Ok not the end of the world…just the end of this blog. For awhile anyway. I need to take a break and re-evaluate the way I am spending my time and photography is going to have to take a backseat. So here are the pics from this last week…excluding Melon…I just never found the color of the week. I didn’t put a lot of effort into it either. But that’s that…

Day 240…Yesterday I had a lot on my mind so I went for a walk. I wanted to take pics but my heart wasn’t in it. So I kind of decided then that I was done.
I am ending on an even day…that sits well with me.
It was all kinds of windy at Fain Park yesterday and I loved the way the cattails looked in the wind…added with some urban acid it kind of looks how my mind feels…

Day 239…They remind me of those fake sugared fruits you see in bowls decorating tables…frozen grapes are a yummy summery snack!

Week #35…COULOR…I almost decided to skip this week but with an easy theme like colour…I didn’t even have to plan it. I just had to find the one I liked from the week.

August 27

Day 238… “There is beauty in the breakdown…” Beautiful flowers even in death…

August 26…

Day 237…

August 25…

Days 236…I love seeing the flag hanging in the classroom everyday!

August 24…

Day 235…I wish this had better focus…it’s pretty hard taking a macro of your own eye…

August 23…

Day 234…

August 21/22…

Day 233…Inspiration…has failed me. I have really been feeling like this whole thing is more of a chore than anything else lately but I keep keepin’ on. So tonight I asked my friends on facebook for some inspiration. And I was given some ideas that I will definitely be using.

Day 232…Sometimes we all need a little sunshine…even on a cloudy day.

August 20…Cool puppy!

Day 231…

WTJ ~ TRACE THE THINGS IN YOUR BAG (OR POCKETS). LET THE LINES OVERLAP.

August 19…

Day 230…I figured the monsoons were long gone…I was wrong…

August 18…

sixty-four colors ~ brown…

Day 229…Well…we would’ve had plenty apples in a couple months had it not been for the birds eating them all and knocking them off the tree! Is there any way to keep them away?!?

Week #34…Landmark…Glassford Hill…When I looked up Landmark, Prescott Valley, AZ this is about the only thing that came up. Well it is definitely a big landmark here in PV. And I didn’t feel like looking around for something else.

August 17…

Day 228…I rarely do anything to my pics but this one just called for something more…

August 16…

Day 227…It was a Littlest Pet Shop invasion I tell you!!
I went into the living room to look around and find some inspiration for my 365 and 64 pics and came upon this LPS parade! Too funny! The older ones still have the magnets in them…I found it quite hilarious seeing them clinging to the edge of the fireplace wall!

Week #33…Home…I had this idea in my head all week but never had the time to put it into action. Last summer when we went to visit RV I took several Polaroids. When I saw the upcoming theme “Home” for the group I decided that even though we have lived in PV since 2001, minus this last year, RV will always be home.

sixty-four colors ~ white…I had absolutely NO plan for this week. I was not finding any inspiration around me at all…the busy hectic week didn’t help. But white is white…I just wasn’t feeling it. So I walked around my living room and tried to find some…I like what I found…I am not a huge reader but I do like a good book from time to time. Even though it is taking me months to read Inkspell! :/

August 14/15…Yes I still have to throw these in here…I really need to go get a craft knife blade so I don’t get behind!

Day 226…I have been wanting to take a pic of this sign since I saw Hobo Matt’s pic awhile back and never stopped to take it. Then I noticed someone had added a new nose! It’s now three dimensional! Hard to see it in this pic though.

Day 225…Ok…thought I forgot to take a pic today. Then remembered I had taken some at the kids school. And I also remembered I had put my camera on RAW…so I overplayed with this one in Camera RAW…heh. It’s a bit too much LOL!

August 13…I like these more detailed ones…They look a lot cooler!

Day 224…Thursday evening I found out there was supposed to be a meteor shower in the wee hours of morning. I’m sure everyone knew about it but me. Sometimes I think I live in a bubble! Well it wasn’t that spectacular from my viewing point. I did see a few that were pretty cool and managed to catch one little guy.

August 12…

Day 223…Sometimes I just don’t have anything interesting to say about my pics…this would be one of them…

August 11…This has to be one of my most favorite ones so far! It’s so cute and happy! I did mess up the nose but it’s still cute!

Day 222…

August 10…

Day 221…First day of school! Oh she looks so little walking across that big playground!

