Friday, June 29, 2007

Lazy / Kisses

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: Lazy - I was feeling really uninspired today, so I just snapped a picture as my camera was sitting on the desk in front of the computer. And, yeah, I'm eating ice cream.

Tara: Kisses - I'm totally being lazy too. At least Kerry took a picture yesterday. I couldn't even be bothered with that. This picture is old. It's just my son giving me some kisses. Which are the best by the way.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

Helpful / Ring Ring

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: Helpful - Brandon is so helpful. He helped to wash Daddy's car. Of course he also got himself completely soaked, and muddy; and he was wearing a disposable diaper, which exploded, leaving huge lumps of those nasty absorbent crystals all over the carpet, the bathtub, and himself. But he helped get the car clean!!

Tara: Ring Ring - My new awseome bike bell. This bike is turning me into a little girl. I found pink leather streamers for the handlebars that I want to get. I think those are for Harleys but oh well.

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Child Care / Looking Out

Kerry (Top) . Tara (Bottom)




Kerry: Child Care - This is one of my favorite pictures that I've taken, ever. I took it shortly before we left New Orleans, and yes, this was before Hurricane Katrina. This is (was) an actual, operational, daycare center. [This is a backup entry. I am lazy.]

Tara: Looking Out - This is old. I wasn't feeling so creative yesterday.

This is my son looking out the window.

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Parking Lot / Dessert

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: Parking Lot - Yesterday, Brandon lined up a bunch of his cars (actually two trains, a jeep, an airplane and a truck) on Brian's leather chair. Like a parking lot, I guess.

Tara: Dessert - After dinner my husband got me a bowl of ice cream and when I told him I only wanted one scoop he gave me this. He always has to make everything artistic. He's so sweet.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Pink Tree / Box of Balls

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: Pink Tree - This is a tree in Rittenhouse Square Park in Philadelphia. I took this picture a long time ago and it's still one of my favorites. [This is a backup entry. I just got done traveling and I am jet-lagged and forgot to upload a picture.]

Tara: Box of Balls - Just a box of balls.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Pink Flowers / Sleeping Flamingo

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: Pink Flowers - This picture is in my flickr photostream, but nobody ever looks at it. I love it, though. I love how it's kind of misty and dreamlike. I took it at the Waimea Valley Audubon Center (aka Waimea Falls) in Haleiwa. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]

Tara: Sleeping Flamingo - This is old. Sorry.

I took this when we visited the Birmingham Zoo.

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Coffee / Ghost Lamp

Kerry (Top) . Tara (Bottom)




Kerry: Coffee - This is a coffee plant at the Dole Plantation. If I were ever to own a coffee shop, this picture would so be in a big frame on the wall. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]

Tara: Ghost Lamp - I bought this lamp a couple of years ago because I think it is so tacky, it's cute. I figured I would put it in my future daughter's room one day. It's a funky looking flower with jewels dangling from it. You can't see it at this angle, but the base is a stem with leaves.

This was taken with morning light from the window and it made it look kind of creepy.

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Shimmery / Curly Tree

Kerry (Top) . Tara (Bottom)






Kerry: - Shimmery - When it rains in Hawaii, it almost always stops very quickly. I took this picture while taking a walk shortly after an afternoon rainshower. I love, love, love plumeria scattered on the grass, and this one had so many raindrops on it that it shimmered in the sunlight. (Click on it to see the full-sized version; you'll be able to see the droplets better.) [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]

Tara: Curly Tree - This is one of my favorite plants just because it's so weird. It's called a Pony Tail Palm. It's maybe a foot high and looks like a mini palm tree.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

$30 Wholesale / Transfixed

Kerry (Top) . Tara (Bottom)



Kerry: $30 Wholesale - One thing that absolutely blew my mind when I first moved to Hawaii was the tropical flowers. Obviously, they grow here. So things that have to be imported to the mainland, and therefore cost an arm and a leg, grow on the side of the road here. Stephanotis (Madagascar jasmine, I believe is another name for it) costs .75 - 2.00, depending on the season, per blossom - wholesale! And here it is growing on somebody's backyard fence. Incredible. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]

Tara: Transfixed - This is my son eating a snack while watching TV. The weird part is that I had CNN turned on. He pays more attention to the news than he does to his shows. I think he likes watching people talk to him.

Monday, June 18, 2007

The Yin and Yang of Holiday Ice Cream / Death 8

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: The Yin and Yang of Holiday Ice Cream - Back in October, we went to Coldstone after dinner (at Cheeseburger in Paradise). I couldn't decide between the Pumpkin Spice and the Chocolate Mint - so I got both. Halfway through, I looked down and saw this. I swear to you that I didn't do any arranging or sculpting. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]


Tara: Death 8 - This is a pastry that is so good, it will kill you. Kill you dead. It's a croissant shaped like a figure eight. Instead of holes like an eight, it has Bavarian cream. Then chocolate is drizzled over it. My husband named these Death 8s because there is no way this thing is good for you. We found these at Wal-Mart. (Don't judge! We know Wal-Mart sucks but it's all we have!) I suggest you go to your local Wal-Mart and buy these and then immediately shove them in your mouth.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Rahhhhhh! / Mini Reflection

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: Rahhhhhh! - This is one of those quintessential pictures of my son that just expresses his personality perfectly. I took it when he was 11 months old (the day he turned 11 months, actually). You can also see his tongue tie really well in this picture.

