122 - thinking on Austen

122 - thinking on Austen, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

I'm listening to a book on CD in my car (Writing Jane Austen by Elizabeth Aston), and it's a novel about an author who has to finish a fragment of a Jane Austen novel.

I LOVE Jane Austen. She's the ultimate in clever romantic comedy. Pride and Prejudice is my all-time favorite book.

I have thought about this before, but now I'm thinking about it more concretely--I would really like to do a series of photos inspired by Jane Austen's works. I think I need to dive into the books again and then assemble my thoughts....we shall see!

121 - nemesis

121 - nemesis, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

These little guys look so cheerful and friendly, but I am sure that they (and all their little friends) will be my downfall.

120 - new baby

120 - new baby, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Six-day-old Morgan is very happy in her daddy's arms.

Nº 63 of 365 days of film: Circus

Nº 63 of 365 days of film: Circus, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Friday, 4 March) Discovered this nestling set in a closet while I was looking for something else. I got these the summer I went through the Russian-seems-like-a-cool

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
Film of the Day: PX-70 PUSH! from The Impossible Project

Nº 62 of 365 days of film: Trailhead

Nº 62 of 365 days of film: Trailhead, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Thursday, 3 March) The entrance to one of the many trails around camp. I need to take a winter hike before all the snow melts…

Camera of the Day: Polaroid Automatic 230 Land Camera
Film of the Day: FujiFilm FP-3000B

Nº 61 of 365 days of film: Dozer

Nº 61 of 365 days of film: Dozer, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Wednesday, 2 March) This robot was a bit more challenging to assemble.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
Film of the Day: PX-70 PUSH! from The Impossible Project

Nº 60 of 365 days of film: St. David’s Day

Nº 60 of 365 days of film: St. David’s Day, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Tuesday, 1 March) I need to travel to Wales so I can have something other than this old souvenir to photograph for St. David’s Day…

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
Film of the Day: PX-70 PUSH! from The Impossible Project

Nº 59 of 365 days of film: Buzzsaw

Nº 59 of 365 days of film: Buzzsaw, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Monday, 28 February) Another paper-craft robot. Used the dry-peel technique.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
Film of the Day: PX-70 PUSH! from The Impossible Project

Nº 58 of 365 days of film: Strike

Nº 58 of 365 days of film: Strike, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Sunday, 27 February) The stage soon after finishing the final performance of The Music Man.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 57 of 365 days of film: Old Maple

Nº 57 of 365 days of film: Old Maple, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 26 February) One of the majestic maples lining part of the road on the way into camp.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 56 of 365 days of film: Home

Nº 56 of 365 days of film: Home, a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Friday, 25 February) The weatherman delivered a few inches of snow to my house today.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

119 - coffeeshop afternoon

119 - coffeeshop afternoon, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

I hung out at the Cyber Cafe this afternoon, waiting for Eric and Russ. I enjoyed this sweet coffee drink and a new library book. It was fantastic.

118 - jailed

118 - jailed, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

This guy does seem a little too happy for someone who's behind bars...maybe he's getting out soon?

117 - second hand news

117 - second hand news, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

A while ago, I started taking photos to represent lyrics from Fleetwood Mac's album Rumours. I thought I'd try to make another one.

This is from the song "Second Hand News":

I'm just second hand news.

PS - I love my camera's remote!

116 - pinhole snowstorm

116 - pinhole snowstorm, a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

It was still light when I got home from work, so I pulled out my pinhole attachment to snap the snow in our backyard.

(For the record, I did not order this snow, but I do revel in it!)

115 - hold on

115 - hold on a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Driving home, I was listening to The Killers' song (whose name I can't remember right now), and there was a lyric that jumped out at me:

If you can't hold on,
Hold on.

I'm not sure if it's how the songwriter/singers meant it, but I feel like I know of a lot of people who "can't" hold on, but they still do hold on--tough, resilient, brave people.

114 - pinhole dinosaur

114 - pinhole dinosaur a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

I used the pinhole attachment for my camera to take a photo of this tiny plastic dinosaur making the long trek across the desert that is our front room floor.

113 - digging for bugs

113 - digging for bugs a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

We had some friends and their children over to visit this afternoon. It's the first day of spring, and it was sunny enough to be outside for a little while. The girls asked for a jar and went on a search for a bug to capture. It was slim pickings since it's still kind of chilly, but they found one on the side of the house. The hard part was convincing them that it couldn't go home to live in their house.

112 - home

112 - home a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Eric hung up this birdhouse in the fall, so hopefully we'll have some friends move into it in the spring!

111 - displayed

111 - displayed a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Some of my work was displayed as part of Owego's Third Friday Art Walk. It was my first show, and I was kind of nervous about it.

I got good feedback (although a lot of the people there were friends and family, so that helped!), which was nice. I hope that I get a chance to do this again....I have ideas for making a more cohesive collection of photos and being generally more organized in my preparation.

(Thank you to the Riverow Bookshop and to my sweet husband Eric, who set the show up as a Christmas gift to me.)

110 - books

110 - books a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

There are piles of books all over our house.

109 - knob

109 - knob a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

108 - splattered

108 - splattered a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

While doing some painting, I got some splatters on my hand.

107 - tangled

107 - tangled a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

With all of the crazy weather we had over the winter, the Tibetan prayer flags that we had on our porch got tangled up in one of the trees that's near our house

106 - dried veggies

106 - dried veggies a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Eric and his food dehydrator are good friends.

105 - cozy

105 - cozy a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Looking through my Diana lens, our couch looked really cozy.

104 - prints

104 - prints a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

My first show ever will be at the Riverow Bookstore in Owego for part of the Third Friday Art Walk. I've been busy getting things printed, matted, and framed.

