My weekend in pictures......Project 365 Days 72, 73, 74

This past weekend was really busy but really fun!!! Friday was slow pitch softball! Honey had two games and it was so cold!!!!! But then Saturday showed up and it was freaking freezing!! Saturday consisted of FIVE softball games and one baseball game! Sunday the family (kids and dogs) went on a five mile hike in the desert and middle son found all kinds of cool things! Bad mom I took pictures of everything but his treasures! Sigh!!!! After a brief nap, Honey and I went to her softball game, which was cancelled so of course, we went to Cold Stones for ice cream! I'm tired! But got up and went to my Turbo Kicking Boxing class, which kicked my butt! I felt like I was slogging through mud!!! And tonight both girls have softball games on two different fields! Lucky us! Is it the weekend yet?

The picture on the top is a camera phone picture. This was about the middle of our softball marathon and youngest son and dog passed out!!!

This tree is on the corner of my street and is in full bloom and beautiful!!!!

Friday softball practice and I was snapping away. Got this beautiful shot! I darkened her and beefed up the sky. I really like it, it is going in my portfolio for my Special Studies class.

The next two shots are camera phone phone shots. Max at Honeys game Friday night, and then Mary at her third softball game of the day. She pitched and actually struck out two batters. (Ok she also hit a batter, but let's not talk about that!!) If you are so inclined, hit the follow me on Twitter button and follow me! I usually Twit my camera phone pictures!

Here we are on the start of our walk! Buddy way up front with youngest daughter (everybody gets a dog!) Peanut is on the far left, then Baby, then Gibbs (the chihuahua), and Max!

Train over pass!

Oh, yeah on Sunday morning (after a Dennys run! Yum!) Honey cut her hair which we are donating to Locks of Love!

Camera phone shot of Honey freezing her tush off at Saturday nights softball games! It was really, really cold!!!!

Last but not least. Buddy the baby of the family. He is terrified of people so we take him out as often as possible. Maybe one day he will enjoy these little outings! He is pretty good at home but take him out..... He is so cute everyone wants to talk to him and he won't have any of it!

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OK here are this weeks pictures! The top one is taken at my home looking down the street. I took the exposure way down to "hide" all the cars parked on the street and to just show the outline of the house at the end of the street.

Next is Peanut hanging out of my truck and looking cute as always!!! If you look really closely you can see my hand in the corner of the shot.

It has been freakin' cold around here! Doesn't this just make one feel all cozy and warm?Here is Bella, the youngest kitty in the house. And the one that no one can get close to because she is soooo skittish. Gotta love a long lens!!

The California Aquaduct runs right through our town, as does the San Andreas Fault. As a matter of fact, to take this shot, I am actually standing on the fault line. There are houses here in beautful Palmdale, that are built about 100 yards back from the street because houses cannot be built on the faultline, just near it!!! I do not live in one of those houses!!!

This weekend was a blast!!!!  Alice in Wonderland was awesome!! The girls and I had so much fun. Of course, we miss judged the wait in line. The Twilight movies, if one is not there HOURS ahead of time, one is waiting outside in the cold. We were in line almost three hours before anyone else showed up!!! We each had friends we met at the theatre so I went one way to sit, and the girls each went with a friend someplace else (but I could still see them!) After the movie, Honey and I jumped in the car and took off for Arizona!   The White Sox Opening Day for spring training was friday and we had four rows up, behind home plate tickets!!!! The Dodgers opening day was Saturday. First, let me say that Camelback Ranch is a beautiful place to watch a baseball game. And if one gets there early enough one can watch batting practice and then as the players are heading back to the locker room for the game, they sign autographs and take pictures with fans. It is amazing!!Friday and Saturday the weather was beautiful! Sunny and warm, so great for baseball!! But by Friday night I was wiped and hit the hay early! Saturday night we went to dinner and walked around and pretty much just enjoyed ourselves, being together!!!We had tickets for Sundays game but it was rained out!!! This shot is from the raod on the way home. I liked the lines the raod and clouds created, drawing the eye to the center of the picture. (Blackberry shot!!)

