Up, Down, and Strange--My Project 365

The Books I Read in June

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Friday, March 13

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Thursday, March 12

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Only one of all the deer we saw on Friday.

Wednesday, March 11

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Quick shot from the Starbucks parking lot. I was too lazy to get out of the car--hence, the telephone pole.

Tuesday, March 10

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Monday, March 9

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Naptime.

Sunday, March 8

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I think one of the pianists at church has rather long fingernails.

Saturday, March 7

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Friday, March 6

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Perfect timing on this shot.

Thursday, March 5

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Weird sort of tree sculpture thing on a street corner at the CC campus. It sprung up over the last week. Looks like it should be in a Neil Gaiman story. The pictures are in reverse order for some reason. The first one I took looking back as we went around the corner.

Close-up while the light was red at the corner.

Coming up to the stoplight.

Wednesday, March 4

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Tuesday, March 3

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When this happens, I tell her that her ears are broken, and she always gives me this pitiful look.

Monday, March 2

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Sunday, March 1

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A candle holder thingy hanging from another hook in the ceiling. This is how it looks standing right under it and looking up.

Saturday, February 28

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Technically this is a lampshade or light fixture cover, but I never figured out how to put it over the naked lightbulb in my room. So I hung it from a ceiling hook in the corner. Sort of like a paper lantern with no light inside it.

Friday, February 27

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This is a character board I made for my sci-fi epic. I put it up above my bed because that's really the only place where there's room. Some of the pictures are faded because as I was printing them all out, the color cartridge ran out of ink. :P There's a bunch on the back of the board too, but I decided to kill off all but three of them.

Thursday, February 26

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I think it's pretty clear what this sign is telling us: Do Not Levitate Above Your Motorcycle.

Wednesday, February 25

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Tuesday, February 24

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She thought she could do a better job with my superhero story than I did.

Monday, February 23

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My neverending quest to capture the way Pip sits--on her butt with her back legs sticking out in front.

Sunday, February 22

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This is what happens when I do my ironing BEFORE I clean out my closet.

Saturday, February 21

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I was in Mardel's and snapped this picture of Donita's books. She is an awesome writer whose critique group I was in for a while in my early 20s. (That's Mrs. Paul to you CleanPlace peeps.) Whenever I see them, I always have to open Dragonspell and see my name in the acknowledgements. :P

Friday, February 20

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Fun on a Friday night. Actually, this was a kind of boring part. Otherwise I would have been too engrossed to pick up the camera.

Thursday, February 19

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Wednesday, February 18

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Tuesday, February 17

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Monday, February 16

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Yes, I'm a dweeb. I have Dale Jr. Kleenex.

Sunday, February 15

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Ahhhhhhhh. Best thing to do on a Sunday afternoon. Watch NASCAR.

Happy Valentine's Day!

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Saturday morning, February 14

Friday, February 13

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I should have taken a scary picture for Friday the 13th. This is only scary if you have a thing about oversized stuffed animals. Which . . . I sort of do. That's why Marcello sits on the papasan couch instead of somewhere in my bedroom. Those eyes . . . .

Thursday, February 12

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Wow, this picture sucks. Oh well.

This is Oliver. I don't know who he is, really. It's just a cute card I found in the Cracker Barrel store many years ago. He is freaking adorable, and he's been on my wall ever since. So I call him Oliver.

Wednesday, February 11

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STAMPEDE!!

Tuesday, February 10

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You'd think we had a baby in the house. But we don't. Just a little dog who likes to strew her toys all over the living room.

Monday, February 9

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I put a Magnetic Poetry calendar in the kitchen. This is what I've done. I do a line every week or so. I'm not sure if it's all one poem. I guess I'll figure it out as I compose more.

Sunday, February 8

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Saturday, February 7

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Time to go jeans shopping.

Friday, February 6

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Just inside the Elephant Bar.

Thursday, February 5

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Screen shot of Media Shout, the program we use at church to do the song slides (as opposed to Power Point). This is up in the A/V room. The monitor on the right shows how the slides will look on the big screen in the sanctuary.

Wednesday, February 4

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The new background on my computer. I had one of the weeping angel statues, but I figured most people wouldn't get it was a Doctor Who thing, and they'd just think I had issues.

Tuesday, February 3

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I sort of wanted to get down there and curl up next to her.

Monday, February 2

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I should have gotten out of the car to get a closer shot of this tree. Its peeling bark kind of weirded me out. Brought the word "scabrous" to mind.

Sunday, February 1

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The BEST Super Bowl food--hot onion cheese dip.

Saturday, January 31

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Yummy red scarf in the making.

Friday, January 30

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Another shot from Palmer Park, looking northwest toward UCCS.

Thursday, January 29

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I was trying to get a shot (without getting up) of my pj pants. I've had these pants for 10 years. I love them. I'll wear them till they fall apart. And they're starting to. They used to have three stripes running down the sides, but as you can sort of see, they're really coming off. Every time I wear them, I have to cut off bits of stripes that are dangling by a thread.

Wednesday, January 28

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I like pictures of people's hands. These are Aunt Beth's hands. She always wears such pretty rings.

Tuesday, January 27

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This how my week looked: the couch and the Kleenex.

Monday, January 26

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Had a log in the fireplace that wouldn't catch, so I shoved a bunch of newspaper in there. This was the next day, when I looked in and saw this totally burned but still there piece of paper. As soon as I touched it, it crumbled. But it looked pretty cool until then.

