364: Kylie at Gary's Job

We took a ride up to Gary's job in Vermont and had fun in the snow.

363: December 29th Dawn

Took a few pictures of the sunrise but they all came out kind of blurry.  They're the only ones I took, so, that's it!

362: A Snowy Mt. Forist

Took this picture first thing this morning when the sun was shining on the mountain outside my living room windows.

361: Kylie Playing with her ipod

360: Bye-bye, Tree

I'll be taking the tree down tomorrow and this is probably the last tree we'll ever have because we'll be spending our winters in Florida from now on.

359: Charistmas Day 12/25

Kylie, all excited about Christmas.

358: Across the Street

The sun finally came out this morning after a week of clouds and it was so pretty shining on our neighbor's house.

357: A Gift Hiding in the Tree

It's a gift card kind of year and most of our gifts are perched on the branches of our Christmas tree.

356: Wednesday 12/22

Had to shovel after school.  Then, when Gary got home, he wanted to go to Mary's for supper.  By the time we got home, I was bushed and went right to bed.  So, no picture!

355: Relaxing After School

354: Inadvertent Self Portrait

I was playing around with my camera trying to get some bokeh.  It didn't really work but I thought this photo of a Christmas ornament was kind of cool.

353: Sunday Morning 12/19

Took this picture Sunday morning to go along with this poem.  But it didn't come out very well so I didn't bother posting it on my poetry blog.  I was trying to get a picture of the smoking chimney.

352: Christmas Tree

Gary brought this tree home from his job and I decorated it this afternoon using my mom's vintgage ornaments.

351: Friday Dec. 17: Kylie's Fifth Birthday

I can't believe she's already 5!  I remember the night she was born so well.  We were sure she was a boy. 
What a surprise and treat to get a little girl!

358: Decorations

Saw these deer grazing in our neighbor's yard as I was out walking tonight.

357: Christmas Lights

I put my camera on manual and used my zoom lens to take this picture of our neighbor's Christmas lights.

356: Snow and Water

I snapped this outside my classroom window this morning.  It rained all day yesterday creating a moat around the back of the school.  Then it snowed a couple inches this morning.  The reflections are trees.

255: Monday 12/13

Another day with no picture.

254: Sunday 12/12: Kylie's Gift

She designed the whole thing for her mom and I just did as she directed.

253: Saturday 12/11: Park Model

This park model is located in a campground near ours in Maine.  I love the sea grass and wish I'd taken a close-up of it.  It's in impeccable shape and the hard room makes it so much bigger and adds lots of living space.

252: Dead Leaves

We had student-led conferences today at school and during a lull in the presentations, I clicked a couple pictures outside my classroom window.  It is right next to a mountain and it's this close!

251: Gift Wrap

I wrapped my first Christmas gift today.

250: Dried Something

This is in a dried flower arrangement we got from someone when my dad died.

249: Dried Roses

These are three of the roses from my mom's funeral that I hung upside down to dry for about a month.  Now they're in a vase.

348: Puzzle

Kylie and I worked on this puzzle all weekend.

347: Sunday December 5th

I never took a picture, but, here's another I took Friday night of my favorite person in the whole world. 

346: Saturday December 4th: Kylie's Picture

Kylie was here for the weekend and she asked if she could use my camera to take a photo.  Not bad, huh?

345: Beautiful Brown Eyes

Kylie is visiting for the weekend.

344: Thursday Dec. 2

Nothing much.  Just a quick picture I snapped in the morning.

343: Rain

Cloudy, spitty, windy today.