Now to explain my captures!!! The top is of the first poppies in my yard!! My front yard is dirt right now, so I angled up and got the flower and the sky! In the second shot, my friend Sarah really liked the reflection in the sunglasses, so I tried to focus the viewer to that. Manny Ramirez "hitting"! I cannot believe the Dodgers let Pierre go for this guy!!! Third, the clouds from Monday! (I love cloud pictures!!!) My future husband, Eric Gagne is back!!! And I got to watch him pitch one inninng!!! Love him! I hope he has a good season this year!!! And lastly, a shot of Manny's shoes! Yup, we were THAT close to the field!! More pictures to come today that are not part of the project, just of the weekend. I love Arizona!!! Well, I love Arizona in the spring, fall, and winter. The summer not so much!!!! Arizona is so beautiful!! It is so on my list!!!!

Project 365, Day 60

I shot this in the parking lot of the mall here in the AV.  When I went to process, I saw just how dirty my camera has become. The bright light really showed spots! So after some hours in Lightroom and Photoshop. Here is the final capture. I antiqued it in Lightroom and removed spots and a light pole in Photoshop. 

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Project 365, Day 54

Taken with my Blackberry because I had a total brain fart and left my camera sitting on my bed when we had the most beautiful night sky!!!!

Short post today Tommy is coming for a visit!!! Mom says he is cutting teeth - anyone have some brandy???? :)

 

Project 365, Day 51, 52, 53

I hope you like these shots! The top is from my daughter's softball game Saturday! I am trying to use my other (longer) lens but I don't really like it. Way to much movement!!! The second is of course, the most  photographed dog ever, Max. It is just so hard to get a bad image of him. Although, I must admit, I do get some. My fault,  not his!! And last is middle daughter. I think here she was saying, Mom go away!!!!

Project 365, Day 50

Well, today was weigh in day and given the fact that I have been sick for a week and haven't exercised at all, I was pretty nervous! But I lost four pounds and some inches!!! Woot! Woot!! My BMI is way down and other then getting exhausted and winded really easily, I feel fabulous!!!!!! Aren't my Valentine's day shoes wonderful? I haven't had them off my feet in a week and I think they may just be the reason I lost some inches on my legs!!! I love them!!!!!

My Project 365 picture is pretty good!! This old tree stump is on a friends property and apparenty grew into and around the chain fence.

Tomorrow is the official start of the ASA softball season and true to form we have four games and one basketball game!!!

I hope you all have a great weekend! We are supposed to have rain all weekend! I hope so, I need to get some knitting done!

Project 365, Day 49

 Welcome to day 49!!! I love, love, love being able to work on shots! I am taking a Special Studies in Photography class this semester, so I need to write a mission statement and then follow through! So, pretty soon (once I decide what I am going to focus on!) that is what will be showing up here! But for now my "for fun" shots continue!!

I am learning to embrace sunflares! I couldn't see for a little bit after I shot this, because I was staring right into the sun! I know not smart!

I love this shot of my youngest daughter. The light was  yummy!! I wish the background was prettier, but....

Project 365, Day 48

I should have stopped to get this shot this morning on my way to class - the light was so much better. It is a little too strong right now. But I do love how this little guy was looking right at me. I pulled over and just stopped at the edge of someones farm to get this shot. I think it was shot ISO 100 at 1/4000 of a sec, goodness only knows what Fstop I was using. I was trying not to blow out the sky. I really need to get a blue filter!!

Project 365, Day 47

I shot this New Years Eve of this year! So, it really is a shot of the blue moon! I shot in Raw and have no way to process at home. But here at school, sky is the limit. Also, since I have not been allowed outside, I am using shots I shot this year but did not use, until I am back on my feet!!! I hope you all like this one, I'm pretty proud of it!!!

Night Lights, Project 365, Day 46

I took this shot at 530 am! It was an experiment in light, focus, and exposure. The strong light down the middle of the frame are cars driving past. I wish cars had gone past the other way, but maybe next time.

It's my last day of bed confinment! Tomorrow is school and practice but I think I have decided to hold off going back to the gym until March 1st!! I start my 90 days over then!!! Dang!!!

