.definition.of.fun.

Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. ~C.S. Lewis

over at the Shutter Sisters, they're hosting a new project called the One Word Project. for the month of february, i chose the word FUN in the hopes that i can capture this joyous word in some form. i don't have to take a picture everyday (altho it would be nice...) but at least ONE picture to highlight that word. today's pic is just two different viewpoints on fun reading. can you guess which one is mine?

for more beautifully inspired One Word pix to take your breath away, check out the Shutter Sisters Flickr Pool or their pick of the day.

.heart.lunch.

i've been making jab lunch this week. we're experimenting. he goes out to lunch everyday, which isn't very healthy or nice on the wallet. i've been making typical lunch fare and today's menu includes turkey and cheese sandwich. i just added a little something special to it. :)

Happy Love Thursday!

note:
i'm doing this event next month: Saving Boobies for Breast Cancer Awareness. Please participate in baking/making something pink and/or in voting.

.truth.about.dirty.water.

i had lunch in Fells Point saturday. sitting by the waterfront i snapped a few shots of the water taxi. what caught my eye tho was the reflection. for such a clear and beautiful day, the reflection should've been cleaner and crisper. but it's not. truth is, the harbor has been polluted for so long, i doubt that there's been a clear reflection from those waters in years. click here for more truths: shutter sisters.

note:
i'm doing this event next month: Saving Boobies for Breast Cancer Awareness. Please participate in baking/making something pink and/or in voting.

.city.sights.

on saturday i met jab for lunch in fells point. while waiting for him i snapped a few shots. there'd been some fire emergency and a lot of official looking people were milling around. not horribly exciting but the fire truck was so pretty, i couldn't resist.

sunday morning, as my cousins were leaving, there was a random guy hanging out on the sidewalk. i didn't think anything until i saw him riding the small kids' bike. a grown man on a miniature bike. i was too far away to get a good shot but it was funny all the same.

note:
i'm doing this event next month: Saving Boobies for Breast Cancer Awareness. Please participate in baking/making something pink and/or in voting.

more city shots.

.this.breaks.my.heart.and.mends.it.

i came across this picture from Lavender Lines and it captivated me. it's graffiti in Palestine. it originally came from Bomb It! such a true quote.

Happy Love Thursday!


note:
i'm doing this event next month: Saving Boobies for Breast Cancer Awareness. Please participate in baking/making something pink and/or in voting.

.hearts.can.be.blue.too.

i have a collection of buttons. i actually have three bags full of random buttons. you just never know when you might need one. or you just had to buy the assorted buttons for a cardmaking spree you went on last winter. either way, it's always like a treasure hunt when i dig into these bags looking for that something special. and look what i found the other night?

happy Love Thursday!

note:
i'm doing this event next month: Saving Boobies for Breast Cancer Awareness. Please participate in baking/making something pink and/or in voting.

.finding.hearts.

among all those random leaves, i found a heart.

Happy Love Thursday!

.moment.of.inspiration.

friday night in ocean city, jab and i went out to dinner by the water. where we were seated there was a wooden fence seperating the restaurant from the boardwalk. the booth was actually attached to the fence. and the fence had holes along the top. kinda like peep holes. only bigger.

so before the food arrived, to amuse myself, i clicked away.

and what came thru my lens was rather pleasant.

and surprising.

what i learned: in the last frame, i wish i had centered it better, so that the hole isn't chopped off on the top.

for more discovery ...

ps. i'm having a pay it forward thinger over at my craft/food blog. head over that ways to participate...

.first.glimpse.

friday morning dawned hot and bright. jab and i drove down to the shore and i was laying out by the pool with a drink in my hand by 2pm. this is my first shot of the long weekend away. i wanted to capture the blue of the water, the BIG-ness of the Bay Bridge and fluffiness of the clouds but the frame wanted to capture it ALL in one shot. so i let it.

for more leading lens ...

.fountain.of.love.

love is weathering every storm.

today's love thursday's theme is private time. i took a walk in mid summer in the city. it was my private time when i noticed a fountain and the heart design on the ground. it looked pretty. so i took a picture.

happy love thursday.

.dancing.queen.

when big k came to visit in July, it was her mission to drink to the brink of almost, but not quite throwing up. she's the lush in this relationship. in this picture, she's busy spinning around in front of the a/c. yep. she's also the dancer in this relationship.

for more shutter sisters.

happy labor day!

.first.love.

i love books. i always have and i always will. i just do.

currently reading The Romanov Prophesy by Steve Berry.

Happy Love Thursday!

.so.many.different.options.

"The most decisive actions of our life ... are most often unconsidered actions." ~André Gide

for more choices ...

.slice.of.brotherly~sisterly.love.

i snapped this at a friend's bbq this weekend. these kids were so precious!

for more slice of life.

.sunlight.in.your.eyes.

“Do not anticipate trouble or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.” ~Benjamin Franklin

for more golden light

.these.are.a.few.of.my.favorite.things.

oh but today's Shutter Sisters' post made me misty eyed.
buu's always been my #1 fan, probably since birth. she's always been an advocate for my writing, my random hobbies and even when i'm wrong, she'll see the right side of things. i think she's a keeper.

and when buu wasn't around, books were a constant source of companionship.

for more inspiration...

.my.favorite.girls.

i've known buu all her life (i am older by a year and 3 days). i've known big k since the winter of 1997, our freshman year of college. they're my favorite. just your standard group pose, both pix are of us three at the end of a fun night out.

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are throughout persuaded of each other's worth." ~Robert Southey

for more Friendly Love.

just a heart stone i came across in one of my walks.

Happy Love Thursday!

.up.a.road.slowly

shawan road is just two lanes. head west and it's a pretty drive. farms, orchards and i think i saw some horses grazing in the fields once. it's a windy road tho and i have a slight headache from the very short drive i took during my lunch break to take pictures. (i get very bad motion sickness, even when i'm the driver.) sitting in traffic one day i noticed a pretty driveway, graveled and lined on either side with trees. and in the distance a white house. so pretty. but by the time i got my camera out, the traffic started moving. i drove back that way again today but there's no shoulder to park my car and it's a rather busy street, even at 1pm. bummer.

so this driveway was a tad bit more secluded.

.moi.

obx, nc, spring 2007. photo courtesy of my boyfriend jab. at the time i was feeling so small.

in my office, with my camera phone. just a random shot. i think i was feeling pensive then.

china (summer palace and the great wall), march 2008. photo courtesy of my youngest sister pascale. overall, i'm just really a goofball.

"don't be fooled by the mask i wear, for i wear a thousand masks and none of them are me..."

for more beautiful shutter sisters.

.love.is.holding.hands

Happy Love Thursday!