52 of 2014 - Week 22

52 of 2014 - Week 22

Theme is Abstract Photography.  Not so much abstract as wrinkly and old looking.  Still kinda neat though.

52 of 2014 - Week 21

52 of 2014 - Week 21

Theme is Visual / Aesthetic Biases. I'm not really sure if more Weeby eye balls count.  Probably not.  Photo-rebel!

52 of 2014 - Week 20

52 of 2014 - Week 20

Theme is It Just Needed To Be Photographed. It totally did. Welcome to my eye obsession.

52 of 2014 - Week 19

52 of 2014 - Week 19

Theme is Action / Sports. Hey! I was on topic, this week! Warm ups for Track and Field. The Mighty Weeb got some air under her feet!

TIBBOH THE TERRIBLE

In 1997 one of my coworkers had a stray cat show up in his backyard and have kittens.  My coworker decided to adopt the mother and one of the kittens and give the others away.  I don't remember how many there were.  One of our other coworkers, the lady who introduced me to my husband, in fact, took one of the kittens.  After wondering if Hobbit, my 5lb black cat of terror would accept another cat in the apartment, or eat it, I decided I would take in this last available kitten.

Hobbit did NOT eat the kitten.  I decided to name her Tibboh.  In case you can't see it immediately, Tibboh is Hobbit spelled backwards.  Yeah, I was super clever in my 20's.  It turned out to be a brilliant name and these two cats could not have been more different from each other.  One, tiny and black, and super vicious to everyone except me (and later my husband, step kids and daughter) - the other orange, white and brown and (very quickly) a literally huge bundle of love (expect she was the one that had problems with the step kids, at first).

Hobbit made it to nearly 19 years old when we had to say goodbye in October, 2010.

Tibboh nearly make it to 17 when we had to say goodbye today.

I already miss her always greeting me at the front door.  I miss her following me into the bathroom.  I miss her stalking me whenever I go to the kitchen.  I miss her accosting me as I sit on the couch.  I miss the click of the nails she'd never let me cut, on our floor as she roamed the house.  I just miss her and this absolutely sucks.  

This is the first time I have been petless since 1990.  Or 1991.  I thought Hobbit was born in 1990, but I have vet documents that show she was getting shots and fixed in 1991.  So that's over 20 years of two cats in my life.  For a good decade, it was just me and them.  Then I met my husband and my step kids and our family got bigger, but for 10 years, my cats where my home and my love.

I miss you, Tibboh the Terrible.  Thank you so much for being part of our lives.

52 of 2014 - Week 18

52 of 2014 - Week 18

Theme is Panning Photography. Nope. Forget Me Nots.

52 of 2014 - Week 17

52 of 2014 - Week 17

Theme is Travel Photography. There's a park behind our house. It's up an evil hill. Sometimes we travel there. Fact.

52 of 2014 - Week 16

52 of 2014 - Week 16

Theme is Water. However, Easter Weeb demanded center stage, instead.

52 of 2014 - Week 15

52 of 2014 - Week 15

Theme is Something Old, Something New. OR the daughter of a goth and a punk goes country. *sigh* Okay, fine. Be who you gotta be, kid!

52 of 2014 - Week 14

52 of 2014 - Week 14

Theme is Pink. Spring in Metro Vancouver means cherry blossom time.

52 of 2014 - Week 13

52 of 2014 - Week 13

Theme is Making Ordinary Things Extraordinary. Terrible shot, but I couldn't resist a rainbow photo. It's pretty extraordinary. The rainbow, I mean. Not the photo. But there it is.

52 of 2014 - Week 12

52 of 2014 - Week 12

Theme is Silhouettes. Or, you know, a Zamboni.

52 of 2014 - Week 11

52 of 2014 - Week 11

Theme is Something Green. Or blue. Whatever. I'm a rebel. I didn't manage to get a shot of anything green (which is funny since it was St. Patrick's Day, and my favorite color is green), but we DID buy a blue rose for Weeb as we were shopping and she was completely memorized by it. It's not every day you see a blue rose. Unless you're in the flower business. And we're not. So, super cool!

52 of 2014 - Week 10

52 of 2014 - Week 10

Theme is Time Goes On and On. And that has nothing to do with this horribly grainy photo, but my kid was skating and it was the best shot that I got from my point and shoot from a mile away, behind glass that has seen many hockey pucks.

52 of 2014 - Week 09

52 of 2014 - Week 09

Theme is Oh, the Places You Will Go - I'm not much of a traveler, but we get to our backyard, from time to time.  This shot didn't turn out quite as well as it could have, but I love the little snowman and snowmouse so much, I have to use it.

52 of 2014 - Week 08

52 of 2014 - Week 08

Theme is Motion Blur Photography. No motion blur. I had some shots of the late February snow falling (the week before we only needed a hoodie to play in the park), but I liked this shot better.  I may be slightly biased on my likes though.

52 of 2014 - Week 07

52 of 2014 - Week 07

Theme was Camouflage, but this better suits the previous week's theme of Capturing Valentine's Day. My little Valentine with her little Valentine on Valentine's Day, at school. The heart wants what it wants.

52 of 2014 - Week 06

52 of 2014 - Week 06

Theme was Capturing Valentine's Day. My little Valentine. She gave me very clear instructions as to what I'd be doing for this challenge.

