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365great Day 34: spring

laelene Posted in 365great，Tags: 365great, beautiful, flowers, nature, pictures, plants, santa ana winds, seasons, spring, weather

17 April 2013

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This year, spring has been elusive. When flowers should have been budding and people should have been admiring the lovely cherry blossoms of our capitol, we were stuck with mini snow/slush/rain storm after storm. Cold front this, wacky pressure that, and no temperatures over 60-something. Over here on the west coast, at least the LA area, high winds have briskly whisked away our hopes for a nice warm day. What’s going on?!

I think just about everyone looks forward to spring – the renewal, the budding flowers, the warm air, the change of wardrobe, maybe even some cleaning! The world around us becomes more active and the weather gets warmer so we can shed those layers. Colors come back and beauty is everywhere – check out how amazing this flower in my yard looks! Playing outside becomes more accessible and everything just seems so alive. What a great feeling that is!

FMSPhotoADay March 2013

laelene Posted in photo blog，Tags: bloggers, fmsphotoaday, instagram, photo challenge, pictures, sharing, social media

17 April 2013

FMS PhotoADay is a photo challenge hosted/led by Chantelle of FatMumSlim. She posts a prompt for each day of the month and you can interpret them however you like! It’s a fun way to look at the world around you in a different light (and actually look at it more). I joined partway through March and have been having fun with it. It’s quite rewarding! I liked how Chantelle summarized and looked back on her month’s worth of photo a day images on her blog, so I’m going to do that too!

I started on March 10th; here’s what I did through the month. 🙂

: “I want…” more knowledge – from Coursera, books, really anywhere! {Hudson filter} 3.10.13

: “Important” to me: him! 3.11.13

: “In the distance” a beautiful skyline. {Mayfair filter} 3.12.13

: “Sound” of a symphony of birds in the crisp morning air (most of which I could not see). {Kelvin filter} 3.13.13

: “Tasty” Indian food – nom! {Mayfair filter} 3.14.13

: “Explore” or more like being explored? {Sutro filter with radial tilt shift} 3.15.13

: “9 o’clock” working on the ground cuz the sheets are in the dryer (yes my bed is my desk). {Mayfair filter} 3.16.13

: “Green” is Keroppi! No pinching today. {Rise filter} 3.17.13

: “Shoes” to protect me from the unexpected! 3.18.13

: “A sign” beckoning us to try winning pad Thai. {Willow filter} 3.19.13

: “Clean” right after snow, before footprints. {Lo-fi filter} 3.20.13

: “Working” at my ironing board desk. {Mayfair filter} 3.21.13

: “About you” (well, me) I’m a glutton! {X-Pro II filter} 3.22.13

: “What do you do for fun” – stalk animals in nature (nicely). {Hudson filter} 3.23.13

: “Up” float the bubbles! {X-Pro II filter} 3.24.13

: “In your drawer” a hot mess! {Sierra filter} 3.25.13

: “Something you did” after a long day of flying it’s pretty much all I did… {Mayfair filter} 3.26.13

: “Pair” of hungry cats! {Amaro filter} 3.27.13

: “In the mirror” a reflection of another! This wheel had alternating strips of mirror & slits so when you spin it, you see yourself yet you see the person across from you. #trippy {Amaro filter} 3.28.13