whatever

color all aROUND...

we got lots of snow last night.
and it's so dark this morning.
hope these make your day bright.

i am so glad God decided to give us color.
imagine if all we had was black and white...

happy anniversary to "whatever"

BE SURE TO ENTER THE DRAWING IN THE POST BELOW.
please.
thank you.

i am having so much fun celebrating my one year anniversary of blogging!

i am keeping the contest open until Friday (for my weekly readers)
so be sure to go enter if you haven't already...i am missing ALOT of you.
you know who you are.

i don't know what made me decide to try a blog
but i am SO GLAD i did.
this is therapy for me....why??
i don't know exactly.
it feels good to keep track of the small everyday things.
it feels great to have a record of thoughts, feelings, events of an entire year.
it feels creative to have something i want to say each time i sit down.
this blog has changed how i see things...through my lens.
i think about photography a lot more than i did a year ago.

the blogs that got me hooked were
ali edwards because i desire to scrap like her.
karen russell because i learn so much from her about photography.
(and she has a beautiful line of scrapbook supplies that i adore)
tara whitney because her photography made me change how i looked through my camera.

and now here i am...
with hundreds of new blog friends of my own
and a huge list of blogs i read every day or at least every week.

i skimmed through the whole blog last night.
i pulled some of my favorite random pictures from this year of blooging.

don't forget to leave a comment in the post below.
have a fabulous day!

challenge

it's my anniversary!

one year of blogging today.
i am so glad YOU are here.

i want to have a give-away...
but i didn't prepare a prize in time to take a picture.

you can trust me it will be good.
you will be so happy to receive it.
(whatever it turns out to be)

Leave me a comment to be entered.
this means all of you 200+ people who stop by everyday
but don't leave comments.
today is the day.
(through friday)
i want this to be a record setting day for comments on "whatever"
you don't have to say anything witty or profound or mushy...
just a "hello" is good enough.
prove to me that you are here and i will be so happy.

If we reach 25 comments i would be thrilled.
if we reach 50 commetns i will give away 2 prizes.
if we get crazy and reach over 100 comments...i would pass out.
i will draw 4 prizes if there are over 100.
so...now don't embarrass me people.

family and close friends can still win...it will be a random drawing.
i promise not to cheat.

leave a comment...it's so very simple.
typepad doesn't send you junk email...
and you don't have to have a blog to comment.

DO IT!!
make my anniversary one to remember!
pretty please.