52 of 2014 - Week 05

52 of 2014 - Week 05

Theme was Refraction Photography. I want to get to that challenge, at some point, but I'm still just puttering along through the winter, waiting, patiently, for spring.

52 of 2014 - Week 04

52 of 2014 - Week 04

Theme was Funny Photos. It's January. My funny is hibernating. So here's a picture of why I keep trudging through depression and faking it until I'm out of it.

52 of 2014 - Week 03

52 of 2014 - Week 03

Theme was Group Photos. Monster High dolls amuse me. They are so odd and colorful.

52 of 2014 - Week 02

52 of 2014 - Week 02

A bug's eye view, featuring The Mighty Weeb.

52 of 2014 - Week 01

52 of 2014 - Week 01

Sparkles.  This is a little geode that I adore. It looks like a little crystal castle in a little crystal cave. Many a daydream have taken place in this spot.

52 of 2013 - Week 52

52 of 2013 - Week 52. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Tips for Photographing Christmas Morning'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Black and White Photography'.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 51

52 of 2013 - Week 51. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'How to Take Photos In Front of the Christmas Tree'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Night/Low Light Photography'.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 50

52 of 2013 - Week 50. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Getting Prepared for the Holiday Season'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'The Color Red'.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 49

52 of 2013 - Week 49. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Taking the Perfect Holiday Pictures'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'What do you Celebrate'. Christmas decoration to celebrate the winter season.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 48

52 of 2013 - Week 48. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Photographing Friends and Family During the Holidays'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Words Words Words'. This is part of my father's collection of 'neat stuff'. It's an arrowhead that his brother or a cousin or someone found when they were kids, in Ontario. Goodness only knows how old this thing is! Can you imagine the history in this one item? Who made it? How old were they? What was their life like? Did they succeed in the hunt with this arrow head? How was it abandoned?

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 47

52 of 2013 - Week 47. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'How to Group Your Photographs'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Alphabet Soup'. I didn't follow either theme, really. My father put this little car together for his model train set. It is so tiny. I remember him making it and being enchanted by it. I must have been 8, or younger. My dad gave it to me, several weeks ago, surprised that I wanted it. It means a great deal to me, not because of what it is, but because of who he is. I have such amazing childhood memories. I'm so thankful for having wonderful parents who gave me a fantastic childhood.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 46

52 of 2013 - Week 46. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Posing Tips'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'One Dominant Color'. This is as close to poppies as Lego gets. Remembrance Day is Monday. Lest we forget.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 45

52 of 2013 - Week 45. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'What to Wear for Photos'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Halloween Illuminations'. I posted Halloween shots last week. So here is something a little different. As I understand it (which isn't saying much), this is a diya or divaa that my daughter was given at school. It's a little clay pot that is used in Hindu, Sikh, Jain and Zoroastrian religious festivals such as Diwali, which is a festival of lights, usually around Halloween. The lighting of small clay lamps filled with oil is used to signify the triumph of good over evil. Though we do not celebrate Diwali, we live in a city where are large number of the population does celebrate, so my daughter was learning about the celebration in school. Rather than ignore all religious and cultural ceremonies, our school leans towards teaching a bit about those celebrated by our students. It's pretty awesome!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 44

52 of 2013 - Week 44. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Tips for Halloween Cell Phone Pics'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Colors of October'.  Here we have Skeleton/Corpse Bride, some leaves, and me and the Weeb (several hours after Halloween party makeup application).

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 43

52 of 2013 - Week 43. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Before You Click: Checking Your Settings'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Water Splashes'. My kitchen sink is the place where art becomes... well, wet.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 42

52 of 2013 - Week 42. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Before You Click: Prepping Your Gear'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Dear Photograph (take an old snapshot and add include it in the photo of same place)'. I didn't manage to really nail either of these projects. But here are some leaves. Because it's Autumn. And leaves are nice.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 41

52 of 2013 - Week 41. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Household Props to Make Your Photos Pop'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Minimalist Photography'. The hubby's Halloween earring. Getting a decent black background is WAY harder than it should be!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 40

52 of 2013 - Week 40. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Tips For Taking Better Photos Indoors'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Fun With Signs'.  Signs.  The SLOW dude is a sign, technically.  Right?  I liked the shot with the shadow, but the husband said he liked the close up better.  I blew out all the colors in everything, but you wanted signs, you got 'em.  I used the shot for indoor photography a few weeks ago.  Because I'm a rebel.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 39

52 of 2013 - Week 39. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Fall Photography'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'HDR Photography'.  Nothing says Autumn like a bunch o' pretty tree leaves.  And I'm lucky, I get a variety all in one tree!  HDR - you can do that with macro photography, right?  I dunno.  Made the diamonds pop like crazy.  Not bad for a ring I've worn for so many years!

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.

52 of 2013 - Week 38

52 of 2013 - Week 38. Picaboo's theme for the week is 'Telling a Story with 5 Photos'. My Focus 52 - Pixel Project theme is 'Abandoned Buildings'.  This is from the end of August.  Weeb's sister was visiting and they spent as much time as possible at the pool.

Taken with my Canon PowerShot G12 (the fancy point and shoot), edited with Photoshop and PicMonkey.