The Lost Weeks

If you have been following my blog you will notice that there are a few weeks missing in this 52 Week Project.  After my Dad's death, the start of work and my new way of living, I've been figuring out how to juggle, order and prioritize all that there is to do.  I basically missed weeks 33 through 36.  Some of those weeks I did post to my flickr account and to the MCP Project 52.  Others I just didn't get to during that week's timeline presented by MCP Project 52.  Also, during that time, my computer died, the internet cut out and my cell phone was only working when it was plugged in.  I've been in a kind of technological Bermuda Triangle.  I think I've made it through Triangle with only a little bit of residue stuck to me.

So, here are the weeks that I missed:

Week 33 - Slow Down and Look Back

This was taken at a El Segundo Certified Farmers Market.  You have to slow down and look back to a time when things are just a littler simpler.  You stroll down the lane and peruse the wares of farmers and vendors of all kinds.  Enjoy as the musician and performers share their talent with all passers by.  Slow Down and look back. 

Week 34 - Connections

This was taken on from the Slauson Cut-off, what the Slauson exit was called back in the day.  This name comes from an old Johnny Carson routine where he played a character named Art Ferm, the Tea Time Movie announcer.   During one of the commercials, Art would give directions to a store as he points to a chart on an easel and says, "Take the 405 south to the Slauson Cut-off... "(wait for it...) "and get out and cut off your Slauson, "ba-dum-DUM"! (That's the sound of a rim shot).  I drive this on my way home from work.  This is a connection I make on my way home.  

Week 35 - Lazy

This is lazy because I didn't even get off of the ship when we pulled into port at the capital of Alaska.  This was a great cruise, I recommend it for everyone.  But I just didn't see the need to move out of bed or even get up.  No, this was not taken during week it was assigned but when I think of lazy and me, this is what I think about, getting up when I fell like it, eating when I feel like it and just hanging out until my friends get back from shore leave. 

Week 36 - Thirst for Knowledge

Who thirsted more for knowledge ("...my head I be scratching while my thoughts were busy hatching, if I only had a brain.") than the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz.  This book, along with two others were loaned to me.  These are the original copies that have been passed down from grandfather to great child.  Each generation enjoying the stories of L. Frank Baum as they were originally written.  These books had the same effect on the then turn of the 20th Century as did J. K. Rowling had on the turn of the 21st Century. 

Week 37 - Momentous Moments and Week 39 - Man vs. Nature, I have not taken yet.  I will post them as soon as I'm able.  Week 38 - The Eyes Have It was posted, as you can see.

Week 38 of 52

It has been a few weeks since I have written a post.  It has been a while since I've taken a photograph.  I've been taking photos, but have had some technical issues.  My camera is working but I've not been carrying it around because it has added a bit o weight to my purse.  So I've been taking photos with my iPhone.  My issues have been no internet access from home, no computer and an iPhone that need to be plugged in constantly to work.  So, I've been cut off from the internet.

This week's MCP Project 52 theme was 'The Eyes Have It'.  Well here are the eyes of the sweet potatoes that have their eyes on me as I shop for veggies.  My theme this year is structure.  This is the structure of shopping for weekly groceries, sweet potatoes are the staples for many meals therefore being a part of a foundations which is a sort of structure.

I took this with my new iPhone.  It's the 3Gs, the second version, not the newest one.  I had the original, 3G, so this is an upgrade for me.  Hope you like it.  I will catch you all up on the other photos I've taken some time this week.  I  now have a new computer and internet access.  I'm almost back up to speed.

Week 32 of 52

I cannot believe that 32 weeks of this project have gone by. As cliche as it sound, it really does seems like I just stated this project. I guess is like they say, "the older you get to quicker time passes." In the TED Talk video by Matt Cutts, at the top of my blog page, he shares his insights regarding his Try Something New for 30 Days project. At the end of his little talk, he says that because of these projects, each months was more memorable. The months did not just pass him by without recognition. He remembers each one of the months and what he tried during that month. It made him feel energized and accomplished.

This year, 2011, I decided to I would try something I have always enjoyed and make it a focus for a year, the Photography 52 Project. I made this decision because it had been almost a full year after my mother passed on. I was feeling an end to my mourning, and that I could do a little more for myself. My dad's health condition did not require as much from me as did my mom's. So, I thought I do enjoy having to shoot a photo a week and I hope that I am getting better. The wind has been knocked out of my sails with the passing of my dad last month. So I will begin to emotionally rebuild again. Focusing on something creative will help. I will continue to move forward. I do posses the love and spirit of my parents that will also support me in this effort as they did when they were physically here.

This weeks MCP 52 Project theme is My Favorite Time of the Day. For me, that would be any time I can drive without traffic. For me that is almost meditative to just drive with nothing but the open road, freeway, highway ahead of you and at a nice steady speed. Because this is Southern California, any where along the 405 Freeway you get off you are only a few miles away from the coastline. Just beautiful! My theme is Structure. Here in So. Cal. driving is like breathing so it is a structure of life. Enjoy your days as they pass. Do something that you like and build it into the structure of your life.