tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90751744856538495832024-02-06T22:17:30.487-08:00SMALLROOTSphotographysmallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-80711431216221984432018-01-12T09:24:00.005-08:002018-01-12T09:30:58.494-08:00HAPPY 2018!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Happy New Year!</b><br />
With the new year brings new projects.<br />
The fave five on five team will be switching to A Day in the Life project which I'm so excited about.<br />
That said, I wasn't prepared to fully jump in, however the other ladies have hit it out of the park with their posts this month!<br />
Take a look at <b><a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/">Alison's day</a> </b>and I'll see you next month!<br />
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smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-31265466805300575382017-12-04T22:41:00.003-08:002017-12-04T22:41:35.191-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 NOVEMBER<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On
the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
favorite photos from the previous month. </i><i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's a blog circle! At the end
of this post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span>Continue the happy trip of yellow by visiting </span><span><span><a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/" target="_blank">Alison's site</a></span> next. Who knows what rays of sunshine you might find!</span></span><br />
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smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-69318880078921532392017-11-04T22:09:00.000-07:002017-11-04T22:09:52.079-07:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 OCTOBER<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On
the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
favorite photos from the previous month. </i><i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's a blog circle! At the end
of this post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our
favorites from October.</i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Continue the circle and visit <a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/" target="_blank">Alison's site</a> to see what she was up to in the month of October.</span><br />
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-70575389253286020812017-09-04T22:36:00.000-07:002017-12-05T09:02:31.555-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 AUGUST<h3>
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the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
favorite photos from the previous month. </i><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">It's a blog circle! At the end
of this post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our
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Ok. So this is kind of a cheat. These photos were actually taken a few days ago which technically makes them "September fave 5's". Also, I'll probably post more than 5. So it looks like I'm throwing out all of the rules this month. I just can't wait until next month to share, these photos need to be set free! So here we go!<br />
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People, it's a pop-up exhibit dedicated to COLOR!<br />
I love color. My eyes are drawn to color and it's a reoccurring theme in my photography so I was really excited for my visit to the <a href="http://www.colorfactory.co/about/" target="_blank">Color Factory</a>.<br />
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What a fun experience this was. I was showered with rainbow confetti, I jumped into the largest yellow ball pit in America (I'm guessing) and I walked through thousands of rainbow ribbons. <br />
Each new door led to a new color adventure. Here are just a few images from that day. <br />
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And at the end I was gifted with a mini ice cream!<br />
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These were just a few of the photos I took. I also took several small videos which I'm hoping to post on instagram soon. <br />
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This was such a fun day. I would love to set up shop in one of the rooms and take photos of people all day. The people watching was almost as good as the exhibit! There were so many thoughtful outfits all begging to be photographed.<br />
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If you would like to go to the <a href="http://colorfactory.co/" target="_blank">Color Factory</a> then I suggest getting on their mailing list to receive email notifications about their latest ticket releases. This is the second month they have been open and each time they have sold out. It's not impossible but it might take a few tries. Be flexible with your time and be ready to make a decision fast! Catch it while you can!<br />
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-38667406932519268192017-06-05T07:00:00.000-07:002017-06-05T08:22:06.034-07:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 MAY<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their favorite photos from the previous month. It's a blog circle! At the end of this post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites from May.</i><br />
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-74385128303936803012017-05-05T07:00:00.000-07:002017-05-05T07:39:14.612-07:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 APRIL<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
favorite photos from the previous month. It's a blog circle! At the end of this
post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites
from April.</i><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">April was a fun month. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">For spring break instead of heading to the sun we headed to the snow. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Lake Tahoe did not let us down. While we were there it<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> dumped all new fresh snow, white beautiful powdery snow that made the trees heavy. For someone who hadn't seen snow for a couple of years this was magical. It was gorgeous. </span> </span><br />
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I can't believe we were just in the snow only a month ago! Recently it's felt so much like summer around here. More hot days and flip flops are just around the corner.</span>
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-58079631222737742912017-04-05T20:03:00.000-07:002017-04-05T08:06:05.064-07:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 MARCH<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
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post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">A quick trip into the city produced enough color for the whole month. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Let's face<span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"> it, </span>San Francisco is like candy for the eyes. So many sweet sights to see.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">And when Karl the fog is away and the skies are blue it's the perfect day.</span><br />
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This wins the best use of pink paint award.<br />
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This reminded me of someone else in our blog circle. Who could that be?<br />
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Even the walls have smiling faces.<br />
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I'm in love with this Mission Dolores ceiling. It is based on original Ohlone Indian basket designs and executed in vegetable dyes. Such bold design painted hundreds of years ago!<br />
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I call this one "Boys in the City".<br />
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Mission Dolores under blue skies.<br />
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The city always has so much to offer. So thankful it's a close hop and skip away!
