A Reflection of Summer

I don't know about where you live.

summer where i live had cooler temperatures and cloudier, rainier days than we had hoped for.

many people complained about the weather...the lack of warm sunny days.

what's summer vacation without sunshine, sunburns and sunglasses?

i'll tell you what it is.

the kids are home.

we have two months to play, create, laugh, sleep, cry, fight, argue, 

and make the bestest memories ever...

regardless of the weather.

i want to give you a glimpse of our summer...

reflected on their faces.

some days i did look out the window and sigh, 

then, most days, i chose to enjoy it.

what a great summer.

*all photos taken by me.

with Gertie.

edited in photoshop elements

 some of the locations: 

Lake Opeongo, our yard/lookout/house, Toronto Island, Toronto Zoo, Hutcheson Beach, Utterson Park, 

The Marshall's Lot, Limberlost trails @ The Limberlost Challenge,  parks in town. 

68/365 (still in March!) 69/365; 70/365

day 68: 

Emerging

Saturday night, 

at the beginning of the March Break,

we slept in our quinzee.

Sunday's challenge was Emerging.

here's my family emerging from the quinzee sunday morning.

later that day my boy wanted me to take a photo of his animals emerging from their house.

day 69: 

Assymetrical.

my face is not symmetrical...that would make it Asymmetrical...see.

so it is actually symmetrical in that if you drew a line down the centre; 

it has the same things on each side...

but... in this photo my mouth is almost completely on one side.

day 70:

From Down Under

See where my challenge began : Here

62/365

Monday March 3rd was the 62nd day of the challenge.

i took some photos this day.

the theme? you ask.

it was a Macro theme.

day 62:

Choose a Favorite

favorite?

hmmm.

something i could take in Macro.

my girl was having a bath, and i saw her little feet.

i had her put her feet up for me and took this photo of her little piggies.

i approached my boy for some assistance with this one.

we set up the tripod, removed the lens, reversed it and he took the following photos, 

with my help.

i had him pick a favorite piece of Lego.

he chose this blue diamond. 

from his museum set.

we had to have someone stealing the blue diamond.

*first photo taken by me.

2nd and 3rd taken by my boy (me as assistant)

with Gertie.

edited with Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here 

38/365

day 38:

Old School

hmmm.

old school.

i thought about actually finding an old school building.

but then didn't.

i came up with a better idea.

or, an idea i liked better.

i have cross country skis.

i have old school cross country skis.

yes, yes i do.

so they became my photo project.

day 38 was also the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

these were the Olympic themed skis of my 5th year of life. 

wow.

*all photos taken by me 

with Gertie

edited in Photoshop Elements

See where my challenge began : Here

24/365 & 25/365

**yes, i skipped day 23.  it was umbrellas.  i didn't even take a photo that day** 

day 24:

Fresh Air.

i wanted to take a photo of my breath...

then i realized that's not fresh air but recycled air.

how do i take a photo of fresh air?

i can't take a photo of the air exactly, 

but where do i go to feel, breathe, the fresh air?

into the bush, away from buildings, cars...

the trees give us oxygen 

(unless science has discovered something else since i was in school - - 

i mean, pluto isn't a planet anymore...but i'm pretty sure about this.)

that's as fresh as we can get.

so here's some of the trees...

couldn't get oxygen filled leaf trees since they're sleeping right now.

day 25.

Caring

*this prompt is to be done as a Portraiture.  for me to practice.*

i told the fam. at the beginning of the day that i would be needing to do this one.

so they weren't too surprised when i would say 

'I want a photo of you doing that.'

so.

out we went.

to our back hill to snowboard.

our boy is learning, and daddy is teaching him.

he straps on his board, gets some advice and heads down the hill.

daddy comes to the bottom and gives him a piggyback up the hill (with snowboard still strapped on)

and away he goes again.

usually they repeat that a few times before his dad wants to do some snowboarding of his own.

they call it 'Daddy chairlift'

*all  photos taken by me, 

with Gertie.

and edited in Photoshop Elements.

See where my challenge began : Here 

12/365 & 13/365

that's right...

12 & 13.

i didn't do 11.

i skipped it.

not intentionally.

but at least i did take a photo or two that day, 

so it's not like Gertie just sat alone all day never being taken out to play.

check out HERE for the photos taken on the 11th

as for number 12 & 13...

day 12:

Footprints

this is my daughter's footprint.

she's 4.

when she got home from a friend's birthday party i asked if she would help me with my photo.

she giggled and squirmed a lot as i painted her feet.

day 13:

Word of Encouragement

i took a picture of wordS or encouragement.

in the mornings, while the kids eat breakfast, we read the Bible and memorize our verses.

on friday i began recording our prayer items.

my boy wanted to thank God for the 4th point under Thanks.

my girl wanted to Thank God for the 5th one under Thanks.

the coolest thing today:

as we were writing down the three things today my boy asked if he could have the list so he could be the one to pray for them.

of course.

*all photos taken by me..

with Gertie.

edited in Photoshop Elements.

See where my challenge began : Here

8/365

day 8:

Blue

i thought about this on my run.

didn't come up with my blue ideas until i got home.

mmmm...a Jones Soda.

say 'Blue Bubblegum' 10 times fast. 

the kids love this tongue twister.

bottom of previous bottle

and of course my babies blues.

 

*all photos taken by me, with Gertie.

edited in Photoshop Elements 

See where my challenge began : Here