a photo a day: day 4

04 november: my pretty car

a photo a day: day 3

3 november: green boots and more sunshine

a photo a day: days 1 & 2

i haven't blogged in ages, but i liked this challenge presented by kristen and rebekah to take one image a day that captures something i'm grateful for. my creative outlets have been mostly dormant for these last several months, but i thought this challenge might cause something to stir inside me as i intentionally look for beauty in my every day.

01 november: rainboots and leaves

02 november: lunchbreak flowers at the market

10 on 10 on 10

i finally remembered to tote my camera with me to work this month so here are some glimpses into my day...

a king protea sitting on my dining room table with the morning light in the background making my windows wet with condensation. i bought the proteas a few days ago because they reminded me of south africa...

casual friday, leaving the house for work

the sky outside my office window...the clouds were shape shifters, constantly changing their shape with the blustery wind.

the blood mobile was on campus and this was my first attempt at donating, but the wait was over an hour long.

another picture of the sky, the clouds had all blown away at this point.

i do work at a beautiful place, and it's most apparent during this season, the brick and the autumn light seem to add to the scholarly feel of things.

the flagpole in the middle of the loop, you can tell by the way the flag furls that it was indeed a windy day.

lunch at my desk

my second attempt at giving blood, i was first in line after their afternoon break.

success! though i must admit it did hurt a bit more than usual.

6:10::10

how can june already be a third of the way over? here are some snapshots of my day yesterday for the 10 on 10 photojournal project.

the view from my new bedroom window

my work station

the view from my work office window

where i work: peterson hall

i liked the way the water drops nested in the veins of the leaf

my summer program website: artwork courtesy of b. gough

artwork on my office wall

a beautiful plant in the spu loop

my new living room...above ground and with windows that let the light inside. i love that i can see shadows!

my empty apartment that i was doing some final cleaning in last night after work.

a 10 on 10 thwarted

so i fully intended to participate in the may installment of the 10 on 10 photo project. i was so glad that it was a saturday so i wouldn't be confined to a cubicle and an office environment. the day got a bit of a slow start; i'd been battling a cough for a little over a week and so i decided to get as much rest in the morning as possible before dragging myself out of bed.

i finally got up and had plans to get some laundry in the washing machine before i headed off to an open house as i am apartment hunting once again. check and check. after the disappointment the apartment turned out to be, i decided to stop at a coffee shop and enjoy a latte. of course, sitting in coffeeshops--reading, writing, people watching, crossword-puzzling--is one of my very favorite things to do. about 20 minutes into my time there, i started feeling rather cold. i was feeling myself getting more uncomfortable and achy by the minute so i packed up my things, and headed home, with a quick stop at the grocery store to pick up a thermometer.

no sooner was i home than i found myself curled up on the couch, piled high with blankets and shivering like crazy. my temperature not so slowly climbed from 100.5 to 102.3. i was miserable and i couldn't seem to find any way to get warm. my body was wracked with aches and my lingering cough has been keeping me up at night.

that was saturday. today is monday and i'm home sick from work, having endured what i hope was the worst of my fever yesterday evening when my temperature spiked at 102.9. today it's been hovering between 99.4 and 102.2. any suggestions for how to get rid of this nasty thing? i don't think i've been this sick since i was in highschool. ugh!

all that said, below are the couple of pictures i took before my illness left me a weak and pathetic prisoner chained for the last 3 days to my couch.

4:10::10

today i decided to join in the fun of photojournaling my day! my photos are nothing fancy, and i certainly had to remind myself to take pictures. i was moderately successful and today was a very good day so i'm glad i have some reminders as evidence.