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-80290056954857972182017-03-04T22:17:00.001-08:002017-03-04T22:28:29.332-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2017 FEBRUARY<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
favorite photos from the previous month. It's a blog circle! At the end of this
post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites
from February.</i> <br />
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After a very rainy start to the new year it was nice to see blue skies.<br />
And rainbows. <br />
And fruits growing on trees.<br />
And the sun shining.<br />
And it's tulip season!<br />
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This image below seems so California to me.<br />
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I want to take this whole room home. Anthropology seriously wins in the game of in store displays.<br />
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First signs of spring!<br />
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Taking advantage of a break in the rain.<br />
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TULIPS are here! Love this time of year.<br />
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Breaking through the rain. If you look to the right you might be able to see that it was a double rainbow!<br />
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Spring is just around the corner, can you feel it? <br />
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Taking a break from fave five this month. See you in February!<br />
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favorite photos from the previous month. It's a blog circle! At the end of this
post there is a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites
from December</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">.</span><br />
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In December we traveled to Texas. What I love about Texas are the wide open spaces. You can drive for hours through the desert without a gas station or sign of life in sight.<br />
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In one of these wide open spaces is the small city of Fabens. We travel to Fabens once a year to visit the magical place of <a href="http://www.cattlemansranch.com/" target="_blank">Cattleman's Steakhouse at Indian Cliffs Ranch</a>.<br />
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This not only has the best steaks in the whole wide world (you can quote me on that) it also has large grounds with all kinds of animals, only a couple of which are pictured here.<br />
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We've been going for years and each time it brings back such good memories. <br />
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Wishing you all the best as this new year starts. I'm beginning 2017 with lots of hope and positive energy, hoping it will be enough to last the whole year through.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 30.6px;">Let's see how Alison rounded up 2016 by visiting <a href="http://wp.me/p5n3ja-Cw"><b>Alison's favorite photos</b></a> for the month of <span style="font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;">December</span>.</span>smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-28785821319935230292016-12-04T22:41:00.004-08:002016-12-05T09:09:19.900-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2016 NOVEMBER<i style="background-color: white; color: #616161; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their
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Looking back I really didn't pick up my camera in November. I'm not sure if it was the change in the weather or the approaching holiday or the new President Elect...not sure but I just wasn't feeling it during November.<br />
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Today I got up early. Like before the sun was up early. Way way early.<br />
I headed out with some friends to the Alameda Flea Market.<br />
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I had not been to the Alameda Flea Market in many years but it
was all I remembered and more. There is SO much to look at and take in.
Sensory overload is what I kept thinking for the first 30 minutes.