August 9…

Day 220…Some days it’s the last thing I do before I go to bed and then you get crap like this to look at…

August 7/8…

Day 219…Bountiful Baskets…So this morning I woke up at 7:11. “Hey Babe…I think I hear your alarm.” or something like that. I use my cell phone as my alarm and I am finding that having it on the floor on vibrate really does me no good. I don’t even hear it vibrate. But luckily Chaz had woken up and saw that I was still in bed so he kindly woke me up. Why on earth would I be getting up so early on a Saturday morning?! Today I went to pick up our first Bountiful Basket. It’s a neat little (or not so little) program run by volunteers to bring healthy fruits and veggies in at a lower cost to you. (Or so they say). It was interesting. I don’t know if I will do it again be cause I am not really sure it was that great of a deal. You be the judge because getting up at 7 after not falling asleep til around 1:30 or 2:00 has left my brain with out the functionality to figure such things out.

Day 218…Castle Golf Family Fun Park…I found this in a box of pencils the other day. The family fun park was closed long ago. We were so bummed when we heard it would be closing. And when they said it was going away they really meant it! They tore out the goofy golf, the batting cages and even the castle!! This is all there is left of it…well in my home anyway….

August 6, 2010…Awww…look at the cute little froggy…

Day 217…Do not attempt to dive into the 2 foot water…you will be electrocuted and your head will explode!! Take heed, don’t break you head!

August 5, 2010…

Day 216…LED…

August 4, 2010…

Week #32…Light…I have been having so much fun taking underwater pics! I really want an underwater digital!

sixty-four colors ~ sky blue…I love this pic! That is all!

Day 215…

August 3, 2010…

Day 214…Before we left Washington, my nephew Ethan insisted we take his shell. Thank you Ethan.

August 2, 2010…

Day 213…Chicken Pot Pie…YUM! And oh so easy!

Day 212…Looking out at PV from our back yard….

July 31/August 1, 2010…

Day 211…And looking out at PV during the day.

July 30, 2010…

Day 210…

July 29…

Day 209…Mmmmmm…I made apple cobbler this day. It was yummy! Not the best apples for it but it’s what we had. I keep telling everyone to remind never to buy Red Delicious apples ever again. Definitely not my favorite, or anyone else in this house for that matter.

July 28…

sixty-four colors ~ golden rod…Not my best sixty-four shot…but sometimes this whole 64, 52.5, 365 business just gets old I don’t feel like putting in the effort. :/

Day 208…So the new town library is not he prettiest building you’ll ever see…but it makes for some neat architectural shots.

July 27…

Day 207…Watch out!! My daughter was quite worried it was going to get me if I got too close!

Week #31…Season ~ Summer…A more accurate summer picture right now would have been a shot of all the dark clouds that have been covering the valley for the last couple weeks. Or the wonderful rain that those clouds bring. Or the lightning that always accompanies those! I love the summer monsoons! But I also have a fascination with these strange plants you see popping up all over! The Agave americana…or better known as the Century Plant. They are pretty cool!

July 26…

Day 206…A nice crisp nectarine is my favorite!

July 24/25…

Day 205…A close up of the above Century Plant…

July 23…

Day 204…I was out taking pictures of the bees in this bush in our back yard and I realizes there were several bees of another type hiding out in the bush that I had totally over looked! And further evidence of my lack of observance…I had no idea that little crab spider was hiding out right in front of me too! Not until I started looking at the pics on my computer.

Day 202…I took the kids to the park closest to us…it’s small but there is a lot of room to run! And that’s really all they need, right!?

Day 201…Ants are NOT an easy photographic subject! They were far too busy to stop and pose for me!

Day 200…Two night in a row this week we found a tarantula on the wall outside. They were pretty small and could have been the same one both times. We want to catch one and keep it as a pet now!

July 21…

July 20…

July 19…

Day 198…My husband was out in the backyard yesterday and told I should go out and take pics of the big bumble bees! I love their fuzzy bodies!

Day 197…Abandoned…the boys took baseball stuff to play with at the park. It was quickly abandoned…

Day 196…A thank you…for the beautiful seaglass and shells…

Day 195…Rain! You would think after living in Washington for 11 months we would be sick of rain! Nope…the girls and I quite enjoyed it!

Day 194…Newly constructed t-ball fields and a soccer field at one of our favorite parks. The giant sports balls are pretty cool!

Day 193…My initials used to be so easy to type…heh…