100 days of summer :: days 38

I almost threw the towel in today, wondering what was I thinking. It is not that I can’t find things to photograph, but rather the limitation of choosing just one photo. I remind myself it is my project, no rules other than a photo a day. But I know deep inside there is a deeper reason, a more focused objective. I am slowly learning to pay more attention. Losing myself a little bit while searching out deeper light, different perspectives in a place that I know like the back of my hand. Maybe tomorrow I will get out of my back yard.

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100 days of summer day :: 37

today’s tiny little joys

a trip to the library with Percy and packing 14 books home with us
good news from the vet
watching the way the clouds move over the lake
an iced latte in the afternoon with oat milk
the kindness of our neighbors over and over again

100 days of summer :: day 36

today’s tiny little joys…
the quiet of the morning while drinking my latte on the deck
the smell of the honey suckle in our son and his wife’s yard
the way the sun filters through the trees as we drive home
organizing my lightroom catalog, finally! (such a chore but it feels so good.)
turkey burgers for dinner that were outstanding!

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100 days of summer :: day 35

My friend Kate has the most amazing newsletter that she sends out monthly. In today’s issue she shared an article that included ways to make the world today a little bit lighter. One of the suggestions was to make a list of tiny little joys, or T.L.J.s that you encounter throughout out the day. I loved this idea! Thinking it was just the practice I was I was searching for when I started this project.

today’s T.L.J.,s
sleeping with the windows open
waking up to birds songs in the gardnen
the mother deer and her two fawns who joined us for stick class this morning
the first cantaloupe of the season
watching the neighbors pile their kids into the car with lake toys and floats.
book suggestions from a friend

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100 days of summer :: day34

I am a third of the way through this project and I have learned a few more things.
I need to get back to what I envisioned…
an image, along with a few words to mark my day
somewhere along the way I started making it way too complicated

today ::
waking up with Percy in the house
July 4th plans made
digging out my sol 45 lens
a 6 eagle day, along with three deer
watching Percy study bugs and drawing them