Project 365

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Happy New Years Eve!

And it’s photo #365…the last one for 2010!!

:::breathing a sigh of relief:::

Thoughts:

When I decided to do this project way back in December of 2009, I never thought it would be this challenging. I mean, it’s just taking one picture every day for a year…how hard could that really be? Well, let me tell you, it wasn’t always easy. There were the nights that it was 11:53 p.m. and had 7 minutes to get a picture taken and posted. Then there were the days that I had my picture taken by 9 a.m. and couldn’t wait to post it that night. But somehow, for 365 days, I managed to take one picture and post it by midnight each day. I am going to go ahead and give myself a congratulatory pat on the back.

To those of you thinking about taking on the Project 365…do it! The positive things that I gained from this far outweigh the cons. I got to know my camera better, learned how to do some awesome things with bokeh, realized that you can never have too many pictures of your cat, found myself exploring San Diego more so that I would have an interesting photo to post, and it really pushed me to carry my camera around everywhere I went and take that shot, even if people looked at you like you were crazy. And now I get to look back on 2010 and be reminded of what I did each day! Most of the time, I can’t even remember what I did last night (especially if I was drinking…j/k…sort of), so this is a great way to keep a visual diary of your life.

I will most definitely do this again, but not right away. I need a break from the pressure of posting a picture each day. Thank you to everyone for the encouragement throughout the year. I’m glad that some of you enjoyed taking a look into my life through my camera lens. I was actually surprised at how many of you even bothered to look at the picture each day…but I appreciate it! :)

Now off to enjoy the rest of New Years Eve and listen to some All Liquored Up music down at Hooley’s. Have a safe and happy New Year, Everybody!

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Downtown San Diego right after sunset.

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The rain was coming down sideways today. But it made our back fence look pretty.

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The second floor of the County Assessors Building…I’ve never been to the location downtown, and it was much, much bigger than the one in El Cajon. At least there was a nice view from up there, even though it took me half the day to accomplish what I needed to. But the view of the ocean made it all seem OK.

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We added a velociraptor to our little dinosaur family today.

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Poor Zoe got stuck under the house this morning.

We found her on one of the beams that holds the house up. Her and Lucy play under here all the time, but since we just had all of this rain, there was about 5 inches of stagnant water just sitting under there. (I’m sure that means this house is very up to code, Landlord.) We think that the water caught her off guard and she jumped up on the beams to get away from it…but then she was stuck. The poor thing just sat up there crying because she couldn’t get back down without being forced to wade back through all of the water. We tried getting her out through the crawl space entrance with treats, food, calling her…but nothing worked. So she just cried, literally, all day under there. Lucy even sat by the side of the house for hours, worried about Zoe. See—they kind of care about each other!

Then, who comes trotting in 15 minutes ago? Zoe, soaking wet and scared to death. She immediately went to the litter box. I guess when you gotta go bad enough, you’ll take your chances through any obstacle that’s in front of you. I’m just glad that she’s ok.

P.S. — Only 5 more pictures left for 2010! Wow!

359/365 Merry Christmas!

358/365 Merry Christmas Eve from Fresno!

357/365 I love this cat :)