Photos of an Eclectic Nature

Nineteen.

2007-05-24T14:52:18Z

November 21 - 23
43 Photos

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Tuesday, November 21^st

Leaving home.

Wednesday, November 22^nd

Later that night, after Bill brought Oliver over.

Thursday, November 23^rd {Thanksgiving}

My dad was trying to do some yoga or something but Oliver thought he was on the floor because he wanted to play!

Tonya and Nic arrived around 9:30am/10am.

Outside with Oliver.
He moves too fast to get good photos lol.

My parents' neighbors have another dog. I think it's a Beagle?
I don't know why, seeing as they keep them outside and never play with them.
It really wanted to play with Oliver.
They'd stand there licking each other through the fence.
It even tried squeezing under the fence so they could play together.

On the way to Saline to take Nic and Tonya's engagement photos.

Behind Weller's in Saline.
I went to reduce the noise and loved how a high setting gave it a painting sort of look.

I'm not sure which I like best.

There were lots of nakkie statues!

If I get married in Michigan, I want to get married here.
In the spring.
It was so beautiful back there.
I'm surprised Nic and Tonya didn't change their minds about the location for their wedding when we saw this.
Again, I can't decide which I like best.

Blah lol.

It was pretty sunny out, yet unbelievably foggy at the same time?

Λυπάμαι

2007-05-24T00:47:14Z

I apologize for not having updated in forever. I'd like to start actively posting my photos in this journal, as it's the only place my non-LJing friends can view my photos, so I'll try to catch up with an entry every - every other day.

I really appreciate those of you who still have me added, even though I haven't posted since December!!

Eighteen.

2006-12-12T22:17:32Z

October 20 - November 21
Image-heavy.

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October 20 - November 21

My 14-year-old sister, Samantha.

Playing with lighting.

Snow!

Bill cooking us dinner.

Update.

2006-12-05T21:20:37Z

I exceeded my monthly bandwidth on my primary Photobucket account. Usually I have enough space there each month, but when I make a post in adayinmylife, my bandwidth goes way up. There are a lot of photos in that account that I haven't posted here yet, so rather than posting recent ones until my bandwidth is restored, I'm just going to wait. It will be restored the 12th of this month, so it won't be too long until I start updating again. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few posts in before I move.

Sabrina Io'Ana

deviantART.

2006-11-04T04:48:19Z

My gallery on deviantART is up-to-date, so check it out!

Seventeen.

2006-10-25T23:12:54Z

I spent this past weekend at my parents' house so that I could spend time with my puppy, who lives with my boyfriend on the S.E. side of the state. Image-heavy.

Playing with Pearl.

He looks like a bowling pin lol.

Talking to my finger.

Some hanging plant my dad has in the garage.

A pink tree in their yard.

A red and green tree.

Oliver avoiding his bath. I sat in the bathroom doorway calling his name, but he wouldn't come any closer than that lol.

In the garage.

"Let's go iiiiin!!"

Waiting to go in again lol.

Ghost puppy.

I brought some pudding to my parents' with me, and found some whipped cream in the fridge. Yum.

A pretty bird.

Sixteen.

2006-10-24T22:03:39Z

I haven't been keeping up with this journal, so I'll be posting quite a bit in the next few days. Not too image-heavy. Mostly random ones from the past few weeks.

10/08/2006

Pearl in the bathroom.

Another beautiful sunset... this was probably amazing at the beach.

10/09/06

Chillin' on the couch with some Cheese Its.

10/12/06

2:30am - snowing.

My poor car. This is our first winter together!

A quarter to noon.

Wasn't ready.

My university's downtown campus.

Everything here is so perfect and orderly.

Guess which apartment is mine!

Fifteen.

2006-10-16T20:06:03Z

Part two of John Ball Park/Zoo.

These river otters were sooooo cute and sooooo friendly! As soon as I walked up to the glass, they hopped into the water and started bobbing up and down trying to get a good look at me lol.

They were kissing but I wasn't quick enough.

Playing by the glass for us.

Beeeeaaaauuuutiful bears! This poor guy just paced baaaaaaack and fooooorrth.

Oops.

Aaahhh so cute!

Missed him.

Looovin' the monkies.

Guinea pigs! No seriously, the sign said they're related to guinea pigs.
They're just huge.

Bubble duck.

