monstergirlee's photo spot

Oh the Snow Days!

2012-01-24T11:35:00.000-08:00

There will be many pics of the snow days we had recently. Largest and longest lasting snow that I can remember in my 20 years here. Crazy too, that it come after MLK weekend, so the kids had 9 days off - quite the unexpected vacation for all.

Coming Back To Life Here

2012-01-21T18:26:00.001-08:00

My 365 Project is done, I made my goal of at least one photo each day for a whole year. Cool.

So now it's back here posting whatever I want. Enjoy.

Thinking of the Holidays

2011-12-03T17:33:00.000-08:00

And before I forget, please go here to help make a little boy's dream come true.

Happy Holidays Y'all!

Be sure to check out my 365 Project HERE.

Autumn in the Pacific Northwest

2011-11-29T08:04:00.001-08:00

I love the autumn light, even in the middle of the day the light has a neat yellow quality that is rarely harsh.

Don't forget to visit my 365 Photo Project, 332 days and counting.

Just Need Some Sunny Pics

2011-09-18T22:07:00.000-07:00

Don't forget to check out my 365 Photo Project HERE.

Broadway Farmer's Market Today

2011-08-18T23:26:00.000-07:00

And Guitar Maniacs! I should go inside someday and take pictures. Rick has such neat stuff in there.

This is a new post

2011-08-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

And this is what I want to tell you.

And now I'm adding a photo to make it more interesting.

I know this guy.

Check out my 365 Project HERE.

Downtown T-Town

2011-08-04T13:19:00.000-07:00

Street Sign Project

Fireworks

2011-07-25T18:37:00.001-07:00

Took some fireworks pictures on the 4th of July, my first try. It was really fun, and from the beginning to the end of the show, I learned quite a bit and look forward to my next opportunity.

Anyway, I wanted to share some here.

HERE is my 365 Project, going on now.

Black and White Daisy

2011-07-23T20:42:00.000-07:00

I don't normally like flowers in black and white much, but this daisy is nice.

Stop by and check out my 365 Photo Project HERE.

Graffiti at the Heidelberg

2011-07-17T20:03:00.001-07:00

Many memories from the Heidelberg, from watching my Husband play, to parties, to playing in my own bands, to a 40th Birthday way up on top.

Hello There

2011-06-26T12:53:00.000-07:00

This photo from my 365 project which is going on HERE. but wanted to share on this blog too.

Stop by and say Hi.

More Farmer's Market

2011-05-22T07:38:00.000-07:00

Check out my 365 Photo Project HERE.

Walking Around T-Town

2011-05-17T08:26:00.001-07:00

With the Husband and kids on Saturday, we were blessed with a mild & sunny day, what a treat it was.

If you want to check out my 365 Photo Project, go HERE. Thanks for looking.

Tacoma Farmer's Market-Broadway

2011-05-12T10:20:00.000-07:00

Went for the first one last week, actually got some sun. Nice.

June Afternoons

2011-04-22T10:27:00.001-07:00

Check it out HERE, its for a good cause, I promise.

In the meantime, a new photo of something other than Himself over on my 365 project blog:

As always, you can go HERE to check out my 365 project blog. Thanks for looking!

Cherry Blossoms On My Street

2011-03-11T17:03:00.000-08:00

Also check out my 365 Photo Project HERE.

Snow on the Butterfly Tree

2011-03-02T16:37:00.001-08:00

Looks like it was shot in B/W but its not.

Check out my 365 Photo Project HERE, this months theme is Green.

Baby It's Snowy Outside

2011-02-23T16:43:00.001-08:00

And of course the kids are loving it!

Reminiscent of my Childhood

2011-02-17T13:07:00.000-08:00

The sun was shining in the kitchen today as I emptied the dishwasher, and noticed the neat colors of these metal tumblers. I think they're the same kind I drank from when I was growing up. I think they were from the 50's or 60's, made in Italy.

Don't forget to check out my 365 Photo Project HERE. Thanks! It truly is a photo of the day blog.

TV Antennae

2011-02-12T08:48:00.000-08:00

Don't see these around much anymore.

Go HERE to check out my 365 Photo Project.

Row of Droplets

2011-02-05T16:02:00.000-08:00

So tiny and cute.

Go HERE to check out my 365 Photo Project as well.

