Day 31- Demo pigs

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These are my quick test pigs I made just to see if I can. I'll be putting more work into the next ones I'll make out of fondant for Nick's 11th Birthday cake. I couldn't find one at the store, so I'll just have them make the sheet cake and I will cover it. Wish me luck ^_*

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Day 30 - Chef Katie

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Katie played chef tonight and took over the Family Room. Here she is posing for a publicity shot for the restaurant :D

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Day 29 - Pizza Night

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Here's a nice picture of the pizzas before they went into the oven. Everyone got to make their own, Nick and Katie each made one and I had another for Mark and me. So, since we can only bake one at a time, it took a little while to get them all done.
And--this would be why I don't have an after--we ate them!! Sorry, got hungry, couldn't wait. But the befores look pretty, don't you think?

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Day 28 - Eye

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We went to a school event tonight--the 'Art-walk' where all grades exhibited their various art projects. This was the event Nick had created the Spaceneedle structure for. Katie's project had been to make a fish out of recyclables. So, while we took a break, I got Katie to pose for some close-ups. I told her I wanted to take a picture of her eyeballs and, for once, she actually cooperated.

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Day 27- Branch

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What a day! Work, work, work--I didn't even get a minute to take a picture at the office, except during lunch. We managed to avoid meetings and it wasn't raining, so we grabbed our cameras and took advantage of this rare opportunity :D

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Day 26 - USB

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More office-themed items for this, day 26 of, how long did I say I was going to do this? Three hundred and what?
Well, moving on, today's entry, my super-exciting USB port.

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Day 25 - en garde!

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Day two of this week's office theme features the Acrobots I bought a couple of years ago from thinkgeek.com. There bendable and give the typical cube-dweller much needed distractions from the day-to-day tedium that is work. I attached a couple of pushpins to act as rapiers--pretty cool, eh?

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Day 24 - Eek, a Mouse!

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So I don't run out of ideas too quickly, I decided to do themes and I have declared this week to be office week! Tonights feature: the tablet mouse, artfully adorned with a kitty-sticker.

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Day 23 - "It's so fluffy!"

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Yay, I'm caught up. Since I didn't get out of the house today, I had to scour the rooms to find something to shoot--hence, Still Life with Shaving Cream.

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Day 22 - Spaceneedle

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What a great structure my son and his friend made from recycled materials for a school project! I don't know how they come up with this stuff :D

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Day 21 - wheel

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My one and only shot for the day--blurry! But, all was not lost, Pixelbender to the rescue. Phasers on stun, options on oilpaint and presto--clever oil painting. Whew!

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2 days to catch up...

Yup, I'm still doing the 365! I'm hoping to catch up today, so wish me luck. If you'd like to see what I've got so far, head on over to my Photoblog and leave me some blog-love.

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Day 20 - Heart

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I'm slowly catching up. I have pictures in camera, I just haven't downloaded and processed yet, so technically, I'm not really behind, right?

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Day 19 - Elephant

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I know, I know, I'm still a day behind! I did take the picture yesterday, so that counts, right? (ha!) I just need to catch up--probably this weekend.
Anyway, I like my little ring-caretaker. He lives next to the kitchen sink waiting to lend a hand--or trunk--when needed.

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Day 18 - Robot

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Eeek, I'm a day behind. I took the pictures I just haven't processed today's yet. Anyway, this cool robot is a creation by Nick (my 10 yo) he just put together out of spare Lego pieces after watching Avatar just once.

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Day 17 - pearls

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I was cleaning up the laundry room and put some buttons away when I found these 'pearls' from an old costume necklace that I never wore. Being the packrat that I am, I kept it.

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Day 16 - Pincushion

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We stayed home today, so I had to roam the house for today's shot. I found my favorite little pincushion in the shape of a dressform. I took a couple of full shots, but decided to go for a close-up shot focusing on the pin.

