Photo 123 - 365 Sweet 16

Speaking of time flying by... This is my daughter. She just turned 16. She is an amazing daughter and just cool as can be. I took this photo with Instagram on my phone. You know, when she was younger I took so many photos of her. This was before the digital camera age. And now, when I look back through my digital photos, I find so few photos of her. I am planning to change that. I only have 2 years left before she can (and probably will) leave home so I need to capture as many of those moments as I can. I am very proud of her and maybe one day I can embarrass the heck out of her by showing her children all these photos of her growing up... Hee Hee Kidding (maybe)

Photo 122 - 365 Cat in the yard

Ok. I seriously do not know what happened to May. One day it is May the 4th and the next thing I know it is June! Really?!?!?  Someone told me once that when you turn 21 years old, the years just start going by faster and faster. I just can't keep up anymore! I really need to slow down. I took this photo in early May. You can see the Honeysuckle in bloom in the background. The one thing I do remember about May this year is how sweet the air smelled. You could smell the Honeysuckle everywhere! This is a photo of one of my cats. He is looking off into the distance, pondering his evening.  

May the 4th

Ok... I couldn't resist

May the Force be with you!!!

Photo 120 - 365 Trumpet Vine

I think I mentioned a while back that I was going to step out of my comfort zone this year. Well.... Still in my comfort zone with this one. Hey, what can I say? It is Spring in North Carolina and I love photographing flowers.

I have been in Eastern NC since 2009 and this is my fourth Spring season here. I am amazed every year at the differences from year to year. This is the first time this vine has flowered. And, there are more vines just beyond the fence line of my yard that are flowering for the first time as well. I was very surprised to see that they were yellow inside and red outside. I had to look them up to find out what kind of flower was growing here. The photograph is made using the cross-process art selection on my camera. 

Photo 119 - 365 Bee

Spring time brings out the bees.  I sat out on the deck watching these bees and thought I'd try to capture them. Boy do they fly fast!  I was finally able to get a shot of one that wasn't blurry. Mostly a "point and shoot and hope you got something" kind of technique!  

Photo 118 - 365 More Blue Flowers

A little while ago, my husband and I were walking the back part of our property which is a mostly wooded area with a drainage ditch running through it. He found this glass bottle that was completely brown on the outside - almost like a mix of dirt and rust. I didn't want to wash it and clean it up, I like the rustic look. The only thing printed on it is "No Return". I knew there was a photo waiting to happen with that bottle but I just couldn't find it. I've take a few photos of the bottle alone, but when I bought these blue Daisies, I knew they would look perfect in the rustic bottle. This is one of several shots I took. I like this one a lot. 

Photo 117 - 365 Floral Texture

I was out photographing some blue dyed daisies this weekend (Along with my blue toy car - it was a blue day) and I thought I'd take a random shot. I learned this technique from my daughter.  I wasn't sure the photo would turn out but I really like it! That's one of the things I love about random shots. In this photo, I am shooting towards the sun from behind the flowers.

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