Michelle's 366 Photo Blog

151 - Anniversary

2008-07-03T20:07:00.000-07:00

Guess where we went for our 16 year Anniversary this last weekend? After Napa (which is beautiful) we went along Highway 1 (which is also beautiful) and through San Fransisco. What a great weekend.

135 - Surf

2008-07-03T20:06:00.000-07:00

Just look at the surf here. Such a beautiful sight along highway 1 in California.

163 - Temperature

2008-07-03T20:02:00.000-07:00

This is an "Old Faithful Geiser" in Calistoga, CA. With only 3 in the entire world I knew I wanted to see it. It shoots up about every 40 minutes, because it's predictable, that is was makes it an "Old Faithful". This one reaches a very hot temperature of 350 degrees and then blows water into the air to cool itself down. It only lasts for about 5 minutes.

185 - Traffic

2008-07-03T20:00:00.000-07:00

Here is traffic located in downtown San Fransisco. As you can see the marine layer was moving in.

167 - Model

2008-07-03T19:56:00.000-07:00

The original creator, created this model of his home town. Each house, building and fences were placed exactly where they were in the real home town. It took many years and lots of artists to create, but was finally finished before he died in the 80's. It's big and wonderful to look at. What a true model of one owns town.

157 - Carriage

2008-07-03T19:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a great carriage found inside the museum.

94 - Post Box

2008-07-03T19:53:00.000-07:00

Here is a wall of post office boxes.

126 - Tools

2008-07-03T19:50:00.000-07:00

Look at all these different tools once used in kitchens. Depending on your age you might say you have used some. Me? Just seen most in museums.

165 - Quilt

2008-07-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

This quilt is made of silk and hand done. Not something that is done much of anymore. It was located in a museum along our weekend trip.

312 - Graffiti

2008-07-03T19:46:00.000-07:00

This is inside the World War II military bunker. So sad that someone has to do this to property that does not belong to them.

73 - History

2008-07-03T19:43:00.000-07:00

This photo is of an old World War II military bunker. It was used to guard the San Fransisco Bay.

152 - Tattoo

2008-07-03T19:38:00.000-07:00

I thought this was a neat tattoo as far as tattoo's go. As for myself, I'm not into tattoo's and even told my friend he was stupid for getting one. His is of a football team the "Vikings," how stupid is that... what if the team gets sold and moves?

247 - Tradition

2008-07-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

It's officially a "Tradition" now. My oldest daughter had her 8th birthday and her first doll cake. My 3rd now that I have made. I had these cakes when I was a child and now all of my girls have had one also. Even the cake pan was passed on to me to use.

276 - Pride

2008-05-21T21:15:00.000-07:00

I take great pride in my photos. I submitted 5 photos for the 1st time into a photo competition and won a total of 3 ribbons. Here are 3rd place and 4th place with the photos that should look familiar. They are "Time" and "Tall". I'm so proud of myself, received some money too. :)

150 - Photo

2008-05-21T21:12:00.000-07:00

If you look along the right hand side you will see a photo of my photo that I submitted to the local fair competition. I won 4th place for my "Hat" photo.

158 - Fear

2008-05-21T21:10:00.000-07:00

This is my oldest. At only 7 years old she is now old enough and tall enough to go on the big kid rides. If you look close, she is up far enough now that she is started to get scared and says "I Love You" in sign language with both of her hands.

7 - Smile

2008-05-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

She was the only one small enough to go on this ride, she smiled the entire time.

225 - Fairground

2008-05-21T21:08:00.000-07:00

This fairground was ALOT of fun!

230 - Transport

2008-05-21T21:06:00.000-07:00

This train transported the kids and daddy in a "U" shape.

362 - Friendship

2008-05-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

These 5 get along so well together.

334 - Car

2008-05-21T21:04:00.000-07:00

What a cool car!

237 - Motorbike

2008-05-21T21:01:00.000-07:00

Motorbike/Motorcycle... close enough!

303 - Costume

2008-05-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

What a great costume for the parade we went to.

33 - Stripey

2008-05-21T20:58:00.000-07:00

Did you know that every Zebra is different? Those stripes are all different in one way or another, that is how they all tell each other apart.

189 - Spots

2008-05-21T20:57:00.000-07:00

This is a baby Giraffe, with soooooo many spots. How cute!

175 - Crowd

2008-05-21T20:55:00.000-07:00

Here is an organized crowd, now that sounds funny... organized. But they were all sitting on the other side of the street watching the parade go by.

54 - Festival

2008-05-21T20:54:00.000-07:00

This here is of a marching band that was in the parade, starting out the festival.

