aquawoman

A year goes by...

2008-03-12T16:16:00.007-05:00

see, this is the problem with me, and things that must be done daily. I swear, I have an easier time remembering to do something randomly, rather than every day. And it's not just remembering, it's feeling like I have something to write. If you read my diaries from my adolescence, you'll notice this pattern:

Dear Diary,

It's March 1st, 1985. I went to school today, and then Katie came over to play. We had fun and ate peanut butter sandwiches. I promise to write my dreams and things I do in you every day.

Love, Lori
____________________________

Dear Diary,
It's March 3, 1994. Sorry I haven't written in so long, but man, how things have changed! Boys are no longer icky, and I have boobs. I promise to write my dreams and things I do in you every day.

Love, Lori

So there you go, my eternal dilemma. Is it worth it, to spend the time and the money (to buy a url) to have a website, a blog? Do people really need to hear what I have to say?

Spring.... sort of?!?

2007-03-01T09:59:00.000-06:00

It feels springy here, at least it has the last couple of days. It's wonderful. And with today's predicted thunderstorms, it certainly could be the first of March.

Unfortunately, most of the country is still in the throws of winter, so my springy pics on Flickr are getting hateful comments (not really, they are just jealous). Those wintery people just don't realize what a good thing they have going there; snow is beautiful!

-- from BayRoadPhoto/Laura - (?)

Its also a time lots of people get sick, and I just got over the flu. Here's to a happy healthy warm and sunny spring!

Two things I like

2006-11-02T15:48:00.000-06:00

Water balloon fights

-- from His Noodly Appendage - (?)

(only if I win)

and
my husband's smile

-- from getthebubbles - (?)

its not often I can catch it in a picture, like a flitty hummingbird or a rainbow in the rearview mirror.

Damn, that sounded cheesy as hell.

you betta re-cog-nize!

2006-11-01T14:41:00.000-06:00

check me out:

I'm on the front page of UTATA.ORG!

see it here:

Thanks Greg!

Lately, I have felt like my muse is finally back, looking over my shoulder and saying- "Take that shot!". Its nice to feel like you aren't alone :) I was really loving my new camera with my new 50mm / f1.7 lens*, but then it was dropped by my wonderful but sometimes-over-enthusiastic-when-drunk husband, and now it no worky. :(

At least I got this shot before it was gone:

*for non-photographers its just a small lens with a narrow focal range, so it makes a yummy blurry mess of any background (AKA bokeh).

2006-10-10T12:20:00.000-05:00

I like hands. I like touching things. My husband is forever trying to get me to stop touching things when we are shopping (I think he was told "no touch!" too many times as a child). I even have a set of photos called "In Hand" that shows off my love of hands and touching.

I like how functional hands are.

I also like how expressive they can be. How they can tell so much about a person's life, trials.

-- from algo - (?)

How they can convey talent

or simply tell you to leave them alone

Join your hands together in a clap to celebrate hands!

have watering can, will photograph

2006-10-06T15:39:00.000-05:00

I have a dreamsickle

er, I mean

I have a watering can. It is a pink elephant, bought on sale at Target for much less than it was worth. It is functional. It is cute. It has googly eyes.

It has become a common subject for my boredom shooting around the house. I like trying out new techniques with it, which I think sets some sort of baseline that changes can then be compared against (or at least, that's how I justify it).

Other people have common subjects too. Cats, children, that tree in the backyard.

John Baird has a wash basin

-- from John Baird - (?)

itsgreg has a snow disc (set)

-- from It'sGreg - (?)

itsgreg even has his own watering can

-- from It'sGreg - (?)

(they are apparently popular subjects- and I thought I was unique :( )
So why the props? Why not all new things, exciting and different? What does that say about us?

i don't have an answer to that question!

art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life - picasso

2006-09-19T18:36:00.000-05:00

I am ashamed of myself. Of my body, of my laziness. I used to be a ballerina, and have a dancer's physique. I was always muscular, never tiny, but what I wouldn't give to not feel that I must clone stamp the hell out of a picture of me to get it postable:

this rant also corresponds with the purchase of a new dslr camera, which I am itching to break in, and the loss of my muse. I am feeling very uninspired.

(that's me, posing very uninspired-ly)

so, here are some pictures I have seen lately that have inspired me-

-- from nudie head - (?)

and

-- from Indy Charlie - (?)

and

-- from abhayah~ - (?)

which is part of her read set.

so I am going to try to pick a word and take a series of photos representing that word. maybe that will help inspire.

your thoughts?

new format

2006-09-15T15:53:00.000-05:00

i am not really funny, nor does much exciting happen in my daily life, so I am not sure what I would write about on a blog. but, i do take photographs almost every day, and see wonderful shots to share all the time.

so now, i have decreed this to be a photoblog. i will try to share at least one of my shots a week, and another inspiring or beautiful or just plain cool shot from someone else here.

so here we go- week of 9/15/06

found cool shot:

-- from JoanLovesPaper

my shot:

-- from getthebubbles

you likey?

Foster Family Reunion

2006-05-10T21:27:00.000-05:00

Whew! It was wonderful. Everyone was so nice, and it was great to see such a mix of ages, lifestyles, heights, locales, and even haircolor! I took alot of pictures, these are only the highlights. I have broken them into sections based on the day. If you'd like, click on the shot, it will take you to a photosharing site called Flickr where you can download the pictures (I believe you have to sign up- but it's free and a great place to share photos!)

The Drive There (Friday, 28 Apr 2006)...

Giant Indian Store (between Panama City, FL and Dothan, AL)

Shack in Blue and Green

Spring Flowers

Crop Lines

Dinner @ Charlotte and Dayton Foster Hale Jr.'s (Friday 18 Apr 2006):

Dayton Foster Hale Sr.

Frances Odessa Hale and Rusty (Daughter of Dayton Jr. and Charlotte)

James Wright Hale (my brother, Son of Wright Williams Hale)

Janice and Earl Holman and Cynthia Hale

Joshua Hill Foster Descendents

Susu Hale Prout and Maggie Patterson

Silohuettes at the party

Foster Ancestors (L to R: Henry, Clement, Sumnor, Edwin, Thomas, Joshua Hill)

Saturday in Fosters, AL (Saturday, 29 Apr 2006):

Grants Creek Baptist Church Historical Marker

Entrance to Grants Creek graveyard

Foster grave monument

John Collier Foster's grave

James Foster's Grave

Mary Ellen Foster's grave

Sarah Foster (Born in 1777!)

Foster House

Stairs in Foster House

Ceiling Friese in Foster House

Box Lunch (it was so good!)

Randy and Maggie Patterson at the Foster House

A wonderful old picture album (There are lots more pictures of this on the Flickr site )

The general concensus was that she resembled me

Jesse Nicholls and Mary Ellen Foster Nicholls

Foster Hill and Lori (? could be Lou) Hill

Arthur and Elizabeth Foster

Saturday night @ Little Willy's Bar (Saturday 29 Apr 2006):

Bar Lights

My Brother, James Wright Hale and I (Loraine Frances Hale Williams)

Family at the Bar

Fosters Beer :)

I hope you enjoyed these pictures, there are much more here on flickr. If you cannot download them for any reason, or need more help, email me at getthebubbles [at] yahoo.com