Proj. 365, day 1

When I set out to take my picture today, I had my mind set on an awesome picture of one of the fruitless plum or cherry trees in bloom around here, life had other ideas. My Honey asked me, as I was heading out, to pick up drinks for the house. He doesn't ask me to do much, so I couldn't protest, but there are few pretty trees between here and the Wally-store, so I had a change in plans. Instead, I used Loki, the endearingly demonic kitten, as my subject. He was sleeping, and therefore, STILL... but it quickly ended. 

Why hello, Loki... I'm not pointing this camera at you for any reason, please... go back to relaxing. ... 

I chose this as my picture for the day. The color is right. And I love that his green eyes are clear. This is straight from the camera, no editing.  It was a tough choice between that picture, and this one below:

Doesn't he look so cute and snuggly? I love this one because the position of his head is a bit more flattering, but no green eyes. This was the last clear shot I got for the day because the butt-head then decided he was going to move around, switch positions, and continually lick himself with his back towards me to thwart all future pictures. 

Now to play some catch-up, I'll do one other picture. This was taken Sunday, my true first day of the project. 

This weekend the Honey and I went to Ojo Caliente with a friend of mine for an overnight get-away. We love it there. Soooo very relaxing. Anyway... this trip there weren't many flowers in bloom, but there were a few daffodils, a long time favorite of mine. Sunday, before we left, I had to snap a few pics and this is my favorite of the bunch. Such a happy little flower. 

I had also been trying to take pictures of some of the other sparse flowers around, and I desperately struggled with this white ones. They seemed horribly over-exposed, no matter how I played with my settings. I was pleasantly surprised to see them on the computer, not as bad as I thought. This one really caught my eye:

This was a complete accident. I was trying to get the flowers. On viewing though, the ants amuse me. However, what really caught my eye... the bee. When I opened this on the computer, I actually yelled out loud "Wow! Look at the bee!" The Honey was amused. But that bee! He looks like I placed him there. 

So I'm easily amused.