Lemonade, Day 348

Tech savy, Day 317

Me, Myself and I, Day 316

My two housemates are gone for 10 days. I received the quiet I have been craving.

Art, Day 293

Lunar New Year, Day 284

Nicolai has had his eye on a Chinese calligraphy set in the store. It is just a little one, but it's perfect for him. I gave it to him for Valentine's Day/Chinese New Year today. He loves the ritual of filling the little bowl with water, grinding the ink, dipping the brush, and then attempting to copy one of the characters from the little instruction book. Writing is new and exciting for him and I want him to have tools that help him continue his excitement.

Saving face, Day 283

Performing, Day 267

I have been in bed for the last two days with a spasm in my back. This has limited my picture making for the day. Nicolai and I played on the bed with my camera in hand using the camera as a source for some fun. We laughed and laughed and made the best of the situation.

The big picture, Day 256

I have been struggling to pick-up my camera each day and stop long enough to take photos. Some how I have managed to do it, but there have been a few days where I just didn't know how in the world I would find something half way decent to photograph...but then I did! A couple nights back I decided to look over the entire project in reverse and I have to say that I am excited that I have stuck with the project. I can remember something from each day that I would have forgotten otherwise. Like the day I ran around kissing all the windows in my studio to make it look like my lipstick smudge was floating in the air trying to capture it on my CCD, or the night I drove home in a snowstorm and I could barely see 5 feet in front of the car, or Nicolai picking peaches off my neighbor's tree. All those moments that would probably be lost but now I have some how visually captured and mean so much more than just the photo. So I trudge forward with this in mind.

Making, Day 250

I went and saw an experimental film tonight, titled Buried, by my friend Casey Koehler. I am always so inspired when artists make work about personal stuff that is difficult to talk about. Casey's piece was about her father who passed away two years ago today and dealing with the grief surrounding his passing and their estranged relationship. Seeing her film reminded me why making art is so important to artists and audiences- to experience life in a different way. Thanks Casey!

Life line, Day 248

Bedtime ritual, Day 242

Dewey the dewster, Day 241

Beloved toy.

Point and shoot, Day 222

This is the one and only image I shot today.

Afternoon, Day 204

It was 71 degrees today. Perfect weather for sitting on the front porch in the sun eating an orange.

Fun and games, Day 190

Nicolai has a cold and a cough so we stayed home today playing games: Candy Land, Shoots and Ladders, Mancala, Animal Rummy. We played and played and played while drinking tea and watching the snow fall outside.

Found, Day 189

Nicolai is good at finding things. Today he found this tiny ball outside of his school.

A few remain, Day 188

I cut into this papaya today looking forward to scraping out all the shiny black seeds, but it was practically empty inside.