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Today was the second day of our stay in Chelan. We rented a jet ski for 2 days, starting today. My brother and I went out riding after breakfast. After riding for awhile, we decided to come back in, rest a bit, get some lunch, and then the plan was to head back out. However, shortly after we came in, a slow moving thunder shower headed our way. So, instead of riding the jet ski this evening, we sat around and watched for the lightening and listened to the thunder. It was pretty intense. This is a picture of the sky across the lake from us as the thunderstorm started coming towards us.

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Today was the first day of my vacation. I took today off, and the upcoming week. We, my parents and brother and I, headed to Lake Chelan today to stay in a condo for 4 nights. Tomorrow and Sunday will will be renting a Jet Ski. This picture is a the view from our condo.

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Another sleeping kitty picture. What can I say? He is so cute. And much easier to captture with the camera when he is sleeping.

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Another picture of the new kitty. Big suprise. He is sleeping here. Very tired after running around like crazy. Our girl kitty and him are starting to get along and even play together. I am happy that she has another kitty to play with again.

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This is a picture of the flowers that are now growing on one of our catnip plants. They are so tiny, but I think they pretty neat looking.



And, just for fun, another ones of the pink spoon flowers.

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Another picture of the new, still nameless, kitty. I processed this quite a bit and enhanced the color of his eyes. He is proving to be a pretty cool kitty. And he and our girl kitty seem to be getting along bettter. She isn't hissing and swatting at him quite as much.

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Today we went to a Everett Aquasox games with a bunch of old friends of Jeff's. He hasn't seen these guys in quite awhile. After the game we went to a BBQ at one of their houses. It was fun, but we didn't leave until late. While we were driving home, I realized I had not taken a picture today. So, I grabbed the little point and shoot and played with the lights. What can I say? At least I got a picture.

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So, today, we adopted a new kitty. A little gray boy with pretty green eyes. He is about 2 months old. We wanted to get a friend for our little girl kitty since she lost her brother. However, she is not exactly thrilled with the new little guy. Hisses at him and swats at him. He is such a laid back guy though, he doesn't really react to her actions. I think they will be friends soon. He doesn't have a name yet. We like to wait and see what fits the kitty before choosing a name.



And one more. Love his eyes!

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The little blossoms on one of our tomato plants.

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More flowers. Just some pretty pansies.

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Another picture of the 'pink spoon' flowers. This one is highly processed. They are just such neat looking flowers. I love to photograph them.



And here is a photo of our hydrangea. I think it is a pretty plant.

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The potato blossoms again. I just find them so fascinating and pretty. Also, I love potatoes (baked, boiled, fried, mashed, in a stew, etc...) so this plant is really a win/win for me. Pretty for pictures and tasty to eat.

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Flowers again. This time it is pansies.



And I played with some self portraits today. None of them really turned out in my opinion. Here is one I processed heavily. I guess it is okay.


And another one. Just for fun.

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Back to flowers.



And another one.

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We spent the day out in the county at my grandparents house. My little cousin Mackenzi was having a blast playing in the river. She is crazy, that river is pretty cold.



And another one of Mackenzi.



And we visited my aunt, who has some cute Tibetan Mastiff puppies. Here is one of them.

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Another flower picture. I just love the garden.



And here are the solar lights about our garden.

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Flowers and shadows are a good mix. I thought that these purple flowers casted an interesting looking shadow on the white flowers.



And a couple more flower pictures just for fun.

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Love having my flowers to take pictures of again. This one is all misted with water.

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Home again. Let me tell you, sleeping in my own bed felt wonderful. And, I was so excited because I got to take pictures of my flowers again today. My flowers grew like mad while we were gone. Must of got lots of sunshine. This is a picture of the flowers on our potato plants. I think they are so pretty.

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Today was a long day. We got up, packed up camp, left Maupin (the town we camped near) at about 11am. Had to return rafts, drop people off, pick up the dog and head home. We didn’t get home until at least 10pm. So, I didn’t really take many pictures. This is something I took while playing with the point and shoot camera in the car. Not great, but it is all I got.

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Today we rented a raft and had a full day of rafting. We were able to do two runs. It was so much fun. I can’t wait to do it again. Again, not feeling to photographically motivated (I could barely move by the end of the day, all beat up from rafting), so again, the hillside by our camp.

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This was our first day rafting. We had a few mishaps with the rafts (patches coming off, new holes, etc..) so we only got one run in this day. I was not feeling very photographically motivated today. This is a picture of the hillside by our camp. I liked the trees and shadows.



I did take a couple other pictures.

Here is Stefan. He had the perfect hat on, so I had to get his picture.


And, some ants.

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We left this morning to go on a white water rafting trip on the Deschutes River in Oregon. We drove all day and when we got there we set up camp. It was dark by the time I realized I had not taken a picture. Here is a picture of the cups we were using to drink vodka lemonades. I know, not a work of art, but it works. It is actually very representative of the evening. We stayed up quite late and drank quite a bit. It was fun.

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Another flower. I love these flowers.

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It is another flower shot. I really processed the heck out of this one. Just having fun.



And a couple more with the same processing.




And a couple triptychs I created with these images.

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Hey look! Another flower shot. At least I try to do lots of different flowers.

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More flowers. Wasn't much in a photo taking mood today. I took a few flowers shots. Played around with the processing of this one.

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Fireworks! Happy Fourth of July! This is a shot with my point and shoot camera. Handheld. We went up to the roof to watch the big fireworks over Bellingham Bay. I didn't want to lug my big camera and a tripod up on the roof. So the point and shoot had to do. I got a few that turned out okay. Here is one I liked.



Also, took some pictures of flowers, after we watered, earlier today.


I love water drops.

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Today was my mom's birthday. We went down and spent the day with her. It was fun. Saw Toy Story 3 in 3D. Went out for a nice dinner. She wouldn't let me take a picture of her, so I took a picture of her cat, Pancho.

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Guess what? Another flower shot.

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Wow. July 1st. This marks the beginning of the second half of my project. Which, means, I have sucessfully complete 6 months of my photo of the day project. It has actually been easier to keep with it than I thought it would be. Especially since the flowers started blooming. Speaking of flowers, here is another flower shot.