pb&j photography – fluff

My plan was to get this posted prior to Valentines Day, but my best laid plans often get away from me. In keeping with my annual trend of doing custom valentines for my children we had to do them again this year. The boys are a bit less than eager, since they are still not totally big on the girls . . . yet. But I suppose by the time Valentines excite them again, they will be picking them for special girls, not the whole class. So we got a bit silly and creative this year for their cards. Had to be cool enough to give to everyone without making it sound like they really liked the girls. So this is what we came up with.

We got them done and handed out to the classes. It is always fun to do the exchange and look over the massive valentine loot that they acquired. It could rival a Halloween goody bag. So for all of you a happy belated Valentines Day!

I have been a major blog slacker lately. It is always on my list of things to do . . .

It is so hard to believe it is already February. January was a very busy month with so many different things. I have been in charge of the yearbook at my children’s school this year and had my first deadline pass. That led to a crazy couple weeks trying to wrap up those 30 pages. A little breathing room now until the final deadline which I am sure will come all to rapidly.

One of my other more fun projects was this year I am trying to follow through with project365. If you aren’t familiar with that it is basically taking a picture every day, there are different variations on actually doing it. But my rules for myself are this: take a picture on the iphone every day. All processing, etc is done on the phone. Then I upload it to a special site I have just for my project365 images. So far I am thoroughly impressed with myself for actually doing every day! I don’t follow any specific theme, but try to have the picture have something to do with the day. Here is the link to my project365 site – Fringamajig (I have a few random domain names that I have bought and thought this one would be good for something like this)

I will leave you with one of my favorite pictures from January and will be back soon with more . . .

(This was in Santa Cruz behind the Seymour Discovery Center.)

Awhile back we took the kids to Alcatraz. I have to say they are not terribly interested in the historical aspects of it (yet) but we did enjoy the ride out there and the scenery. Someday I will go back without them, or when they are older and will appreciate it – and then I will spend time listening to the tour and reading all the things there are to read. I did manage to get some pictures while we were there though!

This was the view from the boat at the approach to Alcatraz. Love the signage all over the island.

It was so bleak and dark in there. As well I would have expected. I did keep looking for Nicholas Cage and Sean Connery though.

This was outside in the yard. Did not look like a fun place to hang out at all. Just thinking of all the people who I learned about in school who were here though is amazing.

There were birds everywhere!!

This is the spiral staircase leading to the second floor of cells. The cells were so tiny. Barely enough room to move around.

And finally on our way back to San Francisco from Alcatraz. It was a great day!

Happy Valentines Day to you and your family! Spring is just around the corner, perfect time to schedule pictures!