Walking in my neighborhood

2011-01-31T10:00:00.000-08:00

Dropped the boy off at school, and noticed everything was drippy but the sky was kind of bright so I grabbed my camera. Found some great red bushes with no leaves, bright red. I'll have to go back and see what they look like with leaves etc.

Don't forget to check out my 365 Photo Project blog, click HERE to see.

Port of Tacoma

2011-01-27T15:17:00.000-08:00

I love the Port, but find it hard to get a good shot that shows the industrial beauty.

Another Fleeting Snow Photo

2011-01-20T09:41:00.000-08:00

So funny, started snowing really hard about 8:00, I went out to take photos around 9:30 or so, then by morning it was mostly gone. Kids totally missed out this time. It was rather photogenic tho.

Btw - don't forget to check out my 365 Photo Project.

Last Night's Fleeting Snow Storm

2011-01-12T19:45:00.000-08:00

BTW - I'd love it if you stopped by HERE and checked out my new photo project.

I Needed to Post Some Sunshine

2011-01-10T19:04:00.000-08:00

This is from early autumn, back when it was mild and sunny. I need to post more summer photos I think. Enjoy.

Also, you can check out my 365 Photo Project HERE.

Look at the hair on this kid

2011-01-07T16:39:00.000-08:00

He really pulled a fast one on me tho. I always told him he could do whatever he wanted with his hair. Little did I know that feeling would change once he wanted to grow it out. I so prefer it short short short. Oh well, he's still a cutie pie.

BTW - I started a 365 Photo Project over on wordpress, stop by and check it out: http://monstergirlee.wordpress.com/

Christmas Images

2010-12-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

Our Christmas tree.

Self Portrait (unintended actually but I like that I'm in the picture)

And an ornament.

No I didn't Forget About You

2010-12-22T20:52:00.000-08:00

I'm just trying to decide if I should switch platforms for my blog or not. Blogger is not so photo friendly, at least not to my way of thinking.

Anyway, I took these out playing with the dog (her name is Betty) on Tuesday.

He sure does love that dog.

More Camera Fun

2010-11-29T12:09:00.001-08:00

At the Museum of Glass (outdoors of course.)

Whoa... my head...

2010-11-28T19:52:00.000-08:00

Just kidding. Playing around with my camera while out on a photo walk today. In the rain of course. Figured the black and white would suit better.

A Day Off With My Husband

2010-11-18T20:59:00.000-08:00

First stop was for coffee.

I know this guy! (I love this guy)

Then we stopped and bought apples.

And saw some birds on the telephone wire.

It was nice to spend the day with him, just the two of us.

Someone Turned 8 Yesterday!

2010-11-11T21:12:00.001-08:00

Holy crap, and my life has never been the same.

Oh how I love my boy.

Happy birthday!

Herself at School

2010-11-07T19:31:00.000-08:00

Fall Color by Hipstamitc

2010-11-03T19:39:00.000-07:00

I'm sure this has been talking about somewhere, but the irony of using the very latest in technology to try to make it look so very low-tech is quite hilarious to me. I'm just sayin'....

Happy Halloween

2010-11-01T13:55:00.000-07:00

We had a Halloween party on Saturday night. Hubby was the Demon, formerly know as Prince... of darkness. This is on his way into the shower.

Another from the new toy

2010-10-29T20:43:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite kinds of candy, but I rarely see it outside of Halloween, so I'm hoarding it all for myself.

New Toy

2010-10-29T20:41:00.001-07:00

And I love the new apps that go with it. I know lots of people really like the Hipstamtic, I do too, but I kind of like Shake-It better. Here is one of my fave shots so far.

Dead Leaf

2010-10-23T12:48:00.000-07:00

Oddly still attached to the shrub.

From a walk on the waterfront with Herself one morning this week.

Sunflower - SOOC

2010-10-18T10:17:00.001-07:00

SOOC is an acronym for Straight Out Of Camera. No editing at all. I usually feel pretty good when I can take a great photo that looks just right, SOOC. Hope you like it too. (are you tired of sunflowers yet?)

Morning Dew in my Neighborhood

2010-10-15T14:05:00.000-07:00

Such a beautiful morning! The fall has been really nice so far this year. Doesn't really make up for the crappy summer tho. But I'll take it!

The Easel

2010-10-14T10:26:00.000-07:00

Perfect for those long rainy days of winter.

It was a Christmas present a couple of years ago, rarely used, but suddenly its the best thing ever. YAY.