More cute monkies. They had haircuts like The Beatles lol.

Warthog butts.

He was pretty far away to get a decent shot.

This one was chillin' nearby.

It was difficult to get a good shot with him pacing so much, and having to shoot through dirty glass

Playing with Bill!

Playing with Bill again.

We got a little closer.

These ones have the most ugliest butts ever.

Indoor monkies.

I WANT THIS ONE!!!!

Indoor mode.

Macro mode.

AAAAHHHH!

Everybody checkin' out the black monkies with the huge jungle gym.

This penguin was super friendly. As soon as you got near the glass, he'd start swimming up and down in front of you.
He even followed us to the other side of the glass.

On our way out.

Fourteen.

2006-10-12T19:05:17Z

Part one of John Ball Park/Zoo.

Flamingos!

There was one next to this guy just dangling his head... he wasn't dipping it in the water or eating something, just standing there with his head dangling lol.

A penguin-looking duck.

Sleepy ducky.

Pretty ~~fence~~ bald eagles.

Monkies!!

This one was enjoying the sun.

These two were humping. I swear! Or they were just thrusting their hips together in that position for no reason.

"Shh don't wake my boyfriend!"

He was peepin' at 'em.

Petting corral!

~~Fence~~ Barn owl.

Probably the closest thing to a photo of Bill anyone will ever see =P

Thirteen.

2006-10-09T03:23:26Z

Very image-heavy.
Pearl and I spending some quality time together.

Then he found my hair - yum!

Then started climbing around in it.

And hanging from it.

My little angel.

Grand Rapids Public Library

Beeeaaauuuutiful!

At the park across the street. I love how clear photos come out when I've zoomed as far as I can zoom!

A cute little house-type thing across from the children's museum. They use it as some kind of office.

Labels head to toe and sleeping on a park bench.

I guess one of the up-sides to living in the office furniture capital is that it's full of old, beautiful factories.
This one is full of stores on one side. The other side is also where I took that awesome sun-through-spiral-staircase photo last year, which is still on my desktop hard drive.

Zoomed all the way. A bit fuzzy.

Twelve.

2006-10-06T16:05:58Z

A large number of photos from the past week or so. Lots of cloud, as they have been pretty and fluffy lately lol.

Very image-heavy.
As you can see, I suck royally a free-handing with the stitch assist.

Larger.

09/25/06

Our clouds have been so fluffy and picturesque lately.

09/28/06

More fluffy clouds.

Look who it is - Audrey II! And she's starting to bloom.

09/30/06

Bill's cake.
I wrote on it.

Cute squiggly candles.
I put them on there, put the lid back on, and put it in the fridge so it'd be easier to quickly whip it out and light the candles while Bill was in the bathroom or something.
And it worked!
I wouldn't let him in the fridge until after he saw the cake.

I have a freckle on my lip.

More clouds.

Playing with the camera while Bill fixed my laptop DVD player.

10/01/06

Watching Narnia.

Color.

Color.

Natural lighting + "smart sharpen" makes my hair look greasy.

Cute flats from Old Navy.

I kind of don't like the little fake breathe holes.

Guess What October Is?

2006-10-03T00:49:34Z

Breast Cancer Awareness Month!

Check out my Myspace - I'm going Pink for October, and you should, too!

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Ten.

2006-09-20T16:54:28Z

Outdoor photos from my trip to FMG this past Saturday.
First, I went to the children's garden area.
Go figure.

A tree house.

Oooh look at the cute little horsey.

A pirate ship.

Up on the tree house.

A little "nest" area.

I love wobbly bridges!

Then on into the sculpture park.

Did I say little?!
Funny Story: pixelsrzen and I were chatting and he told me about the Da Vinci horse at FMG.
I googled it and found an image of people standing next to it - I couldn't believe how big it was!
I told him I'd have to go to the gardens and get a photo of me standing under the hoof kinda bent backwards with my hands in front of my face going, "AAAAHHHH!"
That's exactly what those little kids were doing when I went over there lol.
Hey, there's nothing wrong with being a kid at heart!

AAAAHHHHH

A giant shovel.

Somebody feed this thing!!

That's quite a sexy profile you have there.

Haha it looks normal-sized from here.

Man/woman depending on the angle.

