One Thousand: California Poppies

I've wanted to photograph these California poppies for so long!

Gift #64: Beautiful California poppies at work

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One Thousand: Blue skies, Headbands, Faces

Here are my last gifts for the day. :) I think I did pretty good. 

I honestly don't know what it is about this photo. I know it's just blue sky but there's something I love about it. When I stare at it I feel myself being sucked in as if I'm searching for something else...something within myself? I don't know. Something in space? I don't know that either. But something holds my eye.

Gift #61: Clear blue skies

There are some days like today when I do not feel like blowdrying my hair and I'm so thankful that I have headbands to make my hair look somewhat cute!

Gift #62: Headbands to make you cute

Lastly, a mashup of my face. When I'm alone, or with my husband, I complain about my face. But I really do consider my face to be a huge gift. Flaws and all.

Gift #63: My face

One Thousand: Hiking

I reached 60!

Ok this one was kind of cheating...I took this photo a couple weeks ago during a photo shoot that we did for two local businesses. It was never used so I though that it would be appropriate for this gorgeous 70F day! If Scott wasn't working today perhaps we would be out hiking. I just thought it was a perfect gift for today because this weather would be fantastic for hiking and I love the fact that we have some fabulous trails so close to us to hike on whenever we please.

Gift #60: Hiking on warm days

These photos aren't for my project but I thought that if I was going to share the photo above I would share some of the photos I took during the outdoor shoot. These two are from the running portion and I just love the mossy trees!

One Thousand: Gifts and Checks

I've taken the Love Languages quiz so many times and I'm always surprised that gift-giving and receiving is not closer to the top of the list! I love giving gifts and I love receiving them too. I pretend that birthdays aren't that important to me, but they totally are.

A couple of days ago Scott surprised me with a photography magazine focusing on wedding and portrait photos knowing that I'm in love with those. Yay! 

Gift #58: Unexpected gifts

I am excited to announce that I have received my first official payment as Simply Green Photography! So trivial but so exciting.

Gift #59: First official check as Simply Green

My favorite portraits

There are so many more that I love but I can only put so many!

One Thousand: Moon and flowers

What I am so excited about with this project of mine is seeing the end result and seeing whether there are common themes that run through the pictures during different periods of my life. Right now it seems to be food and plants. But I feel that that's OK since I do have 1000 photos to take! So here are a few more plants! 

I love when the moon comes out when it's still light out. And I think it's especially pretty when it's framed by flowers. 

Gift #55: The moon through the trees

I love pretty pink flowers.

Gift #56: Pretty pink flowers on trees

This photo was a complete accident. I have many more pictures of these flowers that are in focus but I love how this one looks like a painting. I just had to include it!

Gift #57: Pictures that look like paintings