Sunday, January 25--Self-Portrait

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Mom said I needed to do a self-portrait. I didn't want to use a mirror because I feel silly looking at myself holding a camera. I fantasized about what kind of picture I could take all morning, and when I got home from church, this is what I did.

Saturday, January 24

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The little beggar LOVES getting pieces of clementine.

Friday, January 23

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I love my shoes.

Thursday, January 21

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Thursday after I finished at the church, Mom and I took a long ride. We went all around through Austin Bluffs and Palmer Park. I just love that there is this big wild patch right in the middle of the city. And some amazing views.

Wednesday, January 21

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There are several places where I keep all my writing stuff, but this is the special one because these notebooks contain finished novels, and the longer efforts. It also contains the "scrapbook" I made of my trip to see RENT in San Francisco, and my ridiculous little RENT encyclopedia, and the notebook that has all my notes on law enforcement and forensic science. Jeopardy is finished, Champagne Death Wishes is finished, Parlor Trick is finished (and has more holes than Swiss cheese). The red one is This Moment Is Not Without Its Charms, a collection of characters that I haven't found the right plot for--all the ones I've tried that didn't fit are in that notebook. Up, Down, and Strange (sound familiar?) is the same lenght as the other finished ones but the story is incomplete and after four years, I still have no idea what to do with it. The Magic of Everyday Things is the oldest and least complete, but it's AWESOME. Or it will be, someday. It just makes me smile to look at that shelf. Sure, not everything is finished, but look what I've accomplished in the last ten years!

Tuesday, January 20

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That is a seriously happy look. Wylie LOVES flannel pj's, and she LOVES being petted. So both at the same time--well, there's not much better than that.

Monday, January 19

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Didn't feel so hot on Monday, so I didn't take a picture. This is a reject from last week--the music cart that I haul from the sanctuary to the offices every Thursday at church. It's heavy and unwieldy, and dangerously close to falling apart. If that bungee cord wasn't there, all those notebooks would fall off once the cart hits the bumpy tiled floors. Pushing this cart is probably my least favorite thing about doing the music. But I only have to push it one way. One of the facilities guys always takes it back for me at the end of the day.

Sunday, January 18

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Uphill both ways. :P This is Chelton Hill. Can you tell how steep it is? Every day in first and second grade, I had to walk up this hill to get home from school. I still get winded doing it now, even though my legs are twice as long. If a tiny girl can climb that hill every day, she can do anything, dang it!

Saturday, January 17

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I felt really rotten on Saturday. Taking pictures was the last thing on my mind. So here is a reject from last week. Before I tore up my office area, I had a Harry Potter corner, with my books all together in bookends, and Andrew's wand from his Harry Potter Halloween costume, and the Harry Potter books he brought me back from Europe (#1 from London, and #1 from Paris, in French). On the wall above it, I've tacked two big pictures from my awesome Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban coloring book. I love that the picture goes all the way to the edge of the page. It's a really fun coloring book.

Friday, January 16

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I went over to someone's house Friday night and found this cool pot thing. I was practically squatting on the floor to get this perspective.

Thursday, January 15

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My domain. I climbed up on the platform where the trumpeters sit to get this shot. I'm glad I figured out how to turn on the light. Before, I used to stumble around all that stuff in the dark to pick up all the music.

January 14, My Red-Letter Day

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I finished Novel #4 this morning. I didn't really need to type "The End" but how else would everyone know? :P And if I do say so myself, it has an AMAZING ending.

January 13

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This is one of my super-special collages, made two-sided to hang from the ceiling. And this is my favorite side because it has Steve Martin, Gary Sinise, Kiefer Sutherland, Star Wars, Helo from Battlestar Galactica, and Glinda the Good Witch. Because everyone should have a picture of Glinda the Good Witch walking on water, don't you think?

January 12

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Mom's OJ at lunch. I took it normal, but she thought I should retake it from above. Then the handle of her coffee mug was in the way, so I had to take it again. :P

January 11

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I took this on Sunday while we were having lunch. Because it's fun to turn the camera crooked.

January 10

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Saturday night supper. Barbecued pork sandwiches and cole slaw. Yum!

January 9

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Last Friday, Mom and I took a ride. On our way back from the Garden of the Gods, we saw a herd of deer trotting through a gas station parking lot to this grassy area. Then they took off behind that fence.

One-Wheeling--January 8

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No bicycling in the church! Only unicycling. Unicycle provided.

Sweets

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Up, Please! --January 6

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I took about ten pictures of Wylie as she was "asking" to be picked up. This is my favorite.

It's Curtains for You--Lacy, Gently Wafting Curtains

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I have needed new bedroom curtains for AGES. This is the lovely material I ended up using. Actually, it's one of the finished curtains.

Snow, January 4

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Wasn't feeling very inspired yesterday. I took this around 5 pm after realizing I hadn't taken any pictures yet.

Right Before the Snoring

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I'm not going to overdo the pet pictures this year (or try, anyway), but it's not so easy to resist this face. Hence the extra pounds she's put on since she came to our house.

History of the World

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Books my grandparents had. I love the look of this--it's very fantasy-ish.

Junque

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The inside of my junk drawer. It pretty much always looks this disorganized. I straighten everything out, but then I need to find something, so I dig through it and it all gets messed up again.