Thursday, March 31, 2011

90/365 - Look


90/365 - Look, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

Another self-portrait. Sort of. I like my eyes the most and really like this edit in instagram on my iPhone.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

89/365 - Peek-a-boo


89/365 - Peek-a-boo, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

My daugher and grandson playing in the backyard. Beautiful day today! Played in the back yard this evening and had dinnner out on the patio. Perfect weather.

88/365 - Martinez hills

Went for a hike before sunset. Hubs was trying to call the Turkeys in but they were probably hiding in the park. I was enjoying the view and the quiet.

Monday, March 28, 2011

87/365 - The Walnut Creek, after the storms

Went back to the creek again today - four days after the storms. This is more like how it usually looks. We had a beautiful sunny day today. It was wonderful after all the rain.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

86/365 - Old, rusty and broken

Went walking around this beautiful old cemetery today with my sister and niece. We were fascinated by the history here, thank goodness we all had our cameras. We were lucky to have calm weather with clouds and a bit of sun. Very peaceful.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

85/365 - Tulips, again

Loving these tulips. Taken with my iPhone. Edited with Sketch Agent and Camera+. All on my phone. I love my phone.

Friday, March 25, 2011

84/365 - Spring in a vase

Bought me some tulips today. So tired of the rain and it looks like we have at least one more day of wet. Looking forward to sun on Sunday.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

83/365 - The swollen Walnut Creek

Lots and lots of rain lately. Lots. We are so saturated there is no where for all the water to go. I don't think I have ever see this creek this full. Ready for some sunshine.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

82/365 - Spring


82/365 - Spring, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

I love this tree. I know I've posted photos of it before bu It only blooms for few weeks once a year and I must capture it before all the pretty pinks are gone.

81/365 - Test strips

These are left overs from the Black and White film photography class I took about three years ago. I learned a lot, had fun and loved the class. I save all my test strips because I just couldn't throw them away. I now use them as book marks. My classmates at the time thought I was silly. I didn't care.

Monday, March 21, 2011

80/365 - One small stack of many

This is part of the stack of books and magazines by my bed. Just a small sampling of the many books I own and now I also have the kindle app on my iPhone and iPad. Very dangerous.
As the saying goes "so many books, so little time."
I took this for the fourth week of the Picture Inspiration class I'm taking online through Big Picture Classes.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

79/365 - He doesn't believe me

I told him there are fairies inside my camera. I can't remember where I read about this trick a few days ago. Trying to get a pre schooler to sit still or even look at the camera, especially my grandson, is just about impossible. Here we were having dinner (my camera was out, thank goodness), I took a few shots and he says, looking at me "I can't see you." I then asked him if he could see the fairies inside my camera, or the dragons. Worked like a charm.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

78/365 - Really Buzz? He's 3 already?...

Big party today for my soon to be three year old grandson. It was a double party with his cousin who turned four. BIG party. It was crazy. The boys had fun and got lots of presents. The parents and grandparents got tired.

Friday, March 18, 2011

77/365 - Gas Station, DCA

Would this be a diptych or a...quad-tych? Whatever, it was fun to put together on my iPhone. Just a few of the many photos I got at DISNEYLAND. No, I didn't take this today but I made it today.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

76/365 - GREEN grass

Happy St. Patty's Day! For being as Irish as I am, I'm dissapointed that I did not celebrate this day. At all. Too tired, too busy. This would explain the boringness of this photo. But, I wanted to capture the fresh cut grass (weeds really, that are only green in winter/spring) while the sun was shining today. Tomorrow we get rain, again.

75/356 - Downloading & editing

Decisions, decisions. So many photos from our Disneyland trip I'm having a hard time picking ones for this project. It's taking me days to recover from the trip AND to get these photos off my cards. It's really okay though...I love having lots of photos to play with.

74/365 - Kitty Whiskers

Miss Peaches likes to hang out on the table. This time was with the dog. Yes, the dog was on the table getting his feet rewrapped. Long story that has been going on for over six months. Anyway, Peaches the cat and Chewy the Wookie (dog) are secret lovers.

73/365 - Long drive home

On our way home from Southern CA. It looks likes we are leaving the storm but we were actually driving right into it. The whole trip was great. The kids had a blast and so us old people.

72/365 - Mickey's Fun Wheel, DCA

Our last night at Disneyland and California Adventure. We all had the most fun and walked our butts off. Disneyland really is the happiest place on earth.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

71/365 - Pretty flowers at DCA

Here we were, at Disneyland the second day and I just want to capture all the color. Oh and ride all the roller coasters!!

70/398 - So Cal


70/398 - So Cal, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

On our way to Disneyland for the weekend. This was not really leaning, this is just what happens when you try to take a photo of stuff while riding in a car going 80+ mph.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

69/365 - Miss Peaches in the morning

She enjoys the sun on my bed while I get ready for work.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

68/365 - Bloom


68/365 - Bloom, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

The tree is blooming again! Yay, Spring!! Same time as last year. Captrured this right after I got home from work before the sun was set.

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

67/365 - Blackberries

While eating some of these for breakfast this morning, I thought about shooting them. So, when I came home for lunch today I opened up my new little light tent/cube, set it on the patio table and got to shooting. The highlights are totally blown out but I like the look. Also, they really could have used some water drops or something. Looks like a stock photo type thing.

Monday, March 7, 2011

66/365 - My Beautiful Niece

I love this girl! Tall, gorgeous, sweet, smart, funny and just amazing.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

65/365 - What doin?


65/365 - What doin?, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

Most of the time he is moving so fast, i can't keep him in focus. As soon as I pick up my camera he will come over to me because HE wants to take a picture. I need to get faster.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

64/365 - Grow


64/365 - Grow, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

Spent the day with my friend. We had lunch and did some shopping. I enjoyed visiting, catching up and taking lots of pictures.

Friday, March 4, 2011

63/365 - Dory


63/365 - Dory, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

Sitting next to this beautiful aquarium at Joe's Sushi. Eating sushi. The irony was totally lost on me.

Thursday, March 3, 2011

62/365 - Sparkle


62/365 - Sparkle, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

While letting the color "cook" on my hair at the salon, I decided to play with photos with my iPhone. I had taken some others earlier with my Canon 30D but right now I'm so tired that none of them are doing it for me. I like the color in this one.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

61/365 - Cuddle time

My second most favorite time of the day. I get to snuggle with my grandson in the morning and he likes to cuddle with me right before bed.

60/365 - Fitzpatrick

This is at what once was a Chevrolet dealership on the other side of the block from my work. We bought at least two vehicles from here over the years but sadly it is now out of business and the lot has been abandoned. I drive past it about once a day. Today as i drove by I thought about pulling in the lot to see what kind of pictures I could get and then I remebered the bells. Of course there are only two left - this is one of them.

Feb 2011 Mosaic


Feb 2011 Mosaic, originally uploaded by Diane Meade-Tibbetts.

This is STILL fun! I don't ever want to stop. Some days are hard, some days it's hard to pick just one photo. Everyday I want to immerse myself in all things photography.