Ten on 10, June

Here's my June edition of this monthly project, all pictures taken on the tenth day of the month.  I could have told a better story of the day, and I wish I would have included an image of how our garden is growing at the moment, but here goes...

1. Good morning pup!  He sleeps on his own bed on the floor beside me, but around 5am he's started this habit of whining and pawing at me to climb under the covers, and I'm a sucker...


2. We shot a wedding on Saturday, and had a family session on Sunday, so we're editing like it's our job - oh, wait...


3. While Cory sat in front of the computer editing, I sat in front of my sewing machine (and it felt so good!)  The binding is ready to go on, and I am in love with how this one is turning out!


4. The only picture I took of the yard, but I'm pretty excited about all the hydrangea blooms we'll have this year.


5. Blueberries, fresh from his grandpa Bob's garden. YUM!!  (Cherries are ready too!)


6. As if clicking the shutter 2000+ times in the last two days weren't enough, we had our monthly photo club meeting at Ohme Gardens.


7. We were pretty shutter-bugged out, but we played with different techniques, and flash, and grabbed for some lenses each of us don't typically use.


8. ...and practiced patience with my AI-servo button in the wind.


9. If I were a fairy, I'd choose to live here.


10. The sun sunk down, and we headed home (and got to work editing some more photos, and corresponding with clients...and then Tucker woke me up again the next morning...)

Tuesday on the patio...

Relaxing in the sunshine, mid-eighties.

Listening to the trickle of the fountain...and those bleepity-bleep doves!

Enjoying some Cougar gold cheese & Walla Walla wine.

Grilling pork chops & asparagus (man, we so need a bigger charcoal one!)

Wishing I had more time to spend in my garden.

Preparing to shoot a wedding on Saturday!

Lounging in the too-long grass (I bet he'll have it mowed by the time I get home for lunch tomorrow).

And of course, that cute little doggie...I just can't get enough of him! ♥

ten on 10, May

Over a week late again...please excuse me, May has been pretty jam-packed so far (and things aren't slowing down at all in June!)  This month, the tenth was on a Friday, here's what it looked like...

1. Cory walked into work holding a mason jar filled with peonies for me to enjoy for the day...and I did!


2. you should know that one of the items he loads into his pockets every morning is a pen, and that I have a "check your pockets before throwing them in the hamper" rule...

3. food bag, "to do" bag, dog bag & purse, cooler, clothes, and swimming gear...headed to Chelan for the night.

4. driving driving driving with the whiniest little doggie...he knew where he was going!

5. puppy dog nose prints and dead bugs on the windshield.

6. Lake Chelan ♥

7. Tucker and I paddled, Cory swam between buoys (he's training for a triathlon).  Then C & T went out for a paddle, and I noticed how bad I need a pedicure (sandal weather sure snuck up fast this season!)

8. We ate dinner, then built a fire and watched for shooting stars.

9. ...and hand-held one second exposures while throwing flaming sticks (and joked about how much fun this rather nerdy little experiment was).

10. ...and drank wine by the fire using flip flops as coasters...and enjoyed the peacefulness of the lake at the end of an unseasonable warm week.

Tags Popped, Mind Blown

I had started this post at the end of February (yikes!)...about a song that was gaining popularity at the time and back when some people may not have even heard it yet, but now it seems kind of old and you just can't get it out of your head, but I still kind of love it!

Whyyyy Cory was watching the Thrift Shop music video in it's entirety, I still haven't quite figured out, but what he found at the 3:33 minute mark blew my mind!  Seattle's Macklemore is in a Bayliner (on Lake Washington?) from Bob Feil Boats & Motors....effing*awesome!

There is a little yellow decal on the window that you would never know what it said unless you knew what the logo looked like.  I had Cory bring one of the vinyl decals home for reference...

And here's another shot, from inside the boat...

Too funny!  We have no idea where that boat came from or who's it is, just a total coincidence that Cory was clicking around on YouTube while eating his cereal in the morning.

