Project 365....day 207

Day 207 brought me back to the covered bridge in Edinburgh, NY...you know, the one I blogged about here, and here. Well anyway....I headed back up there to see what I could see, and I found a few beautiful bits and pieces!!



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Project 365....day 173

Today I had to go print a recent order, and once I was done with that I went for a ride to get my 365 pictures for the day. Here are my finds for the day; a gazebo, and some beautiful orange flowers!



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Project 365....day 155

Saturday we had some storms....well, sort of. They were calling for tornado watches, of all things (!) in upstate NY! Because of that, though, the sky was a beautiful deep blue with bits of clouds.



some more industrial shots, made MUCH better by the beautiful sky...



The beautiful colors of the summer sunset...

Project 365....day 131

Day 131. I've decided that less is more here, so I'll be mostly just including my pictures from here on out. That is the part of this that always holds me up, you see. I have my pictures ready, but then I try to write up a little paragraph, and I get stuck, and then my blog sits here, for days, untouched. And that makes me sad. So, no more pressure on me to write. I will let my photos speak for themselves a little more.

There's no place like home...


There's no place like home.


There's no place like home....


There's no place like home.

Project 365....day 119

Today I decided to take another solo crack at Amish country. After last week, when I got stuck in the mud, I was a bit nervous, but I decided to prove that I wasn't scared, and off I went. The results were AMAZING! ♥ I truly live in such a beautiful place!

"Oh, what a beautiful morning."


"Yes, what a wonderful day!"


"I've got a beautiful feeling..."


"Everything's going my way!"

Project 365....day 117

Tuesday the husband and I went for cocktails with my Grammy ( ♥ ) and then we took a ride out to see the Amish farms (after my disastrous trip this past week, I will never do that particular ride alone again) The results, as you will see, are beautiful!

A beautiful church in Nelliston, NY


The farm directly across from the church above...


The Amish farm/farm house just down the road

Project 365....day 111

Let me tell you a story.

Yesterday was a beautiful day. I got the chance to take a ride, and since I had been with my friend Shelby the day before, I was feeling inspired....she was so full of 'you should ride out towards Canjo, the farms and the hills, and the old barns and farm equipment, etc. etc. etc.' I was totally sold. So, I headed out on this beautiful, bright sunny day out through the Valley and through the Amish farm country. Let me tell you, it was so beautiful. The sun was shining, and the sky was BRIGHT blue, and the clouds were puffy and perfect...just the most BEAUTIFUL spring day....so I ride out for a while, and I pass this farm field with hay stacks, rather than bales of hay, or rolls of hay, and I decided shortly there after to turn around and go back so I could pull over and catch this shot. It was perfect.

So, I pulled over. And my car immediately sunk in the mud. And when I say sunk, I mean sunk. Buried. The entire right side of my car stuck down in about 8 inches of mud and cow shit. Let me tell you. I was thrilled. I had no cellphone reception, and was SO worried about having to walk to a house and use the phone and call my husband and listen to him laugh at me. Instead, luck was on my side! Within about 3 minutes of me being stuck, two very nice, very attractive guys stopped to see if they could help me. They tried, and failed (as I had predicted) to push me out, and within about 5 more minutes, an amazingly helpful, wonderful farmer stopped to come to my rescue! An honest to god knight in shining.....pick-up truck. Long story longer, he pulled me up and out of the mud, and I was able to slink off on my way. However, I never did get my shot of that field.

Fail.

So anyway, here are the bits and pieces I was able to capture on my adventures yesterday! Enjoy!

So I've been looking and looking for the perfect hand-water pump for a long time, and I finally found it on Stoner Lake!


The beautiful, calm water of Stoner Lake.


"Guess my feet know where they want me to go.....walkin' down a country road.

Project 365....day 102

Yesterday was a pretty exciting day for me! While I was out for just a minute (i literally had less than an hour) getting my 365's, I happened to run into my friend Matt and his lovely daughter Kira. Thus, we had an impromptu portrait mini-session in the 45 minutes I had after I ran into them....that will be posted momentarily, but for now, here are yesterday's 365's; day 102!

It was a perfect day for finding pictures in the clouds...


