Project 365 - July 23, 2021 Part 2

Right Place, Right Time 

While waiting for Greg at about 6:25 am today,I actually caught one of the flying fish on camera! I was so excited so have been in the right place at the right time and had my camera ready too.

Just one of the satisfying moments. 

Project 365 - July 23, 2021

 Catching Up

Last week was a whirlwind of activity.  My daughter and son-in-law came down for a visit. I took the week off from work and my other daughter also took some time off from work.

The plan was to celebrate Adina's birthday and also the one-year anniversary of the loss of their father. We did that, but in addition, the girls had another plan in mind.  They had decided to get matching tattoos. 

While I am not thrilled about the prospect of injecting ink permanently into their skin, they are adults and they are in charge of their own bodies.  Their choice.

They had long discussions about what they wanted to get. Their final decision was to have Adina draw a garlic bulb in honor of their father because he was such a wonderful cook and taught both of them the love of cooking.  They also liked the idea of the healing and protective properties of garlic.

When they asked me if I wanted to come along for the ride, I said yes, but I wanted to take photos.  Adina made sure that it was okay with the tattoo artist. He was fine with it!

I really was impressed with the cleanliness of the place as well as all of the preparation prior to each tattoo. In addition, I was fascinated with the actual process of the needle and the ink and the way the artist took Adina's artwork and manipulated it on his iPad until the girls were satisfied with the final artwork. 

Even after he placed the stencil of the tattoo on their skin, both of my daughter/s guided the artist on which lines they wanted to have more emphasis.

So, here are my images.  An homage to the art of tattoo.

Project 365 - July 8, 2021

City Bird

After lunch at a Greek restaurant, I was walking back to my office and as I crossed the parking lot I found this Ibis. He (or she) was not afraid of me and continued searching this puddle for a morsel to eat. 

I am glad that I took a moment to stop and watch this creature. You never know when you will find a bit of nature and beauty. 

Project 365 - July 7, 2021

 Inspiration

As I was packing my things into my trunk this morning, I turned to look at the sky over John’s house and saw brilliant pink streaks. So I grabbed my phone (forgot my reading glasses) and headed for the lake. 

The site was stunningly beautiful. I know I made a noise when I saw the sky and I hoped no one heard me. 

Mornings like this when I am lucky to catch a brilliant sunrise gives me so much inspiration. I live for the moments and the little things in life that make me happy. Life is for living and enjoying. 

Project 365 - June 30, 2021

Have To

As I pulled my car out of the garage on Wednesday morning (something that I have always wanted to be able to say as I have lived in this house for almost 31 years),I saw this unbelievable color in the sky. So I turned off my car and left everything for work in the car and ran to the lake behind my friends’ house. 

Not only was I able to capture this incredible sunrise that looks to me to be a watercolor painting, but I also surprised my friend as she was calmly doing her yoga on her patio to this lovely sunrise. 

Then, I ran back to my car, promptly forgot that I made this image and went to work. 

Now that I have a luxuriously long weekend to catch up on errands and blogging, I took another look at this image and was so satisfied that I really didn’t edit it at all.