Project 52: Week Thirty-Four {senses}

Project 52: Week Thirty-Three {funky}

I'm back to being behind on this once again.....ahhh! Life has been hectic lately.  I literally didn't have anything for funky until just recently. Apparently there was a huge epidemic of hand, foot & mouth disease in Boise in June. We caught the tail end of it, thanks to some kid at daycare. Kendall has a very mild case, which resulted in us having to pull her from daycare for the rest of this week. Doesn't seem to be affecting her at all, but one glance at her and you know what she has. Poor kid.

Project 52: Week Thirty-Two {details}

I took this picture last weekend at a wedding I shot. The limes were a little detail that I thought were an excellent idea to get in some color, and cheap!

Project 52: Week Thirty-One {wild card}

I didn't get a picture for last week's theme; however, I do have one that was taken recently that I do love. So it's going to be my wild card picture.  Taken with my phone - excuse the quality.

Project 52: Week Thirty {euphoria}

I was totally at a loss for LAST week's theme (yes, I'm late), until I remembered I was heading up to the cabin with my friend, Wendie, who was in town for a week.  We went up for a day-trip last Sunday, and spent most of the day at the river, relaxing, with an adult beverage.  There aren't many places in the world (ok, so I haven't been a world-traveler yet) that make me happier than when I'm sitting at the swimming hole.

Project 52: Week Twenty-Nine {me}

So this week's topic is {me} and it was pretty much left open to interpretation as to what we could shoot. I chose my award that I just received on July 13th for my winning cover of The Advocate, a publication of the Idaho State Bar. And I apologize, this thing was a pain in the ass to take a picture of. The real thing resides in my office at work.

Project 52: Week Twenty-Eight {time}

I have two pictures to share this week.  The first one, I snapped this morning while I was out shooting engagement photos.  Anyone who knows me, knows that I can't stand spiders.  However, I think the theme "time" is quite appropriate when it comes to their webs. Who knows how long it takes them to put together these masterpieces.  Note:  it took everything in my power to save this without straightening it.

Another shot that I got for this theme was what I actually set out to get from the beginning.

We've had a big fire burning outside of Boise for most of this week. This has created terrible air quality, but it has also created some incredible sunrises and sunsets. I drove up to a fantastic spot to get this shot and two things ruined the shot for me. (1) I was about 4 minutes too late to pull this off; and (2) the huge cloud bank that had settled in on the horizon made it so that I couldn't get the big, red sun right as it reached the best point. Regardless, here is my shot, straight out of the camera (I only straightened it). I will keep trying for this shot!

Project 52: Week Twenty-Seven {addicted}

My current addiction (though it has been for some time, just intensified lately) is scrapbooking. I'm trying, quite desperately, to get caught up. I've become more selective in the photos I choose for making pages. If I scrap every single moment, I will need a house just to store all of my albums. Currently, I'm about to scrap Kendall's birth. Yes, over a year ago. As I said......working madly to get caught up!

Project 52: Week Twenty-Six {friendship}

Brittany does try to deny it, but she really does like Kya.  Sometimes.

Project 52: Week Twenty-Five {fatherhood}

I'm a little behind on these posts......here is what I snapped this evening for fatherhood. I could have figured out something else, but I'm flat out exhausted from vacation, so this is what we get for this theme......messed around with the editing in Picasa. Nothing fancy.

Project 52: Week Twenty-Four {texture}

I'm currently behind on all of my posts......working to get caught up!

{SOOC, with the exception that I cropped and straightened....otherwise, no enhancements}

Texture:

Project 52: Week Twenty-Three {season}

End of spring, beginning of summer. Season. Flowers blooming. The bugs have come out. This isn't the best picture I have ever taken, but it's SOOC (straight out of camera). Nothing done to it, no editing, period. Pretty sweet......especially given the fact that it was taken at 9:30 at night at my ISO was only set to 800. I'm loving that.

Project 52: Week Twenty-Two {yellow}

Last week's theme was "yellow", and these yellow items have been making a regular appearance at our dinner table lately.

Project 52: Week Twenty-One {dream}

Earlier this week, we went on a long bike ride. On the ride, we went through a really nice neighborhood down the road from ours. There was a house still under construction, and I found a way into the house (shhhhhh) to take a look around. The floor plan was awesome. We walked around that house for probably 30 minutes, talking about the design, where things would go, who would get which bedroom (there were 5 upstairs, including a huge soaker tub in the master), etc. I dreamed of using one as my craft room. And the den/office downstairs could have been my photography room, or a play room for the kids. It had a brick, wood-burning fireplace and a three car garage (one of the bays was two deep). All in all, it was the PERFECT house. When we got home, we checked out the price. NOT perfect. Not even close to what we could afford. But, it was nice to dream there for a little bit.

Project 52: Week Twenty {motherhood}

I have a couple from this week....I made Eric get behind the camera and I was quite pleased with what he got!

Project 52: Week Nineteen {weather}

I'm late with this one.....sorry!

There are a few pics I have snapped over the last week that represent the turn in weather we have had in the valley.

Project 52: Week Eighteen {happy}

 The Four Musketeers

And the dad and mom-to be

Project 52: Week Seventeen {white}

This week includes more than one photo.  I took Kendall up for a little adventure to see the Rooster Tail up at Luck Peak. The Rooster Tail is something that used to be on display daily, up until 1986 when the construction of the Lucky Peak Power Plant began.  Now, the Rooster Tail is on display to the public for a limited time, generally in late April/early May during the spring runoff season.  This limited display is to reduce the wear and tear to the original release structures.  The Rooster Tail itself results from the discharge of water through the original release structures of the dam under high pressure from the lake above the dam. The Army Corps of Engineers uses a "flip bucket" to direct the spray high into the air. Doing this greatly reduces the erosive, scouring nature of the water - shooting the water extremely high so that it dissipates as it rises, rests, and then slowly falls back to the stream channel.

Here are the photos I was able to take today.

Project 52: Week Sixteen {Perspective}

I struggled with this week's theme simply because I had a lot going on at work and at home, especially with Kendall's birthday party.  This little fella is growing outside in one of my pots. One day, it will be a lily.....

Project 52: Week Fourteen {Home}

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