a lens with a view: Project 365

Day 52 – We had really bad weather last Monday … in fact, it was one of the worst winter driving experiences I’ve had in a long time. I literally thought I was going to burst into tears when I went to pick Andrew up from school. Aside from the fact that it took me twice as long to get him, I also had to take his friend home – who lives way out in the country, on roads that were not in the least bit plowed. It was scary. The other two ride the bus home and because it was snowing so hard and our driveway is so long, Andrew volunteered to go out and get them on the four-wheeler. I knew I really wanted this to be my picture of the day because it so adequately described the day, but because the bus was a half hour late (we literally live five minutes from their school), I ended up standing on the front porch waiting for them, sure I was going to miss my shot if I stepped inside to wait.

Day 53 – playing with my new 24-70mm 2.8L lens … those are the orchids I got from Walmart several weeks ago in the center

Day 54 – one of my favorite walls in my house right now … we took these pictures in our woods last fall for our Christmas card and I just love every one of them and the way they’re grouped on the wall

Day 55 – not exactly great focus but I love this one too much to care … this was on one of our three snow days last week … three neighbor boys came over and there was a lot of shooting and chasing and battling with toy weapons

Day 56 – snow day #3 … the kids were probably outside for at least five hours … I was outside playing with them for probably 3 1/2 of those hours … it was such a wonderful day spent sledding in the front yard and building a snow igloo in the backyard … one of those days when it’s not too hard to find things to love about winter