There are just so many pieces of history to go through. They have
everything, from furniture, to clothes, to art, to fabric, to rugs, to
lighting, to toys, I mean everything!<br />
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My friends and I walked every single aisle (imagine a football field of aisles) and four hours later our hunt came to an end.<br />
I took home a little stool/plant stand, a wood tray, a couple of decorative jars and some small pieces of art for my wall (sorry none of it pictured here). <br />
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was so fun to wander the aisles in search of treasures. Below are some
images from our day. See if you spot anything you might have been
interested in. You might also see me in my red hat.<br />
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What was the best thing about October? Well Halloween of course.<br />
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This year my son participated in a weekend soccer tournament where all of the teams dressed up in costumes. Our team dressed as skeletons while another team dressed up as killer clowns, with blood dripping down their shirts. Little kids as killer clowns. Not sure that team got the memo that creepy clowns are a no, no this year. Anyway, fun tournament and it was a great way to kick off the Halloween weekend.<br />
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Please America. Make the right choice. It's scary to think I'm even worried about the election, but then here we are, and how did we even get here?<br />
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<b>The sites of Monterey's Fisherman's Wharf</b></h3>
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<span style="color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">In September we spent one fun day in Monterey, CA at the Fisherman's Wharf.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">Just a heads up, when walking through the Fisherman's Wharf you will be asked to sample clam chowder about every 15 feet. Try them all to find which one is the best. Chances are the best is usually the first one you sampled way back at the beginning. I unfortunately did not get even one shot of any of the samples. My bad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">There is the famous Wharf Chocolate Factory where I took a self portrait. So many homemade goodies inside.<br />
There was also the BIG fish on the street. The fisherman was so tired of carrying this fish he had to put it down to catch his breath. It was huge!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">And, of course, there was the Marina with all of its many boats. If you looked closely you could see seals swimming in the water.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #616161; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px;">There is so much to do in Monterey, wish we had had more time to explore!</span></span><br />
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<b>On Vacation.</b><br />
I'm playing hooky from this month's fave 5 on 5 because 1) it's a holiday weekend 2) we've spent much of the weekend offline celebrating love at one of the most beautiful weddings ever 3) yesterday we celebrated a birthday for someone very special to me<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Definitely don't break the photo circle and check out <a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/"><b>Alison's favorites for August</b></a>. </span><br />
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July was a good one!<br />
We packed our bags and spent a week exploring southern California.<br />
One of my favorite days was when we went to the La Brea Tar Pits and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.<br />
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Now the Tar Pits, which actually have no tar in them, were stinky and bubbling and awesome. This is mother nature doing her thing, something she has been doing for millions of years.<br />
And caught in all of that sticky asphalt were all kinds of dinosaurs, so many bones have been found in this one spot. They are still digging and finding fossils today.<br />
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We spent most of the day in the Tar Pits however, right next door is the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. It happened to be the second Tuesday of the month so entry was free (yay!). By the time we arrived we only had one hour to explore and we hurried our way through to make the most of it.<br />
I so wanted to see the lights and the big rock, levitated mass. We went in search of Diego Rivera and ran into Matisse. It was fantastic. I'd love to spend more quality time there when I have more time!<br />
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^ (Forget the big rock, did you see that awesome cat t-shirt?!)<br />
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1. Walking around town during an hour break from jury duty. I was very close to being picked to serve on the jury however they settled out of court and my case was thrown out the next day.<br />
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2. Look what I grew! I planted bulbs in the spring and this one finally bloomed! The other sprouts I had were eaten up by some creature. I've yet to find the culprit but when I do...<br />
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3. Can you guess where I am? I'll tell you in the last image caption. <br />
Hint: It smells delicious inside.<br />
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4. Another photo while I wandered. This one was so interesting. I couldn't tell if this was authentic, with all of the peeling layers, or if it was staged. <br />
In any case the message was good, Spread Love, Save the World!
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5. Another image from a really fun place which is full of floors with candy colors. It's the Jelly Belly factory! <br />
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If you are ever in the area, Vacaville, CA. I recommend taking a couple of hours to tour the <a href="https://www.jellybelly.com/california-factory-tours">Jelly Belly factory</a>. It's now a self guided tour, it's free and you get free samples! Definitely a fun way to spend the afternoon.
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PS - Beware of the bean boozed flavors. Don't get tricked into eating these yucky jelly beans! They have flavors such as rotten egg, dog food, barf and lawn clippings. yuck! Buyer beware!<br />
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May was a great month. The days are getting warmer. The school year is winding down. You can feel the excitement of summer just around the corner.<br />
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Included are 5 images that represent all of the goodness that was May.<br />
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This month was filled with signs from the universe.<br />
If you are open to the signs they will speak to you. Maybe I needed extra reminders this month because one theme was really strong.<br />
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A reminder to <b>Choose Love</b> and <b>Love is all you need</b>.<br />
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A reminder for <b>patience </b>(I could always use more of that).<br />
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And lastly <b>sunshine</b>. A reminder to appreciate the light in people, in places and in situations.<br />
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Live. Love. Eat. was pretty much the theme of the month.</h3>
If I think back to March it was filled with lots of celebrations big and small (not all pictured here).<br />
We traveled into the city for a birthday. I stayed in town for a wonderful 40th birthday. We celebrated the Persian New Year with friends and family. I also had a yummy cocktail catch up with a good friend. I'm thankful and fortunate to have had these experiences surrounded by people I love and enjoy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Month two and there are hopes of spring blooming. </span><br />
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<br />smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-44745058573680077322016-02-05T00:30:00.000-08:002016-02-05T00:30:08.368-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2016 JANUARY<br />
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I don't know about you all but it took all of January for me to get over my holiday hangover this year.
