February 11th - K is for...Knife!

Yeah, yeah. Real imaginative, I know. :P It's late, give me a break. ;)

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 9th - I is for...Infant

I totally spaced on posting yesterdays picture (this one) yesterday. Sorry about that. I did take this one yesterday, along with some others at the cemetery and lake area in Monterey. I really wanted to post a picture a day, on the day, but figured it wasn't going to happen. At least I've taken a picture a day on the day so far!




Anyway, this is a very touching little grave. Thought I'd share it with you.

February 8th - H is for Heifer with a Heart!

Heifer with a heart. Lol. Not much more to say. She's cute, no? Can you tell I like figurines? I think this month's theme should be the "alphabet around my house." Only B and C weren't taken at home...

February 7th -G is for...Green!

This is a set of salt and pepper shakers that my dad bought me as a "just because" present. :) Aren't they cute?! I love how they link arms.

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

Quick and dirty, in a hurry. :P

February 5th - E is for...Elephant!

Here's an elephant within an elephant sculpture for your viewing pleasure. :) I also have a frog, turtle, and an owl. I like these, can you tell?

February 4th - D is for...Dog!

This is my dog, Nitro. Isn't he cute?! :D

February 3rd - C is for...Construction!

C is really for "Cutting it close!" I almost didn't get this photo officially posted on the 3rd, but made it by the skin of my teeth! Lol. I wasn't home all day, and then the computer started that sloooowwww thing, again. Argh!
Anyway, this photo is of some construction at school, they're putting in a new staircase, I think. Possibly just a new walkway.

February 2nd - B is for...Bathroom!

I know, I know, "What are you thinking? A toilet? Really?" Yep, it's a toilet. It's half the bathroom, actually. The sink is to the left, and behind where I was standing is a scale and some hooks. This is the "Secret" bathroom at my school. The fashion (home ec) department has it's own, UNMARKED bathroom, and if you know where it is you can use it. I know where it is. It's a personal bathroom, and attractive, more like one you'd find in a house than at a college. The other bathrooms on campus are typical "public restrooms." So, B is for bathroom, today. :)

February 1st - A is for...Anise seed and Apple!

What a way to start the month. I wanted to do better, but had a rough day, I'm sorry.
Tomorrow, I'm hoping to get an awesome shot to share. This one is my fruit bowl that is in the back corner of my stove next to my spice rack. There's an apple there. The one on the right is inside my cupboard where I have more spices, and there's some anise seed there. Not exactly what I had planned, but I wanted to get something in, didn't want to fail on my year of photography so soon! I made the background apple red, literally. I pulled the color from the red in the apple. :)

January 31st - Ballooncopters!

Almost didn't make it, computer running super slow again. :P
We had a sunny, but cold, day - so my hubby, child, friend of child, and I went to the park today to fly ballooncopters. No pic of the kids, but here's one of the hubster blowing up the balloon and releasing it. :)

January 30th - A little late, eh?

I saw this today, and it made me laugh. It's over a month since Christmas! Maybe they're already getting ready for next year? ;) By the way, that is totally fake snow, obviously. We don't get snow around here.

Ha! I just noticed that the reflection in the window of the truck is my antenna on my car with my "Puss in Boots" (from Shrek) antenna ball on it. Lol. :)

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 28th - 2mp Cell phone shots, today

A pink flower I found on a walk today. This was taken with my cell phone's 2mp camera, which doesn't do well with closeups, hence the blurry flower. And, this one too:

This is miner's lettuce. I remember picking this when I was a kid, on a field trip in school, and eating it raw. I read about it a couple of years ago, and one of the things I read was that miner's used to eat it raw or cook it like spinach. So, my kid and I picked some and cooked it and tried it. Blech! Much better raw, in salads. :P Cute little flower in the middle, eh? :)

January 27th - Bottle brush

This is a bottle brush plant. I used to live in a house when I was 7 that had a front yard lined with these. Bees love these bushes, and that's when I learned how to hold perfectly still when a bee lands on you. I've still never been stung (knock on wood). :) I love these flowers, they're so pretty. If you pull out a bit of the red "petals" sometimes you can get some nectar. Yum. ;)

January 26th - Frog within a frog

This is a cute little frog-within-a-frog sculpture I picked up not too long ago. I know it's a bit difficult to see the inner frog, but if you look in the second hole down from the top left, you'll see his eye. :) Kind of represents the inner frog in me, I guess. ;) So maybe that should be a phrog-within-a-phrog. :D I'm not entirely sure what it's made out of, but I'm guessing soapstone. They definitely aren't cast, because each one looked very different from the next. It took me a little time to choose one I thought was cute enough. ;)

January 25th - Tim Tam Slam!

Today's shot is a remake of cridley's shot from last year. :) I mentioned on Facebook today that I did the Tim Tam Slam (I found some at Target!), and she pointed the way to the shot she took last year. So, I recreated it. I had to go to Goodwill to get the mug and plates though, as I surprisingly have no green dishes. :P Thanks, cridley! I know the lighting is off. I'm actually quite pleased with how this one turned out.

January 24th - Skully Bones

The water was green today, at the Coast Guard Pier in Monterey.

The boat in the far left background of the previous picture but front and center of this one, is the "Skully Bones." It's green. :)

Here's a closeup of the boat, although it's kind of hard to see (at least on my screen) how green it is. You all get three shots today, because I'm just not happy with any one of them to have it be the only one.

January 23rd - Tortoise

My neighbor's Tortoise was out today. :) The rain has stopped for a while and the sun shone today, so I'm sure this guy was pleased! It's kind of difficult to see, but it's eating the grass and has a mouthful here. I forgot to mention, I think he looks to be about 2 to 2 1/2 feet long (.61 - .76 m) to me.