MangyCat's Project 365

Mangy's Project 365 Has Moved

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In an effort to simplify my blogging life, I've created a blog on which I will be posting Project 365 photos, creative writing, posts related to NaNoWriMo, plus any other creative thing that becomes blog-worthy.

So, if you're following or subscribed to this blog, please renew your following or subscriptions with this one:

http://mangycat.blogspot.com

Thank ye muchly! I am posting the last two months' worth of Project 365 images over there as well. (Yes, I was taking pictures {albeit not always daily}, but they were with my camera phone, so it was too much trouble in the midst of NaNo (November) and the holidays (December).)

11.5.08 Library Returns

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Stack of returns for tomorrow's trip to the library.

11.4.08 On Election Day

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I didn't have the camera with me all day, but I finally figured out how to get the pictures off my phone. Wahoo!

11.3.08 Facing the sun

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11.2.08 Chains

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My daughter's way of decorating for Halloween. She made the white ones. The black and orange ones are from her classroom.

11.1.08 Happy November!

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November means National Novel Writing Month for me. It's a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in the 30 days of November. This is my 4th year. Wahoo! Follow my NaNo journey this month at my NaNo blog.

10.31.08 Homemade accessories

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10.30.08 Tasty

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10.29.08 Title vs. description?

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10.28.08 That's my boy's work

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10.27.08 Mummified

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When I saw the kids at this house decorating their mailbox statuary, I knew I would have to come back later and take a picture. It's actually a little scary. There's a little dog at the bottom, and he got wrapped up too. THIS is what it normally looks like.

10.26.08 Call to Men

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After Sunday service, Pastor Thomas called all the husbands to the front to tell them something they could do to improve their marriages this week. The secret? Go on a date with your wife and see Fireproof.

10.25.08 Sad, sad day

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This is the charger for our second "good" camera of the year. Empty, it shall remain forevermore.

My husband took the Casio on a mountain climbing excursion, and somehow it came off his backpack and went sailing down a 1500-ft. cliff. It was irretrievable. *sob!* So I am back to the old stand-by camera until a newer one comes into our possession by some miracle of $200.

I'm surely disappointed, especially considering I still have a few months of Project 365 left AND three or four holiday events to document with family pictures. *sigh* But I AM glad that if something had to fall off that cliff, it was the camera and not my husband.

10.24.08 Angles

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As we were leaving Target, I happened to look up at the building and saw interesting shapes and angles against the blue sky.

10.23.08 Parking Lot View

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Where else can you see all of Pikes Peak, snow-capped in October, plus Garden of the Gods (the red rocks below the peak) from the top of a parking lot in the middle of the city?

*sigh* I am so in love with my town.

10.22.08 Snowy Marigolds

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I'm not sure what the fascination is with snow on flowers, but I have it, and these were just lovely after the first snow of the season.

10.21.08 Pretty good is better than bad

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10.20.08 Fruit Salad

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Recipe will be posted at myfooblog.blogspot.com on October 31.

10.19.08 Tower

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An interesting structure, taken on a cloudy day.

10.18.08 Grocery Day

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10.17.08 Blaze of glory

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10.16.08 Still trying

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These flowers look like they're fighting autumn and giving up a last bloom for the season.

10.15.08 Camera Wash

2008-10-15T23:40:00.002-06:00

Look what my 1-1/2 year old decided needed to go in the dishwasher. :oP It's an old, old digital camera that I've cleared of removable objects so he can play with it. Apparently, he thought it got dirty.

10.14.08 The sitter

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The kids' sitter is a dear, young friend of mine. She wore these armbands to our house tonight. Yes, she has her quirks, but she's incredibly amazing with kids. And yes, she totally rocks.

10.13.08 Heat's on

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Finally got cold enough in the house to warrant turning on the heat. It's going to be a chilly low of 29 tonight. Huzzah! Winter, here we come!

10.12.08 One Shoe Diaries II

2008-10-12T23:38:00.002-06:00

Who loses their slipper in a church parking lot? Dare I even ask?

10.11.08 Darn good coffee

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Einstein Bros Bagels: The #1 best coffee shop EVER. Even better than Panera Bread. They just need to stay open later than 4:00 p.m. :oP

10.10.08 Qdoba

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A good place for a late night snack. Their queso is incredible.

10.9.08 Early riser

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Saw a hot air balloon floating rather low this morning. I guess there are advantages to driving around before 8:00 a.m. Other than getting the girl to school on time, that is.

10.8.08 Cheesy Garlic Bread

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Nothing says lovin' like homemade cheesy garlic bread and partially burned cheese. Hooyah!

10.7.08 Curves & Lines

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I was inspired by all the architecture images that have been popping up on my fellow Project 365 bloggers' sites. So when I saw this, I had to bring it home.