The Christmas decorations weren't put away for weeks. There were also several days of continual rain.
Add to that the passing of David Bowie and the year was not off to a great start. (It was too soon for David Bowie don't you think?)
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The promise of a bright new start to the new year was looking dim.
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However it wasn't all dim. <br />
- The flowers started to bloom, breaking up our grey days.
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January was a mix of feelings, sad and gloomy with spots of light.
Looking forward to diving more into this new year, ready for February to begin.
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at <a href="http://wp.me/p5n3ja-p9">Alison's favorite photos</a> for the month of January ></span><br />
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The last month of 2015 came and went in a blur! Here are my favorite 5 from the last month.<br />
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2. Christmas 2015 was a good one. Lots of wonderful moments shared with family and friends this year.<br />
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3. Star Wars! We went to the first showing on Dec 17 and saw it in 3D. Then we saw it again on Dec 19, in non-3D, which is the theater that has this awesome carpet with the lovely lady.
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4. Let. It. Be. should maybe be my mantra for 2016.
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5. Exploring new places. Walking off all of those Christmas cookies (we're going to need more walking).
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That's the wrap up for December. What a year it has been. I'm looking forward to continuing this project for another year especially with the company of these inspiring ladies. Wishing us all an amazing 2016!<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Take a look at <a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/">Alison's favorite photos</a> for the month of December ></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>smallrootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10911267753836431240noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9075174485653849583.post-89879403881981333952015-12-05T09:07:00.002-08:002015-12-07T15:14:34.345-08:00FAVE 5 ON 5 - 2015 NOVEMBER<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.8px;">On the fifth day of each month a group of photographers shares their favorite photos from the previous month. It's a blog circle! At the end of this post will be a link to the next person. Read on and enjoy our favorites from November. </span><br />
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Every year people spend their Novembers sharing daily gratitudes. I decided to take on this challenge of taking a photo each day with a note about what I was thankful for. While I didn't post every day, it did make me stop and think. It made me look around to find the beauty in my every day life.<br />
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There is so much to be thankful for.<br />
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Meetups. Photowalks. Community.</h3>
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Many years ago, before Instagram, I belonged to a photo community on Flickr. People in my community were from all over the world. It wasn't anything formal and we each found each other because of our love of taking photos. We posted daily photos (hello 365 projects) and participated in fun projects (color week, bench mondays, jump shots and flare). We commented on each other's posts and through all of this got to know not only each other's photo styles/likes/dislikes but also got to know each other as people as well. It was a magical time of sharing and learning about photography, while also getting to know some pretty cool people.<br />
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Four years ago the opportunity came along when lots of these friends took the journey to Camp Shutter Sisters. It was there that I met many of these photo friends in real life. It was at Camp that I also met other photographers who were actually living very close to me!<br />
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Camp was four years ago and the photographers in my area still try to meet at least a few times a year. Last month 4 of us met up again to walk and talk and take a few photos along the way...<br />
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Exploring light and dark places.<br />
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Some of the gear.<br />
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Meet up at the De Young Museum in Golden Gate Park.<br />
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From where I, we, stand.<br />
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The "non-pose pose", this time with a side of apples. A traditional non pose pose requires no smiling, which isn't always easy when you're running from a camera on a timer.<br />
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Walking and talking...<br />
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A family of Keith Harings. And a family of tourists. <br />
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I'm so thankful for these local photo friends, as well as <a href="http://viewfinders.io/2015/09/connection-in-community-a-repost-from-shutter-sisters/">other photo friends</a> far away. These friends don't judge when you stop to photograph that thing. They support you when you say can we go back to that spot? They play along when you ask them to stand there and look that way.<br />
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I hope to one day meet up with the photographers in this blog circle.<br />
I've met one of them already, so I know it is possible.<br />
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Alison is one person I hope to meet, her and her little munchkin.<br />
Take a look at <a href="http://alisonbents.com/blog/"><b>Alison's favorite photos</b></a> for the month of October ><br />
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