23/365.

vroom vroom.

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22/365.

so many people are able to categorize themselves into a specific group that they can be typecast into. big city folk, cow folk, tropical folk, mountain folk, etc, etc.... i however can never seem to choose. perhaps its the pisces woman in me, always able to adapt but honestly, i feel like i can play house in all of those roles, and in fact, kinda already have. from the exotic beaches of rio to the farmlands of colombia, to the mountain ranges of the eastern sierras to the bordering city of san diego, all varied, all home. maybe that's one of the many reasons i have fallen so easily in love with the pacific northwest. it encompasses all of those places, all in one lovely package with any situation within an hours drive away. anywho, the point of the tangent is that i love farms. i love barns and animals and fields and and and..... not putting it lightly, obsessed. and i can guarantee that as i delve further into this whole photography thing, this will not be the last of farmesque things you will see from me! (nor is it the first).... so for this post and the next post i present to you, a most excellent surprise that i found in a field in oak harbor, washington.

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21/365.

oh me oh my yet another mailbox you can see through my eye.  (<------nerd alert.)

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20/365.

as promised. the top of a mail box. voila.

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19/365.

why i am even continuing to post these as the 365 project i really am not sure. clearly it has gotten away from me. here i am on day 30 and i have only 19 photos, many not posted on a "daily" basis.....hard to believe it only took me a week to get off track. ce la vie. so until i get tired of numbering them and decide to go back to my comfy ways over over wording and over sharing, i will continue to post as such, under the guise of follow through and project success.

this my dears was a series of mailboxes in oak harbor, washington. i like mail boxes. so you will see that the following two posts will also contain mail boxes, but of the out of context variety.

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18/365.

xoxo.

17/365.

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16/365.

xoxo.

15/365.

xoxo.

14/365.

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13/365.

alright. well, clearly i am not so good at this whole, committing to a project thingamadooger. i am not sure what my issue is really (a broken camera and using a phone camera may be a factor), but regardless, i just can't seem to post with any sort of consistency. it's a whole lot of nothing followed up with a whole lot of somethings. but for lack of better phrasing and ironic pun intended, that's just how i roll. get used to it. so without further ado, as promised a whole lot of somethings.

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12/365.

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11/365.

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10/365.

xoxo.

word. 9/365.

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da blur. 8/365.

this here is a blurry photo taken on a blur of a night.

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7/365.

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things are looking up. 6/365.

well, here it is, blew it yesterday for the second time in this first week. arg. at this rate i will run out of excuses faster than being able to just sigh, shrug, and accept that shit happens. so, yeah, i didn't post a picture yesterday. in fact, i don't think that i even took a single picture. no bueno mis amigos. HOWEVER, i took more than a photo today as i went to the hoyt arboretum. a tree zoo of sorts here in portland. and good lord it's beautiful there. a space where i could happily get lost for hours on end. constantly seeing photos amongst the trees. sitting on benches and weaving magical stories of fairly like proportions. ugh, heaven. sometimes though, when walking through such a beautiful forest, it's hard to remember that sometimes, it's just as stunning to just look up. lets just hope that it's a sign that things are looking up in 2011.

xoxo.

recorded. 5/365.

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wrong turn, right time. 4/365.

what a great start i'm already off to, eh? here it was day 4 and i wasn't able to post in time. this does not bode well for the next 361 days! although i do have an excuse, i forgot my computer while house sitting and couldn't figure out how to mobile upload a photo. but really, excuses excuses. i did however go on a photo expedition while hunting for a freeway late last night. it seemed that every wrong turn was a right opportunity to take some cool pictures. although rolling around industrial areas probably wasn't the most street savvy decision i have ever made (sorry mom), i came out unscathed. unfortunately i finally broke my little camera so these days, i am only armed with my phone camera. nonetheless, here is one image that i came up with, the portland convention center on a foggy foggy thursday night.

xoxo.

upclose and personal. 3/365.

this is the face that i've been waking up to these last few mornings. what a stud.

xoxo.

a berry cold oregon morning. (2/365)

i'm currently house sitting out in this beaverton/west hills area outside of downtown portland, and it's kind of out in no-mans land. (although it is ironically a cookie cutter town home overdeveloped area so why it feels like no-mans land i have no idea....)  anywho, this project 365 gave me a fantastic opportunity to walk around a bit, emphasis on a bit because no coat and 25 degrees makes for a brisk walk.......  again with the anywho, because really, that's neither here nor there.... the point being, i tried to capture some images on my walk which later turned out to be fails. this one however, i liked. i feel like it reads the mood loud and clear. cold and gray. although the berries were bright red, the silhouetteidness (ha i love making up words) of it, just helps to emphasize that yup, it's cold and gray.

 

xoxo.

project 365.

365 photos. one a day for the next year. it's not a resolution, because if it was, quite frankly i'd quit trying after a few months. it's just a fact. 365 photos. one a day. this one was taken at cannon beach, or. my first solo mission in 6 months. far too many months for me to have spent an afternoon on my own, doing something that took me out of my comfort zone. i'm comfortable with that. what a rare, gorgeous, cold, january day in oregon.

xoxo.