My apologies for the explicit lyrics, but I know you just can't resist that catchy tune...

If you haven't seen the short film of their newest hit, check out that one as well.
A couple of noteworthy things...
-- the dog sledding part in the beginning was shot in Leavenworth, the hour before my mother-in-law went for a ride at the same place!
-- one of the directors is Jason Koenig, who was a couple years ahead of me in high school.
-- That pirate ship is rad!

ten on 10, April

I realized it was the 10th of the month already, and I had ten photos to take and post around 4:30 this afternoon, so not much thought went into the set this month.  I grabbed the camera and snapped these when I got home from work.  If I were a cheater, I would post ten from the 9th (because yesterday was totally a better day!)...but I'm not, and today was a fine day too!

1. love self portraits...one from the bedroom, and the other with windy hair in the shadow of the dogwood tree (that is going to be looking gorgeous in about a week!)


2. the back yard from the garden...I love this place! (I'm pretty sure the dog does too!)


3. white bleeding heart...I need more of these!


4. hello happy rhubarb!...you made a delicious tart/pastry thing for dessert last Sunday, a lovely topping for vanilla ice cream during the week, and I'm predicting strawberry-rhubarb pie this weekend.


5. oh you pretty little daffodils...I'm enjoying you inside & out!


6. and my african violets are happily blooming on my kitchen windowsill again!


7. banana-nanna-nannas...this pair will be perfect in smoothies Saturday morning
(and since I wasn't feeling super creative behind the camera, they made a decent subject)


8. I've been working on a quilt...it's chevron and all kinds of orange, and it's all for ME!!
(this is the first that I haven't made to gift to a little babe, and I'm a little bit excited about it!)


9. Tucker!!...this is his perch where he waits for Cory to get home from work.


10. ...and then I started on dinner.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I have a few more green-themed around the yard pictures to share for St. Patty's Day.
It's so nice that the days are staying lighter longer, hello Spring!  Tucker and I have been going outside for a game of chase around the yard when I get home from work.  Last Friday I grabbed my camera and captured a little more springtime popping up (along with a little selfy photo shoot with the pup).

♥ him!

Daffodils & chives - wheee, stuff is growing!!


The buds on the dogwood tree are beginning to swell (I love the show this thing puts on in a few weeks!),
and that rhubarb is just-a-growin'!


Froggy, hiding out, enjoying the view.


Lavender & roses, beginning to do their thang.


He eats birdseed. Seriously!


And brings walnuts from the neighbors tree to the back door.  Thank you.


It was Friday, and some of Cory's home-brew cider was calling my name.


My little love bug, loves to give kisses. ♥


Ahhh, my favorite "room" in the house!


Looks like we're going to have another one of these beautiful days (hopefully with no wind!)  We're headed out there to get a couple things done, along with a little spring cleaning around the house.  And of course, corned beef & brussels sprouts (sooo much better than cabbage) for dinner!
Have a lucky day!

ten on 10, March

I'm back with another group of 10 shots from the tenth of the month, March edition.
We took a Sunday drive up Rock Island Grade, ran some stink off the dog, and did a good job dirtying up the truck.

1. he loooves to run! he's so fast!
    (love that all four paws are off the ground here)


2. three awesome things about this one...1) I spy greenery on it's way 2) I love the geology around here! 3) this was literally 10 minutes from our driveway, awesome!


3. me thru his lens: 7D, 8-15mm f/4


4. c thru my lens: 5DMKIII, 50mm f/1.2 (*we snapped both of these at the exact same moment)


5. we also had an old 20D converted to IR a long while ago...we blew off some dust and brought it along for fun too


6. somewhere out near Waterville...


7. dirt.ball. before getting a bath.


and a few from around the yard...
8. we are going to be eating strawberry-rhubarb pie in no time!


9. the weather has been so warm and pleasant this week, plants are waking up, and I'm hoping for some hydrangea blooms this season.


10. and my primroses are coming back!...I suppose I should clean them up a bit.