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12/30/2014

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During 2014 I was involved in a "365" Projecct. The idea was to take a photo(s) everyday for the year. I made it, with a couple of exceptions, and was pretty good about posting them here, until life got in the way. But here are the ones I did post... if you care to page through the photo diary of 2014!
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291-318 of 365.... BAD JILL!!!

11/15/2014

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This past month has been a busy one, with travel, quilting and general chaos taking most of my time. I have been derelict in my uploading duties, but not in my photo-taking duties! So here is a gallery of some images I have taken during that time... there may not be one for each day (broke my record) but I hope you enjoy them nonetheless!!

Click on any one of them to see it in full crop and larger or to view this as a slide show!
Well that gets us up to date! As you can see it was a busy month of all kinds of activities!


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285-290 of 365 - It is all an illusion

10/17/2014

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The theme this week, for our 365 group, is "Illusion". Below are my photos for the daily postings. Click on each one to see a caption about the illusion and to see the photo full crop.
I am playing with the cars in the parking lot!
What do you see in the concrete blocks? I see a landscape with reflection in a lake.
Trying to make the pathwayseem much longer than it really is!
No it didn't snow yet, this is a reflection in a parking lot puddle!
It may look like these are the same size - NO the front one is about 1", middle 2" back one 3"!
what is real, what is a reflection, what is through the window?
Then came this... a dreamlike illusion made from three of the photos I took from the parking lot rooftop:
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279-284 of 365 - a week of variety

10/11/2014

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It was a slightly weird week... started sick (thus middle of the night and cough drop photos, then through Jon's inspired cooking, a couple of trips up to the mall for people watching, a heart discovered in the old flooring of our home, and insects stopped by the chilly weather. Click on and photo to see the full crop or larger size.
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272 - 277 - Theme: Silhouettes

10/5/2014

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This past week's theme was silhouettes and shadows. We were in Virginia Beach during much of the week, so I got some shots for the theme, but also had to digress into the beautiful sunrises and scenes there!

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The silhouettes

additional non-theme pics from Virginia Beach

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264 - 271 of 365 - The theme is color

9/28/2014

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Our group theme this week was color, so instead of individual days, I thought I would just do a gallery of the images I submitted for "color". Then, rebel that I am, one day was actually no color! 
Hope you enjoy them. Click to see them larger at at full crop.
In honor of the last two pic above, I have to post this link.... if you need a laugh, or just a song to stick
in your head I present to you:  "the fish head song"

And here is my non-color.
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261-263 of 365 - Road trip Part 5 

9/21/2014

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It was a straight line from Colorado to VA, and we could "smell the barn" so with just a stop at a rest area with a stream and birds flying through, and lunch at a great brew pub, we headed forth.

It turned out the barn we smelled were the ones in Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, in Lexington, Kentucky. so we stopped to visit the horses and riders as they took their morning exercise. 

It was amazing to watch these beautiful animals. Click on any of the pics to see them larger. As you can see in Picture 2,  I won the derby while I was there!

Then home. The end.
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259-260 of 365 - Road trip part 4

9/17/2014

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Our next leg was in Boulder Colorado visiting my sister and her family. Good times had by all... Joan even tried out the corn cob pipe we brought her from the Corn Palace! But here she is picking out the music for our morning coffee!

Some of you might remember the rocking horse from day 50... She has now found a new home and an able rider!
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257-258 of 365 - Road Trip part 3

9/15/2014

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The next part of our drive was through the east wide of Wyoming on our way to Colorado. I love this landscape - desolate and verdant at the same time. Rugged scrub and velvet smooth at the same time. History seeps from the abandoned buildings, and warnings from the snow fences. Click on any of the below pictures to see them larger.
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255-258 of 365 - Road Trip part 2

9/13/2014

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I convinced Jon to do some sightseeing in on our way to Colorado. We stopped at the SPAM Museum (who knew!!) the Mitchell, SD Corn Palace and Wall Drug to experience road trip kitsch at its best. Then a few days in National Grasslands and Badlands National Park. Both just beautiful; But before we could leave, we took a quick stop in Deadwood SD to pay our respects to the Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane grave sites.
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Spam, Corn, Wall and Deadwood:

Grasslands and Badlands

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254 - 255 of 365 - road trip part 1

9/11/2014

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Much of September was spent on a 3500+ mile road trip, so instead of day to day photos, I will post as they happened on the legs of our journey - part by part.

The beginning of our trip went from VA through Gary Indiana and Chicago (with a sobering reminder of the dangers of the road!) to Milwaukee for some Scrabble and garden admiration with our friend Tony and Maggie (Happy Anniversary too!!). Then a return to Madison, WI to reunite Jon with one of our comfy chairs and get a free meal or two from Landon!  While there we also picked up items I had stored to bring out to my sister's family in Colorado... so we then headed West! click on any of these to see a bigger image:
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250 -253 - OOPS - commercial break

9/10/2014

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249 of 365 - Who knew that Sansaverias ever boomed!

9/6/2014

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248 of 365 - Just cause I like old Signs!!

9/5/2014

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247 of 365 - a very nice sunset off the "back porch"

9/4/2014

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246 of 365 - city streets in the evening

9/3/2014

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245 of 365 - National Portrait Gallery

9/2/2014

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244 of 365 - playtime!

9/1/2014

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243 of 365 - Day 21 of Around the block

8/31/2014

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I will end my "around the block series with these beautiful flowers from a very small hidden urban garden across the stree from our place.
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242 of 365 - Day 20 Around the Block

8/30/2014

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Sometimes it is how you look, not where you look... this is through a knot in the fence around our dumpster!
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241 of 365 - Day 19 around the block

8/29/2014

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I love the morning light from our window... Here is Jon catching up on the morning news.
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240 of 365 - Day 18 Around the Block

8/28/2014

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A bit of a pass today... just a quick shot of the enjoyable taster collection from the brewery on our block!
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239 of 365 - day 17 Around the block

8/27/2014

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238 of 365 - day 16 of around the block

8/26/2014

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Half way through the 30 days, I thought I would show you "the block" and where some of the photos have come from!
This is taken from the  roof of the parking garage across the street.
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Here is a close up of the bottom left window... "Good Morning America, how are you?"
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237 of 365 - day 15 around the block

8/25/2014

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Yes there are people on our block too! And dogs who do not want their picture taken while wearing the "cone of shame"!
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