Day 49 - Shade

Beaded shade from a candle I have.... I PROMISE to be more creative tomorrow!

Day 48 - Mirror Mirror

So unfortunately I moved right from weeks of wine studying into a very busy work project as we move into our next month of production cutover. That said, I've been less than creative in my photos the last few days. This one didn't turn out too bad - it's actually the frame of the mirror in my half bath. Ray thinks it looks like puppy's.... I'm not so sure.

Day 47 - Iron Shadows

Tired tonight - not a great specimen of photography.  But I do like how the shadows play against the wall.

Day 46 - I'm Not Breaking My Nails

OK, bad quote from one of my favorite movies (Grease 2 - yes 2 is WAY better than the original...).  If you haven't seen it - it's really a must.  Anyhow - Paulette refuses to put her fingers in the bowling ball holes because she doesn't want to break her nails!

Day 45 - Dreaming

After a nice long Memorial Day weekend, I'm really starting to look forward to my upcoming vacation - a trip to wine country to participate in my first half marathon!  The half marathon takes us from Napa to Sonoma and starts off our 7 day vacation.  For the rest of the trip we will be doing as much wine tasting, touring and eating as we can!

Day 44 - Sprinkler

OK, so I have to fess up - I did not get a picture taken on day 44 (Sunday).  We were busy finishing lawn work and getting ready to have friends over for a cookout and I fell asleep by the fire before I could get a picture taken.  So, I still feel the need to post a "Day 44" so I decided to use what I had been doing on Sunday instead of taking pictures!  This is the watering of the latest addition to my front year - the perennials.  The front is now finished with the exception of the stone boarder with will come later this summer.  Because I feel bad about missing a day - I'll include a photo of the finished product as well!

Day 43 - Iron and Glass

Another Saturday full of yard work and not a lot of thought into a photo for today.  I ended up using a wrought iron candle holder that was back lit by one of my living room lamps.  The combination of the iron and glass along with the reflections by the lamp gave the photos as interesting aspect.

Day 42 - Menu

Out for an evening of fun to celebrate my good friends' Todd and Mark's birthday's!  We had a great time and I even got a few fun photos in of a long empty table with menu's and place settings.  I love the bokeh in this photo!

Day 41 - Wooden Tulips

Relaxing after work and errands and I almost forgot to get a picture in today!  So household items again - tonight some wooden tulips.  With the black background and come additional light I thought it had an interesting dimension. 

Day 40 - Tea Time

Another night of searching around the house for a subject took me to my built-in china cabinets.  I tried a number of different shots of different dishes but this one stuck me as the most interesting.  I liked the gold edge on the handle.

Day 39 - Hosta-la-Vista

Beautiful summer-like night and I was scouring the outdoors for something to photograph. The neighbors hosta's caught my eye - don't ask me why - these are one of my least favorite plants, especially this particular color.  But with close up lens it turned out quite nice.  I like the melty feel of most of the surrounding photo and how the white gives the picture some dimension.

Day 38 - Dusk

Tonight was the big night - the wine test! Not sure how I did - but you only need 55% to pass - so I have that going for me! I wasn't sure what I wanted to take a picture of, but I had my camera in the car when I went to my test. When I came out, it was still dusk and the sky was a very cool pink as the sun was setting. This picture is taken looking West down Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee. I didn't have my tripod, but there seemed to be enough light to keep the blur factor down. Overall I like it, although I think the sky was a bit more vivid in person.

Day 37 - Stem

Seeing as I have been studying for my wine test all weekend (its tomorrow - ready or not!), I thought wine an appropriate subject for tonight's photo.  I took a number of different perspectives, but thought this one was unique - you don't see a lot of photos of the stem of a wine glass.  And with the window in the background, I thought it had an interesting feel.

Day 36 - Grillin'

Saturday night grill out with family and friends - brats and burgers - yum!  Spent most of the day studying for my wine test on Monday, and also working.  So a nice dinner break was in order.  Although sunny, not all that warm - especially with the wind.  So all 17 of us ended up inside for dinner - wozers!

Day 35 - Lovely Day

Finally Friday, and Lovely Day for a Guinness.  Not much else to say today - long day ending a long week.