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March 23, 2008

Day 28 - My Heaven

We celebrated Easter out at my grandparents farm today. I love this farm and of course I love my grandparents. Around sunset I set off across the soggy fields to capture what I love most about it. It's amazingly hard to capture how I feel about this place. I wanted to take a whole picture of everything at once because I love every piece of it, but that would have lacked in composition. Not to mention it's not very pretty there right now since everything is still dead. I could have stood out there all night long and listened to the sound of nothing though. It's so peaceful and I think this is what Heaven might be like.

August 25, 2008

Day 141 - hear the train

Spokane was founded because of it's train tracks. Sometimes it's such a pain to get stuck waiting for one to pass, but most of the time they make me feel nostalgic. From my house I can hear the whistle blow. Probably from almost anywhere in the city it can be heard. My sister used to live so close to the tracks that the walls would rattle (this was in her younger days). I would sometimes stay the night at her house. You would think the sound would be awful, but somehow it was comforting. On my way home from a photoshoot I saw this train crossing our wonderful city. I got out and climbed up on this hill and hopped a fence because I knew exactly what I wanted this to look like. enjoy. :)

July 1, 2008

Day 101 - BIG!

This dandelion was HUGE! As big as her head almost. Of course everytime I clicked the shutter she stopped blowing. I think she does it on purpose, lol.

December 23, 2008

day 209 - fluffy flakes

the snow is perfectly fluffy like cotton this morning. :) it's floating around dreamily. makes me smile. so I tried this shot again. I couldn't decide between this one and another one I will post in a bit.

March 15, 2008

Day 20 - a lot from a little

I was standing where the water is in this shot.

I'm surprised at how little water there is in the river right now. I walked well past where the end of the dock was. With all the snow we had melting and the rain we've gotten in the last few days I would have thought this would be really full and running fast. I guess they have the damn closed. Even though I was expecting lots of moving water, I'm still happy with this shot. Just a little farther out the water was moving really quickly, but it felt too dangerous to venture out that far. I have a few others from tonight, but not sure if I'll use any of them. We'll see. :)

July 27, 2008

Day 122 - Hay

We went huckleberry picking today in the mountains. I got bit my a million mosquitoes, but we got some yummy huckleberries. Those things are like gold. You'll never see so many people in the mountians crawling around in the woods. LOL.

Later, I drove down the freeway to this spot. There is a small store here that sells fresh produce. The owners just happened to be driving by while we were there so we asked if we could go out in their field to take pictures. They didn't mind at all and gave us a couple of fresh cucumbers to take home with us too. They were so nice. :)

June 1, 2008

Day 77 - saying hello OR telling me off

wonder what he's thinking as he stares back at me...

these humming birds are sooooo tiny and BRAVE! I took this with a wide angle lens if you can believe it. I could have reached out and touched this little guy.

went out to my aunts and had a day of riding 4 wheelers, riding horses and eating yummy hamburgers. now that's what I call a great day!

you can see another shot from the same angle here
http://www.rachelschell.com/gallery/2793217_yNx7z#306571349_6vB5J

July 25, 2008

Day 120 - }}

my niece is such a fish. she reminds me of myself when I was a kid. my dad used to call me his little fish. I once swam across a lake and back.

March 10, 2008

Day 15 - Appreciate Now

I used to live right across the street from this exact spot. It was a cute little condo that I owned. I bought it for $45,000 (I'm serious) and they are now selling for $85,000. At the time all I could think about was how much I couldn't stand living in this city. I wanted to go back to California. I look back on it now and I wish I would have appreciated it then. It's such a beautiful location. To be able to walk a few seconds and be right in front of the river is an amazing thing.

When I think a bit more about not appreciate that condo and that view, I realize I do that a lot in my life. I almost never see the beauty around me until I don't have it anymore. It's something I really want to change about myself. It's sad to realize that I'm like this and also sad to look back at what I had and didn't appreciate.

August 9, 2008

Day 131 - party guest

it was my nieces 6th bday party today. we took them all to Riverfront Park for a few hours then back to my sisters house. We got them dressed up and did their hair, nails and makeup then took them out for dinner to Red Robin. After dinner and desert they got steamed milk from Starbucks and then danced on the dance floor (garage decorated with strobe light and streamers). It was so cute.

This is O, looking out the window watching for the other girls to arrive.

