A day in the life

I've often seen blog posts where people take ten pictures on the tenth day of the month, one every hour

and I've thought it sounded like a fun thing to do, but I ALWAYS forget!

But... thanks to the magic of facebook, 

a little birdie (Alita) reminded me that it was 10 on 10 day!

Thank you, Alita... 

Here is a day in my life.

 7:30 

Woke up this morning to a dusting of snow and evidence that I wasn't just imagining that skunky smell.

He's out there somewhere and he's been walking on my porch!

 8:30

Julia's breakfast of champions?

(I have since cleaned up all those crumbs.)

(Yikes!)

 9:30

Geography time

10:30

The "I finished my schoolwork super early!" happy dance.

(Just one picture could not contain that exuberance.)

 11:30

I finally find time for a shower.

TMI??

 12:30 

While emptying the dishwasher, I took a moment to set up this shot.

(Yes, people... I lead an exciting life... I know.)

: /

 1:30

Our one and only winter storm knocked a branch off of one of our cherry trees.

I went out and "rescued" a bunch of branches with the hopes that I could force and early bloom by putting them in a vase.  

I had just decided that it wasn't going to work

(I have a black thumb)

when I noticed that the buds were changing and that little mini-flower buds were starting to pop!!

Before you know it, I'll have cherry blossoms in my house, but not outside for a while.

(One can only hope that these are not the cause of my spring allergies!)

 2:30

Hmmm... time for another picture, what can I do?

Hey!  The mailman just dropped off the mail.

Why don't I stick the camera into the mailbox, set the timer and see what happens?

 

Oh, sure... it's crooked and there are things I could have done differently, 

but I live on a busy road at a street light where cars line up and people stare at me wondering,

"Why the heck is that woman shoving her camera into her mailbox?"

So, after four or five tries, I figured this was good enough.

Besides, it kind of makes me giggle. 

:D

 3:30

Cleaned out and organized the pantry.

(Yep... still living on the wild side.)

 4:30

After torturing my kids by taking stupid pictures that they really didn't want on my blog,

I turned around and saw this shadow.

Is it kind of like the groundhog?

If I see "a" shadow will spring come early?

5:30

Taken with my cell phone while on the way to the girls' riding lessons.

Not bad for a cell pic.

And that's where it ends, folks, since soon thereafter darkness descended upon the earth

and there was no more light,

therefore no pictures of the pretty horses.

:(