so NOT cool :: Everyday Photos by Jodi Anderson

gratitude and shop news

This is my entry for the gratitude photo challenge over at The Women's Colony.  I found it difficult to express what I am thankful for with just a few photos.  To really emcompass all that I appreciate and hold close, I'd have to post 2,179 thousand pictures.  I stopped at six.  They should represent family (human and otherwise) as well as food and shelter and time spent together. 

(If you're reading this before Monday morning [11/23], please come back for the direct link to The Women's Colony's list of challenge participants, links to their photos, and also the announcement of the print and card set winner.  You can leave a comment until 6:00 PM CST for a chance to win.) 

Just a friendly reminder that you can use the code WOMENSCOLONY11 at my shop through late Monday evening to receive a 10% discount at checkout. 

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giveaway announcement and blah blah blah

I am participating in a print and holiday card giveaway over at The Women's Colony this week.  (All the details are RIGHT HERE.  Just leave a comment on that post to enter.)  There is also a discount code on the site, valid through November 23rd, that will take off 10% off of anything that you purchase at my shop.  I guess that it's sort of an early-bird sale. 

Saturday was so grey, like most all of the last two months.  The cats and dog napped all day long.  I felt groggy and nothing quenched my tired body and mind.  It brightened up a bit on Sunday, but it is still ENTIRELY TOO WARM for mid-Autumn.  Sheesh, weather, wake up and get cold already! 

My husband is in Nicaragua this week, laying the groundwork for a wind turbine farm, the building of which he will oversee.  He looks to be gone most of December and January.  Any other details depend upon the weather there, the delivery of parts, and how well the machine that is the wind industry operates during this project. 

We will miss him a lot, especially during solstice and my birthday (25 of december).  He is, howevever, returning home for a week, of which our 20th anniversary falls smack dab in the middle. 

X and I each have a lot of plans naturally, both together and apart, to keep us busy and forward-focused during this time.  That said, I will take full advantage of those extra quiet moments, which is when I work best on photography, writing, thinking, planning, and producing.  And reading.

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the shop.

This is my very official and very quiet announcement that my shop is now open.  (It is hosted by BigCartel; There is a link at the top of this page.)

If you know me on Facebook, please see my link there and use the friend/family discount code. 

If you don't know me on Facebook, you can wait until Monday, November 16th and then go to The Women's Colony.  Look for my post that day in "Room With A View".  I will provide a temporary discount code there that expires around midnight on November 23rd.

(this shot is from the photo series 'girl', and you can see most of the photos so far HERE.)

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and on wednesday, she got down to business

I'm working today.  Really.  I am.  Just as soon as I post these photos that depict why I never get anything done.  Oh, and THIS and THIS. 

Also, there are two new "the other side" photos HERE.

Okay, now ... work.  Right.

(reflection as I look in one bedroom window and out another; watching the dog and cats watching something else; finally, a blue sky; the shed out back)

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more news, or maybe less

I had hoped to roll out my new store today, but I'm running late as usual.  That delay aside, I have been extremely productive in many areas, just not enough in the one that will get my wares listed.  I'm setting a deadline of being ready by next Friday, November 13, yet if I finish early I will let you know. 

As you can see, I am dedicated to being completely ALL OVER THE PLACE. 

I am also starting a new section at this site soon.  I'd like to remain mum on specifics for now, but the gist of it is wack-a-doodle interview forms filled out by people that inspire me.  X will be my first interrogatee, a chance to get my feet wet with someone that I know pretty well ... and learn more about every single day. 

The weekend here is going to be unseasonably warm.  I hope to hike a bit or at least take a few walks amongst the bare trees during the day and get the darn shop up during the evening hours. 

Embrace each moment, folks, and enjoy your weekend. 

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november news

Hi. 

Just when I think that I'm overwhelmed, life throws a couple more metaphorical heaps of laundry my way and one learns just how much more overwhelming things can be.  And, really, none of it is bad.  I am just behind on about everything that there is to do ... literal laundry, housekeeping, holiday product planning/production, communication with friends and family, and various household and creative projects.

I'm going to try and sum things up with a quick news bulletin. 

• I plan to reveal my holiday shop sometime this week.  I will be doing limited standouts and prints, as well as some card sets.  The red shed photo will be available on all three products, as well as a few other photos that focus on the seasons.  Look for that on Wednesday or Friday.  With any luck and a little hard work. 
• While I am still a contributor at The Women's Colony, things are being changed around a bit.  We are dissolving Sanctuary, and my photo challenges and other contributions will vary among the rooms.  For now, the green photo challenge is HERE, but as of Thursday or Friday, I'll probably need to change the url.  I will keep you informed.  And, a special thanks to all of you who have supported me by participating in the project.  Thank you.
• I am thinking about occasionally opening comments.  (Comments are open on this post.)  If you have any suggestions or feedback, I would appreciate reading what you have to say.  If there is a product that you'd like to see made available, let me know and I'll see if I can make it happen.  I know that I haven't been posting much lately, but I intend to step it up a bit.  I also have been RARELY commenting.  I'm going to actually schedule some time for doing so into my week (or days). 

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hello, long-fast weekend

 

 
It's a fast-busy-long-short weekend ... while we get our Geek.Kon for the third year in a row.  This is one of about five conventions that we attend to support X's interest in anime, manga, all-things geek, and cosplay. 

 

Next week, I plan to do a post about a few photo-related products that I will be selling for the next month.  Not a lot, but a few things and possibly some limited (numbered and signed) items. 

 

Don't forget about the color photo challenge at Sanctuary.  We're posting pictures with a blue theme on Monday.

 

Enjoy your weekend, folks. 

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the capitola review

(photo: X before attending a foxtrot-themed dance on the UW-Madison campus this last weekend)

 

On Saturday, the autumn 2009 edition of The Capitola Review was released.  It contains one of my poems as well as a photo from December of 2007.

If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please mail payment of $10 to River Current Press, P.O. Box 25, Mineral Point, WI, 53565.  Allow two to three weeks for delivery and, if you please, let them know that I sent you. 

Special thanks to Erin Falligant and Richmond Powers for inviting me to submit my work and for being wonderful editors with which to work as well as all-around amazing people.  Thank you, thank you. 

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share your get-you-through-the-day rituals or routines ... please!

Just an FYI:  On Mondays at Sanctuary, I will be hosting challenges or play-along topic posts. 

For the next month or so, I plan to shine the light on routines as I need comforting routines and little rituals to keep my mind and body moving with ease from one phase of my day to another. 

As an example, a quiet morning hour to myself with breakfast, coffee, email, and my RSS feed reader starts my day off right.  But then, I have trouble shifting into the next phase ... what would be the more productive phase, I guess.  So, that is a work in progress at this time.  Other parts of my day are good, but then at bedtime I have troubles again.  I don't start getting ready early enough; I don't crawl into bed early enough.  I tend to wait until I'm exhausted and then like a grumpy little kid, I don't want to wash my face and brush my teeth, nor do I fly out of bed the following morning. 

So, anyhow, that's on my mind and there's progress to be made in this area of my life. 

If you'd like to join in for the routine/ritual challenge, or any future play-alongs such as photo challenges, be sure to stop by Sanctuary and let me know.  You may post your routine, through words and/or photos, on your blog and leave the link in this last Monday's comments or in next Monday's, and I will link to your blog each time that you participate.  You may also share your morning routine in the comment section next week.  Or, you may participate by quietly observing. 

Your choice.  Consider yourself invited and welcome. 

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coffee and tea, for you and me

Hello. 

Just a reminder that I am also posting HERE on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.  Commenting IS allowed, so feel free to stop by and say hello. 

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