A beautiful church tower in the middle of Gloversville, NY

Project 365....day 98

So apparently last week I was lazier than I thought; I really, REALLY thought I'd gotten my pictures up from Thursday, but as I just found out when I went to update this thing after my weekend out of town, I did not. I edited the pictures, and made them pretty and got them ready, then totally just did not post them. My bad. Anyway, here are my pictures from day #98; some beautiful scenery in Speculator, NY

A beautiful bit of 'small town' life...this beautiful church against the crystal-blue sky.


A strange angle on a beautiful garden trellis next to Lake Plesant.


A view from down here this time; the lip of a small garden and a view of Lake Plesant.


I couldn't resist just a few more captures of this trellis. I loved the shape of it.

Project 365....day 97

Yesterday I have no real excuse aside from the fact that when I finally got home after shooting the sweetest little guy(s) *and girls* on the planet, I just didn't really feel up to getting these up yesterday. I know, I know....a bad precedent to be setting. Tisk-tisk, and all that jazz. Anyway, here are my 365's for day #97; to be followed shortly after by the portrait session I had with my friend Shelby's adorable little boy. ♥

Those April showers are really working!


Love the rocker on the porch. ♥


The front of my friend's beautiful house!

Project 365....day 91

Thursday I had the privilege of actually having a real, live model! My friend Matt and I went out to take advantage of the beautiful spring day we had. I did take a few other random pics while we were out, but I wasn't thrilled with any of the 'randoms', so I am choosing to use a few alternate edits from my portrait session with my friend Matt. Enjoy!

Hangin' out...catchin' up....snappin' pictures. My favorite kind of day!


Another beach shot...a bit longer this time to include the shadow.


On to the train tracks! One of my favorite locations to shoot portraits. (Please note the awesome sparkle from the sun on his glasses!)


This is one of my favorite pictures from the whole 2.5 hour session! I love the movement in this picture, and the angle his arms are at.

Project 365....day 85

So once again, it's the weekend, and things are very, very hectic for me this weekend. Friday I had a chance to shoot a wide variety of subjects, but I did not get a chance to even get them on the computer last night! Thus, here I am playing catch-up as Sunday morning quickly approaches. Without further ado, here are my 365's for Friday; day 85!

Water dripping from a rock somewhere near the middle of a giant waterfall just outside of Mohawk, NY


After I'd gotten my fill of the waterfall, I drove back through Fonda, NY and stumbled across a farm where I captured the next few images.


This barn was falling down around this poor dump truck!



Once I finished there, it was off through Bleeker, to Nate's house to capture his pup Bongo.


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Project 365....day 84

Yesterday I had to work in the morning, and my sweet little toes was not feeling well at ALL, so I wasn't entirely sure I was going to have time to even get out and shoot yesterday. Thankfully, I was able to make my escape when my husband came home to take over w/the kids for a while so I could get out and shoot. By the time I made it out, it was late in the afternoon, and had started raining, but I'm still thrilled with the outcome. Here are my 365's for day 84!

The first of many shots of the train tracks in Fonda, NY


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A beautiful farm I passed on my way out Rt. 5 yesterday.

Project 365....day 74

Today I had a lot of running around to do, and I also got a chance to get out all by myself to do some shooting, and I am so, so, SO pleased with the outcome. Here are my 365's for this dreary Monday.

I am such a sucker for this old-timey looking pictures. The farm and tractor lend themselves to nicely to this style picture.



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Then, I drove out to Broadalbin, NY and captured this BEAUTIFUL shot of the Sacandaga lake-front.

Project 365....day 66

So I have no real excuse for yesterday, so I'll just say it plain; I'm a lazy-ass slacker. There, I've said it. I wasn't feeling like doing anything by the time I finally got home last night. My husband spent the day throwing up, and then once I got home from work, the little humans and I went to dinner at my dad's house, and didn't get home until bedtime. Once they were settled, and the husband had been checked on, I was feeling burnt out, and frankly, I couldn't coax my lazy butt off the couch to even retrieve the wireless mouse and keyboard. Instead, I sat around and watched the Academy Awards, and ate some potato chips, and spent a very, very uncomfortable night on the couch to avoid whatever it was that the husband caught. Because of my lame-o excuses, once again I'm playing catch up, so here are yesterday's 365 pictures. I hope you love them!! ♥

This church in Fishhouse, NY is roughly 200 years old. The oldest graves in the adjoining graveyard is from the 1840's, which leads me to believe that the church was built at least a few years before then.



And as a bonus, here is a second edit I did of this same picture; I just could not pick a favorite.



More practice at hitting the wind-blown target with my macro shots!