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Day 15 - Marzipan

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This year, we seem to have quite a collection of these Marzipan balls (Marzipankartoffeln in German). Usually, I get a care-package from my Mom in Germany, but this year I also found them at a local store, plus my sister also sent some ^_^
I may have to take some to work, lest we eat them all (hehehe)

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Day 14 - Rarrr

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The first time I ordered something from photojojo.com, I found this little orange dinosaur in the envelope. I thought it was a mistake until I looked on the invoice and found an entry for 1 EA 'Rarrr' - cost $0
With the next order I received a green one. I wonder how many colors they have?

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Day 13 - Library

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I went along on a trip to the local Library with my son's 5th grade class and their 2nd grade reading buddies. Everyone was very well behaved and we had a great time. Nick was getting material for his upcoming report on the International Space Station.

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Day 12 - Smoke

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I really like this tealight holder and tried a couple of shots with the flame on. They looked ok, but then I tried a few right after I blew it out to see what kind of smoke trail I could capture. I like this one :-)

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Day 11 - The Pig-light

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Katie loves her little pig flashlight she got for Christmas. She always makes sure she keeps it where she can find it in case the power goes out. :-)

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Day 10 - Frost

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Day 10 started out with snow and I was nervously eyeing my driveway and hoping we would make it out of the garage without slipping back down--the driveway is on a bit of an incline, which makes for great winter sports, but driving--uh, not so much.
Luckily it was just a light dusting and by the time I got to work it was slowing down, but not before I got my camera out and snagged a couple of close-ups of the vast amounts of snow--hey, you can't tell the difference from up close, can you?

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Day 9

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A little experiment in the bathroom sink involving water, food coloring and oil. I planned to just capture the bubbles, but I kind of like the drain showing at the top.

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Day 8

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Whew, one week and a day and I haven't run out of ideas yet--HA! Today's entry is actually made up of 4 pictures. I made some garlic butter from scratch (sounds more involved than it actually is) and decided to capture the steps--all four of them. No, really, that's all there's to it.
I also started to incorporate (read: hide) my daily identifier into the pictures. See if you can spot the 8/365 :D

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Day 7

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Yay, Friday! Except I had to work until 6:30 and no time to take pictures :P
Well, I guess my somewhat messy desktop will have to do for today's contribution. I promise to try to find something more interesting over the weekend.

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Day 6

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Back to good old NW Rain--for this week anyway. Then it's supposed to get colder again (brr).
Here is a shot of Brain (Pinky is in the back hiding--Narf) against my wet windshield as I was parked way too far from the door where I usually try to get a spot.

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Day 5

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My daughter Katie was kind enough to supply me with today's photo--a Lego Doghouse, which I very professionally photographed with a backdrop of old Scrapbook overlay paper and illuminated by a table lamp and two small flashlights. :D

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Day 4

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Oh boy, I didn't take any pictures during the day today (work, work, work, you know?) So I got home, sat down on the couch--camera in hand--thinking "geez this is going to be hard". I gotta take a picture. What can I take a picture of? I'm at home, I've taken shots of just about anything here, what's left? So I turn to my left and spot my favorite vase and I think, hey, this'll work--snap.
Fire up Photoshop, run some actions, frame it, upload it--blammo--done!

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Day 3

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Whoohoo, number three! I caught this little frozen bud on my walk after lunch. OK, 362 to go (hehehe)

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I'm doing a 365!

Well, isn't this embarrassing! I haven't posted anything since November! Good thing you can't see me, because my face is pretty red I can tell you.

So, to make up for it--and to make myself be better at blogging--I'm starting a 365 project on my NKM photos blog. So far, so good. I've got two pictures done and posted and today's picked out. As soon as I get home, I'll finish it and off it goes. I figure if I tell people I'm doing it, I'll be more likely to follow through, or I'll have to explain myself :&

Well, wish me luck.

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Day 2

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A cute bracelet my daughter Katie gave me for Christmas hanging in an equally cute (:D can't have squabbling over who gave Mom the best present) gemstone-tree my son Nick got me. The lovely blue tone in the back is the warm glow of the television.

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Day 1

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Well, here it is, my first of 365 pictures. This is one of my 'skinny Santa' decorations standing on my dining room table before being packed away for next Christmas.

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