Ready to be really jealous? See how clear and turquoise that water is? It isn't a pool. It's the enlisted beach on the Air Force base. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]

Tara: Mini Reflection - I slacked off yesterday, y'all. This is an old picture. It's of my son's reflection in the mirror on his exersaucer.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

UArts Grads / Bike Flower

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: UArts Grads - Whenever Brian and I see a performer working somewhere really crappy, we say "That's a UArts Grad!" This is at Wiggles World at Six Flags New England.

Tara: Bike Flower - My new beach cruiser just came in so now we can use my son's helmet from a couple of posts down. I got a super girlie one. White with pink accents and flowers all over it.

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Chapel of the Bells / Binkies in a Row

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: Chapel of the Bells - We went to Vegas in December. (Everyone in Hawaii goes to Vegas at some point. Seriously.) We talked about getting "remarried", just for fun, but didn't do it. We totally should have. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]


Tara: Binkies in a Row - There is always a row of binkies on the window sill next to my son's crib. If he ever wakes up in the middle of the night, it's much easier to grab a spare binky then to search around his crib for the one he lost.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Lounging / Safety Fish

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: Lounging - We hardly ever use our strollers anymore, but when we do, Brandon loves to put his feet up. He always has. [This is a backup entry. I am traveling and was unable to get to a computer to upload a picture today.]


Tara: Safety Fish - We recently bought my son a bike helmet because I just bought a beach cruiser and a trailer to put him in. We ordered everything on the same day and the helmet was the first thing to come in. We're still waiting for the stuff to use the helmet with. Oh well.

If you look closely you can not only see the reflection of my camera but the reflection of the TV as well. Blues Clues was on to occupy my son while I took this photo.

Monday, June 11, 2007

Delayed / Summer Corn


Kerry . Tara



Kerry: Delayed - Stuck In Oakland. Fabulous.

Tara: Summer Corn - I gave my son a corn on the cob for the first time last night. After five minutes this was the only damage he made to it. He liked it so much that he would get stuck on a spot and he forgot to eat more of the corn. He just kept rubbing his teeth on the same parts.

Friday, June 8, 2007

Now With Flavor! / Mini Tree

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: Now With Flavor! - We are getting on a plane at 11:30PM tonight. I bought little "juice boxes" of soymilk, in the hopes that I will be able to get them through security. (Seeing as how they're factory sealed and all.) The last time we flew out at night (before we knew that Brandon was lactose intolerant), we weren't even able to find whole milk at the airport. So I know I won't be able to find soymilk.

Anyway, I just love the way it's labeled. "New! Great Taste!" Because, you know, the old recipe tasted like bottled ass.

(By the way, I will be gone for two weeks. I have uploaded "backup" entries for each day that I'll be gone in case I can't make it to a computer.)

Tara: Mini Tree - On the normal walk my son and I do, there is a particularly wooded part. This little leaf was growing out of the sidewalk and it looked like a mini tree. I couldn't get my camera to focus on the leaf itself so the picture didn't come out exactly like I wanted but I still like it.

Thursday, June 7, 2007

6-7/8 / Water Lily

Kerry . Tara

Kerry: 6-7/8 - Brandon and I both wear Crocs. He wears a size 6-7, and I wear an 8.

Tara: Water Lily - I didn't have any charged batteries yesterday so I'm using this picture from when we went to the Zoo this past weekend. This was in the pond outside of the Panda exhibit.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Shadow / Cock of the Rock

Kerry . Tara

Kerry:
Shadow - I took this picture because I liked the contrast between the sunlit tree and the cloudy sky. It wasn't until afterwards that I realized that the shape of the clouds mirrors the shape of the tree almost exactly.

Tara: Cock of the Rock - We went to the bookstore yesterday and I browsed the children section. I found a cute ABC book. This one had different animals for every letter. I flipped it open and found the page for "C" and saw they chose to use the Crowned Cock of the Rock. Seriously? They couldn't have used Cat?

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Hidden Mountains / Fake Fire

Kerry . Tara


Kerry:
Hidden Mountains - Brian had my camera yesterday, so I took this one with my cameraphone. It's clouds on the Koolau mountains, as seen from Kailua Road (at Kalanianaole Highway) in Kailua. It's pretty cool when the clouds get this low; you can hardly even see the mountains. I could have actually taken much better pictures of the clouds and the mountains once I got closer to them, but Brandon saw my phone when I was taking this one, and I was forced to put it in "Airplane Mode" (no incoming or outgoing calls) and let him play with it. It was either that or let him scream the whole way home. It wasn't worth it to me.

Tara: Fake Fire - I went to one of my husband's concerts last night and at the venue there was this display that had nothing to do with my husband's concert. It was a tree on this screen with a red light behind it. I thought it looked it neat.

Monday, June 4, 2007

Buggy / Monarch

Kerry . Tara


Kerry: Buggy - Okay, so I take too many close-ups of flowers and leaves. But this one is different. It has a bug!!

Tara: Monarch - We went to the Memphis Zoo yesterday. They had this really cool butterfly exhibit. It was a screened room outside and there were butterflies flying around everywhere. It was probably one of the prettiest things I've ever walked through.

* I promise Kerry and I didn't call each other the night before and agree to photograph bugs.

Friday, June 1, 2007

Slide / Toys in a Box

Kerry (Top) . Tara (Bottom)





Kerry:
Slide - When we go to the park, I'm always having to climb up with Brandon to make sure he doesn't fall. Every once in a while, instead of climbing back down, I like to slide.

Tara: Toys in a Box - This box is a shape sorter. My son puts everything but the shapes in this box.