Hollister
Interestingly enough, they sell clothes in there.
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#38 February 26
Banana Seat
Sophie: "Mom, what kind of bike is that?"
Me: "That's a banana seat bike... the best kind of bike ever made."
Sophie: "Cool."
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#39 February 27
Van Down By The River
Watch it here
In this photo from L to R: Matt, Colton, Jordan, Anna, Travis, Jorge, Joanie, Jim
Sisters In The Bathroom Together Not Fighting (Because They Were Trying To Out Pose Each Other To Make It Onto This Blog)
#35 February 23
20/20
This is Dr Hearne's optical refractor which said Eva's vision is 20/20. Isn't it so much fun having your eyes dilated when your a kid though? Everything is blurry... you go around all day trying to read things, without success, and you point out to your mother at least one hundred times in the space of about six hours that everything's blurry and you can't read anything. And there's really no point in going to school if you can't read anything, right?
#36 February 24
"The Ladies Are Gonna Love This"
Devon's motha, Jessica, said that's one of the first things Devon said after spiral breaking his leg last Saturday. And indeed, the ladies are lovin' it!
Red Tailed Hawk
The Red Tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies, and is one of the most common buteos in North America. Red-tailed Hawks can acclimate to all the biomes within its range. There are fourteen recognized subspecies, which vary in appearance and range. It is one of the largest members of the genus Buteo in North America, typically weighing from 690 to 1600 grams (1.5 to 3.5 pounds) and measuring 45–65 cm (18 to 26 in) in length, with a wingspan from 110 to 145 cm (43 to 57 in). The Red-tailed Hawk displays sexual dimorphism in size, with females averaging about 25% heavier than males.
I sound like I really know my birds, hah? Teh internets is just incredible, isn't it? Alls I did was google 'birds in Nevada', and a few clicks later I had figured out what kind of bird I had photograghed in the RC Willy parking lot. Then I just copy and pasted a passage from wikipedia :)
#32 February 20
On Clearance
Ha Ha! Look who's gathering dust with Woody & Friends on clearance at Wal-Mart (snort snort snort). He's only 50 cents people, c'mon :D
#33 February 21
Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!
It was a fierce snowball fight with attacking snow dogs and everything! Eva was clever to don her snowboarding helmet and goggles. She knows how to go into battle properly attired!
Sophie finally wrote down the phone number of a friend from school she's been wanting to call on the phone. Two friends actually, they're twin sisters in her class. Until now she's mostly just chatted on the phone with cousins and other family members, so calling her friends was uber exciting for her. The conversation lasted more than thirty minutes... maybe forty-five minutes. She paced and did laps around the kitchen, living room and family room as she spoke. Here are some excerpts from the conversation I jotted down in real time:
"Do you know why we should not be divas... you know divas? Yeah............ because they................ because they are not nice."
"Do you know why boys are so weird? But they always chase girls. I know. Why are they so mean to us? Yeah...... but not nerd boys."
"Do you like the Cheetah Girls? Yeah, they wear like... cheetahs, and I don't like them. They are like divas."
"Do you know what we should do? We should save the Haiti people. Do you know the Haiti people? Yeah............. I'm trying to save them, and I know a song."
Then, after covering a few more choice topics, she held up the phone to the youtube video of 'We Are the World - 25 for Haiti'.
Do you people have any idea how many times I've had to hear to that song? Do you????? And do you have any idea how much it makes me want to stick hot pokers in my ears???? Oh... except for the part when Celine Dion shouts down Fergie. I like that part. Oh, and when T-Pain sings with his Auto-Tune. So classy! And oh yeah, when Babs tries to steal the show but doesn't really succeed. Ella said to me,"who's that old lady", and I said, "Barbra Streisand", and she said, "never heard of her in my life." :D Is there no better way to raise money for the Haiti people??? Puuuuulease! But I digress.
When Sophie was was helping save the Haiti people by holding the phone up to the video for her friend to hear, I was able to completely tune it all out and wasn't tempted to harm myself at all ;-)
Gangsta
Just a couple of gangsta girlz grabbin' a bite to eat between thuggin' and homework.
Gangsta girlz don't like dey mutha's all up in dey grillz though. Ya gotta be careful.
Unhappy Valentine
Eva was having a perfectly fabulous Valentine's Day... until the moment the Gutheries brought her home that evening and she made a bee-line for the bathroom and proceeded to puke her guts out. Here she is, exhausted and resting between episodes :( She seems to be all better now though.
So, You Got My Back And Everything, Right?