Rock and Roll Boy

2010-10-09T11:27:00.000-07:00

Sometimes its all about the silly. And I have a boy who complies.

Note the heavy-metal hand gestures, very important.

Orange Sunflower

2010-10-07T16:34:00.001-07:00

There is just something about sunflowers that I really love, maybe because they're so huge, and colorful. Je ne sais quois.

Another Sunflower

2010-10-01T15:00:00.000-07:00

Just about to burst into bloom I think.

Afternoon

2010-09-29T12:32:00.000-07:00

Took a group of neighborhood kids to the closest playground, and of course they left a pile of scooters and helmets to play on the big toys.

Today's Sunflowers

2010-09-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

Found these on school grounds. Took several in black and white - not on purpose, then decided I liked them too.

Corn Dogs For Lunch

2010-09-24T15:24:00.001-07:00

This is what I found when the girl finished her corn dog.

And I took a picture.

Tomato Harvest

2010-09-22T08:24:00.001-07:00

Grew tomatoes for the first time this year, it was pretty fun. And tasty. Can't wait to do it again next year. And yes, they are as small as they look but so flavorful. "Matts Wild Cherry" is the variety.

Best Breakfast Smoothie Recipe Ever

2010-09-21T10:45:00.000-07:00

One old banana

1 C. blueberries (frozen OK)

1/2 C. vanilla yogurt

2 T protein powder

3/4 C. Soy Milk

Blend until smooth. So good. So good for you.

JUST HAD TO SHARE. Now, I must go drink my breakfast.

As you were.

This morning on my front porch

2010-09-21T09:35:00.000-07:00

I've been working on capturing the eyes of the people I photograph. Paying extra close attention to the lighting and focus.

This is one I took this morning, and I'm pretty happy with it. I also took pictures of my tomatoes, and a willing Orb Weaver. But I'm only sharing this one of my girl.

A Morning of Mist and Spiders

2010-09-17T09:45:00.000-07:00

And this is what you get.

So funny, how scared I am of spiders. Yet I love to photograph them. Maybe someday it'll help me overcome my fear.

Camp Runamok

2010-09-11T15:24:00.000-07:00

Grandma Freddy's Chalet in the woods. Love it!

Ketchup & Marshmallows

2010-09-07T07:37:00.000-07:00

Why do I like pictures of my kids with messy faces so much? This one is all about camping, and having ketchup and marshmallows all over her face.

Landscape with Cows

2010-09-04T16:59:00.001-07:00

Taken out the window on our way back from Grandma Freddy's house. Turned out pretty nice IMO.

Two Pictures of My Girl

2010-09-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

Sometimes she actually puts herself to sleep. Snuck in and took this one day when it was hot last month.

This was during a quick lunch at the Beach.

Happy Birthday Dad/Grandpa!

2010-09-02T16:50:00.001-07:00

Hope you had a great day today. Wish we were there to help celebrate.

Love,

the west coast crew

First Day of School

2010-09-02T12:38:00.000-07:00

And he's starting second grade. We had our traditional Mother and Son Starbucks breakfast, the walked to school together. Next year it'll be with the girl.

August Camping

2010-08-22T17:19:00.000-07:00

Our (probably) last camping trip of the year.

Great weather, good site, lots of fun. Except for the stupid blow-up mattress that Hubby and I slept on which DEFLATED and SUCKED.

Typical face of my son.

Herself with Sweepy

And the Beer of Camping.

Been Lagging

2010-08-17T11:31:00.000-07:00

About putting up a new post. I have a bunch of awesome pictures from our trip to visit Grandma Freddy and Uncle Brendan and everyone else. I'll try to post them before the end of the week. Sorry its taking so long.

XOXO

charlotte

You Capture - Summer

2010-08-05T10:24:00.000-07:00

Summer means road trips and camping. Since we didn't camp this past week, but did road-trip, here are some pics from visiting Grandma's house, and a couple from the drive home. Those triple trailers in Oregon really freak me out.

Thanks for visiting! Go to You Capture to check out the rest of this weeks Summer photos!

Just Some of the Fun

2010-08-03T12:53:00.000-07:00

Of this past week, both kids spent a considerable amount of time on the neighbor's trampoline. Loved the pics.

I love this hair!

Early Morning at Millersylvania State Park

2010-07-25T18:17:00.000-07:00

Just imagine if a real photographer had taken this photo!

Hope you like the one I took.

