Okay, so I’m still trying to burn through 2012’s Project 365 picture updates so that the dang thing will finally be out of my hair. I think there will just be one post to go after this one. Ready? Me too. Let’s do it….
Day 336 (2012-12-01) ~ Scope’s mom had a Florida-themed tree set up for Christmas. This is a shot of one of the sand dollars she has hanging on it. I love, love, LOVE how to looks in black and white.
Day 337 (2012-12-02) ~ Just a partial shot of a beautiful light-up house Scope’s mom had set up in the guest room we stayed in when we visited for the weekend. (Sorry, this pic was really taken on the 1st, not the 2nd.)
Day 338 (2012-12-03) ~ A shot of Christmas lights on a fence that I snapped while running to the train station in the dark. (Eh. I know, I really felt like I started to lose my motivation on the whole project right about here.) I wasn't happy with the quality of light in the shot, so I tinted the whole shot green, which I definitely prefer.
Day 339 (2012-12-04) ~ This is a similar shot to the one the night before—lights on a fence, which I dyed green. However, I was playing around with effects on Picmonkey and kind of liked how this one came out with the red bow immune to the green tint. It's kind of striking in a way, I think. (Pic really taken on the 3rd, not the 4th. Another boo-boo, I know.)
Day 340 (2012-12-05) ~ So, the neighbors started decorating for the holidays and this was the first guy to go all out. *snicker*
Day 341 (2012-12-06) ~ Oops. A ball buster. While decorating my tree, I accidentally dropped a ball which smashed into a million tiny red splinters of glass all over the hardwood floor. *sigh* What a pain! But at least it made good picture-of-the-day material.
Day 342 (2012-12-07) ~ Ummm…. yeah. So, it was, clearly, a very, VERY hot day at one of the local high schools! *snicker*
Day 343 (2012-12-08) ~ Wednesday had a weekend school assignment which took us to the Art Institute of Chicago. This was the first wall of paintings she studied.
Day 344 (2012-12-09) ~ Another shot from inside the Art Institute of Chicago. (Actually taken on the 8th, not the 9th). I liked the lines and festivity of the staircases there.
Day 345 (2012-12-10) ~ Okay, so this was a shot Wednesday needed for a computer class she’s taking at school. She needed me to take her picture, then she would use Photoshop in class to transform herself into a superhero. I haven't seen her Photoshop transformation yet, but I really, REALLY love this photo of her. My goodness! When did she grow up????
Day 346 (2012-12-11) ~ Another one of my 80's Strawberry Shortcake dolls. This is Lime Chiffon.
Day 347 (2012-12-12) ~ When I went for my morning walk around the park on 12/12/12, there were police cars everywhere and the buses were being re-routed off their usual street. Very strange. As I rounded the corner, I found out why.... a motorcyclist had crashed into the back of a parked car so hard that he caved the back of the car in, shattered the car's back window, and actually moved the car off to the side! It was an unbelievable sight. No, the motorcyclist did not survive. And, no, I didn't see the body; I arrived on the scene after he had been taken away. What I saw though was a demolished car, a fallen bike, a broken helmet and gloves on the ground in all different directions near the front of the car (as if the motorcyclist's helmet and clothes had come flying off at impact and kept moving forward without the body), and a street that sparkled with tiny vehicle fragments as if it were covered in glitter. I can't fathom how fast the motorcyclist was travelling to make an impact as catastrophic as that, but it must have been an astonishing speed. Ugh. Slow down out there, people. The hurry just isn’t worth it.
Day 348 (2012-12-13) ~ Another 80's Strawberry Shortcake doll that sits in the glass cabinet in our den. Crepe Suzette.
Day 349 (2012-12-14) ~ Cute, isn't he? This is one of this year's new ornaments on my Christmas tree. It's Mickey Mouse dressed up like the cast members in the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland! I love him!!!! (Oh, if only they made a Tower of Terror one like this.... Maybe next year.) (My days were still off a bit, so this pic was actually taken on the 17th, not the 14th.)
Day 350 (2012-12-15) ~ My kiddo told me (for the millionth time) how much she hates mushrooms and will never, never, NEVER eat one. Then she opened her advent calendar.... and it was a chocolate mushroom. (Ha ha!) And, yes, she ate it. Never say never.
Day 351 (2012-12-16) ~ Another filler picture of an ornament on my tree. It's a limited edition Harry Potter Golden Snitch from Hallmark. When they came out, Chicago sold out of them instantly and I couldn't find one anywhere. Scope and I went from store to store, but they were all gone. *sniffle* Luckily, I whined about it enough to my mom that she found one back in Seattle and gave it to me for my birthday that year. Yay! : -) My favorite part of it is on the front where it says "I open at the close" just like in Deathly Hallows.
Day 352 (2012-12-17) ~ The flag at the local high school was at half staff due to the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School. At first I was standing there wishing the wind would whip up into a frenzy so I could get a picture of the flag billowing, but then I realized I actually like it better this way some how. The air was still in the Windy City. Completely still. Somehow that just seemed fitting in a way.
Day 353 (2012-12-18) ~ Sometimes Christmas feels JUST. LIKE. THIS.
Okidoki, just one more Project 365 post to go and then we’ll be done with them.
© Coracabana