115 - Flag

2008-05-21T20:52:00.000-07:00

We went to a parade and saw so many interesting things, this one was full of flags.

366 - Discovery

2008-05-21T20:49:00.000-07:00

Can you imagine what discoveries you would find through this? My girls were able to look at feathers, money and small bones.

It's been awhile!!

2008-05-21T20:48:00.000-07:00

Sure has been awhile since my last post. So long in fact that I had to reset my password as I forgot the one that I was using. Ok so now to play catch up on photos and check out everyone elses photos. Sorry I have been away for so long.

Theme 62 - Exotic

2008-03-28T23:45:00.000-07:00

These beautiful exotic parrots live on average of 75 years. I almost put this under the theme of commitment.

Theme 353 - Waiting

2008-03-28T23:42:00.000-07:00

While my youngest was waiting for her sisters, she asked me to take a picture of her. Boy she loves having her photo taken. Her 2 other sisters were on the 2 story slide located in the house behind her.

Theme 291 - Emergency

2008-03-28T23:40:00.000-07:00

You won't put out too many fires with this fire truck if there was an emergency, but it sure was fun to play on.

Theme 100 - Carved

2008-03-28T23:39:00.000-07:00

This carved rock looks very sad to me.

Theme 190 - Farm Yard

2008-03-28T23:37:00.000-07:00

My girls were just fine touching this goat as long as it stayed in one place.

Theme 12 - Performance

2008-03-28T23:35:00.000-07:00

We watched a puppet show this past week about a Princess who kisses a frog and the frog then turns into a prince. The kids loved this performance.

Theme 348 - Distorted

2008-03-28T23:31:00.000-07:00

I loved these kind of mirrors as a child, and my kids just loved them too. They always made you look so... distorted and funny.

Theme 330 - Cobbles

2008-03-27T23:33:00.000-07:00

So where does this cobble stone path lead too?

Theme 70 - Spider Web

2008-03-27T23:31:00.000-07:00

Well isn't that a cute spider stuck in this spider web?

Theme 170 - Shoe

2008-03-27T23:27:00.000-07:00

Is it a shoe? Is it a house? No, it is a slide that the kids had fun playing on. It's from "There once was an old lady who lived in a shoe..."

Theme 72 - Dandelion

2008-03-16T17:51:00.000-07:00

Dandelions, my kids just love them. They love to blow all those seeds off the stem, what great fun being a kid! We see at least 3-4 a day now.

Theme 61 - View

2008-03-16T17:45:00.000-07:00

What a great view from "Lombard Street". Built in 1934, Coit Tower, which is built on top of Telegraph Hill, is 210 feet high.

Theme 108- House

2008-03-16T17:34:00.000-07:00

Being the most photographed set/group of houses, here is what they call "The Painted Ladies". All victorians with bright beautiful colors.

Theme 113 - Iconic

2008-03-16T17:26:00.000-07:00

Cable Cars, those clanging symbols of San Francisco, are the way to see the city. But it only covers a ten-mile section of downtown. The cable car was invented in 1873 by Andrew Hallidie and works via an underground cable which travels continuously at a speed of nine-and-a-half miles per hour.

Theme 364 - Zig Zag

2008-03-16T17:20:00.000-07:00

Here is "The Crookedest Street In The World", Lombard Street.

Theme 246 - Swing

2008-03-16T17:17:00.000-07:00

Here is Grandpa, visiting from Minnesota, pushing his youngest Granddaughter on the swing.

Theme 315 - Knowledge

2008-03-16T17:15:00.000-07:00

This was such a cute school house with such a beautiful tree in bloom. What a great place for someone to learn and gain some great knowledge in their lives to come.

Theme 256 - Timetable

2008-03-16T17:07:00.000-07:00

This tree is over 2000 years old. If you look close enough they have put little plaques along the tree rings to show when things happened during the life of this tree. In the middle, where the tree started, it says "When Jesus was born" etc..

Theme 192 - Sunset

2008-03-07T13:05:00.000-08:00

After a wonderful day at the redwoods and the tide pools, we ended our day watching this beautiful sunset in Santa Cruz.

Theme 153 - Footprint

2008-03-07T13:04:00.000-08:00

Here is our footprint at the beach in Santa Cruz.

Theme 335 - Unusual

2008-03-07T12:58:00.001-08:00

At the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park I found this "Unusual" shade lover, which is a bright yellow "Banana Slug". They are found in cool, wet places and it eats fungus and decaying matter.

Theme 358 - Bent

2008-03-04T09:27:00.000-08:00

I went to this fruit orchard and found this "Bent" tree trunk. I loved all the flowers on all those trees.

