Day 24: An Aninal

When I was growing up my mom picked out my clothes and I never complained. I loved clothes. So at the age of 16 I still wore Battenberg lace collars and Gunne Sax dresses by Jessica McClintock. Sometimes I got teased and I guess by age 17 I’d worn one too many sailor dresses and I finally felt embarrassed. Promising myself to never dress my daughter in babyish clothes I figured I would let the lovely Marie wear whatever she felt was cool, except for belly shirts or glitter t-shirts that say things like Jail Bait. I bought this sweater for her when she was eight because I thought it was the prettiest thing I ever saw. When she outgrew it I couldn’t bear to put it in the donate bag. I love it so much. Well guess who just found out that the lovely Marie thought this was a dorky sweater and only wore it to make me happy? Geez…

This is a new painting at the furniture store where I work. It’s really very nice. I often think about the Chinese people working in the factories and what must go through their head during a work day. My dad used to tell my mom not to shop at dollar stores because shopping there means you're surrendering to China. I like when you find a random hand painted piece that’s a little off. Like one time I found a cross eyed baby Jesus at Christmas time. I bought him because I was afraid that everyone else would reject him. I had a point…

This clock is new at the store too. I think it’s really cool. It’s a reproduction, of course. Still, I like the idea of repurposing a cog. A couple of years ago I watched Modern Times with my kids and they learned the word cog and I found out that Charlie Chaplin is timeless. We all laughed like crazy. I still wonder about those factory workers, what they must think about American consumers. It would be interesting to find out. The thirty day photo challenge is winding to a close and I’ve been brainstorming with my kids for thirty more subjects. It dawned on me that I’ve never shared exactly what the subjects of the thirty day photo challenge are. So, here you go:

1.     Self portrait

2.    What you wore today

3.    Something green

4.    Clouds

5.    From a high angle

6.    From a low angle

7.    Fruit

8.     A bad habit

9.     Someone you love

10.  Childhood memory

11.  Something blue

12. Sunset

13. Yourself with 13 things

14. Eyes

15. Silhouette

16. Long Exposure

17. Technology

18.  Your shoes

19.  Something orange

20. Bokah

21. Faceless self portrait

22. Hands

23. Sun flare

24. Animal

25. Something pink

26. Close up

27. From a distance

28. Flowers

29. Black and white

30. Self portrait

(something else new at work that I like a lot)

Yesterday while photographing a sun flare I was reminded of being in kindergarten and how I misheard the teacher say that if you stare at the sun you’d go blonde. After I woke up in the nurses office and my mom picked me up I found out I would have my hearing checked. Hmmm. Blind, not blonde. Now I have a plastic eardrum and everyone says I have selective hearing. It serves me well, though. Until next time…