may photo-a-day twenty-three::{undulate}

may photo-a-day::twenty-three::{undulate}
wave like
i know it's literal but i was a little stumped :)

may photo-a-day project with
Monica & Samantha

may photo-a-day twenty-two::{precise}

when i think of
precise
i think of
lines...
straight
and narrow
thick and thin
parallel or
criss-crossed 
but never curved
never crooked
deliberate and
concise
running along the length
of my
heart
with
full
intention.

want to see more?  go here:
Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day twenty-one::{digest}

almost every day,
i eat peanut butter and jam
on an english muffin...

kraft peanut butter...smooth only
raspberry jam...
whole wheat english muffins.

i like to toast them at 5
and then punch the toaster down for an extra
minute or so
to make them
just perfectly crunchy
and the peanut butter
just melty enough...

sigh.

may photo-a-day::twenty-one::{digest}
if you want to see more
go here:
Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day twenty::{archetype}

so.

i feel like i have been starting off
a lot of these
with
"i really struggled with this one"
but
the truth is...
i really struggled with this one.

just because
this is not a word
i often use
or even
in all honesty
feel comfortable in using
(i'm not even sure i am pronouncing it right in my head}.

but the prompt is
archetype
and the meaning i am choosing to go with
"perfect example"

Definition of ARCHETYPE

1

: the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype; also : a perfect example

and still...
i struggled.

until i thought of the some of the wedding photos that i have
that make me think
that was a perfect example of real love...

if you want to see more of the May photo-a-day project, go see these girls:
Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day nineteen:: {night}

typically
i do not shoot at night
because
lighting
scares me.

the best i could do here
is sunsets
some christmas lights
and a couple of
experimental street shots...

want to see more? 
go here:
Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day eighteen::{salt}

my family would laugh
if they knew my prompt for today
was salt.

salt is synonymous with me.
we are one in the same.
i crave salt.
no sweets for me but could you pass the chips...

 and i live on an island.
 surrounded by salt water.

when i think of salt
i think of my dad,
who told us when we were kids
that pepper was bad for you...
but salt?
we could eat as much salt as we wanted.
my dad still eats as much salt
as he did back then.

i think of my dad
and how his remedy for many things was salt water.
sore throat,
gargle with salt water.
got a cut,
rinse it in salt water.
want to get a tan...don't use baby oil (which we also did)
go out in the water,
salt water attracts the sun,
didn't you know?

i think of salt and i think
of hot lazy summer days laying in the sand
listening to the waves lap against the rocks
inhaling the tangy air
listening the kids laughing and yelling from a distance...
i think of garden fresh tomatoes and cucumbers,
eaten whole
with a sprinkling of salt...
juices running down your chin
but it was too good to care.

i think of crowded family suppers,
arms jostling against each other
and plates being passed back and forth
someone asks who has the salt
and the inevitable joke
"either your father or your sister has it".

i am synonymous with salt.
i am infused, embedded and ingrained.

want to see more?  go see these girls:
Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day::seventeen {soul}

wow.

i thought i had a hard time with bathe.
soul
stopped me
dead in my tracks.

what do i know about soul.

i, who hides my head and sticks my fingers deep in my ears
should anyone talk about spiritualism, religion, afterlife, soul, heaven.
i, who chooses to ignore rather than consider.
i, a lapsed catholic, cynical and irate with the politics and judgement
of the religion i grew up in, the religion that was thrust upon me halfheartedly,
a religion that made me feel bad about myself, question my integrity,
filled me with guilt and answered none of my questions while expecting my
devout belief and faith.

what do i know about soul.

i am pragmatic and logistical, systematic and a realist.

what do i know about soul.

i don't do well with the abstract.

what i do know is that sometimes
when i am outside
and a flock of birds takes off
right over me,
i lose my breath for a split second
and i forget where i am
and i just stand there
spellbound
and pulsing with an awareness
that
i can't
understand.

but soul?  what do i know about soul.

 want to see more of the photo-a-day in may project?
go here:

Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

May photo-a-day: sixteen {bathe}

i really
really, really
struggled with this one.

in the end, i had to go with this part of the definition:

4. To seem to wash or pour over; suffuse: a room that was bathed in sunlight.

 

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Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day fifteen {thought}

may photo-a-day fifteen {thought}

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Monica Lacey
Samantha Christensen

may photo-a-day fourteen: {staged}

you can see more photos here:
Monica Lacey

Samantha Christensen