Photo Challenge Days 25-27

Day 25 ..................Citrus
As I was making dinner with friends on Saturday evening I declared that I had no citrus in the house to take a picture of for this assignment.  Then BFF Kathi said..."yes you do - right there"..............

Gotta love me a fresh made from scratch margarita!

............Oh ya, a lime IS a citrus !! ;)

Day 26...........favorite color......................easy smeasy!!
RED, RED, RED!!

My new summer purse!!

The plate my daughter made for me for Mother's Day!

Day 27...........my weakness........................

Hello............should I have my weakness in my house, available to tempt me?!?!

Yep, that's sugar!!  I pretty much love anything sweet! I know a lot of ladies love chocolate, and I do enjoy chocolate, but my biggest weakness is anything CARAMEL!!!  There aren't any in my house right now as I am trying to reduce the spare tire around my waist! 

A fabulous weekend we had! McKays were here from Idaho and the girls spent Saturday in Fairhaven.  We had lunch at the Creperie - a new favorite!  AWESOME food!  You really MUST try it!

 Then we browsed and browsed, and ended up at a cool place called Drizzle. They sell Balsamic Vinegars and Oils!  So many to choose from!  A fun place to visit!

 You know me (remember the aforementioned sugar?), we went to Katie's Cupcakes and picked up dessert for dinner that night.  And of course,  I had to sample one!!

 On Sunday we visited Eliza Island..............

Now alas, tomorrow - back to reality.  Actually, since I'm heading off to do laundry and I just got done doing dinner dishes - reality is already back!

Day 23

........black & white.

Remember that camera I almost left on the beach?  Well today I learned something new with it (which I'm pretty sure was the idea of this 30 day Photo Fun Challenge - you think?).

The animals in this household are black & white................

Sidenote: you can tell Max was really thrilled about the photo session.


My 40th birthday present is black and white................

(yes, I know this present is a few years old - thanks for not mentioning that!)

But I did figure out that not only does my camera shoot black and white,

it also shoots black and white AND keeps one color - THIS WAS NEW!!

Yes , this was the point!  I am so thrilled to have learn this, so expect to see lots of pictures taken in this mode on the blog in days to come!!  Yeah!!

Day 22

.....Landscape - what an awesome day for this assignment!!  This is the landscape I got to spend my day looking at...............

The Dept of Fish and Wildlife opened shrimping back up - briefly - so we took advantage of the day and headed out.  It was a beautiful day and in between dropping and picking up shrimp pots we went around the corner into a quiet, calm little cove on Matia Island.

We pulled up to the dock and the boys processed the shrimp and Marla and I held down some blankets on the beach!! There was no wind in this cove and the sunshine was glorious!  We pulled in here once, and then decided to come back one more time - good thing we did.......................

...cuz' this was sitting here waiting for me when we came back!!!! YES - it is my CAMERA!!  WOW - thank you Lord!  These are the moments that I realize I am getting older.............and more forgetful!

Photo Challenge - catch up................

Day 17 - Bokeh....as my friend pointed out - it's a little hard to do with a point and shoot.  I tried several and took an F on the project.

Day 18 - Eyes.......we were out on the boat.  I wasn't going to ask Randy to pose, and I certainly WASN'T going to take a pic of these ol' lookin peepers. Another F.

June 19 -Summertime............REALLY!!  It was so cold on Sunday I came home from church and wrapped up in a blanket!  My nose was even cold!  Went to a Father's Day party and came back to the blankie!  Alas, another F!

June 20 - Water.............I've got this one!

Beautiful boat on the WATER!

Lower pond.....................

Upper Pond

Day 21 - Micro (I thought it was called Macro on a camera!!)

Gotta love me some peonies!  Someone brought some here the other day, and it reminded me that I have GOT to get some of these in my yard!!

Day 14, 15 and 16

Well let's just begin this post with the word........FAIL!  I have been in the middle of a huge computer crisis at work and totally missed day 14 - Someone you love (and that was an easy one), and day 15 - action (where about the only action I could've gotten for you was the sweat rolling off my brow from stress)!

