Week #19: BEYOND REACH

The theme for this week and for a number of weeks afterward do not really fit with the pictures included.  I stopped looking at the list and just took pictures of stuff I liked.

November 25, 2012

 A huge dandy-lion fluff thing. It was pretty neat.

November 26, 2012

"Fe-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman. I'll grind his bones to make my bread..." Yeah, just kidding.  This is normal wheat that I ground for normal bread. (No Englishman were harmed in the making of this post.)

November 27, 2012

I have this thing for sunsets.  Gorgeous.

November 28, 2012

I made myself a mocha, but put it in a Starbucks cup cause it makes me feel expensive. ;)

November 29, 2012

Tim wanted to get on my blog, so here he is.

November 30, 2012

"Mornings are not magical."  Although, this was the evening and I do indeed find mornings to be delightful, even if I am tired and don't want to get out of bed.

December 1, 2012

"Ingredients" for one of the Christmas presents I made for the girls.

Week #18: GATHERING

November 18, 2012: Catan

Gathering around the Catan table is one of the things we love doing the most at the J's house.  I won.  this was an amazing game that lasted forever, but it was soooo fun. :)

November 19, 2012: Frodo

One of Rebekah's birthday presents was a Frodo and Gandolf set.  After she put it all together we took some pictures.  I edited this one and just kinda had some fun with it, and I kinda liked how it turned out.

November 20, 2012: Gathering around the fire

We had a wonderful time of fellowship around the fire catching up.  I love my dear fellow staff from Rock-N-Water.

November 21, 2012: Gathering Water

We had some rain, and I decided to (again) take pictures of the clover.  I found a four leafed one!  So I took some pictures of it, then took this one.  I realized later that I have a four leaf clover in the back! I just thought that was pretty nifty. :)

 November 22, 2012: Gathered Egg Whites ;)

I made a lemon-lime merangue pie and it turned out so nicely that I decided to take a picture of it. :)

November 23, 2012: Gathering (or chopping down if you prefer) our Christmas tree

Tim always complains that I don't put pictures of him on my blog.  What? So here you have it.  He's a goofy guy and I love him.

November 24, 2012: Flower

 I just thought this was pretty, so I took a picture. :)

Week #17: MUSIC

November 11, 2012: BOOKS!

I really like books, and we went to a book sale and I got a whole bunch of books that I'm really enjoying reading.  One of the coolest things about that sale was an adorable old lady that gave me the books she had picked up to complete the sets I had cause she thought I could use them more.  She was so sweet.

November 12, 2012: Musical Light

Yes, I know what you're thinking: "Light isn't musical."  Oh well, I guess I'm making use of my poetic license.  It was a BEAUTIFUL sunny day after a few dreary rainy ones, so this made me happy. :)

November 13, 2012: Whoa

Okay, so this was the AMAZING sunset that I saw as I was walking into work, so I took a picture.  It had a jet stream that made it look like the sun was smoking.

 November 14, 2012: Coffee

One of the things I have looked forward to the most over the last couple months has been getting together with a dear friend and talking over Mere Christianity over coffee.  It has blessed me so much.  How I will miss that girl!

 November 15, 2012: Clover

We have a bunch of clover in the front yard, and I really like taking pictures of it.

November 16, 2012: Tea

I just thought taking a picture of the tea would be nice since I've been drinking so much of it since the weather started cooling down a bit.

November 17, 2012: Sunset

Another beautiful sunset under the heavy rain clouds in the sky.  So stunning.

Week #16: WIND

Okay, so I am going to try to make as many of these relate to wind as I possibly can.

November 4, 2012: Winds of "Change"

So, I voted on Sunday after we got home from church.  Obama is the president again, in for another 4 year term.  It's interesting how one single vote doesn't make much of a difference, but if everyone thought that and didn't vote...nobody would be voted for. Yeah, profound right? ;)

 

November 5, 2012: "Are you going to Scarborough Fair?"

 I organized all the spices and herbs and so on, and came across these little guys.  It made my day, so I decided to take a picture. :)

November 6, 2012: Wind in the Willows

 These are curly willow leaves.  I went out and took a bunch of pictures of fall leaves we have at our house.  there really aren't that many trees, so I really didn't take that many pictures, but I saw these and knew I had to capture them! :)

November 7, 2012: Dino

 I went on a beautiful walk with a dear friend, and saw this guy up through the trees! He sure surprised me!

