September 1
The August Break 2013 Recap
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The entire month of August, I participated in The August Break 2013 hosted by Susannah Conway. I posted a different picture every day, following a list of prompts provided by Susannah. Here’s a recap:
01. breakfast – I’m trying real hard to eat something in the morning for breakfast. Yogurt seems to be the easiest, so I’ve started with that.
02. circles – I looked and looked for circles and then I remember the wine rack. I thought it was funny that my curtains also have circles on them.
03. yellow – I have loved these sunflowers for 10+ years. I bought them at a Home Interiors party, and I bring them out every summer.
04. love – A picture of my mother’s hand in mine. I had to take about 10 pictures in order to get one where her hand looked older than mine.
05. close up – This is a detail from a card a friend made for me.
06. diagonals – Remember the Artist Date I took at The Eatery | Reads & Things? This is where I work and the picture is a detail from the building.
07. skyline – I took this picture in April. The day of prompt was grey and rainy. I tried to get something interesting, but all I got was grey.
08. a selfie – I do not like taking selfies. I envy younger folks and their ease in front of a camera.
09. taste – I took this picture of an old set of silverware in one of my favorite antique stores, Mishawaka Antiques.
10. red – This picture was also taken at Mishawaka Antiques. I spotted this red beauty as soon as I walked in the door. A dime for a nice cold glass bottle of Coke.
11. play – Sneaky Snake! This is Nikki’s favorite toy.
12. far away – I was very careful to exercise standing-in-the-middle-of-train-tracks safety while taking this picture.
13. home – Freedom and Casper are the window-watchers in our home. Nikki generally hangs back until something exciting happens.
14. stillness – Perhaps an odd subject for “stillness,” but that’s what intrigued me. This little guy was sitting on a rock outside our front entrance making chirping noises. Whatever he was saying, it must have been very important because when I came around the corner, he did not move. He just went still until I went away, then he started chirping again.
15. books – This day was a challenge. I’ve taken pictures of books before. I wanted to do something different, so I came up with a little scene. Both the Raggedy Ann and book are from my childhood. I never realized the book had an illustration of a Greyhound.
16. floral – I liked the colors in this photo. I took this picture in the Oliver Mansion gardens.
17. touch – Jan of Staying Awake inspired this photo. I was stumped over what to do for “touch.” I saw Jan’s photo of a hand holding two feathers, and I had my subject.
18. looking down – I tried and tried to come up with something interesting. In the end, I photographed what was there.
19. white – Eggs are so pretty. A few eggs on fiber-fill, and I had the picture I wanted.
20. taste 2.0 – I’ve been known to grab an order of fries to snack on when I have a distance to drive. The words on the bag were a bonus.
21. something old – I love snapping pictures in antique stores. The items are always so interesting. This photo was taken at Mishawaka Antiques.
22. midday – This is where I had lunch in downtown Elkhart, Indiana, the day of the prompt.
23. sacred – I pass this cross almost every day. The decorations change, and it breaks my heart when I think of the loss and longing behind this memorial. It reminds me that life can change in an instant.
24. hear – A detail from the fountain in front of the Beiger Mansion in Mishawaka, Indiana.
25. Sunday morning – A sleeping kitty just screams “Sunday morning.”
26. YESÂ – This was a happy accident. I wasn’t coming up with any ideas for this prompt. I was actually thinking of writing the word “YES” on a piece of paper, taking a picture and being done with it. Then, I remembered that that day at lunch, I’d picked up an embossing folder with letters. Would the “y” “e” and “s” be close enough to get my picture…YES!
27. number – I wanted a photo of a clock face because I liked the idea that the face has numbers and that our lives are plotted out by time. This is a photo of a towering clock in downtown Elkhart, Indiana.
28. smell – Like the iris on Day 16. floral, I took this photo in the Oliver Mansion gardens.
29. your fave thing – I have too many favorite things to pick from, but Freedom is pretty clear on her favorites.
30. sign – This would have been a good shot for Day 06. diagonals too.
31. smile – This is a photo from my Artist Date in Long Grove, Illinois. A little teeny tiny fake cow. So cute.
Which was your favorite?
Hear No. 24.
Congratulations on completing this challenge. Not easy but so rewarding to look at the final body of work. I really love a number of your shots. Your take on the words is different from what I would have done and that is the best part of it. I also congratulate you on using a greyhound only once! For me that would have been the biggest challenge 🙂
My favourites are Love and White. I cannot choose between them. It’s great to see all of your photographs altogether like this. You may have inspired me in return. x
We can’t choose as we enjoyed them all. Wow August as shot past. Have a serene Sunday.
Best wishes Molly
I have enjoyed all your photos!
Lynne x
Lori what a beautiful and clever post of August. You will treasure this post.
Hugs Madi and Mom
We really enjoyed the month of photos and now your perspective of what you chose. Our favorite is #4 – oozes love and tenderness:)
We remember most of those….must have missed the first few, though. A great collection.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
The pictures are all wonderful. My favorite is the rail road crossing
kate-urban hounds and the old fashioned way
well done! fantastic photo play! and also a great idea to see the whole month all in one. you put your heart in it and it shows. clever interpretations and great photos. i bet you missed regular blogging about crafts and all, didn’t you?
my faves are:
2, 4, 10, 14, 17, 19, 21, 24 and 26 🙂
I’ve really enjoyed the whole month! I loved the one of Freedom and the one of the blocks in the antique store especially!
Gosh, that month flew by! It’s hard to go past Freedom (and well done having just the one GH photo) but my favourite would have to be the eggs with the blocks next and Freedom a close third. Very interesting seeing your take on the prompts!
I think YES was my favourite! (it was hard to pick!)
I really enjoyed seeing all your photos in August. I didn’t notice the greyhound in the book until you pointed it out.
LOVE LOVE LOVED the picture you chose for “love”. I can’t think of a better subject 🙂
While I fell down on the job in the ‘comments’ dept., I very much enjoyed your August break pix! You had some terrific ideas!!! Now I’m looking forward to your ‘regular’ posts and keeping up with the furbabies and what you’re working on and inspired by.