31 January 2010
Today the spectacle that is the Grammy awards was broadcast. What utterly ridiculous, pointless tripe it was...
Labels: 365
30 January 2010
Bokeh is so pretty :)
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29 January 2010
This Bad Cat ALWAYS is messing around in the living room blinds. Drives me crazy nutso.
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So.
I just found out that
as of March 26, I will no longer be able to use this blog via Blogger.Sigh. At least I have 2 months to figure out what I'm going to do about it. Either
a) I can switch URLs to elviskitty.blogspot.com (which I've already claimed)
or
b) find a new blogging service that offers FTP publishing. For free.
Since I *just* renewed the elviskitty domain name, I'm going to try and go with option b. Though that will undoubtedly entail re-writing my design template's code... *insert massive hair-pulling-outage here* We shall see.
Oh. And.
.
.
.
Still no computer.
EDIT 31 Jan - My much more knowledgeable husband will be able to remedy this with a simple redirect. Never mind. I am lame.
28 January 2010
New phone! We switched to a cell and ditched our landline, so now I have another gadget to familiarize myself with. Yay?
Labels: 365, buster
27 January 2010
The Monster got a tent with crawl tunnels from Grandma and Grandpa B for his birthday. He loves them :)
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26 January 2010
Today my firstborn turns 5!!! Happy Birthday Monster!!
Labels: 365, monster
25 January 2010
Mmmm bread :) I'm so domesticated now that I bake my own bread, almost every day. There's nothing like it.
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24 January 2010
My Munchkin has gone on a trip to her Nana and Papa's house for a whole week today. I MISS HER SO MUCH
Labels: 365, munchkin
23 January 2010
A castle birthday cake, requested by the Monster. He was thrilled!
Labels: 365, monster
22 January 2010
My mom and dad are up for the weekend, and our (their) dog tagged along. He LOVES playing ball.
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21 January 2010
I nearly forgot to take a photo today! Yikes. Not much interesting happening late at night, but Buster was sleeping so peacefully, he made a good subject.
Labels: 365, buster
20 January 2010
Another beautiful evening sky tonight.
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19 January 2010
Hewo, Bad Cat.
Labels: 365, cats
18 January 2010
This is one of my favourite photos I have ever ever shot. EVER. I think it might just have to go on a wall.
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17 January 2010
My littlest man is 4 months old today! Happy 1/3 Birthday Buster :)
Labels: 365, buster
16 January 2010
It occurred to me today that I haven't taken a self-portrait yet. As of now, that has been remedied - not only that, but you can see my lovely camera as well. Our relationship is growing stronger every day and we are becoming quite comfy with each other I think :)
Labels: 365
15 January 2010
Wheeee LIGHT TRAILS :) This was so much fun to shoot, sitting in the pitch black of my living room, fiddling with settings, waiting for cars to drive by. This image is actually a composite of three photos layered over one another.
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14 January 2010
Woke up this morning to ice fog and thick hoar frost outside. Everything is white and sparkly... so crisp and clean.
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13 January 2010
Mmmmm kiwifruit :)
I can't wait until the weather is a little nicer and I can take pictures outdoors. I'm running out of inspiration!
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12 January 2010
This is the book I'm currently reading (for the second time):
The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul by Douglas Adams. I've read nearly everything he's written... he's insanely brilliant :)
Note: I'm extra proud of this photo - other than a minor brightening tweak, it is straight out of camera. No cropping, sharpening, color curving, nada. YAYLabels: 365
11 January 2010
Shaking it up a little today with a more abstract-y photo... experimenting with shadow/light, curves/lines/shapes. This was taken in my kitchen - it's the table and a chair.
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The jolly jumper
is a remarkable thing -
it makes Buster sleep
*****
When the munchkin says
"turkey in the straw" it sounds
like "chocolate door"
*****
Melting snow in Jan.?
Wow. Mother Nature must be
having a hot flash
Labels: haiku
10 January 2010
Mother Nature finally decided to give us poor prairie dwellers a hiatus from killer frigid temperatures... so we all bundled up and hit the slopes with toboggan in tow. And there's nothing like a mug of hot chocolate to warm you up after that kind of adventure :)
Labels: 365, monster
09 January 2010
The little man is droooooooling like crazy these days. It mostly emerges as a profusion of bubbles... ahh he's so goshdarn cute :)
Labels: 365, buster
08 January 2010
As I was snapping away today, this shot stood out to me. I'm not sure why... but I like it and it's the pic of the day.
Labels: 365, munchkin
07 January 2010
My little mini-me :)
Labels: 365, munchkin
06 January 2010
I would be a zombie without my morning coffee. :)
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05 January 2010
I'm not sure how it happened, but I've accumulated quite the little snowman tchotchke collection. I couldn't bear to put them away with all the Christmas decorations. Besides, it'll be wintery here for at least another three months!
Labels: 365
04 January 2010
I couldn't decide on just one photo today. So I fashioned a lovely triptych from my favourites :)
Labels: 365, buster
03 January 2010
My furry children :)
It's rare to ever see them so peaceful in such close proximity... I had to try and capture the moment.
Shooting in low light was interesting - I experimented a lot in Manual to try and get a good exposure. I think I succeeded :)
Labels: 365, cats
02 January 2010
Lining up toys is typical of how my eldest child plays. He was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder last year.
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01 January 2010
I de-Christmased the house today :( So sad.
Every year since the Boy and I have been together, we get a dated ornament for the tree. This was 2009 - the first Christmas for our littlest boy.
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At long last, I'm back! This little old bloggy o' mine has undergone a complete re-design, and I'm excited to re-launch it today, New Years Day. I've spent the last few weeks working on the template, making tweaks and adjustments, and I must say I'm very happy with how it turned out. It's been a lot of fun... I like doing it more than the actual blogging! HA.
So. Last year I posted all of 13 entries. THIRTEEN!!??!? It's shameful. Though in my defense, 2009 was a doozy. An autism diagnosis, unplanned pregnancy, buying/selling houses, moving, and just general craziness as a family of seven (yes, I included the cats...) left little to no time to blog. Or more accurately, no energy or motivation to do so. Same with my photography. This was originally a place to share what floundering creativity I possessed. There were times that I wanted to, but when I would finally get a few moments peace to sit at the computer... I'd just draw a blank. Or, I'd have so many things to say and want to bring peoples up to speed with, that I'd just get overwhelmed and give up. For a while I DID give up on this thing entirely, and when I did I found that I missed it. Blogging takes dedication, and I didn't think I really had it in me to continue.
Anyways, I decided that since life ISN'T going to slow down to the pace it was before, and that my life is what it is and I need to adjust my mindset accordingly and get used to it... that I'm going to make time for this silly little thing and start taking pictures again. YAY! Aren't you glad?
So. In order to give myself motivation to persevere with my dear
elviskitty, I'm assigning myself a project. It's a biggie. I really want to do it. I'm EXCITED!!!!
A 365.
It's lofty, I know. Not an original idea, but I really feel that I need to push myself to practice photography, and more seriously. Once I get to January 14, I'll have posted more entries in 2010 than in all of last year. HA. Ha ha.
REALLY??? 13 measly times?? That is sad.
Oh, also, I'm setting a goal to take 2010 photos by December 31. It works out to about 5 1/2 shots a day. I won't post them all - it's an exercise for making a habit of picking up my camera daily and USING IT. And hopefully learning new things, improving my lackluster skills, yadda yadda all that good stuff while I'm at it.
Here's to the new year!! May I
not fall smack-dab on my butt by Day 2!! YAY
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