the blade)

And the same photo in black and white because I wanted to see if it changed the definition of the teeth.

Project 365 - Day 17

The picture I took last Saturday of Spots (day 16) was the day she got sick. She managed to get a hold of some  of my sewing thread and ate enough to make herself sick. Monday she had emergency surgery to get the thread from her digestive system. Friday we brought her home. She still wasn't voluntarily eating, but everything thought that since she would eat some for me, that maybe it was just that she wanted to eat at home. Last night she started to eat kitty food. We still have to keep her from jumping on things for the next two weeks, but we (Spots and her sister cat included) are all happy she's home with us.

Project 365 - Day 16

I love the silhouette of a curious kitty. I think she was watching the dog next door.