10.6.08 Daring Sandwich

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Any guesses?

10.5.08 Tortilla Soup

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Recipe will be posted on myfooblog.blogspot.com on October 11. :oP

10.4.08 Making cookies

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I'll be posting the recipe for this eventually on my Fooblog. These are some of the makings of some peanut butter-banana oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. (Are there enough descriptors in there?)

10.3.08 Cast light

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I love the colors and textures dropped onto the counter from this raised sink bowl.

10.2.08 Night lights

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Sort of looks like an interstellar football stadium. o.O

10.1.08 Walk to School Day

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9.30.08 Worcestershire sauce

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How long does it take your average household domestic to go through 18 oz. of Worcestershire sauce? A long, stinkin' time.

9.29.08 Wildcat

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Simon actually came on our afternoon walk today. It was pretty cute to have our cat strolling along with us on the way to the playground.

9.28.08 Colorful stack

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9.27.08 Feathery moss

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9.26.08 Fridge Friday III

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An easy subject for an uninspired day.

9.25.08 Last Scrabulous

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Thursday night is Scrabble night at Scrabulous.com with my friend MightiMidget. Little did we know, this would be our last night playing there. :o(

9.24.08 Stowaway

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As I was emptying the washing machine, I noticed this shiny little guy stuck to the interior. I'm leaving him there until he wears off.

9.23.08 Toasted Ravoli

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Recipe is posted on my food blog.

9.22.08 Autumn's here

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9.21.08 Cheesy packets

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Wow. I can't believe this is the only picture I took today.

9.20.08 5-minute Mug Cake

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You can get the recipe at myfooblog.blogspot.com. :o)

9.19.08 Mango smoothie

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9.18.08 Goodbye Bennigans

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The Bennigan's restaurants have been around for just over 30 years. They closed their doors due to bankruptcy on July 29, 2008. Unfortunately, no one was given any notice, so that Tuesday morning, store managers were instructed to close their doors and inform all their employees that they were out of a job effective immediately.

9.17.08 Low-flying C-130

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A C-130 is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft built by Lockheed. They are very large, very loud, and, yes, they really do fly that low around here. I did not have to zoom much to get it that big in the frame.

9.16.08 Peeking through

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I know I had a tree image yesterday, but this was too good to resist.

9.15.08 So it begins

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With the cold weather over the weekend, the leaves have decided to begin their autumn makeover.

9.14.08 Eye of the Oracle

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This is what I'm reading: Eye of the Oracle by Bryan Davis. I highly recommend it for young adults (ages 12 and up) who love fantasy stories.

It tells the tale of where dragons fit into history from just before the great flood and Noah's ark, up through Merlin and King Arthur's time, and all the way to our modern day world. Great, great story, but it is SO stinkin' LONG.

9.13.08 Double knots

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My daughter woke up early on Saturday morning, before anyone else was awake, and to amuse herself, she tied everyone's shoes in double knots.

9.12.08 No Hat or Shades Required

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I've never seen such a thing, but it sure is sad that the owners of this business felt the need to post such a notice.

9.11.08 Zombie boy

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Combine fingerpaint, sleepiness, and a runny nose, and that's about all I can offer today. :oP

9.10.08 Broken down

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Goodness, gracious... Pick on someone your own size next time!

9.9.08 Catching a thief in the Night

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I wasn't sure how this would turn out as I took it on a whim while I was driving. (I know...it's a bad habit.) Loved the streaming colors of the police lights more than the blurry hummingbirds I tried to capture on camera earlier in the day.

9.8.08 One Shoe Diaries

2008-09-08T23:43:00.000-06:00

Ever since JT posted an image of a single shoe along with a link to the One Shoe Diaries, I have been on the lookout for an opportunity to shoot one of my own. And then I found this little Sheila.

What do you think her story is? Comment and share!

9.7.08 Cherry Limeade

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Doesn't that just make you thirsty? Mm...limeade...

9.6.08 Mt. of the Holy Cross

2008-09-06T23:36:00.000-06:00

Guest photographer today: My husband, Mr. Incredible. He climbed to the summit of the Mount of the Holy Cross, one of 54 14,000-foot mountains in Colorado. He captured tons of great images, but this is the money shot.

9.5.08 Eggs Benedict

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I don't care if Hollandaise sauce can kill you. It's still ever so yummy.

9.4.08 Check engine

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Maybe this has something to do with the deer...

9.3.08 Birthday flowers

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A girl really can't get enough flowers, don't you think?

9.2.08 Enthusiasm

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Sometimes, it's the little things in life that really rock.

9.1.08 Dangling

2008-09-01T22:42:00.002-06:00

I have no idea why people do this. Has anyone ever thrown shoes onto a wire or had their shoes absconded in this manner?

