Aurora 365

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 98

Aurora — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:04:51 +0000

Visiting the parentals also means visiting the puppies :p

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 97

Aurora — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:27:25 +0000

Think I missed a day? Nope! Day 96 was posted over on my creative blog. In the new year, I have a much better system planned out for this kind of thing! The next few days I will not be at home so it’s possible I’ll have to do a catch up post on Friday again.

For today…

Wishlist: Water for Elephants

Aurora — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:19:38 +0000

Water for Elephants

By Sara Gruen

Genre: Historical Romance? (I’m really not good at this genre thing if it doesn’t tell me…)

I want to: Read it; maybe own it.

This is not a book I would normally pick up. Circus? Great Depression? No thanks. But then I found out that this was a NaNoWriMo novel that piqued my interest – a NaNo novel that was not only published but made into a movie? I need to read it!

Summary from Goodreads:

Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski’s ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell. …

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 94

Aurora — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 01:48:12 +0000

So, today I chopped off my hair.

Once I got home and was playing with the ponytail (I’m donating it) the top of the ponytail intrigued me and I had to photograph it. But then it was blurry. I should have reshot it, but I didn’t. Instead I ran it through a few filters and options in photoshop until it created this wintery puff ball… thing.

To read more about my donation, check out the blog post.

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 93

Aurora — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 01:31:51 +0000

I posted a shot of this cement factory… thing… once over the summer, but I was a bit inspired walking home from work this evening with the clouds and everything. It’s a safe bet that this will make it on the blog at least once or twice more!

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 92

Aurora — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:49:35 +0000

The paper towel that I’ve been wiping my dip pen off on. It’s really quite pretty… and Christmasy. I’m thinking I might even iron it out and use it to wrap presents!

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 91

Aurora — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:38:05 +0000

Pulled this photo from my Flickr stream. Love it :P

Love the sign itself and also the result of my Photoshop fun. Took this on the Photowalk I lead of Annapolis Royal at the beginning of October.

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 90

Aurora — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:24:15 +0000

Well, I’ve been gone for a while. I took November off to participate in a little (BIG??) challenge. I’d actually considered not starting back up again, but I came across a blog that linked to loads of photo challenges. I spent a day going through the list and picking out a bunch that interested me. I decided I’d use these and other bloggy type challenges to guide me through a daily project of some sort. We’ll see how that goes and I take a much needed brain break and start prioritizing my life for the new year.

We’ll start back in with a photo challenge: Favourite Photo Monday

This photo, taken last week, documents our first snow of the season. Snow welcomed us with a bang this year! We received about 2 feet of snow that day. Aside from the snowbanks, we’re back to green grass now.

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 89

Aurora — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 00:56:59 +0000

Planning is finally starting and my wall is starting to fill up!

Aurora 365 V. 2 Day 88

Aurora — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:35:03 +0000

Bunnies are watching me at work… *shifty eyes*