{"id":6756,"date":"2012-03-25T14:44:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=6756"},"modified":"2012-03-25T14:44:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-25T19:44:46","slug":"this-week-in-pictures-in-which-perserverance-wins-out-over-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/this-week-in-pictures-in-which-perserverance-wins-out-over-inspiration\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in pictures: In which perserverance wins out over inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">T<\/span>here are weeks when I live for my camera and my computer, and weeks like this one where I keep taking pictures and putting up blog posts because of some sort of internal imperative.  I think I learn things from each extreme. I&#8217;m sure this brief period of physical and creative lethargy will pass, and even so the pictures this week have merit enough to post, I think.  After so long blogging and taking pictures, I&#8217;m not sure I know how to stop.<\/p>\n<p>It certainly wasn&#8217;t the weather that was sapping my energy this week. It&#8217;s been summer interluding at the end of winter, and I&#8217;d be happy if it just stayed on through October.<\/p>\n<p>Look, spring flowers in mid-March!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/6847457108\/\" title=\"#fromwhereistand - first flowers! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7046\/6847457108_c04a55f467.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"#fromwhereistand - first flowers!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And beyond warm breezes and early flowers, the return of spring also means a migration out of the house and on to the porch. (I&#8217;ve also been reading the Hunger Games trilogy on Beloved&#8217;s Kindle, another thing that has been pulling me away from my camera and the keyboard.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/6844390610\/\" title=\"hallo porch, how i've missed you! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7184\/6844390610_85ca81b597.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"hallo porch, how i've missed you!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spent a lot of time this week admiring the buds on the branches as they got fatter and fatter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/6997199329\/\" title=\"Spring sky by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7231\/6997199329_24e4bd4ff2.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Spring sky\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/6863477138\/\" title=\"Branching out by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7057\/6863477138_6f14f24721.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Branching out\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I would never have imagined wandering the Byward Market with bare legs and sandals before the first of April but I did just that more than one day this crazy week.  The fishy design in the concrete caught my eye. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/7000974313\/\" title=\"#fromwhereistand - something's fishy! by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm7.staticflickr.com\/6212\/7000974313_195facd93e.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"499\" alt=\"#fromwhereistand - something's fishy!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I noticed Lucas surfing his hand on the breezes coming in through the open car window, I snapped this with my iPhone, but when I saw the final picture it reminded me of something more nostalgic &#8211; road trips and sunshine.  I found this quote from Dave Barry to go with it: &#8220;And that&#8217;s the wonderful thing about family travel:  it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/7007092839\/\" title=\"&quot;And that's the wonderful thing about family travel:  it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.&quot;  ~Dave Barry by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7220\/7007092839_25158a3ee0.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"&quot;And that's the wonderful thing about family travel:  it provides you with experiences that will remain locked forever in the scar tissue of your mind.&quot;  ~Dave Barry\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And some pictures you take just because they&#8217;re too cute not to take.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/7004243427\/\" title=\"Evil croco-boy attack by Dani_Girl, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7254\/7004243427_25a43781b0.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\"width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Evil croco-boy attack\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is the first week I&#8217;ve taken every single picture with my phone.  My poor Nikon must be wondering where I&#8217;ve gone, but I&#8217;m really enjoying the different set of skills it takes to pull together a good iPhone picture.  The iPhone seems to scratch an itch I used to satisfy with my TtV kit &#8212; but it&#8217;s a heck of a lot more convenient.<\/p>\n<p>I promise a return to more regular blogging in the near future, too.  I think the key to getting through a creative drought is equal parts inspiration and stubborn determination.  Fake it &#8217;til you make it, you know?  <\/p>\n<p>What do you do when your muse is on vacation?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are weeks when I live for my camera and my computer, and weeks like this one where I keep taking pictures and putting up blog posts because of some sort of internal imperative. I think I learn things from each extreme. I&#8217;m sure this brief period of physical and creative lethargy will pass, and &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/this-week-in-pictures-in-which-perserverance-wins-out-over-inspiration\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This week in pictures: In which perserverance wins out over inspiration&#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-6756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6756","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=6756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6757,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6756\/revisions\/6757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}