Today - Day 16 - Mason Jar/Jelly Jar..............and I've got the perfect jar!

 See - it says so!  ;)

These are in my laundry room and the small one holds the laundry pocket misc.

Tomorrow - Day 17 - Bokeh?!?!  What in the world- is that flowers?!?!  I'm going to have to get my google on!

Side note - both my boys were in Vancouver last night and were near the riots!  I haven't talked with Nathan yet, but Brandon said it was "terrifying"!  He put it so well on Facebook - "at least the Canucks Fans know how to take a loss with dignity right?".  Well put Brandon!

Days 10-13 of 30 Day Photo Challenge / plus misc.

Day 10...Animal
Of course it has to be Max

Day 11.....Silhouette
Shadow or silhouette - this one had me stumped, so this is probably technically a shadow.

Day 12....Sun Flare
By the time I remembered today's challenge clouds were covering the sun, so this was the best I could get!

Day 13.....Reminds You of Childhood
How could this not (with missing tail and all!!)?

There, I'm all caught up through today!  Tomorrows easy squeezy - lots to choose from - just need to narrow it down!

I forgot that when I posted about the Lynden Farmers Market, I was going to blog about Poeffertjes!!  YES I GOT ME SOME!!  I plan my summer schedule around the availability of these babies!  PURE HEAVEN!!  Don't forget to ask for extra cream cheese frosting!!

Next chance to grab yerself some is Raz Fest!!

Day 9 of the 30 day Photo Challenge

Day 9 - fresh fruit........................

Yawn .............yes an apple.  Some may consider this a boring picture of a boring piece of fruit!  What - no mango? no papaya? no strawberry? NOPE - just an apple.  But wait....................

..........now we're talking!!  Apple Danish bars with a delightful little glaze!  Hmmmm, I think it's calling my name for breakfast - heated with a little butter on top?  Yes, thank you!

Day 8

Last night we had company for dinner.  Before finishing the dishes I hopped on the computer and saw my friends post for Day 8 - OOPS, I almost forgot!!

Day 8 - Sunset

We always get a good one from our patio!

I'm going to have to go shopping before I can do Day 9.......................

Day 6 & Day 7 and a plug...............

Day 6: Books - so many varieties................

for decorating

scrapbooks

music books

books for reading

Day 7: high angle..................................
Now this one had me stumped - almost googled it or called my favorite SnapSister.  I thought I should take a picture from the top of my steps shooting down and then decided that would actually be low angle.  So, I crouched down and took a pic of my entry way shelf.  I love my big "K"!

I also want to put a plug in for Lyndens new Farmers Market.  It's every Saturday and it is from 10-3 in the 3rd CRC parking lot.  They're just beginning so there aren't tons of booths - but there are some really cute ones.  This one was.......

This was the name of their booth

They did an awesome job - so cute!

These are the 3 Chick-a-dees - aren't they adorable?

This was my purchase from them - so many fun colors to choose from!

Perfect for the bouquet my husband picked for me!

 Go by this Saturday and tell the girls you saw them here!! :)

Days 4 & 5...........& a birthday dinner!

Day 4............clouds

To the South

To the West

To the East

For the first day in forever - there were none!! I thought it was funny that the assignment for day 4 was clouds - that could've been the assignment for the last several months and I could've gotten more than enough clouds captured on film!

Day 5...............Breakfast-Today!

Sunday morning breakfast is usually non existent for me.  I have my 2 cups of coffee with Randy first thing - like we do every day only today it was out on the patio!  I don't usually eat much b'fast any day (I know, it's naughty) - if I do at all it's usually a bowl of oatmeal with craisins and brown sugar. But today - this was it.....................

Saturday Nathan and his friend Miranda came for dinner on the patio.

 We decided since it was so beautiful to have dinner at home instead of Anthony's!  He still got Lobster - it was a surf n' turf menu.

Randy was the chef of the evening and he prepared Lobster Tails and Steak on the grill.  We had a great evening!