March 9, 2008

Day 14 - Sleep My Child

O hasn't been sleeping much lately. Well she never was a good sleeper, but lately she's been up as soon as the sun rises after not falling asleep until 10. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so I cut up some boxes and shoved the cardboard into her windows until I can go get some shades for her windows. She slept until 9 (well, 10 technically, daylight savings) this morning, thank goodness, but as we speak she is laying next to me throwing a fit and crying. Sounds like an early bedtime coming to me.

June 6, 2008

Day 80 - zucchini chocolate chip cookies

a good way to sneak veggies into your kids diets. :P

1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup brown sugar (I used regular sugar since I didn't have brown)
1/3 cup honey
1 tablespoon vanilla extract (I used almond extract, didn't have vanilla)
Combine in large bowl
1 cup white flour
1 cup whole wheat flour (I just used another cup of white, didn't have whole wheat)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Combine in a separate, small bowl and blend into liquid mixture
1 cup finely shredded zucchini (the more the fine the less likely the kids will notice)
12 ounces chocolate chips
Stir these into other ingredients, mix well. Drop by spoonful onto greased baking sheet, and flatten with the back of spoon. Bake at 350, 10 to 15 minutes (my oven runs hot and is electric so I bake at 300 for 10 minutes)

Don't tell the kids what's inside!!! Actually my daughter saw me put the zucchini in and she still liked them. :)

July 21, 2008

Day 116 - forgotten

this carousel worked once upon a time. I told my grandpa that I wanted to take it home and fix it. I think its beautiful, he thinks it belongs at the dump. LOL. we'll see if I get around to restoring it. something will have to be done with the top because it's ripped. I think it's made of fiberglass.

March 19, 2008

Day 24 - Suckers

Want to get kids to sit still for pictures? Give them suckers. :P

free texture I used, by popular demand.

September 9, 2008

day 149 - Mockingbird

I did a photoshoot tonight for a local childrens boutique. the clothes were Ahhh-dorable. especially these sweet little legwarmers.

they also had some cute boys clothes. a really good selection of not so typical boy stuff.

I'm having a heck of time with the color on these though. :(

June 5, 2008

Day 79 - me and my little friend

I invited friends to drive out to my grandparents farm today to see their 5 new kittens. They had a blast and the property is so green and lush right now. The grass was up to the kids chins. When the wind swept across the tall grass it was like the ocean. I could never capture how amazing it was.

PS - do you see the little friend? that was totally luck, didn't even see it until I opened it in photoshop.

everybody loves this texture and it's free, find it here!!

May 7, 2008

Day 57 - Soft

After feeling in a slump for a couple months I finally am starting to listen to the light again. I haven't completely climbed out, but I'm getting there. I am mostly inspired by the book I bought last night "Through The Lens" National Geographic Greatest Portraits and also looking through a site I found a long time ago that I really really loved. I'd forgotten about it, but I'm glad I found it again.

http://streetstudio.com/

I really want to try something like this street studio. I need to find out if I need a permit and some other things. I also really want to start the 100 strangers project. It's so hard for me to ask strangers if I can take their picture, but my portraits need work so I think it would be good for me.

July 17, 2008

Day 114 - jump
Stranger #4 - Jon Gaver

Meet Jon Gaver, 20 yrs old, been skateboarding for 7 years. He came to VBS to show the kids some cool tricks. I didn't know he was coming so was a little unprepared with my 50mm, but it worked out ok in the end.

August 11, 2008

Day 133 - haircut

got my hair cut today. it feels so much better to have it off my neck and I love it (looks better in person than it does in this picture). and the image on the right was an accidental while I was moving my camera around. I liked it so there it is.

August 19, 2009

car, boat, camera

June 30, 2008

Day 100 - can't believe I made it this far

thank you to everybody who has visited and commented my daily photos. it's been great so far. I've learned a lot, experimented a lot, discovered a lot about myself and missed a lot of days, lol.

March 2, 2009

she decided to do this pose and wanted me to take pictures of her. :) she's such a sweet girl.

I've decided to stop numbering my daily photos. I plan on doing this project for as long as I can stick with it so there really isn't a reason to number anything.

July 8, 2008

Day 107 - The Palouse

We decided to take drive out to The Palouse tonight. I cannot express to you how amazing it is out there. I could definitely live there and look at those rolling hills everyday. It must be hard work to maintain those fields. I have plenty more of these to share.

see more here

August 6, 2008

Day 129 - lavender

picked up this dried lavender at the farmer's market today. *sigh* I love it. sometimes it's the simple things that make me the most happy.

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