Cropping

2010-07-23T12:03:00.000-07:00

I am really bad at cropping my photos. So I've decided to try some new stuff, go more extreme and see how they turn out. Here are my first efforts.

You Capture - Black and White

2010-07-22T10:16:00.001-07:00

I took this photos by accident actually, but kind of liked it so I'm using for my You Capture photo this week. I found a great local hiking book, and we've been doing one each week. Last week's hike was the West Hylebos Wetlands hike. Great fun for us all. Hope you enjoy the picture.

And this was converted from color.

Go HERE and check out the rest of the You Capture photos.

Thanks for looking!

You Capture - Vehicles

2010-07-15T08:29:00.001-07:00

I didn't see many cool vehicles to photograph so I thought I'd get up close and personal with Hubby's 1981 Volvo, I kind of like them. Hope you do too!

Go HERE to see the rest of the You Capture photos!

Custom Shoe Rack

2010-07-10T15:28:00.000-07:00

Designed, built, and installed by my Husband. He is awesome and wonderful and I love him very much.

I probably should have taken pics of it before I filled it with shoes. Then you could see how nice it really is.

Day at the Beach

2010-07-08T10:10:00.001-07:00

Knew it was going to be really warm yesterday so I took the kids and a friend to Ocean Shores. Just about perfect there, the kids had a blast in the sand and surf. Yay!

The amount of sand on them is in direct proportion to the amount of fun they had.

Happy Independence Day!

2010-07-04T12:36:00.000-07:00

This was a messy morning.

From Our Narrows Bridge Walk

2010-07-03T10:36:00.000-07:00

We saw this sailing ship motoring along. The kids were thrilled.

You Capture - I choose Green

2010-07-01T06:52:00.001-07:00

This is my favorite of the green pictures. Fresh peas from my sisters garden.

And the empty pea pods.
And a cool green waterfront from camping last weekend.
Because it happens to be one of my favorite colors.

Here HERE to see the rest of the You Capture photos.

Voodoo Lily

2010-06-28T20:56:00.000-07:00

From our yard.

Hard to get a good shot of them, they're quite large. My sister identified this for me last time it bloomed in 2008.

Here is an arsty fartsy shot.

Picking Peas at AJ's House

2010-06-25T10:33:00.000-07:00

They got to pick strawberries, and peas. Surprisingly they both loved shelling and eating the peas. Guess I'll have to plant some next year. Yum.

You Capture - Get Down Low

2010-06-24T08:45:00.000-07:00

This weeks You Capture challenge was to Get Down Low, so I lay on the floor for these first two, this is Hubby playing Guitar, and Betty laying on the floor listening.
These are Herself's sparkly shoes. She was very proud of her shoes that day and showed them to everyone.
Go HERE to enjoy the rest of You Capture at I Should Be Folding Laundry.

Happy Fathers Day to my Two Favorite Fathers

2010-06-20T17:30:00.001-07:00

My Dad will say he doesn't like this pic but I love it, because I love my Dad! Hi Dad!
And then my Husband, also known as my Baby Daddy, Happy Fathers Day, I love you!

My Kids Father - AKA my Husband. He's the one with the Guitar.

Purple Flowers

2010-06-19T18:10:00.001-07:00

The sun came out late on Wednesday and I happened to be out for a walk with Herself.

You Capture - Water

2010-06-16T21:48:00.000-07:00

I had planned to do one more photo shoot for this weeks theme but ran out of time. Hope you enjoy these.

And here you have them - water in the form of drops first:

The grapes in sparkling water were inspired by two other wonderful photog friends of mine, Aimee at Greeblemonkey and Meghann at Midget Invasion so a quick shout out to two awesome friends - hey girls!

Water in a glass with grapes.

I was taking the grapes photos in the bright sunlight and was playing with stopping down and up the exposures, so they're kind of different colors. I'm not very good at photo editing yet, but I will be someday.

Hope you enjoyed my water photos. Go to I Should Be Folding Laundry-Beth's You Capture page and check out the rest of the photos!

You Capture - Fun

2010-06-09T20:05:00.000-07:00

I'm going to do this post old school style with regular size photos.

This weeks challenge was Fun. I had a lot of fun taking pictures, and what else does fun mean except shoving a camera in my kids faces. Fun for Mama anyway.

So we went to the playground a couple times and I brought my camera. Himself loves the monkey bars. And Herself loves to walk along the top of the wall, this time she was pretending to be a lion.

