September 5th - Doggy Ride

I was at the fair today. I'm exhausted and my computer is acting up, so this is what you get! At least it's not another picture of one of my dogs. ;)

September 4th - Twister and a bonus bug

Twister and a bonus bug on my arm. I did say I was shooting randomly this month, didn't I? ;)

September 1st - Daisies

A picture of daisies taken with my cell phone. The glow effect was not added in Photoshop, it was how my phone saw the flowers. I like it. But, you've probably noticed by now that I really like Daisies. Look at my icon on the top of the screen. Surprise! Daisy! ;)

When I was editing the photo, I couldn't see the detail in the shadows very well, so I didn't notice how crooked the building was. Oops.

August 19th - Seven Gables Inn

This is the Seven Gables Inn, on the corner of Fountain and Ocean View in Pacific Grove, CA. It's huge, this is only one of the buildings. You can't see it in the photo, but to the right, just after the side of the road is the Pacific Ocean. It seems like a wonderful place to stay. I've never been inside the building, but I think it's beautiful.

August 17th - Door and truck

A skinny door in the tunnel in New Monterey, CA. The tunnel is very yellow. The tile is yellow, the door is painted yellow, and the lights are yellow. But sometimes it pays to get stuck in traffic, when it means you get to take a nifty picture. Lol. :)

The second picture is of what appears to be an older fire truck. I liked the way it looked.

September 28th - Beginner Ballerinas

Beginner Ballerinas:

I made it into a watercolor, partly to hide the identity of those in the picture, and partly because it was just asking me to do so. I adjusted one girls foot that wasn't in exactly the right position, and added a skirt onto another for continuity.

Bonus shots:
This tripped me out. I was walking down the sidewalk, and saw the word, "tree" spray painted here. I'm wondering if the city is planning on putting a tree there, or if someone thinks there should be a tree there and is making a suggestion? So strange...

This is one my child took, of a lamp. I cropped it, adjusted the levels, and put a thin border on it. I think it turned out rather well.

September 25th - Still Life and Starbucks

Here's a still life of some cherry and plum tomatoes. The large red and yellow ones were picked yesterday, at my mother in law's house, in 90 degree weather. The itty bitty red one was grown in my front yard. It rarely goes over 65 degrees here. See the difference a little sun can make?! My kid says the tiny one was the best tomato she's ever tasted. :) Since the lighting wasn't the best, I turned it into a watercolor again. :P Yeah, yeah, that's the ticket. I'm going to blame the lighting...




This other shot is of a Starbuck's on the peninsula. I was driving by and started craving a decaf white chocolate mocha, soy, with lots of whipped cream on top. Since I didn't have time to stop, and really didn't need to drink it, I took the photo instead. Even in broad daylight, my cell phone camera takes grainy shots. I feel I've gotten lucky a few times this month, but mostly I am not very happy with the quality of pictures I get with this phone. Oh, well. Next 30 day challenge, I'll use my regular camera again. :P

Oh, and those boxes on the sidewalk are newspaper and adverts boxes.

September 16th - Abstract Circles and Squares

These are tile samples from the local Home Depot. I thought they were pretty. :)

September 11th - Flower Scene

Sorry about this, but I just had no good shots today. :P Too busy working, then napping, then eating out because I was too tired to cook. Another (fake) watercolor for your (hopefully) viewing pleasure.

February 10th - J is for...January

This is part of a perpetual calendar of my daughter's. She likes moving the little magnetic numbers around, which is not very helpful. :P

February 6th - F is for...Frog!

Quick and dirty, in a hurry. :P

January 29th - Citrus

I'm not feeling well today, so here's a quick and dirty shot of a lemon, lime, and orange wedge. Sorry about the shadows, I wasn't really trying very hard, as you can tell. :P

January 13th - Paper clips

Not just a random pile of paper clips, but they denote the amount of weight I'd lost on Weight Watchers. Each silver one is one pound, and there's a colored one every 5 pounds. This only shows about 55 pounds, but I've lost a total of 85 so far! :D Still working on it, though. I have about another 60 to go! I've been stuck on that number for about a year, now. :P

January 9th - Yellow and Blue

Yellow and blue make green! :)

This is some of my kid's sidewalk paint, it's chalky so that's why it looks chunky.

January 21st - Look what I found!

This is what I saw at school today:


So, of course I had to stop to take pictures:

I mean, look how many flowers there were! And this is only one tiny part of what was there!

I found a red one among all the yellow:

There were some tiny purple ones, too. They're hard to see among all the vast yellow-ness! I thought it was so pretty, I just had to share it! :)