283/365 - Trixie & the Red Ball

"Okay... I did 'down'... I'm waiting... You can go ahead and throw it now... Any day now would be fine."

260/365 - Trixie

Overly-'shopped photo of the Trixie-dog.

(Trying to distract from the blurry boringness of the photo with the Orton effect and faux cross-processing.)

252/365 - Blurry Dog & Bone

Isn't it artistic how I . . . purposely. . . blurred this photo of me offering Trixie (the stubby remains of) a Nylabone?

. . . No? Well, I had to try, but I can't say I'm surprised. ;o) At least there's a photo for this day, right?

245/365 - Blur Man

Look! On the easement! It's a car! It's a bicycle! No, it's Blur Man!

...Or maybe it's Donald doing some running.

...Yeah, probably just Donald doing some running. Oh well, never mind. Sorry for bothering you all for nothing...

222/365 - *Wink*

When she's in her crate, Trixie sometimes squooshes herself against it to make it easier for someone to pet her through the bars. This time, she also closed one eye and "winked" at me. (Funny girl!)

(Hm. The fact that this was the best photo I took that day speaks volumes about how lazy I've gotten with Project 365. As if my extreme tardiness in posting the photos didn't say enough.)

201/365 - Pump House

(Apparently I took very few photos on day 201 of Project 365, and those I took were kind of blurry.)

This is our new pump house (still under construction, obviously) as seen from the fenced yard (near the patio). Donald's made a lot of progress on it since this was taken, and on this past Saturday (May 15th), we shingled the roof. Once the painting and trimming is done, I'll take more photos.

80/365 - Blurry Dots

As you probably know, if you read my tweets on Twitter, I'm planning to start a crochet afghan made with hexagon motifs.

I've looked at many photos-- jotted a handful of patterns-- even bought some yarn at a good sale last week to put together with some bought on clearance earlier in the year and some I received for Christmas.

It's a little of this and a little of that. I like the look of a lot of colors in a cheerful afghan of this sort, but this is my first try at such a big project, and I'm the tiniest bit hesitant, still.

Last night, I decided to try a trick Mom once told me (that one of her aunts told her). They both use it for quilting, but I don't see why it can't work for anything that requires the selection and combination of color.

The idea is that to get an impression of what a bunch of colors of fabric (or in this case, yarn) look like together-- without being distracted by any one pattern or color-- you should lay them all out together, stand back, and look at them through squinted eyes.

I thought that a purposely blurred photo would be one step better, so here it is!

Looking at the colors this way does give a different impression. I can see that certain colors stand out more than I realized they would. Some that I was initially hesitant about (the pink in the lower right corner, the yellow in the lower left corner) seem more harmonious, now.

I'm still at the stage where I might possibly tweak my palette a bit (especially if I get a good deal on one or two different colors of yarn), but I think I could use just what I have here and be happy with the finished product.

(This kind of project must be good for people who tend to over-think things, since the whole idea is to be a little bit random. It'll either help them let go and loosen up or drive them to the brink of insanity, I guess. (g))