NaNoWriMo

So autumn leaves are falling, children are coming in from outside sooner and sooner everyday, the critical christmas crunch is gearing up. For me, in Texas, fall is but a weekend, a week if lucky, after the last day in October (in honor of J http://amarylandgirl.blogspot.com/2007/10/photographic-evidence.html).

Because of our luxuoriously warm temperatures, I don't ever get a real fall season, and I end up not caring much, NaNoWri Mo gives sme something to get excited about. So here we go again.

Day 3, or old friends

So I can't do the post every day thing, or a pic every day, but I'm still gonna do 365 pics. They'll just be spread over 2 yrs instead of 1 :):):) Well, some old friends from Maryland came by Texas for a visit. I got to spend one evening with them chatting for a while, The church I went to in MD is changing, without and within, so its all good. J- Say hi to Mrs. H. and Mr. H when they get back.

Window with a View.

Today is Day 2, yesterday was day 1, again. This is a picture of the hedge of bushes that stands well above the halfway mark of the front window. Either the previous owner really wanted privacy, or they didn't know how to trim hedges. I don't know how to trim either, so it stays that way. :]

If I were...

Hey J!, Here's my response to your found list of questions. Gotta say, Its reaaal tempting to take pictures of every answer.

1. If I were a month, I would be: July. Nice and toasty.

2. If I were a day of the week, I would be: Saturday. No Work.

3. If I were a time of day, I would be: 4:30, Quiting time.

4. If I were a direction, I would be: Southwest, Good temps there.

5. If I were a piece of furniture, I would be: A low-seated, comfortable, reading armrest chair. Hey, thats today's Picture!

6. If I were a liquid, I would be: Dr. Pepper. What else from a Texan. Though a non-newtonian fluid is second.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-newtonian_fluid).

7. If I were a stone, I would be: Obsidian.

8. If I were a tree, I would be: Pecan.

9. If I were a bird, I would be: Big Bird.

10. If I were a tool, I would be: Hammer, just keep banging away.

11. If I were a flower/plant, I would be:Pothos, Epipremnum aureum.

12. If I were a kind of weather, I would be: Hot and Dry.

13. If I were a musical instrument, I would be: Piano.

14. If I were a color, I would be: Dark Blue.

15. If I were an emotion, I would be: Happy.

16. If I were a vegetable, I would be: ???, Corn on the Cob ,maybe.

17. If I were a sound, I would be: Clapping.

18. If I were a car, Iwould be: Nissan Sentra, small, good looking, but definetly the one to get the worst of it in a scrape.

19. If I were a food, I would be: Briskitt, sure a little fatty, but tender and oh so flavorful.

20. If I were a place, I would be: Franklin Mountains. You can see a lot of sky from there.

21. If I were material, I would be: Wood, strong, sturdy, with many shades, and still delicate.

22. If I were a scent, I would be: the smell of a finished pinapple up-side down cake.

23. If I were a word, I would be: sarcastic, obviously, hehehe.

24. If I were a body part, I would be: a hand.

25. If I were a facial expression, I would be: a quirky smile.

26. If I were a subject in school, I would be: Creative Writing. Thats not a copy either, I really would be Creative Writing.

27. If I were a game, I would be: WoW. World of Warcraft, a rather addictive geeky game.

Hiatus, over?

So the daily photo thing isn't working. I'm taking pictures, almost every day even. However, actually logging on and posting something, well that's another story.

Not a lot of anything going on right now. Work is long, trying to unpack and set to rights our house is confusing, which leaves evenings as a time to be cherished. Squirreling away time for piddling activities isn't easy.

Having said that, this is what I made yesterday and the day before.

It's called an 8 sided compass rose jar. Info and CP, or Crease Pattern, can be found here http://origami.oschene.com/archives/2006/03/05/the-8-sided-compass-rose-jar/ . Mr. Oschene, I think that's his name, created this fold as a varriation to the normal compas rose jar, which has 6 sides. Least, I think thats what the difference is. One of my jars is 6 sided, the one with a picture of a lady on it, though that happened by accident.












Each jar has a star inside, like so.

And the day before I made this.

Its a bat. No info as to creator, and I've long lost the link to the CP. Well this has been a long one and maybe that means I'll be doing more normal ones again soon, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Today's Pic.

This is our backyard. There's a flower bed that's full of all kind of flowers that I have any idea what they are, or how to take care of them. Que sara (is that spelled right?)

Sorry got behind.

This lovely flower arrangement was at my mother's house, Thursday night. I forgot to rotate it with my software before I uploaded it, oh~well.

Here's our dog again, can you tell I'm strecthiung for pics? The reason his head is blurred is that he's licking his foot. This was Friday's pic.

This is a corner of our lining room. The rest of the walls pretty much look the same, 'cept for one blank wall, which will soon be full of pictures. Saturday's pic.