Project 365, Day 45

The girls pretend to not like having their picture taken! But they are going to have to get used to it because I have been asked to document the season for younger daughters season. Which means I will also be taking pictures of older daughter and her team!!! Day two of bed rest and while I feel better when I'm laying down, moving around is a whole other ball game!!! My son has been a great help (getting me tea and food! He even helped me chage my bedsheets today!) And Honey, got me chocolate, the 30 Day Shred video and soft bears to cuddle for Valentine's Day! Tonight she is making Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner!!!

I hope you all are having a fabulous day!!!!

I'm out for the weekend! Project 365, Day 44

Sibes and Chihuahuas are not supposed to be friends due to the strong strong small-prey-hunter instinc in Sibes.

I, however, come home and see Gibbs usually cuddled up with Baby or Peanut. I do not let Gibbs eat with the Sibes (just in case)! Mama is special, she just wants a comfy couch, a lap every now and then, and a really good run! We rescued her from a backyard where she had to sleep on a trampoline! Max took one look at her at they have been in seperable ever since! She even let him in her puppy pen when the puppies were less then three weeks old! Gibbs we rescued from a backyard puppymill, were we found him hiding behind a cactus!

Well, Honey has said no more computer for the weekend! It is bed rest for me for the next three days!! So, I'm out for a bit, I'm watching the olympics and knitting and sleeping as much as I can!!! Hopefully, I will stop coughing soon!

Project 365, Day 40, 41

This night shot was taken at the ball field. I only wish that the falling rain could be seen! It created such a cool halo effect. The bottom picture is called storm chaser because in my rear view mirror it was black and in front of me it was bright with shinning sun! This So Cal weather has been crazy! We are suppposed to be in the 70's next week, no rain in sight!

This week has been killer. First, I have had the cough and lungs from hell!! And spring semester started. My classes are going to be hard but fun! I am really looking forward to my special studies in photography class. I get to use our trip to Glendale, Arizona for a photography project.  Glendale is spring trainning home of the Dodgers. Honey and went to opening day last year, and we are going back for a whole week this year!! I cannot wait!!! But for today I have nothing to do and no where to go, so I am taking Nyquill and going back to bed!!! I hope you all have a great day!!!

Project 365, Days 37 and 38

I shot these images over the weekend.

Softball is full swing, and so of course it rained. And I came down with whatever my family has had for the last month. I was not as good as Honey and only managed to do half workouts this weekend. Being sick knocks me on my behind. Luckily it's a cushioned fall!

Project 365, Day 36

frog2, originally uploaded by Max Too.

Saw this guy just hopping across our front yard last night. Where he came from, I have no idea! But there he was, and where does he go when it gets to be 110 degrees? Mysteries abound in the high desert!
More shots from our wet Disney adventure yesterday later. But I have an umpires clinic this morning.

Project 365, Day 35

I'm so loving this project! But next week I go back to school and get to use the full Adobe Suite! Lightroom and Photoshop ahhhhhh!

Last night the kids and I went to Women on Weights and Zumba class. The weight class almost killed me and Zumba, holy cow! Let me just tell you women are freakin nuts when it comes to their workout classes! Like blinders on crazy!! The Zumba class is filled to twice what it should be, which is one reason why we have never stayed after WOW. But last night they started a sign in sheet - limiting the class to just 50 people. And if you were in the WOW class they let you sign in first, so we didn't have to leave our class in the middle to sign up. My goodness! You would have thought they cancelled the class out right! About 1/3 the people were on guest passes (Really? You are going to get upset about not getting into a class and you HAVEN'T bothered to join the gym?) Another 1/3 were under ten years old. This isn't the only Zumba classs the Y offers by the way. Oh no! It's the only class they offer SIX times a week!! But apparently these women can ONLY get their workout from THIS class at THIS time. Switch it up people!! I mean, it was a fun class but alot of classes are fun! Try something else! If you don't get in to this class go swim, or hit the treadmill (which has a TV attached to it for your viewing pleasure!) There is so much else to do, why get pissy and out of control? Ok stepping off the soapbox!! Breathing again! Have a great Thursday everyone! We have our first softball practice today - yeah!!!

Project 365, day 32 and one extra

My cats are ALWAYS sleeping on my bed.

I poke around the net and search photographs.

Sometimes I find some really cool things.

Other times I find Awkward Family Photos.