November 8, 2012: Wind and Rain

 It rained.  A lot.  I like rain.  It's pretty. So I took a picture.

November 9, 2012: Glass Bottles

 I washed some bottles and took a picture of them drying.  Exciting right? ;)

November 10, 2012: Orange?

Honestly, I'm not sure if this is supposed to be an orange or a mandarin, but it was pretty! So I took a picture.  It's hard when I take a bunch of pictures that I really like, then I have to choose one that I want to put on the blog.  Mom thinks I should just put them all up, but then that wouldn't be a photo a day and it would just not work for me! I'm a rule follower even when they are my own rules...

Week #15: TEXTURE

October 28, 2012: Wood and Rocks

 This was before the first bonfire of the season.  My little brother just made another one today and cooked his stew over it.  Very cute.

October 29, 2012: Hairy Legs

 This cute little wolf spider was about 2 or 3 inches across.  Pretty nicely sized.  It was on the road on our way home.  Kinda cute. ;)

October 30, 2012: Fur

 I thought that all the cats sitting outside on this shelf were pretty funny.  So I took a picture.  Not the very best quality through a window of course...

October 31, 2012: A Wet Dolphin

 I was driving home after a big storm, and I saw this! Look at this! It was a puddle that looked like a dolphin. Pretty neato if you ask me.

November 1, 2012: A Flower

 The varied textures of this beautiful flower caught my eye.  I love flowers.  This one was so amazing, and the rain just seemed to enhance it to my eye!

November 2, 2012: Wetness

 There was dew on the newly growing grass the other day.  I took a number of pictures, and I thought they turned out alright.  I didn't get AMAZING pictures, but this one turned out alright. :)

November 3, 2012: Sunset

Tonight's sunset was just breath-taking.  Sadly, this picture does not do it any justice.  I think it's alright though.  So amazing.

Week #14: A VISIT (part 2)

October 21, 2012: Room

 This was my section of the room.  See my stuff? Yes, yes you do.

October 22, 2012: Beautiful

 I love the country.  This was really fun.  I liked looking at all the rustic (better word than old) stuff all over the place!

October 23, 2012: Flying Home

 I got the window seat on the way home.  It was pretty sweet.  I didn't mind sitting in the middle though. :)

October 24, 2012: Yum

 I like Reese's.

October 25, 2012: Memory Lane (or what this weeks theme was supposed to be)

 This drive... I've driven it a million times.  So many memories... like that speed bump right past the first shadow. Boy...

October 26, 2012: I don't know how I missed this day...

October 27, 2012: Growing things

 I find it amazing that we have spring, full of growing things.  Then we have summer, hot and dry and everything gets all brown and dead. Then, we have fall.  Things start to grow again. It's beautiful. :)

Week #13: A VISIT (part 1)

October 13, 2012: Prayer Wall

 So, I set up a wall for my fellow students.  I have a picture of each one and a prayer card.  It's pretty cool.  Now I just need to get it all filled up!

October 14, 2012: The Wash

 I washed my clothes before I left with my mom to visit NC.  I hung them out to dry. And of course, I took a picture.

October 15, 2012: Flying

 This was so much fun! Mom and I flew to NC to visit my sister and her husband.  We had a ton of fun! "Pree - cisely"

October 16, 2012: On the Shelf (which is what this week was supposed to be based on)

 These little guys were on a shelf in the room that I stayed in.  They were really cool! I think Caela said they were from Finland or something like that.

October 17, 2012: The Backyard

 They live in an old farm house.  It was pretty cool cause there were old farm buildings, and lots of equipment, and a bunch of cows.  One of the things I liked the most were the circus birds.  So neat!

October 18, 2012: A Mushroom

 We went on a walk and looked at Hemlock.  We did NOT eat any, hence I am here to tell you about it.  This mushroom was growing in the middle of a stump.

October 19, 2012: Learning

Aimee taught her husband how to crochet.  It was pretty cute.  He's making her a hat.