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Project 52: Toys

My year-long photography project is winding down. This week’s theme is “toys.” With a 12-yr-old and 15-yr-old, there are not the mounds and piles of toys scattered around the house any more. There are, however, plenty of Lego sets – pieces, half-built sets, and completed works all around. Jackson has recently moved his Lego workshop from his bedroom to the boys’ playroom and now works on top of the air hockey table – plenty of room to spread out in some sort of half-ordered Jackson chaos.

Please continue through the blog-circle by starting with Debbie of DeLight Photography.

52 Fridays: Cold

This week’s theme is *hard* for me. Living in South Texas affords little opportunities for showcasing anything cold, and the impending Christmas holidays has sucked up any speck of free time for a creative shoot. So today’s image is just for me, one of those little snippets of life that will be a cherished memory – a little slice of what’s going on around the house.

In our house, though, there is one sure sign that the temperatures have dipped at night: when Jack asks to let Scout in to sleep. She has terrible hip issues and she has such a hard time moving after a cold night outside. When it is cold, Jack lets her in and she marches straight to the boys’ room, gets settled on Jack’s bed, and doesn’t move again until the morning, except to snuggle up to her warm human.

If it is really cold, Jack makes sure she is warm enough by letting Scout use his blanket he made in elementary school.

Terrible picture, but, ah, the memory of my baby and his dog…..

To see how the other talented photographers took “cold,” head to the creative Debbie of De.Light Photography.

52 Fridays: Whimsy

I live with 3 boys – one grown, one teenager, and one who is 12 today. There is little whimsy in my house full of testosterone and dead animals on the walls and balls of all sorts spread throughout.

But on my Christmas tree? There is a place for whimsy.

What else but whimsical can you call on ornament with a few of my favorite things – a black lab and plaid – with angel wings no less.

Take some time in this busy holiday season and click through the talented photographers in the blog circle. Next up is Danville, CA photographer Krista Keller.