SheShe
An outing with Sheila, also affectionately known as SheShe, is never dull... that goes without saying, and happily last night at the movies was no different. Imagine my glee when I noticed she was sporting a Wal-Mart special Rolling Stone Magazine Cover tote bag! If you've followed my 365 project, you'll remember this one
(I'm just a little bit happy to be able to post it again because it's one of my personal faves. I love how Kurt Cobain is trying to pierc my soul with those eyes from a vinyl tote bag on clearance at Wal-Mart)
I was thrilled to see Sheila with the Bono edition. I had my camera with me of course, so we did a little photo shoot right there in the theater before the movie started. Sheila's always more than willing to have her picture taken, for good reason, and she didn't know anything about photos in Cinemark Theaters being STRICTLY VERBOTEN, so she was totally into it. Actually, come to think of it, she might have been even more in to the photo shoot had she known about the photo policy. That could have gotten out of hand :D
Well that was fun enough for me, even if I were to end up not liking the movie, but then as the movie started, I look over at SheShe and she's eating popcorn she brought from home out of a Victoria's Secret gift bag! So there you go... my evening was complete. That was worth the price of admission right there!
Now, I prefer the sepia version of this pic, but I'm also posting the color version to do justice to that grandma afghan popping out of Sheila's vest... it's simply epic. But despite being a grandma afghan, it's still so stylish, so Etsy. That's just how SheShe rolls.
Eva's Homework
Matt is the go to parent for all math homework and all Barry Bonds biography projects. And he's not flipping me the bird here, he's just pushing up his glasses. I knew you were probably wondering. He saves the flipping me off for more special occasions ;-)
Loneliness Is Such A Sad Affair, And I Can Hardly Wait To Be With You Again
That's a line from my favorite Carpenters song, which happened to be my mind when I took this photo.
In Another Time
'In Another Time' is currently my favorite song. It happened to be on my mind when I took this one, and both pics are of my early Valentine's bouquet from my Valentine. That boy knows how to score the points!
Time Pieces
My great grandfather, Ward Monroe Jenkins, Sr., was a watch/clock repairman/maker. These are some of his miscellaneous watch faces and parts. I've been trying to think of interesting things to photograph on days when I might find myself at a loss for inspiration. This is the first time I've tried something like this - a still life with black background, composing a scene, etc.. If I did it again, I would change a couple things about this pic, like the position of the hand on the center watch face for example. But overall, I like how it turned out and I'd like to do some more of this kind of photography.
I was so excited about it in fact, I had a hard time going to sleep that night, even though I didn't get to bed 'til 1 a.m.. Then my mind was racing with all the possibilities of 'heirloom photography'! I was composing still life scenes in my mind of all the family treasures scattered about in various boxes. Where is that one thing of my grandmother's I remember seeing? Is that other thing at my mom's house? Would they look good together with some pictures in the background? Would it be better to do a photo shoot during daylight with the natural light of the sun through the windows, or with the available light of the ceiling lights and desk lamp? Using a flash is out of the question, but which lens would be best?
These are the thoughts that keep me up at night... which makes me a very lucky person at the moment! Other less pleasant thoughts (waaaaaaay less pleasant) have kept me up at other times in my life, and no doubt there will be times in the future when I will have more troubles, stresses or heartache to deal with, so I'd like to take a moment to be grateful for losing sleep over still life compositions... thank you up there!
#21 February 9
Dearest Sweetheart
The next day I decided to arrange some of the letters my grandfather wrote to my grandmother during WWII, before they were married. Who doesn't love air mail envelopes? And stamped with dates of a time long since gone by? And addressed to their grandmother by their grandfather when they were dating and falling in love?Crazy people, that's who.
I also added in my grandmother's war ration stamp booklets. There's a lot of history packed into this one photo, and a lot of sweetness too!
#22 February 9
Timeless Love
I will have to write about this pic tomorrow. It's getting late and there's so much to say about it. The photo on this pocket watch face is my great grandmother.
Apparently, taking pictures of popcorn and your kids at the concession stand is strictly VERBOTEN and aggressively enforced!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So consider yourself warned people.
Well anywho, after paying for our snacks, I had to get off one more shot just to stick to the popcorn girl :) HA! Take that photo NAZI/popcorn chick!
#17 February 5
Photo NAZI/Popcorn Chick
And now I have effectively negated any good example points I gained last week for not trespassing. I WILL repent however... as soon as I hit 'publish post' :)
#18 February 6
Bon Appetit!
I wish this picture could do justice to how delicious this cake was!!!
#19 February 7
Interception
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Bonus: February 6
Redemption
p.s. I'm behind on my pics but will post #13-#16 soon.
p.s.s. Ella, Eva and Sophie have to all be 18 before they can engage in any small acts of rebellion like skipping Sunday School. It's just one of the many perks of being an adult.