Theme 232 - Sport

2008-02-28T01:18:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture at the latest museum we went to on Sunday.

Theme 164 - Tall

2008-02-21T09:25:00.000-08:00

This tree is about 270 feet tall and over 17 feet wide. That is almost as tall as the Statue of Liberty. Imagine, a tree this large can grow from a seed about the size of an oatmeal flake. Redwood seeds come from cones which are about an inch long and contain about 50 seeds. Most of the ground in the redwood forest is thickly covered with leaves, so seeds rarely find their way to the soil except after a fire or flood.

Theme 38 - Such Great Heights

2008-02-21T09:22:00.000-08:00

Here is a photo of my 3 girls looking up at the tallest tree in the Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. Hope it makes you laugh, it does to me.

Theme 29 - Challenge

2008-02-21T09:20:00.000-08:00

Ok here is the challenge. How many people can you get inside of this tree (redwood)? The answer is 34 college kids. It once had a window and someone lived in it. The window can be seen only from the inside now.

Theme 44 - Steam

2008-02-21T09:06:00.000-08:00

This is an antique steam train that you can ride through California's rain forest of coastal redwoods. It is called Roaring Camp.

Theme 35 - Park

2008-02-21T09:05:00.000-08:00

This photo was taken at the park we went to, after our hike in the woods.

Theme 143 - Bird

2008-02-21T09:03:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken while we at the beach.

Theme 220 - Bridge

2008-02-17T19:07:00.000-08:00

The Golden Gate Bridge

Theme 313 - Silhouette

2008-02-17T19:06:00.000-08:00

My 3 girls looking at the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time that they can remember.

Theme 31 - Boat

2008-02-17T19:03:00.000-08:00

Ok so I thought maybe I should use this one for pirate as it's such a huge... boat, but I hope I will come across another pirate for my theme. Anyway if you look really close above the tug boat you will see Alcatraz, it's the only building in the picture. Just thought I would point it out for those that might not have known.

Theme 354 - Beach

2008-02-17T19:01:00.000-08:00

It's the first time all 3 girls remember being at the beach.

Theme 55 - Rubbish

2008-02-17T18:59:00.000-08:00

This is a bunch of paper hanging from strings to create art. It's huge! The sign on the right hand side is about 2 feet wide.

Theme 146 - Quirky

2008-02-17T18:56:00.000-08:00

The shoes you see walk on this treadmill all day, and test the soles of shoes to check for durability and wear and tear.

Theme 234 - Shadow

2008-02-17T18:55:00.000-08:00

This wonderful shadow that my daughter was playing with teaches about the 3 main colors.

Theme 74 - Bubbles

2008-02-17T18:54:00.000-08:00

Here is my husband (Sean) trying to blow a really big bubble.

Theme 244 - Magnet

2008-02-17T18:52:00.000-08:00

The big upside down "U" shape is a magnet. The kids had alot of fun playing in this bowl of washers.

Theme 319 - Hand

2008-02-17T18:49:00.000-08:00

Here is my husbands hand. It is one of those things that has pins/nails that stick through and it makes an impression on the top. Hope you know what I'm talking about. Hard to explain.

Theme 172 - Black and White

2008-02-15T16:03:00.000-08:00

Here is a great Black and White photo... because it's funny.

Theme 286 - Cartoon

2008-02-15T16:02:00.000-08:00

Cute cartoon... had to share.

Theme 275 - Play Doh

2008-02-15T16:00:00.000-08:00

My kids received these for Christmas last year. Sorry kids you had to wait until I took a picture of them for my Theme before you get to play with it.

Theme 16 - Handmade

2008-02-15T15:58:00.000-08:00

I made these for a craft show I did for Christmas. Before I put them away for the year, I remembered this Theme for handmade.

Theme 21 - Diary

2008-02-15T15:55:00.000-08:00

My oldest daughter received her first Diary for Christmas this past year. It has a lock and key, her favorite thing to do is draw pictures in it.

Theme 349 - Mints

2008-02-15T15:52:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite mints is Andes. If you have not tried one, it is a must, don't let this one pass you by. Mmmmmm!

Theme 278 - Power

2008-02-10T13:10:00.000-08:00

Ooops, forgot one taken at one of the museums. This one is a picture of an airplane engine. Just look at all that power.

Theme 103 - Vintage

2008-02-07T18:14:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of one of the many full size passenger cars we saw. It is also the last of the pictures of our fun trip to the museums. What a wonderful day we had. I hope you all have enjoyed our trip.

Theme 289 - Cooking

2008-02-07T18:12:00.000-08:00

Here is also another picture of inside a serving train. They had the kitchen at one end and the dining area at the other end. I had to adjust the lighting as the picture turned out really dark.

