Piperbarb's 2014 Project 365

[piperbarb]

Looks like the room is coming along nicely. How much more to go?

Marilynne,

Thanks. I still have to finish going through the bookshelves and pulling out what I don't want and putting all my knitting and photo books that have been scattered on different bookshelves in the house due to spacial constraints. I figure, it should take another week or two. I am not a rug or carpeting fan due to my allergies, but I think I want a small area rug in the room. The floor looks to empty and bare.

I love that it is already usable, and the cats & dog now go in the room, find a comfy spot and stay in there. The whole energy of the room has changed.

 

[piperbarb]

4:40 am? you get up early Barbara, (just because its dark outside) or is the clock stopped lol

HaHa! Clock stopped. I have to replace the batteries and reset the time. I get up early, but NOT that early!

 

[piperbarb]

5-1-14:

The sun finally came out this afternoon and I took advantage of it.

I know this cardinal photo is not the greatest in the world. I took it through the storm door window. I knew that as soon as I opened the door, this guy would be gone. As it was, he heard the shutter through the door, and flew off immediately after I got this image.




This little guy was waiting for the nuthatches to leave the bird feeder.




Ah, my favorite bird... a nuthatch. Same bird in both photos. I love the first one.

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

4:40 am? you get up early Barbara, (just because its dark outside) or is the clock stopped lol

I am up at 4:20 so I am glad to another one up!!

Pat in NH

 

[Marilynne]

I've been retired for over three years and still get up between 4 and 5am. It's hard to break the habit (over 25 years worth). Even when I make it to 10:30pm, I'm still up early.

 

[weebee]

Pretty cat!

 

[Scott Murray]

Great shots Barbara

 

[piperbarb]

I've been retired for over three years and still get up between 4 and 5am. It's hard to break the habit (over 25 years worth). Even when I make it to 10:30pm, I'm still up early.

I am a morning person. I think I am sleeping late on the weekend when I getup at 7.

 

[piperbarb]

Pretty cat!

Thanks.

 

[piperbarb]

5-2-14:

I did not have a lot of time today, but did take a few opportunistic photos, feline and canine.

The Inscrutable Cat


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[RON_RIP]

Love that cat!

 

[piperbarb]

Love that cat!

Ron,

Thanks. He also loves to have his photo taken and doesn't squint when he hears the lens focus on him. I have one cat that does the pre-emptive squint.

 

[piperbarb]

5-3-14:

Since it rained on and off all day, I ended up spending most of the afternoon and evening moving books around. I did my photography books first. Somehow, I always thought I had more than I do. Now that they are in one place, they don't look like there are as many as I thought. I think I have a few at work in my classroom. I will have to check on Monday. One of my first photo books was a Leica Manual from the early 1960s that my father gave me. I still have it. It has a lot of really good basic photo information, that holds for both film and digital photography.

I took this with my iPhone, so sorry if it's not very good.

 

[RON_RIP]

Ron,

Thanks. He also loves to have his photo taken and doesn't squint when he hears the lens focus on him. I have one cat that does the pre-emptive squint.

Use manual focus on that one and he won't hear the focus motor.

 

[piperbarb]

Use manual focus on that one and he won't hear the focus motor.

I know I should but a lot of times my cat photos are just grab shots and I forget to flip it to manual focus.

 

[piperbarb]

5-4-14:

Today was a really nice day out by the afternoon. I went out for a while and got these:

The first of the season:

Hairy Lichen



I just like the geometry and stark colors of this.

Rack & Lights

 

[RON_RIP]

I know I should but a lot of times my cat photos are just grab shots and I forget to flip it to manual focus.

It is so hard sometimes for our cats to train us

 

[piperbarb]

It is so hard sometimes for our cats to train us

HaHa! Isn't that the truth!!

 

[piperbarb]

5-5-14:

A small, miniature Chinese vase. It stands about 2" high.

 

[piperbarb]

5-6-14:

I did not have a chance to process or post yesterday's photo until this evening. I was walking the dog yesterday when I came across this dead plant. Not sure what it is but I just liked the way the sun fell it. I liked the contrast of the new grass growing under last year's unknown dead plant. It was the hairy look it had that caught my eye initially.

Just Plant Hair