Enjoy.

Go HERE and check out the rest of the photographers at Beth's site.

Thanks for playing along!

A Walk At The School

2010-06-08T14:04:00.000-07:00

And I call this one "Laughing in a plaid dress"

At least you can't see the ketchup all over her face.

Ooops, you can.

Backyard Angel

2010-06-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

In my neighbors backyard, a concrete angel sits patiently.

You Capture - Best Shot

2010-06-02T12:20:00.000-07:00

Ok so its been really rainy, little to no sun, and I've been super sick for the first time in ages so haven't really been out. At all.

Now, excuses aside, I did manage to get out and snap a few shots of my rhody out front, and think this one turned out OK. Hope you enjoy it too.

Now, go to Beth's site and check out all the other great You Capture photos!

Thanks for playing along.

Bougainvillea

2010-06-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

I played with the color a bit with this one, made it kind of antiqued, faded even.

You Capture - Sky

2010-05-27T07:52:00.000-07:00

Three of these were taken last night, and one is a bit older. I've never been much of a sunset/sunrise person mostly because living in the city there are pretty limited horizons. Anyway, here you go.

As I turned around to put my camera away, I saw this moon peeking up over the fence, I turned my camera 180 degrees and took this one, not a great shot but I kind of like it anyway.

And this is from a photo walk that I did with my daughter last last April. I love those puffy clouds, but then sometimes I have to wait for the sun to come back while focusing on something. Lovely tho.

Thanks for stopping by my You Capture post. Go HERE to check out the rest of the awesome photos.

Orange Orange

2010-05-25T14:23:00.000-07:00

In the bright sunlight, oranges on an orange plate.

OMG I am the worlds biggest dork.

2010-05-19T23:04:00.001-07:00

I posted the same photo twice in one week. I told you I didn't care much for flickr.

AAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!

You Capture - DOF

2010-05-19T20:30:00.000-07:00

Thats Depth of Field, and I chose to highlight mine with bokeh. Hope you enjoy it.

Click HERE to look at the rest of the You Capture photos.

May Greeblepix Contest

2010-05-17T19:55:00.000-07:00

So I'm a bit disenchanted with flickr right now, I like it for some stuff but I also realize it stops me from posting as often because instead of uploading a photo straight to my blog, I have to upload it to flickr, then edit it, resize it, then post it. Anyway, its not that much work but it slows me down. I think I'll go back to the other way for a while.

However, since this is greeblepix time, I am going for a large photo today.

Anyway, go HERE and check out the rest of the entries, you'll be glad you did.

Um How Did It Get To Be Thursday?

2010-05-13T09:51:00.000-07:00

And I totally forgot to post new photos.

So anyway, I really like this photo even tho the focus is a bit off.

Happy Mothers Day

2010-05-08T20:40:00.000-07:00

Caught Some Sun While Out For A Walk

2010-05-07T19:42:00.000-07:00

The focus isn't quite right but I love love love the expression on her face so here it is anyway.

Very Small Pale Purple Flowers On The Summit

2010-05-06T09:50:00.000-07:00

I think the name speaks for itself.

Hiking with my Son

2010-05-03T19:00:00.000-07:00

Was quite fun, I look forward to more family hiking.

The Photo for A Moment In Time

2010-05-02T16:34:00.000-07:00

Taken for a New York Times project called A Moment In Time.

I went outside a bit before 8:00 AM to look around and saw some beautiful Cala Lillies across the street. I'll to go back when the sun is out and try again, these are bit on the grey side, tho I did play with this one a bit.

A Better Photo of a Lovely Pink Flower

2010-04-29T17:54:00.000-07:00

From a hike Himself and I did a couple weeks ago.

Sunday Fun!

2010-04-26T17:42:00.000-07:00

My parents are in town for a rare visit so my sister and bro-in-law had an early birthday party for their little girl Zora. It was really nice to visit with everyone, and such a gorgeous day in Seattle.

Black and White Branch

2010-04-22T23:45:00.001-07:00

Fern on the Mountain

2010-04-21T12:17:00.000-07:00

I've always liked the name Fern for a girl, must be from the book Charlotte's Web, one of my all-time faves.

From Saturdays hike with Himself.

Hi honey!

2010-04-19T14:20:00.000-07:00

Toothless in the bath

2010-04-17T17:39:00.000-07:00