Sooo there was this really wooded area that I walked back into. I'm all by myself. There's nobody around except for some old lady I had passed awhile ago.
Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see this!

I gasped and almost peed my pants.

Hmm... I wonder what Freud would make of this place.

Nine.

2006-09-20T02:04:50Z

Indoor photos from my trip to Frederik Meijer Gardens this past Saturday. I'll post the outdoor photos tomorrow.
A view from the parking lot.

First, I went into the "Arid" greenhouse.

These are from the next greenhouse, but I can't remember what that one was called.

Weird little cup plants.

Then into the "Victorian" greenhouse - my favorite part of the entire garden.

This is a color photo, by the way.

A very weird plant. It like, produces it's own basket or something.
Pretty neat.

Love, love, love this.

They were upset because Daddy didn't have any more coins for them to toss into the fountain.

Then into the "Tropical" greenhouse - the largest.

It was huge! In the exterior shots, you can see how tall/large this part was.

This reminded me of a joke my dad loves.
One evening, I was out to dinner with my mom and brother. My dad was working overtime and called my mom's cell phone right when we were getting ready to leave the restaurant.
They were yapping for quite some time, so I kept motioning to my mom that she could keep talking as we left, so she put me on the phone with my dad and he says,"Are you a panda?"
"Er... no, why?"
"Eats shoots and leaves?!"
Aaahhh gotta love that English sense of humor.

Couldn't get it to focus right.

They had lots of orchids in there - love!!
Those of you who aren't new to my journal know of Audrey and Audrey II lol {my orchids}.

There was a woman working there potting plants when I came to this one.
She said this is the first time it's blossomed in 7 years, and that it will be gone soon.
Perfect timing, eh?
See the little doves inside?

This one was weird.

Ooooh she's a wild one!

The very first thing that came to mind when I saw this was Alice in Wonderland!!
See the little faces with mouths? And they're wearing little bonnets!
OMG so cute.

Weird banana-y thingy hanging from the tree at the entrance.

Back to the "Victorian" greenhouse before heading outside.

Eight.

2006-09-18T20:28:52Z

I recently spent a weekend at my parents' house so that I could spend time with my puppy. He currently lives with my boyfriend, who lives near my parents on the other side of the state. Oliver, my puppy, turned 7 months on the second of this month.

We laid around most of the morning.

Off to the park!

My sister and Oliver.

He really likes sticks.

Those spikey thingies in his cheeks gross me out.
Sorry, baby =(

"Yummmmyyyyyy!"

"Stop reading and play with me!"

Roaming around.

I ended up having to drive back to my apartment that afternoon, so I brought Oliver with me.
Home in time to see the fireworks!

Sunday, September 10

"Daddy really needs to clip my nails!"

"No photos - I'm trying to sleep!"

He's just like my boyfriend - the minute they step into my apartment, they think it's nap time.

Original.

Making faces?

Original.

"What're we looking at?"

It's a chore looking this great lol.

I walked into the bedroom the other day to find Pearl just kind of suspended there between the dish and mirror on his playground.

Checking out the camera.

His new favorite perch.

Seven.

2006-09-12T03:42:40Z

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Six.

2006-09-10T17:20:00Z

My parents spent Labor Day weekend camping by the lake, near my apartment, so these photos are from the day I went to the lake with them.

Sunday, September 3rd

In my mom's Jeep on the way to the lake.

We're here!

A bunch of photos of boats entering and leaving the lake through the channel,
as we headed over to the submarine (a national monument!).

Lots of duckies!

The submarine. Most of you might remember it from the photos I posted back in April, when Bill and I first went there.

Dad heading down into the submarine.

What a coincidence - someone showed up in my dream car.

Big gun.

I sat on a bench with my sister and mother, watching the boaters/jetski'ers leaving through the channel.

What a pretty sail.

These would have been really great shots had I not cut the top of the sail off.
But it was too bright out to see.

He talked to us as he sailed by.

Buhbye.

Lone duck.

It was bright out.

Can't see.

She didn't want me taking her photo.

These ducks found a nice little seat.

BRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT.

A torpedo holder thingy.

A torpedo.

My ~~dream~~ car.

Being emo.

Playing with the zoom.

Can't seeeeeeee.

Dad's back... and he brought a taco!
There was more lettuce on that thing than most people have in their salads!

Aww.

Eww.

