September twenty eight

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September twenty seven

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My friend Polly is wondering who else might still be playing along, trying or practicing or perfecting something for 30 days.  Doesn't matter if you've been on top of every day, but have you been having some fun that you'd like to share?

I'm glad to see the end on the horizon, as much as I have enjoyed these 27 days of photography.  It does sometimes feel burdensome, either in the taking or the posting (or the thinking about or the adding it to the to-do list), but to have the body of work to look at and ponder -- that's where the beauty of really pushing yourself to do a thing every day really pays off.  Thinking about whether or not to continue, or to try something different, or -- bold thinking -- to continue and ADD something.  Natalie would be proud....

September twenty six

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September twenty five

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September twenty four

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Late afternoon brilliant sunshine, and another brilliant win. Gryphons remain undefeated....

September twenty three

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And so it begins.

September twenty second

 

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I  would not blame you in the least for thinking some over-wrought PhotoShop enhancement were at work here, but I tell you honestly -- this is straight out of the camera. It was still summer in New Jersey this morning, before we headed north for home.

September twenty one

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We attended a magnificent 90th birthday party today in New Jersey, for Ken's uncle.  What a long-over due chance to spend time with this branch of Ken's family!  Dean hadn't been down since he was a toddler, so of course for him this really was for all practical purposes his first time.  Dean, left, is standing with Tyler, who is two months older than Dean.  Tyler is the son of Ken's cousin's son -- not sure there's any kind of name for this relationship (cousins twice removed? thrice removed? who knows?) but to me there is certainly a family resemblance.

September twenty

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Happy Friday, indeed.  For all the grousing we do about the weather at other times of year, New England remains patient with us, and focused -- she knows she's going to come through with a spectacular fall.  Every time.  And she'll have us on our knees begging forgiveness for every and any unkind thing we may have ever said about the weather, because THIS is heaven on Earth.  Thank you, New England; I do love you.

September nineteen

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September eighteen

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September seventeen

 

Yeah, I know. Indulge me. Gryphons are off to an amazing 3-0 start.

September sixteen

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September fifteen

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Today is the half-way mark on the 30-day challenge. Time to start thinking about what the next 30-day project might be!

September fourteen

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September thirteen

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Great day for the home opener, and the Gryphons are off to a 2-0 start.  Dean looks so much bigger to me out there this year....

September twelve

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This one is just for fun (with license plate altered) -- parking next to her made me feel very safe and in good company.  I kind of love it when people wear their hearts on their cars....

September eleven

 

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September 10

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September nine

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No, I didn't set out to capture a month of flowers. It's not even how I'd even think to define September in New England. But there you go.

September eight

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September seven

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Right at this moment it is summer, and fall.

September six

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I am inspired today by this quotation, shared by Dean's school:

“The advice I like to give young artists, or really anybody who’ll listen to me, is not to wait around for inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs; the rest of us just show up & get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part & a bolt of lightning to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself. Things occur to you." ~ Chuck Close

September five

September 4

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September three

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September two

 

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September one

I am jumping back in with a 30-day challenge; I will be taking a photo a day for the month of September (with the goal of telling the very story of this particular September) and posting them here each day. We'll see if that jump-starts me, on several levels.

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I invite you to come along; no rules or regulations, no point at which the 30-day count must start or end. Just challenge yourself to do something every day for a month and see where it takes you.