Theme 168 - Archway

2008-02-07T18:10:00.000-08:00

This picture is taken of inside of a passenger car. I loved all the archways here, but the people behind me sure didn't like me trying to take the picture. :(

Theme 217 - Train

2008-02-07T18:07:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of a full size train at the Train Museum. I love the color of it, so bright.

Theme 323 - Wheel

2008-02-07T18:05:00.000-08:00

The picture of this train wheel reminded me of something you might find on a hotrod in the 50's. With it's fire flames.

Theme 138 - Stars

2008-02-04T18:43:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of an airplane that was more like a model. They set a screen behind it to look like it was in the sky. With all those wonderful stars, I just had to put it up for this theme.

Theme 327 - Flight

2008-02-04T18:40:00.000-08:00

Ok so I have been trying to get a good picture of an airplane lately and it rains everytime I go to the airport, so I guess I lucked out when we went to the Aerospace Museum on Saturday. Now I can stop bringing my camera with me to the airport and leave disappointed.

Theme 22 - Technology

2008-02-04T18:37:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of the inside of a fighter plane. It's the front end or the nose of the plane. I don't know how old this plane is but it is currently not in use.

Theme 296 - Rocket

2008-02-04T18:35:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of a Rocket Booster. It's as if you were looking right inside it.

Theme 183 - Uniform

2008-02-02T22:40:00.000-08:00

This one reminds me of "Top Gun"... any Tom Cruise Fans?

Theme 101 - Mask

2008-02-02T22:37:00.000-08:00

This was also taken at the Aerospace Museum. I love how the person looks so real.

Theme 119 - Map

2008-02-02T22:34:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken at the Aerospace Museum. It reminds me of an old treasure map, but actually it was on a piece of glass. The brown tones is of the concrete on the floor on the other side of the glass wall/window.

Theme 242 - Museum

2008-02-02T22:31:00.000-08:00

It was Museum Day here in California so off we went. I thought what a great way to start my photos was with a conductor.

Theme 252 - Doll

2008-01-31T23:36:00.000-08:00

Ok, here is the final cake/birthday of the month. Another daughter of mine wanted a Doll Cake so I was able to do better second time around. I added a lighting effect for something different. Please don't be too critical, I'm still learning photography and still learning cake decorating. I'm done with cakes for awhile, enjoy!!

Theme 59 - Candlelight

2008-01-29T13:55:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of my birthday cake with all the candles we had. With so many birthdays in our family this month, I wanted a small cake. This cake consisted of 2 cupcakes (that still had the wrappers on them) and lots of frosting, it was so cute! The entire cake was only about 6" long. A very small but cute cake.

Theme 193 - Duplicate

2008-01-20T23:26:00.000-08:00

I labeled this one as duplicate because I already posted an image of this library, but everytime I go look at my pictures, this one seems to jump out at me. I think I should have made this one my library. For some reason this picture is growing on me. Weird how that happens, one day you like one picture and then another day you like a different one.

Theme 219 - Cupcake

2008-01-17T13:22:00.000-08:00

Monday was my daughters real birthday so we went to the store and bought some cupcakes to celebrate. Very tasty!!

Theme 51 - Library

2008-01-17T13:20:00.000-08:00

After dropping off my husband, I stopped by the library for another picture. I tried once before but the first time there was a SUV parked right in front of it.

Theme 196 - Fog

2008-01-17T13:17:00.000-08:00

I took my husband to the airport on Tuesday and planned on taking a picture of "Flight", but ended up with "Fog". He still took off on time and I ended up with at least a picture.

Theme 301 - Church

2008-01-16T14:47:00.000-08:00

This is a picture of our church my family attends.

Theme 328 - Sandwich

2008-01-16T14:45:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture of the "Sandwich" I ate at the deli I visited. It was a Turkey, lettuce, American cheese, with Mayo on Whole wheat... my favorite. Soon you will know my entire days events. LOL

Theme 350 - Sign

2008-01-16T08:52:00.000-08:00

Here is a simple "Sign" but cute. Same place I took a picture of the "Red" lips.

Theme 130 - Sacrifice

2008-01-16T08:49:00.000-08:00

Went to church this past Sunday and I was thinking about the new blog that I had just started. While I was thinking about all that I have accomplished so far I noticed "Sacrifice" right in front of me.

Theme 41 - Time

2008-01-14T21:59:00.000-08:00

A clock, what a great way to show time, and in this case it's standing still, if this could only really happen in real life. Well, this is my favorite picture for the time being. I love how it looks like it's about sunset and the light hitting the clock just right.