Nancy's Halloween Witch
Laura's Everyday Texture from the Hillsdale Mall Food Court
We're both easily keeping up with a pair of photos a day - even when Nancy was out in the boondocks without 24/7 wifi last week. iPhones and internet cafes keep this process moving.
We're both really enjoying that it helps us see our world a little better, always looking for that next photo. Nancy reports that it is helping keep her loosened up. I'm amazed at the synchronicity of the pairings. Like a good wine with that special appetizer, or that perfect cappucino with the tiramisu - pairings are where it's at!
Here's Photojojo #15 - Nancy's books and some of Laura's poker game.
Today's Photojojo Challenge - Nancy's Mannequins and Laura's Halloween Face.
I get my mammograms around my birthday (Sept 18) every year, so in October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I always know that I'm doing well.
That wasn't the case in 1997 - it was an awful October. I'd had a mastectomy and was going through chemotherapy. My oldest girls turned 14 and my son was doing his best to cheer me up and get along with his siblings. My youngest, Claire, was only 2 at the time. She kicked me by accident in bed one night and I started crying because her foot hit me in the chest. She still thinks she caused the cancer. I keep telling her it had nothing to do with her.
Today, at work I took the photo of the Genentech Herceptin campaign that appeared on the new shuttle buses for my Photojojo challenge. Later, when I got home from work, Claire presented me with the brownie that reads: Congrats Mom - 100% Cancer Free.
Today was a really good day.
xo
Today, I was at the mall and snapped a photo of Dorothy and Gang as PEZ dispensers. Nancy took this great shot of things rusting in a field in Danville. Enjoy!
Top - Laura's iPhone photo of a Caffe sign in San Francisco near South Park.
Bottom - Nancy's birthday card extravaganza.
Today's Photojojo challenge pairs up a delicate doll with some tender tomatoes. Enjoy!
Today is my Photojojo partner Nancy's birthday. We had a lovely dessert at the new Peruvian restaurant La Costenera in Montara (formerly the Chart House). Wonderful menu - highly recommend it.
I took a photo of some buoys at Sam's Chowderhouse with my new little Fuji Instax. Here they are - side by side. Happy Birthday to Nancy!
Today's Photojojo is all about food. Laura's Red Velvet cupcake from Little Skillet in SF. Nancy's pantry cans.
Last day of art class - Iggy's white brayer (Laura) and Nancy's fall leaf macro.
I'm in the last three days of the Master Printmaking Class at Aurobora Press. Today I continued some work I started a couple of weeks ago with photos I took last December at Musee Mechanique at Fisherman's Wharf in SF.
I am experimenting with chine colle and xerox transfer to put these images of old time arcade games onto monoprints.
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I saw a movie called Yes Man last year with Jim Carey and Zoey Deschanel. In that movie, ZD was carrying around this camera all the time and using it to take candids. It was used in the same manner as a Polaroid, but it looked different - smaller and more cool.
I forgot all about wanting to get this camera until a few days ago when I got an email from Photojojo - a photo website I love (and the one that inspired my partnership with Nancy on the Photojojo Couple of Pix a Day thing we are doing).
According to a Google search, Zoey was indeed using the Fuji Instax, which is what arrived in today's mail.
Here are three cute quick photos I took tonight. I'm going to love this little thing. I'm sure it will figure into upcoming art projects.
And the dog (Nancy) jumped over the SF storefront architectural model (Laura).
Some flowers (Laura) and signs of Fall (Nancy). Enjoy!
Nancy's red wagons and Laura's construction taping job.
Here's the post for the day: El Machino (Laura) and the Artichoke (Nancy).
Nancy's Halloween Witch
