Project 365....day 60

Today was a gray day outside, but I was lucky enough to find bits and pieces of sunny colors everywhere I went today, it seems. ♥ Up in the mountains of Upstate New York, the streams and rivers are starting to melt...which can only mean one thing; spring is coming, and fast! (I hope, at least) Here are today's 365's...celebrate with me while I raise my wine glass to the fact that I've made it 2 whole months without quitting or missing a day yet!

I could not resist this lone little leaf left on this tree. I love that little splash of color.



A leaf in the snow I came across while hiking into a waterfall in Benson, NY today.



I just love the contrast between the snow and the stone wall...the way the wall seems to cut through the snow like a ribbon.

Project 365...day 57

Happy Friday (a day late) everyone! Yesterday my husband and I got to do something we very rarely get to do....we got to go out all by ourselves!! We went out for dinner, and then to target, but since his mom came super-duper early, we decided to leave right away, and he could accompany me on my picture-taking outing. And it's a damn good thing he did, too! To get the pictures you're about to see, I had to climb into the bed of his truck, then wait for him to pull up next to the snow bank (which was easily shoulder-height on me) and let me climb out and over! I ended up in waist deep snow before I was done here in Wells, but it was TOTALLY worth it! ♥ I hope you all enjoy Friday's pictures!

More macro practice on these beautiful (and still colorful) leaves!



This capture is the same leaf you see above, just with a different take on the post-processing.



A long shot of the Tenant Creek, far below the falls.

Project 365....day 54

Today we got some snow. Well, actually, let me rephrase that; today we got more snow, practically, than we've gotten all year! To celebrate that fact, we had plans on all going out to play in the snow and do some ice skating....those plans, of course, did not go the way we had hoped, and Thomas melted down and he and Bob stayed home. Instead of the whole family going, Amelia and I got to have a wonderful little snow date, and I must say, I enjoyed EVERY moment of it! ♥

My little snow angel...



My sweet girl and the little friend we made!

Project 365....day 41

While Washington, Philly, NYC, Jersey, and Pennsylvania get dumped on with the snow today, upstate NY enjoyed a 'light dusting'. When I say 'light dusting', I mean we got less than 6", which, for this area, ain't nothin'. So, to celebrate our beautiful, pretty snow, I got out there this morning for a walk across a beautiful, white frozen lake. While out in this 'light dusting', my camera screen got wet w/the snow. Now, I don't know what will happen once it dries out, but for now the streaks across the screen are awesome looking! ♥ I hope you all enjoy my 365's today as much as I enjoyed taking them!

Some berries that have somehow survived and stayed on the vine all this time.



Snowy, wintering pine cones



An Adirondack winter

Project 365....day 34

Today I was lazy...I sat around the house while my husband went and did our taxes, and then I hung out some more with my friend Jani, then I went for Cocktails with my grammy! ♥ Between all of that very exciting, time consuming stuff, I managed to get a few postcard-worthy shots, or at least I think so....here are my 365's for day #34!



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Project 365....day 22

Today I set out in search of a waterfall that is located about 30 minutes (give or take) from me, way out in the town of Hope. I was able to find the water fall, and it was BEAUTIFUL (and Icy!) I also lucked out in a few different areas....so without further ado, here are today's 365's....a selected few from the beautiful outdoors!

On my way north, I couldn't pass up the chance to stop and shoot this farm. This is where I get pumpkins with my little human every fall.



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Then it was on to the main attraction....off to Hamilton County in search of a waterfall!



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Once I was done there, my plans were to head home....the deer, however, had different plans for me! As I was coming over the hill, all I could see were white tails! I stopped for a (long) minute, and took another 2 or so rolls of film, and got to see a beautiful Momma and her 3 babies feed, and run, and play and enjoy this beautiful, warm winter day! <3

This first shot is one of the beautiful little fawns. ♥



2 of the babies.

Project 365....day 19

Today's 365's come to you from around and about my house once again! Today was a damp day full of snow and cold, icky winter rain...as a result, we did very little today; some puzzles....some coloring.....some boiling water because of the water main break in town today... (Doh!) Anyway....here are today's pics; a mix of all my subjects today! Enjoy!♥

This morning when I woke up and took the dog out it was snowing; big fat flakes that looked like the ends of Q-tips or cotton balls or something...I could not resist running back in for my camera when I spied this little leaf...



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Then, it was back indoors for some time with our books...



And after we had lunch, and Amelia took off on the bus, the little girl I watch in the afternoon came. She was sleepy today. ♥




While Rylee napped, Thomas gave me the "cheese-wiz!" face!

Project 365....day 13

Sarah's pictures a few days ago inspired me, and also gave me an idea for a very-very local shoot! A few blocks from my house is a piece of history for this part of New York. Just a few blocks away is the site of the old FJ&G railroad. To honor this small bit of history, my city has left a piece of track and one old rail car. I went there to shoot today, and was pretty thrilled with the results.

First, just for fun I played with my macro setting for a bit, trying to capture some more perfect snowflakes.



After I played around with that for a bit, I got down to business. Here are a couple different edits of the train.

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More trains for Liam! ♥



Finally today, I have a shot of my sweet little princess resting after dancing "ALL night at the ball, Momma!"

Project 365....day 12

Today was another long one...I'm in the final stretch of my baby sitting job....this is the last week, and I had all kinds of good intentions to take the kids outside and get some shots of them in the snow, but then I woke up and though it was sunny, it was only about 9 deg. To make matters worse, the little girl I watch was sicky today, so there was no going outside...I did, however, manage to capture my boy being awfully sweet.♥

This first picture was my favorite shot of Thomas today. I edited it twice, because while I was THRILLED with the original edit, after I edited the second picture of him, I decided to make it a matched set. Here are both the edits I did, I'd love to hear which is your favorite!

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This picture is the companion shot to the 2nd edit (above). I love these shots of him...for everyone's information he was completely lost in Cars (for the 9 billionth time) He didn't even seem to notice the flash blasting away at him!


The last shot today came from the restaurant I work at. Yes, they are real snowflakes. This is an up close look at NY snowflakes on the railing of the deck.

Project 365....day 8

Today was not the greatest day for me, photo-wise. I didn't get out this morning, because I had some awesome (and adorable) company. My friend Shelby came by to hang out for a bit, and brought her super-cute, almost 2 mo. old son Isaac over (you might remember him/them from my top 10 under 5), so we had a mini-shoot indoors w/him. Also, it was family day at my daughter's pre-k, so as you can imagine, things were busy here this morning. As it worked out, I didn't get outside to shoot until about 4 pm, which is about 25-30 minutes before the sun sets. But alas, I digress...anyway....

First, a couple of my sweet girl on our "snow walk" this afternoon. <3





Next, my favorites from baby Isaac's mini-shoot this morning.

Project 365....day 6

So, yesterday's 365 turned out to be pictures of my sweet girl, and today's is a showcase of my son. I didn't plan it this way, but today I did not have the little girl I usually babysit for, so Toes and I had a chance to take a 'snow walk'. These are some of my favorite moments from our little walk today.

Snowy Work Boots!



The thing you have to understand about Toes is that he loves the idea of having his picture taken, and then the minute I actually point a camera at him he's all "Don't cheese me!!!"





So serious...



The first time I edited this picture, I took out the black eye, (which this vintage edit seems to highlight so well) but in the end, decided to leave it for posterity. Still, even with the massive bruise on his face, I think he's so handsome!