Her Space: My Space Self Portrait Saturday or Someone Else’s Portrait Saturday…you choose what (or who) you want to show !
A portrait of my daughter taken during our last visit a month ago. I played around with the Effects in the iPhoto program. Can’t decide whether I like this one or the original.
The original:
Her Space: My Space prompt: Seeds -A plants power of reproduction. Find some ‘seeds’ in your space today!
Monday my class planted terrariums which eventually will house crickets and isopods as part of a science unit called Ecosystems. Here are the seeds ready to be picked up by the kids:
HS: MS prompt for today: Relief – Creating a mold that stands out from it’s surface.
I acquired this after my father passed away. It belonged to one of my great aunts or great-grandmother. There’s no one to tell me exactly who. I certainly don’t use it to iron, but I do use it to weigh down paper projects, and it works great. When I saw today’s prompt, I had no idea what to photograph, but as I was looking for something else I saw the pattern on the handle and the “6.” I love it when a prompt makes you look at every day things with new eyes.
Today’s prompt from HS: MS: Listen-To give your attention to a sound. Find ‘listen’ in your space today.
No longer available, my iPod mini, without which the trip to the gym would be a lot less pleasant!
Ticket: A piece of paper or card that give the holder a certain right, usually to enter a place. Show us a ‘ticket’ in your space today. We went to this one-woman show on Saturday. Lots of fun.
I’m not quite sure where all the time has gone. There were the NYS Math tests to get ready for and give. They, thankfully, were over on Friday. And then I have contracted the third upper-respiratory infection since Christmas which doesn’t leave me with a lot of extra energy at the end of the day. Before I go to bed, I hope to have my photo-a-day blog updated. For now, here are a few prompts from Her Space: My Space this week that I am finally uploading:
Today’s SOS: The view from our doorway a week ago, and looking up our street yesterday. We got another foot of snow this weekend. By this time in March, I am ready for spring, but I guess not.
Badge: Insignia to advertise, show membership of or make a statement with. Have you got a badge?
Yep, I do. For just a few more months though!
Jar: A wide-mouthed container made of glass or pot to contain food. Show us a ‘jar’ in your space.
Actually mine don’t have very wide mouths, but they’re pretty!
Fluff: Soft fibers that accumulate in small clumps. Find a bit of ‘fluff’ in your space today 🙂
Lots of this fluff here.
Maybe this week I can keep up!
Today’s prompt at HS: MS is fungus: Mold, yeast, mushrooms, toadstools. Everything is covered in snow here and we’re expecting up to a foot of new snow before tomorrow morning. No real fungus here, but here is a photo of glass fungus I took when we were visiting the Corning Museum of Glass. I took it for my son who is studying plant science and was taking a fungus course last fall.
It’s been awhile since I’ve been able to participate with the prompts on HS: MS. I took this self-portrait to use as the first photo in my album for Project 365. I hope to have the January photos in the album by the end of the weekend. But here I am, hiding behind the camera–which is probably why I don’t mind it so much!
I’ve discovered a new photo challenge blog which I think may be easier to keep up with than Her Space: My Space, although I intend to keep playing there as well. We Spy: You Spy just posted their second challenge: cold. That’s easy. Here’s a photo from just a week ago when it was so cold they canceled school. This is Matt’s window as the sun rose.
It was well below freezing with the wind chill today and nearly all the schools were closed. I had a very productive day. I finished two of Ali’s Weekend Creative projects (will post tomorrow), made an album for my Project 365 photos, and sorted, cleaned, and reorganized all my embellishment drawers. I didn’t read any fifth grade essays, but they will still be there tomorrow!
Someone once said that reorganizing was important because you find all that you have — and forgot about. So true. I moved all my buttons out of my color drawers and into the embellishment drawers (by color, of course). So much better.
And a few more views of the clean and organized study:
These are the drawers with paper, office supplies, and rubber stamps that sit in the closet under the hanging drawers from The Container Store.
One of my best buys from The Container Store. These shelves hold so much and utilize an otherwise wasted space.
And a little peek at the new boxes from Target that hold chipboard, journaling labels, epoxy embellishments, mini-albums to do, rub-ons, felt & fabric, and letter & word stickers. I bought these a week ago and sorting all those items has made finding the right thing for a layout or a card so much easier.
February vacation is always a time when I clean and reorganize. I didn’t expect to do it this year because we’ll be away for a lot of next week. . . but here it is: DONE before we leave!
Ok, a little twist today…instead of SELF portrait Saturday, I’m declaring today…
SOMEONE else portrait Saturday…just for a change!!!
Thank Goodness! I am not a fan of self-portraits, although I have to admit I managed a couple I don’t hate over the last few months. Here is a favorite portrait I took of my son this fall.
Today’s HS: MS prompt: Organization-To arrange things and allocate a place for them. Show us ‘organise’ in your space. I am an organization freak. I probably spend as much time organizing my stuff as using it. This is one of my favorite purchases. You can see three of eight shelves that are hung on the back of the closet door in my study. They hold so much stuff!
HS: MS Currency: Show us what is being used for currency in your space today!
I use this lovely handpainted box for my extra change. When it gets filled up, I roll
coins and buy myself a little treat.
Two catch-up photos for HS: MS prompts.
Three: One, two…three. Somewhere there is ‘three’ in your space today! These three stars sit on my window sill all year. The evergreens only for the winter.
Tube: A hollow, usually cylindrical body of metal, glass or plastic used
especially for conveying or containing liquids or gases. You have
tubes, right?
I do indeed. More than I need, I’m sure.
Three posts in one day is a recent record for blogging. Don’t know that I’ve ever done three! And the number of movies we’ve seen recently is also record-breaking. Since New Year’s Eve I’ve seen six. Some years that would be the total for the year, since we are not big movie-goers. Last night we went to a double feature at our local cinema. We watched "Enchanted" (lots of fun) and then "P.S. I Love You," a soppy romance that required the use of many a Kleenex. They were fun, but not any where as good as the first four we saw. "The Kite Runner" was my favorite. I was a little reluctant to go because of the violence in the book, but the movie was very tastefully done, and I only had to look away twice. It’s a beautiful movie and true to the book. I also loved "Charlie Wilson’s War" and "Atonement." We saw "Juno" as well. I think the previews are funnier than the movie itself, so it ended up being a little disappointing. Next on our list: "The Bucket List."