Susanne 365 and Beyond: December 2009

Friday, December 11, 2009

Benjamin's 10th Birthday

B opening a gift from the boys on his birthday morning.

B blows out the candle on the blueberry pie made by Keith. Yum!

On Thursday night we met my parents at Chili's to celebrate B's birthday.

B blows out the candle in his dessert at Chili's.

B opens his gift from Granny and Papa.

We rather celebrated B's birthday week. The weather on his actual birthday delayed our family dinner, so we celebrated at home on Monday, then all day at Disneyland on Wednesday, and finally at Chili's with Granny and Papa on Thursday evening. He had a wonderful time, and I can't believe that our youngest child is TEN! I am simply not THAT old.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

A November Snow!

We had snow in November for the first time since moving here in 2001. The kids loved it and really adored playing in the cold, wet stuff.

Tree Decorating '09

The kids very much enjoyed decorating the Christmas Tree this year -- Elizabeth is the Decorating Maven of our household.

About Project 365

Project 365 started in January of 2007 with about fifteen online friends from the United States and beyond who resolved to post "A Photo A Day." The goal was to learn about photography through daily practice and looking at and commenting upon each others' work.

Several devoted photographers kept going in January of 2008 while most of us resorted to less-rigorous schedules of posting our photographs. But in January of 2009, about ten (perhaps more!) of us were back in the saddle, ready to shoot, post, and learn. Most of their blog sites are listed further down the sidebar if you'd like to view their work.

I took another break for 2010 but am back for 365 for 2011 with a new Facebook group of friends, many of whom you'll find in the sidebar.

I am using a simple point-and-shoot camera, an Olympus Stylus 740. Many of my fellow photographers are using far better cameras, so the quality of my photographs will in no way equal theirs. However, I still hope to "learn to see" better this year as I jump back into Project 365.