Category Archives: picture a day

Picture a Day #353 – My Resolutions and a Painting

Posted on December 31, 2012 by joanienaz

Here it is: my last Picture a Day of the year. Although I did not make it to #366, I came pretty darn close. If I hadn’t lost Internet recently, and hadn’t moved, etc…perhaps I would have completed my goal for the … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #352 – Movie Night

Posted on December 30, 2012 by joanienaz

Last night I went to the movies with my oldest daughter. We drove across town to a tiny theatre which has been divided in two, but the size of the cinema made no difference. The movie we enjoyed transported us to another … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #351 – Cookie Time Again

Posted on December 29, 2012 by joanienaz

The holidays are a time for cookies, cookies, and more cookies. I wanted to take a favorite from my childhood and give it a personal twist, so I looked up the Betty Crocker recipe for Molasses Crinkles. In the interests … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #350 – Running Out of Steam

Posted on December 28, 2012 by joanienaz

Just like Old Faithful, the infamous and predictable geyser at Yellowstone National Park, sometimes I run out of steam. I paused for breath this month, and have fallen so far behind in my daily posts that I have decided to … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #349 – O Christmas Tree!

Posted on December 26, 2012 by joanienaz

This year, our Christmas tree is a petite Mediterranean pine. It was purchased at a hardware store with a nursery, and it is alive! We decided that it was better to have something that would last. Bigger isn’t necessarily better. … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #348 – A Christmas Puzzle

Posted on December 25, 2012 by joanienaz

The Christmas holiday is an opportunity to return to childhood. For many of us that is a mixed blessing. Buy it’s still fun to play games and act like a kid. Puzzles can be an entertaining way to spend a rainy … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #347 – Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2012 by joanienaz

The holidays are a time for family and friends, good conversation, and enjoying the company of those you care about. It’s getting harder to collect all of my family in the same place at the same time these days, but … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #346 – Gingerbread Bears

Posted on December 23, 2012 by joanienaz

One of our favorite family recipes for Christmas is Gingerbread Cookies. Sometimes I make larger Gingerbread Men, but this year I made smaller Gingerbread Bears. I added the zest of an orange for a little something extra. Gingerbread Bears Preheat … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #345 – Christmas Tulips

Posted on December 22, 2012 by joanienaz

The flower gardens at home are a mess, and I was thinking about cleaning them out when the rain stops. Two weeks ago there were still flowers blooming in them. Now the skeletal remains stand guard over the drowned remnants … Continue reading →

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Picture a Day #344 – Solstice Storm

Posted on December 22, 2012 by joanienaz

I love to watch a storm approach. Friday morning the sky had an ominous red glow on the horizon at dawn, before the clouds turned pinkish orange and the world refused to end. The wind blew for hours, until the clouds were … Continue reading →