{"id":5012,"date":"2011-02-12T16:16:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T21:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2011-02-12T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2011-02-12T21:17:39","slug":"project-365-stop-winter-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/02\/12\/project-365-stop-winter-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 365: STOP winter now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">G<\/span>ah, I am so. sick. of. winter.  So sick of snow, cold, wind &#8212; and the forecast is calling for three dumps of snow in the next three days.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what I had in mind when I took this picture &#8212; STOP winter NOW!  (I like this because it&#8217;s selective colouring but without the post-processing.  I didn&#8217;t do much to this image except to tweak the exposure a bit.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5426433934\/\" title=\"46:365 STOP winter now! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5135\/5426433934_68d28a87c7.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"46:365 STOP winter now!\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the opposite end of the spectrum, here&#8217;s some soft and fuzzy and fresh from a warm bath to warm you up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5419926100\/\" title=\"44:365 After his bath by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5298\/5419926100_58f5bfd079.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"44:365 After his bath\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of these days, I&#8217;m going to get around to writing the post that&#8217;s rattling around in my head about how we&#8217;ve started going to church now.  Not every week, but every couple of weeks at least.  I like our new church and Father Dan, and I really like these gorgeous sacred candles.  I hope it wasn&#8217;t disrespectful of me to snap this, but I couldn&#8217;t resist the colours.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5422626703\/\" title=\"45:365 Light a candle by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5180\/5422626703_e8cf1218ba.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"45:365 Light a candle\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took this one with my iPhone one night as the sun was setting (thus the bit of orangey-pink in the bottom right corner). I tweaked the colour of the sky to that turquoise colour with an app called FX Photo Studio.  I wish I had a better telephoto to bring that crescent moon a little closer!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5431720463\/\" title=\"48:365 Moon shot by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4124\/5431720463_3a71e7613d.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"48:365 Moon shot\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday was the 100th day of school, and the kids were doing special projects.  Simon had the number 42 and was gluing 42 mini-marshmallows to it while I made Douglas Adams jokes that sailed clear over their heads.  (Tell me somebody gets that reference?)  Anyway, I loved the almost straight-on side light and the shadows, so I caught this picture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5434760492\/\" title=\"49:365 Forty-two by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5013\/5434760492_8d5e341f20.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"49:365 Forty-two\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather unfortunately, while I was busy uploading this to the computer, the <s>toddler tyrant<\/s> precocious preschooler got into it and ate his gluey way from 42 down to 37 marshmallows before anybody noticed!<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the precocious preschooler, here&#8217;s a couple of shots from his birthday last Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5429185629\/\" title=\"47c:365 Scenes from a birthday 3 by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5018\/5429185629_b862efb93a.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"47c:365 Scenes from a birthday 3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/5429796608\/\" title=\"47:365 Scenes from a birthday (1 of 4) by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5012\/5429796608_9336272693.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" alt=\"47:365 Scenes from a birthday (1 of 4)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Damn cute, isn&#8217;t he?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gah, I am so. sick. of. winter. So sick of snow, cold, wind &#8212; and the forecast is calling for three dumps of snow in the next three days. That&#8217;s what I had in mind when I took this picture &#8212; STOP winter NOW! (I like this because it&#8217;s selective colouring but without the post-processing. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2011\/02\/12\/project-365-stop-winter-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Project 365: STOP winter now!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5018,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions\/5018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}