Sleepy pup Day 13 1/18/09

Sleepy pup
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is Baxter, my Bichon Frise. He likes to perch on the top of the sofa cushions, curl up, and sleep.

Mom and Dad's House Day 12 1/17/09

Mom and Dad's House
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is where I lived during my late high school years.

One man tent...in my living room Day 11 1/16/09

One man tent...in my living room
Originally uploaded by cobannon

I came home from work to find this pitched in my living room. It had just arrived earlier that day. My sons decided to try out the new "one" man tent together. It looks big, but it's a tight fit for two.

La Tour Eiffel Day 10 1/15

La Tour Eiffel Day 10 1/15
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is a little Eiffel tower (obviously) on a bookshelf in my office. This was actually brought in as a "show and tell" for extra credit and the student never took it home.

Notice the picture to the left? That's Chenonceau, a castle in France, and that's me sitting on a ledge. I was 21 at the time. The picture to the right is of a group of my students on one of our trips to France.

Winder Sunrise Day 9 1/14

Winder Sunrise Day 9 1/14
Originally uploaded by cobannon

It's sometimes hard to get a clear day around here and the sunrise was really beautiful.

Oak Rest Pet Gardens - Day 8 1/13

Oak Rest Pet Gardens - Day 8 1/13
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is a pet cemetery that I pass on the way to work every morning.

A sign of the times - 2: Day 7 1/12

A sign of the times - 2: Day 7 1/12
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is a neighborhood that was cut in, paved, and now abandoned. Barrow County where I work is one of the fastest growing counties in Georgia and in the nation (percentage growth) yet the economy has obviously hit it hard like it has everywhere else. Another view of the same neighborhood.

Cows on the way to work: Day 6 1/11/09

Cows on the way to work: Day 6 1/11/09
Originally uploaded by cobannon

I pass this pasture every day on my way to work. Today there were a tone of cows out there as compared to last week. I was going to get a shot then, but there were only two outside as I drove by. It's funny sometimes how they will all be facing the same direction. That wasn't the case the morning I took this so I may have to try for that shot on another day.

Maya : Day 5 1/10/09

Maya : Day 5 1/10/09
Originally uploaded by cobannon

This is one of my two dogs. Maya was a stray who showed up in my neighborhood one day. We already have a 15lb bichon frise, which my boys don't really care for. He (Baxter) is somewhat of a yappy dog and they've been asking for a larger dog for quite a few years that they could really wrap their arms around. Well, along came Maya. My sons took to her immediately and after they fed her (without my permission) of course she stuck around. By the end of the week, we had officially adopted her.

Being the only other girl in the house, she and I are best buds. She's such a sweet dog, unless she viciously barking that is. I can't imagine not having her.

Days 1 - 4

Since I'm behind on creating this blog to feature my pictures, I'm going to post these first four together. Yes, I'm just lazy that way.

My Cluttered Office! - Day 1-1/6/09

This always seems to be a problem with me!! I don't want to put in the time to clean my desk because I HATE having to find a home for everything.

Wikispaces Temporary Cause of Panic: Day 2 1/7/09

Wikispaces flaked and right in the middle of an edit I was doing! I had no idea what was wrong so I hopped onto Twitter to find that it was a huge outage and nothing to do with my school system's network. Within minutes there must have been between 15 - 20 of us wondering what the heck was going on. Just goes to show how dependent we've become on sites like that.

My son's rootbeer bottle collection- Day 3 1/8/09

I have twin boys (13 yrs old) and one of them loves to collect things...all kinds of things. How he got started on a collection of root beer bottles I'll never know, but he enjoys it. Yes, there is a stray Sprite or 7up bottle in there, too. I don't so much mind the fact that he collects them, but I would prefer that he dust them from time to time.

Where I work - Day 4 1/9/09

After realizing that my first three pictures were all "inside" shots, I took this one this morning before pulling into the parking lot where I work. If you can't tell or haven't seen an "old" one recently, our Board of Education office is an old Wal-Mart. It's actually pretty nice on the inside. Maybe I can take some pictures later to include in this challenge.

365 Picture Challenge

I participate in a social network called Plurk, one of many that I dabble in, and discovered that a group of Plurkers were participating in a picture challenge to post a picture a day beginning January 1. I joined a few days late, but am hoping that this is one challenge (unlike the few in the past that I've tried) that I may be able to stick to or at least be somewhat successful at completing.

We have a group on Flickr called 365random where we can post our pictures. I think for me that "random" was key. I doubt I could stick to a theme for 365 days. Thankfully, having a Blackberry with a decent camera has so far (and should continue to) made it easy and convenient to take pictures and upload them. It's great having a Flickr app to handle the uploads and so far it has worked each time.

So am I up for the challenge? I might not be as tenacious as this squirrel trying to get these nuts off the tent spike, but I plan on trying!



Photo credit Flickr: exfordy