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Gray or Grey- Crayon day #7

07 Wednesday Mar 2018

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Even being the word nerd I am, I never really bothered to figure out gray versus grey.  When I write grey feels more natural to me; no idea why.  Tonight I finally googled it and found, they really are interchangeable.  Gray is more common in the United States, where grey is more common in the rest of the English speaking world.

Today was another one of those days where I had a plan for my #365project #photoaday and Mother Nature had other ideas.  When I got home after a few unsatisfactory photo stops, I took Coe for a walk.  It was on our evening stroll in the park where I finally found today’s color grey.

A few of the other photographers I follow make a plan and layout their 365 by month and year.  I am feeling a little stifled by this self-imposed 24 pack of crayons, but I am also forcing myself to look for, and at, things I normally wouldn’t.  It’s all about growth and creativity- whatever gets me there, right?!

It’s been quite some time since I have done my So Lonely series and had been thinking of revisiting it.  I guess the Universe agreed.

Crayon days #6 Bluetiful

06 Tuesday Mar 2018

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Crayola’s new color that bumped Dandelion out of the 24 box, is a dark blue quite similar to these flowers. I think as much of the new name of this shade of blue, as I do this lovely arrangement.

Another hideous, loud display drew me into the store, but when I saw this blue beauty, I couldn’t resist.  I spent a few minutes wandering around thinking this really is the ugliest store I have ever been in.  Can you picture this in your home?

You’d better not answer that, it might make me think less of you 😉

Crayon Days

05 Monday Mar 2018

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The thing about social media is finding ways for all your different mediums to talk to one another.  I’m not always very good at that.  I have been doing my #365project #photoaday, but what I haven’t done is taken is taken the time to post it over here.

Here’s my recap of the last few days… and since I know fb won’t bring all my pics over here, please click the link to see what I’ve been up to.

Friday was the dandelion. Since dandelion was the most recent Crayola crayon to retire, I decided to start there. I snapped this mid-morning with my iphone, and when I went back with my camera, it had closed up for the day. If you click to view it larger, you can see these neat little curly petals.

Friday was the white, blanco, blanc crayon, like the spring blossoms on the dogwoods. The trees are blooming right now and we enjoyed a beautiful spring day. The roller coaster weather continues though and we are going to have a few upcoming evenings dropping below freezing.

A box of 24 crayons has a seemingly disproportionate number of blue, especially with them just adding a new blue. Upon first glance I have 4 identical blue crayons; but as soon as you color with them you see the difference is pretty vast.

Four seemingly identical blue crayons, but oh so different…

Blue of a feather… oh wait, wrong saying…

We had another beautiful spring day on Sunday. Everyone was wearing shorts and out in the park. The sky was a gorgeous blue dotted with perfect white clouds. I love the contrast to the dark trees.

Today is brown.  I started the day off with what I thought was going to be today’s color. Box in hand, I drove to and from work, eyes open for something interesting. The color I planned was tossed out the window when I spied something I hadn’t considered.

Germantown, Tennessee is all about their horses. There are horse sculptures all over town, painted an array of colors. I wasn’t expecting to find one that was a nice normal brown.

I warmed up the photo using snapseed. Don’t ask me my settings bc, honestly I have no clue. Filters are not my strength. I just play with them until I get an image and coloring I like.

I liked getting the sky to glow behind him. I also like how the lights from the shop direct your eyes to him.

Here’s to hoping you have a colorful week!

A box of color

01 Thursday Mar 2018

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The month of March is all about green, so for #365project I am going to focus on all the colors.

I got a box of 24 Crayola with the “New Bluetiful.”  When I compared the previous box of 24 to the new box, it appears a shade of yellow got bumped.

Since March clearly has more than 24 days I’m going to do a little research to find out what other colors have gotten the heave-ho and use that to fill the rest of the month. That, or just post whatever fabulous color catches my eye.

What a weekend

25 Sunday Feb 2018

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This is my #365project summary and weekend wrap-up.  Coe finally let me get some sleep so I used my energy to sort and pack before I move into a house at the end of March.  While sorting I came across high school memories.  Some photos are better left in the 80’s!  I took some special pleasure in teasing Ginger Kitty, and I found a swirly heart in a tree.

Sleepy sunrise

23 Friday Feb 2018

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Happy Friday!  This is one of those weeks that felt like it would never end.   I had just pulled on my pajama pants this evening and had a moment of near panic that I didn’t take a picture today.  I quickly remembered this morning’s gorgeous sunrise and the few pictures I snapped in my sleep deprived daze. #365project #photoaday Cheers to no alarm clock on Saturday!

A face in the crowd

22 Thursday Feb 2018

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I try to keep up with various photo challenges and projects to keep the creative juices flowing.  I fall behind and lose track, but thankfully I follow enough other photobloggers that I keep moderately informed.  Thanks to Living the Q Life, I have a photo for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.  I’m also cheating and using this as my #365project #photoaday.

I took this along with some other photos at the botanic garden for another photo challenge, but really found the guy looking into my shot a little creepy.  In turn, it fits this challenge perfectly!

For the record, I took exactly one photo today.  Coe, who has slept one full night in the last month, has me completely exhausted.  She slept ALL DAY today.  We, meaning she, are on some new meds that hopefully will allow us to get some rest during normal darkness hours.

Alien invasion? Nope, just dinner

20 Tuesday Feb 2018

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I recently listened to Alton Brown’s podcast interview with Gaby Dalkin.  I found her conversational skills lacking, but was drawn to her website, which is an incredible stockpile of recipes, and meal plans.  Since completing Whole30, I’ve been trying to do more meal prep for the week.  While W30 didn’t work for me, I learned a lot.  One important lesson is getting out of the house in the morning is so much easier when it’s all ready ahead of time.  The ultimate fresh, homemade, grab and go.

Tonight I made my spin on her Asian Chicken Slaw.  I really followed her recipe pretty closely, until I realized I had used the green onions and cilantro on my veggie burrito bowls the night before.  This was a bright, fresh salad that I’m going to make again for my upcoming supper club.

When I was slicing the purple cabbage I decided I’ve binge watched too much Doctor Who, because the inside looked like some alien bug.  I had a similar moment after too many CSI marathons, but that’s a story for another day.

Here is today’s #365project #photoaday #notanalien