Sunday, July 19, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Eighty: Post

Post:  July 7, 2009
Stopped at the gas station on the way to Dallas.

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Nine: Daily

I'm trying to remember to take daily vitamins. It's not going well so far, but this thing does help.

Daily:  July 6, 2009

Friday, July 17, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Eight: Fallen Flowers

Fallen Flowers:  July 5, 2009
Natural beauty is essentially temporary and sad; hence the impression of obscene mockery which artificial flowers give us.
~John Updike

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Seven: Lightbulbs

Lightbulbs:  July 4, 2009
Decor at my brother's apartment. And here's some more from my day with my brother:

Glasses and Books
Flag 2
Broken Buddha
Zachary

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Six: Peak

Cory and I went to Taco Cabana for a snack and spent some time in their lovely air conditioning playing Race for the Galaxy. I managed to pause outside for just a moment to take this photo--despite the heat.

Peak:  July 3, 2009
Ring of Water
Yellow Chair

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Hooray!

Hooray
Cory and I are engaged! We are both very excited about it.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Five: Cushioned

Cushioned:  July 2, 2009
They had these cozy chairs at the Starbucks by my bank. They do not have these cozy chairs at my usual Starbucks, which I am sad about.

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Four: Embroidery

Embroidery:  July 1, 2009
I thought this might be cool while I was taking pictures. Now I'm not so sure. But I don't have any backup shots for the day. Well, I have more shots like this one, but that doesn't really solve my problem.

Project 365 - June 2009

Project 365 - June 2009
Nine months down, three to go! Given how behind I was and how many days I felt exhausted and uninspired, I'm really quite pleased with June.

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Three: Grump

Usually, my kitties are nice models, but on this day they were resentful and twitchy. This was actually the only decent photo I took of either of them.

Grump:  June 30, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Two: Red + Green

Red + Green:  June 29, 2009
I actually really love red and green together, but it's a bit tricky to find ways to combine them that don't scream "CHRISTMAS!" Because that's totally not what I'm going for, generally.

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Seventy-One: Keyboard

Keyboard:  June 28, 2009
"Pianos are such noble instruments - they're either upright or grand."
~Author Unknown

Day Two Hundred and Seventy: Orange + Blue

Orange + Blue:  June 27, 2009I love color.

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Nine: Emptied

Emptied:  June 26, 2009
A couple of glasses of wine really can make it harder to take photos. I don't like any of the pictures I took that night.

Monday, July 6, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Eight: Salt & Pepper III

Having a quick snack at Jason's Deli before going to Cory's parents' house to swim and have more food.

Salt & Pepper III:  June 25, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Seven: Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror:  June 24, 2009
"You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul."
~George Bernard Shaw

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Six: Beckoning

Beckoning:  June 23, 2009
“Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.”
~W. Eugene Smith

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Five: Color Block

Cory and I drove out to Fort Worth to see some art at the Community Arts Center and I had to stop on the way back to photograph this building. I have no idea what it is. Every sign I saw on the outside simply referred to "the Company" and never to its actual name or what it did. That actually made me kind of nervous.

Color Block:  June 22, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Four: Reflected

Cory and I spent some time at Starbucks reading, playing games, and using the internet (since his internet was down). I've spent way more time in Starbucks since I started dating Cory than I ever expected to.

Reflected:  June 21, 2009
Starbucks

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Three: City Sunset

City Sunset:  June 20, 2009
Driving home with Cory in Dallas. This was taken as we were stopped at a light near Abrams and Royal, I think.

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-Two: Out of the Depths

From the Depths:  June 19, 2009
Gracie prepares to attack Sophie.
Sophie prepares to defend her position.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Sixty-One: Cello

Cello:  June 18, 2009
This is my brother's cello. I really love the cello. It's just such a beautiful instrument (in appearance and sound). I'd love to learn how to play. I had fun playing with this one.

Bridge
He has a trumpet, too, though I didn't try to play that instrument.

Trumpet

Day Two Hundred and Sixty: Blue Books

Blue Books:  June 17, 2009
Faced with a stack of American literature exams to grade, I turn to photography. I hate grading. I love teaching, but I dread grading exams and essays every semester. The thing is, it is almost never as hard as I feel like it's going to be, but I can't get over that feeling of dread. I just can't come up with a workable and ethical way to teach literature or writing that will allow me not to grade anything.

Exams to be graded
Just for good measure, here's a self-portrait of me in the middle of grading. That look on my face is the look of someone who is so done with grading but who still has a stack of exams to grade.

Tired

Day Two Hundred and Fifty-Nine: Peephole

It is surprisingly difficult to take a photo through a peephole.

Peephole:  June 16, 2009

Day Two Hundred and Fifty-Eight: 24 Hours

24 Hours:  June 15, 2009

There is no substitute for hard work, 23 or 24 hours a day. And there is no substitute for patience and acceptance.
~Cesar Chavez