hours, days, months, years ... 55/365

hours, days, months, years ...
/ˈaʊərz deɪz mʌnθs yɪərz/ - nouns (plural)
measures of time ...

... 43800 hours ... 1825 days ... 60 months ... and five years ... happy birthday stella ...

windows ... 54/365

windows ...
/ˈwɪndoʊz/ –noun
openings in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.

windows in the restaurant where we held stella's birthday party this year ... please note previous mentions of room redos ... windows that looked out into the mall ... seems a little silly ... but lets in light and is a perfect opportunity to catch view of your sister's birthday party from the arms of a boppa ...

fashion ... 53/365

fashion ...
/ˈfæʃən/ –noun
a prevailing custom or style of dress, etiquette, socializing, etc.:

... stella's fashion for her birthday party ... this girl is all about frill and pink ... and my friend (who has two little boys) ... has been happy to accomodate ... each year on her birthday, she has created a beautiful dress for stella ... it's something i look forward to seeing every year ...

footwear ... 52/365

footwear ...
/ˈfʊtˌwɛər/ –noun
articles to be worn on the feet, as shoes, slippers, or boots.

... cora's shoes at the birthday party ... lovingly placed upon her new dora purse ... i had to take a picture and share it ... i remember when stella would wear these shoes all. the. time. ... and now it's cora's turn for the cherry shoes ... i'm never gonna be able to part with these shoes, am i? ...

grin ... 51/365

grin ...
/grɪn/ –verb (used without object)
to smile broadly, esp. as an indication of pleasure, amusement, or the like.

... i think she was excited to eat birthday cake ... i hated to cut into the beautiful cake ... either way an awesome grin ...

food glorious food ... 50/365

food glorious food ...

/fud ˈglɔriəs fud/

song from oliver, also an expression indicating the beauty of a certain food

... so much prettier than hot sausage and mustard. or cold jelly and custard. or possibly even, pease pudding and saveloy. ... well i'm not sure about that last one ... i'm just assuming ... this is stella's birthday cake ... i cannot take any credit for this creation ... gorgeous, huh? ... but i can take credit for the picture.

silhouette ... 49/365

silhouette ...
/ˌsɪluˈɛt/–noun
the outline or general shape of something

... speaking of a room redo ... we also we(a)re working on our basement play area ... and as i was cleaning the layer of dust off of EVERYTHING ... i found this silhouette of sheetrock dust that created a design on the fireplace mantle through a candleholder. it would be really pretty if it wasn't sheetrock dust ...

grafitti ... 48/365

grafitti ...

/grəˈfiti/ –noun
markings, as initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom, or the like

... had to capture this little bit of grafitti found while in the midst of a room redo for our now FIVE year old stella ... apparently someone had a episode of crabbiness that resulted in a little marking of the walls ... just above the baseboard under her desk ... now that her room is the perfect shade of pink ... i'm hoping this won't reoccur ...

temperature ... 47/365

temperature ...

/ˈtɛmpərətʃər/ –noun
a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal equilibrium

... although i didn't use a standardized measurement to make this determination ... this photo screamed ... HOT! ... played with a lot of editing to try to make the layers and dimension stand out ... not sure i achieved what i hoped for in that sense ... but i think i got the idea of hot played out loud and clear.

holes ... (kind of) 46/365

holes ...

/hoʊl/ –noun
a hollow place in a solid body or mass; a cavity

... kind of a part of this challenge ... but i'm only taking 1/2 the credit ... and i promise i'll make it up by including my own hole picture sometime this year ... but i could not NOT post this photo taken by my husband (with my camera) ... before he took down the birch tree ... we noted several weeks ago that the woodpeckers had taken to this tree ... and there was an awesomely round little hole that they had carved in the wood ... so he wanted a picture of it before the tree became firewood ... and i was playing with his photo ... and LOVED this edited version ... i figure it's enough different from my regular old square images ... that it's ok if i add it to the mix ... right? (good job babe!)

logs ... 45/365

logs ...
/lɔgz/ –noun, plural
a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.

... "daddy may tree doh boom ... tut, tut, tut" ... an on-it's-way-to-dying birch tree ... in the front yard ... right in front of the picture window ... boom ... (and he only took out part of the gutter) ... moving to it's next life ... as logs for our summer campfires ...

orange ... 44/365

orange ...
/ˈɔrɪndʒ/ –noun
a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.
OR ...
a color between yellow and red in the spectrum, an effect of light with a wavelength between 590 and 610 nm; reddish yellow.

... loved ... loved ... LOVED ... this orange ... it had a mysterious little green stripey viney thing ... i really could take pictures of this orange all day ... weird ... i know ... i'll talk to someone ... promise. thing i'm not sure of?? what picture of this orange i like best ... so ... i'm including all of them.

it's my blog ... and i'll post 'em if i want to ... post 'em if i want to ... post 'em if i want to ... you would post 'em too ... if it happened to you!
















yeah ... i'm STILL not sure which one is my favorite ...

paint ... 43/365

paint ...
/peɪnt/ –noun
a substance composed of solid coloring matter suspended in a liquid medium and applied as a protective or decorative coating to various surfaces, or to canvas or other materials in producing a work of art.
or verb ...
application of this

... budding artist ... loves to slather it on ... but always needs a cloth standing by for cleaning up her hands ... i have no idea who she got that from ... not me ... definitely ... daddy maybe?