103 - night droplets

103 - night droplets a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Well, from the snowstorm we went to rain and melting and rising water. Here's our kitchen window covered with [my favorite] water droplets.

102 - bored

102 - bored a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

This is another one of my grandmother's paper dolls that I ended up with. This came with a set that suggested that women plan their wardrobe using paper dolls. (I think that's a bit of a stretch, personally.) This lady seemed to be saying, "You bore me more than you can possibly imagine."

101 - under the rug

101 - under the rug a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

The cat managed to get her favorite toy wedged under the rug in our front room. I'm not sure who she's trying to hide it from...

100 - berries

100 - berries a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

The storm we had was so unexpected that Binghamton had a hard time cleaning it up. That's ok, though--it meant that Eric and I had a snow day together! It was beautiful and sunny, so we took the opportunity to wander around downtown. These berries caught my eye--they're in the yard of a house that's a few blocks away from us on Main Street in Owego.

099 - orchid and snow

099 - orchid and snow a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

We got one more snowstorm before the end of winter--just what I wanted! Our orchid doesn't care about the snow, though.

098 - reefer madness

098 - reefer madness a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

The evening that we got back from vacation, we kind of collapsed in front of the television. Luckily our local Public Access TV station has crazy stuff on Saturday nights - The Dark Vault of Public Domain. The movie Reefer Madness was on, so we caught part of it. That film is mostly insane.

097 - truck on the highway

097 - truck on the highway a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

While we were driving between Vermont and Syracuse, I took some time to play around with my pinhole attachment. I wanted to try to capture the motion of passing this giant white truck.

096 - shoes in the sun

096 - shoes in the sun a photo by .reid. on Flickr.

Here are Eric's shoes, resting in the winter sunshine just inside our friends' back door.

Nº 55 of 365 days of film: OneStep

Nº 55 of 365 days of film: OneStep a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Thursday, 24 February) Trying out a proper pack of PX-70 PUSH!

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SX-70 Land Camera
Film of the Day: PX-70 PUSH! from The Impossible Project

Nº 54 of 365 days of film: Signs of Spring

Nº 54 of 365 days of film: Signs of Spring a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Wednesday, 23 February) Noticed the sap buckets on the maples on my way into rehearsal tonight. Another sign that spring is almost here!

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 53 of 365 days of film: Lengthening

Nº 53 of 365 days of film: Lengthening a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Tuesday, 22 February) The days are becoming noticeably longer. I like that.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 52 of 365 days of film: Play Time

Nº 52 of 365 days of film: Play Time a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Monday, 21 February) Most of my time over the past couple of months (when I wasn’t traveling) was spent rehearsing the role of Harold Hill for our local production of The Music Man.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SLR680 Land Camera
Film of the Day: Polaroid 600 Black & White

Nº 51 of 365 days of film: Memoriam

Nº 51 of 365 days of film: Memoriam a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Sunday, 20 February) One of the over two dozen flower arrangements at Ashley’s funeral.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid Automatic 230 Land Camera
Film of the Day: FujiFilm FP-3000B

10//53: Zion

10//53: Zion a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 5 March 2011) The front door of Zion Episcopal Church in Greene, New York.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

9//53: Stoic

9//53: Stoic a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 26 February 2011) One of the gates to the East Shore here at camp.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

8//53: Solitude

8//53: Solitude a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 19 February 2011) One of the cabins here at camp.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 50 of 365 days of film: Be Still My Heart

Nº 50 of 365 days of film: Be Still My Heart a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 19 February) Founders’ Lodge at camp sporting one of the Valentines decorations.

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Chocolate Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 49 of 365 days of film: The Mighty SX-70

Nº 49 of 365 days of film: The Mighty SX-70 a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Friday, 18 February) I cannot say it enough… Edwin Land was a genius.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SLR680 Land Camera
Film of the Day: Polaroid 600 Black & White

Nº 48 of 365 days of film: Open Sesame

Nº 48 of 365 days of film: Open Sesame a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Thursday, 17 February) The control panel for my new garage door opener (it’s the little things in life…)

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SLR680 Land Camera
Film of the Day: Polaroid 600 Black & White

Nº 46 of 365 days of film: Smurfdom

Nº 46 of 365 days of film: Smurfdom a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Tuesday, 15 February) We have some huge snow banks here at camp. They put me in a playful mood, so I broke out a couple pieces from my old Smurf collection.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film of the Day: Polaroid Blue Type 100 from The Impossible Project

Nº 45 of 365 days of film: Under the Weather

Nº 45 of 365 days of film: Under the Weather a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Monday, 14 February) Most of the snow that had built up on my bathroom skylight window melted in time so more snow could build up on it.

Camera of the Day: Polaroid Spectra SE
Film of the Day: PZ 600 Silver Shade from The Impossible Project

Nº 44 of 365 days of film: Grudge

Nº 44 of 365 days of film: Grudge a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Sunday, 13 February) Got a kit of paper-craft robots recently. This is the first one I put together. Its name is Grudge. Don’t worry, you’ll eventually get to see all of them…

Camera of the Day: Polaroid SLR680 Land Camera
Film of the Day: Polaroid 600 Black & White

7//53: Ouaquaga Bridge

7//53: Ouaquaga Bridge a photo by Penlington Manor on Flickr.

(Saturday, 12 February 2011) The old Two-Span Lenticular bridge over the Susquehanna River in Ouaquaga, New York. It’s now a pedestrian bridge (when it isn’t covered in snow…)

Camera: Polaroid Automatic 100 Land Camera
Film: Polaroid Blue Type 100 from The Impossible Project