8.31.08 Happy Day!

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I turned 32 this year. Yay me!

8.30.08 Orchid under water

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This is a real orchid at the Broadmoor Hotel, decor for a formal event that was going on the night we were there for a Stick Horses in Pants show. It is submerged under water in a columnar glass vase, illuminated by a floating candle. Absolutely breathtaking.

8.29.08 A fun mess to make

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A friend of mine, Evangeline, has a hilarious blog that she started writing several months ago. We've been talking about the design for awhile, and I told her that she could do so much more with it.

After researching photos and having a photo shoot of our own, we came up with a design that communicates both sexy, sophisticated woman and hard-working, normal stay-at-home mom.

A Flickr.com contributor, LisaBelle0705, granted us permission to use this awesome image from her Photostream.

Then Evangeline and I got together this afternoon to stage the above shot. The final result, after an afternoon of having fun in Photoshop, can be seen at breathenbreathout.blogspot.com.

8.28.08 Birthday Wishes

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My birthday is on Sunday. This is the first birthday card I received this week. :o) It's from the same friend of mine who has been inadvertently featured during my Project 365 several times this year.

8.27.08 IMing is Fun!

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I normally don't have that many IM windows open. It was so unusual that I had to take a picture for today's image. If you closely at the larger image (click the one above), you can see in the far right IM box, I'm telling my friend MightiMidget that I'm going to take a picture of the screen. :oD

8.26.08 Buried Sign

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Can't quite figure out what went wrong here. How did the sign get buried like that?

8.25.08 Vampire Cat

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This is actually the original "mangy cat." He was just a kitten when I was sitting at the computer, trying to think of a Yahoo ID so I could figure out what this whole chat room thing was about. He was tearing around the house, so I suddenly thought, "That mangy cat!" which was a phrase used in a cartoon some time ago. That was 11 years back. I've been "mangy cat" everywhere online since.

8.24.08 Rewards

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8.23.08 Already?

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It's August. Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture? (Besides the fact that it's fuzzy. :oP)

8.22.08 Last call

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Friday after putting the kids down to bed, I gave myself permission to go to bed at 7:00 p.m. I woke up (predictably) at 11:30 p.m., took this picture, read, and went back to bed at 1:00 a.m. When I awoke naturally at 7:00 a.m., I felt more refreshed than I have in a long, long time.

8.21.08 Back road

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Going up to visit a friend, I took the road less traveled. It was a beautiful drive.

8.20.08 Pear tree

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This is kind of fun: These are the pears that have grown from the snow-covered blossoms I featured back in May.

8.19.08 Midnight Eclipse

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The shape of the light coming from this solar lamp caught my eye tonight. I had to enhance it in Photoshop to get the brightness and contrast just so. Love the way this one came out.

8.18.08 Short-lived snack

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8.17.08 Gotta go

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Bathroom door at Old Chicago.

8.16.08 Done!

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Gotta love a list that's been checked off completely.

8.15.08 Some like it hot

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8.14.08 Hail stones

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It came fast and furious and very, very loudly.

8.13.08 Beef with snowpeas

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It doesn't look quite so appetizing with the flash, but the other shot didn't turn out.

8.12.08 Ominous

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8.11.08 New bus stop

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Checking out the new bus stop. Huzzah!

8.10.08 New writing spot

2008-08-10T23:59:00.002-06:00

The Waffle House is awesome. No outlets, no wi-fi. But they have excellent good and service, not to mention that their booths are comfy enough with their curved backs.

8.9.08 Short Story

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A friend of mine has this delightful old typewriter that used to belong to her grandfather. She typed up "Once upon a time...", and one of her recent house guests finished the story for her.

8.8.08 Goodwill

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I've always liked the Goodwill logo. Did you ever notice that it's a lower case "g" as well as a smiling face?

8.7.08 Bento box

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Notice the little thief trying to get his mitts on my tempura vegetables.

8.6.08 Rainy night

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8.5.08 On Vacation

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This is the same marquee I shot in February. They do sometimes manage to be pretty entertaining over at Old Chicago's.

8.4.08 Boone's Apple Wine

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I am such a cheap date. LOL

8.3.08 Sword-wielder

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Thomas used a sword as his illustrative device this Sunday. He had fun swinging it around as he spoke on how fathers need to forge their sons as a blacksmith forges a blade.

8.2.08 More power

2008-08-02T23:30:00.001-06:00

This is what happens when a bunch of writers get together with their laptops and write.

8.1.08 Mile High Sundae

2008-08-01T23:26:00.001-06:00

This is called the "Mile High Sundae" over at Champps. I believe this would define "gigantal" quite well. No, we couldn't finish it. (There were only two of us!)

7.31.08 Jeep vs. Deer

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7.30.08 Oatmeal & Raisins

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Another late night dinner.