Sooooo here we are the second day of my summer vacation and I am already behind schedule,LOL!!!! Frick!

On our MB as you hip chicas know I said that I would start a daily photography challenge for the month of June and a blog challenge to get me back in the groove of regular posts here and maybe you too.

Well I posted the 6/1 photo challenge on the MB and it is below........
"OK ladies lets get outside and take a close up of a living thing that you normally would pass by. Use your imagination because this can pertain to millions of things! Here is what I saw...there was literally hundreds of them outside. They are all over the branches,etc. Gotta love them though they help keep the skeeters low in count! Post a link to the photo or an actual image on the daily challenge thread in the MB. At the end of the month I will send out some RAK to 1-2 fellow participants. Look below for my photo..."

Here are a few others I took....for both challenges 1) close up of a living subject 2) still life 3)things that sparked my interest

Did you know that by looking at my photos it is a way for you to "see" what I see. Maybe by the end of this months daily photo challenge you will know a bit more about me and how I think, feel, what I see, the meaning of things in my life....many more things...but basically I share with all of you a piece of ME.....Hope you enjoy the ride.

6/2 Daily Photo Challange........
Today I want you to focus on still life. I was limited today because of the rain so i appologize for not getting the interesting shots I was hoping for...but I am going to try for more tomorrow.

There are many things that will fit in this subject field as well. Take a photo of a flower, an interesting stained glass window, clock, message center, stable, home, glass of water, toys, shovel & gloves, OMG the ideas area endless!!

Get creative. I want to see some really interesting photos ladies! I want to shout to everyone that Jen took an AMAZING photo of a cute little frog in her pond...I'll see if I can share the photo tomorrow?! It is the coolest thing! Kudos Jen!

Below you can see one of my many takes on the still life.......I hope to take more photos tomorrow. I will be sure to upload them in this entry as well. Can't wait to see what you all come up with on this one...you had some interesting ones today!! Thanks for playing with me!

Blog Challenge #1

Find something that will spark the interest of your new and old blog readers. Some ideas are the slide shows like I have above, interesting photos & stories, how about a music video. Or create blog challenges.

If your interested in lots of peeps checking your blog(s) join a ring surf..there are numerous ones out there. Or change the look of your blog...give it a face lift.

Or create a blog for a specific topic like Ann...she created a blog dedicated to discuss/learn about journaling. She is a historian by profession and sounds like she knows a thing or two that many of us could take notes on!! Check her out http://witbeforebrevity.blogspot.com/ I personally can't wait for her next entry! I was very moved by her first!!! Thanks Ann!