March 26 Lobby

March 26 Lobby, originally uploaded by NedraI.

It's not very often that I stay at a 4 star hotel but this was one of those times thanks to hotwire.com. I got a good deal for this beautiful downtown Pittsburgh hotel, Omni WiIlliam Penn Hotel. Not only was it a beautiful place with a huge room but the staff was very friendly and encouraged me to take pictures. How can you not love that?

March 26 Decisions, Decisions

March 26 Decisions, Decisions, originally uploaded by NedraI.

We spent some time with family and then my daughter wanted to take me down to "The Strip" in Pittsburgh. We had a very enjoyable afternoon walking around and checking out some of the shops. Our first and last stop was at the Peace Love and Little Doughnuts shop. Here my daughter is deciding what to enjoy first. At the end of the day we bought bacon doughnuts as well as coconut ones to take back to my husband. He said they were great!

Daily Shoot Motion

Daily Shoot Motion, originally uploaded by NedraI.

Make a photograph of something in motion. Use blur to help convey the motion you are capturing.

My nephew in law attends Carnegie Mellon and today we had the opportunity to meet Herb, the robot.

March 25 Cousins

March 25 Cousins, originally uploaded by NedraI.

My daughter on the left and my sister's two girls. We don't see each other too often but thanks to social networking they stay in touch. Here we are at a former church converted to a brew pup/pizza restaurant in Pittsburgh . It was a great place!

Daily Shoot-Happy

Daily Shoot-Happy, originally uploaded by NedraI.

Today, let's illustrate the emotion of being happy. Make a photograph that represents happiness to you.

I actually took this yesterday but I'm going to use it for today's topic. Happiness to me is being with family and I had a nice dose of family other than my own husband and kids this weekend. I had the pleasure of traveling to Pittsburgh to meet up with sister and BIL and both their girls and grandson as well. One of their girls moved to Pittsburgh last year so this was a mini reunion. I picked up my daughter up along the way and we all had a fun weekend. Here my niece from Chicago is having fun with her son. They both look pretty happy. :-)

March 24 Daffodils

March 24 Daffodils, originally uploaded by NedraI.

The American Cancer daffodils arrived today. Since I don't have a window in my classroom I decided I best bring them home. Too bad I can't leave this little bit of sunshine in my car's cup holder! Typically by the time these die out the real thing will be close to blooming in the garden. Despite the snow they are up and I can see buds!

March 20 Daily Shoot-Circle

Daily Shoot-Circle, originally uploaded by NedraI.

Make a photograph that incorporates a circle.

My husband is a collector and often he'll find something he wants to add to his collection but he's not sure if he has it or not. So to help him out I've taken photos of all his beer tappers. Now I'll be able to use my phone and search flckr to see if we have a certain tapper or not and avoid duplications.