So my mom wanted Samantha's photo taken and she changed in the Jeep.
We didn't realize that her skirt was so thin until she stepped out and you could see her "favorite" undies.

She wasn't very cooperative... at all.
She looks so uncomfortable in all of these.
I need a more willing model to practice with!

The bright sun and excessive wind didn't help, either.

How cute.

I couldn't get her to stop looking at the camera.

Heading back to the campground.

Dad got some ice...

While I spied on people with my kickass zoom.

Hi, Ranger Smith.

Trying to soften the butter so we can make pizza pies.

Five.

2006-09-07T14:26:24Z

Very image-heavy.

Friday, September 1st

My apartment building.

So cookie-cutter.

The length of a city block!

Campus across the street.

Then off I go to the metal scrap yard, hoping to get a good shot for this week's theme in photocontest.

Tried to get ahold of the boyfriend, who was in bed already.

Saturday, September 2nd

I went to the campground to have breakfast with my parents, but the park wasn't open for another couple hours.

So my dad had to come let me in.

They were still sleeping when I got there... d'oh!

Samantha reading.

Playing with the super macro mode.

Went home and camwhored.

Sunday, September 3rd

Heading out for breakfast.

The BOB.

Pretty.

On 196E passing the basilica.

Bill was looking at cars and drove around the building, and look what I found!
My dream car!

The river's pretty low.

Turrrrtle.

Zoom.

Bill cleaned his truck while I took photos.

I live right by the river.

Four.

2006-09-05T20:45:53Z

Basilica of St. Adalbert

Israel's Design For Living

Three.

2006-09-05T16:10:08Z

All of these were taken with my new camera - a Canon PowerShot S3 IS.
Before I even left the parking lot!

You know those apartments I keep talking about? The ones that used to be a middle school?
Well, this is it. Not that great of shots, but I couldn't help myself.
This is before I even made it back home. The camera came with a 16mb SD card so I had to fill it up (which happened after taking 7 shots)!

I can't really tell, but it looks like the top corner apartments are more than 1 floor and have tons of windows *swoons*

Original detailed entrance.

Love the subtle details.

One of the main entrances, sort of on the corner of 4th and Broadway.

Back home - my view.

Playing with the color settings.

Macro mode.

Leaving Allendale for the 3rd time yesterday.
I had to walk up and down those hills in the middle of winter once =(

I really should have been watching the road.

After my PHI class got out at 5:45pm yesterday, I came home to find a teeny bunny in my teeny front yard!
Kind of odd seeing as I live in the city.

I got a little too close.

And so he stood in that position for a minute or two.

See how little he is?

Myspace!

My view.

Pearl.

Random shot.

Trying out the super macro mode.

Pearl!

This morning... blurry =(

I always sit in the same spot on the bus.

The whole bench to myself!

I always seem to have to park far away from my building =(

I look so plain lately.

Pearl likes my face.

Talking to my nose.

One.

2006-09-05T15:46:24Z

I've been neglecting this photo journal, but now that I have a new camera, I've decided to update it regularly.

I've deleted the few posts that were in here, and am going to make a few posts of my favorite photos from the past few months. I apologize ahead of time for the excessive friend list hogging.

The first few were taken with my old camera; the rest were taken with my boyfriend's new camera.

Oliver trying to play with the neighbor dog

Yummy rain water

Oliver & the Weina Ride

Teasing the neighbor dog

Just waking up

Trying to find a good place to pee

His favorite toy - the squeeky one

Napping on mommy

Trying out the boyfriend's new camera

Playing with the settings

On the way to the drive-in

Burger King!

The yucky guy that took our order

Movie's over!

Restless Oliver

He kept flipping positions

Pearl!

On the way to take photos - I like how the angle makes the road in the mirror look like just a continuation of the road next to the car

Bye, country town

Bethel Church on the corner of Bethel Church Rd. and Schneider Rd. in Saline

It's pretty much the middle of nowhere there

"I'm so ronreeeey..."

Headed into the storm

Back in town

Having lunch with Sarah... playing with the camera settings

Oops...?

Aaahh, another skin disease!

Look! My skin has cleared up!

A little house in Tecumseh. I absolutely love it! It used to be a little stone church. Gah, it's gorgeous!

He doesn't like posing anymore

He started licking me

Ew lol

Macro mode, haha