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you capture: shapes

Day in and day out I stare at this thing.

It's familiar.  The 'squares' fit my fingers perfectly.  I love the soothing typitty sound the 'squares' make when I touch them.  Rarely do I miss a 'square' and usually it's because I had become utterly distracted by the lovely 'circle' on my desk (my ever-coveted coffee mug).  The 'squares' don't stick, don't correct me, don't miss a beat.

And so, I spend hours upon hours with this 'rectangle', full of its tiny, perfect, little 'squares'.

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you capture: (puppy) kisses

I casually mentioned to Adam that this week's assignment was 'kisses' and was left coughing in the dust of his wake as he fled from the room.  Hmph.  Apparently Ricki was going to have to be my costar again this week.

So last night I sat him down and said 'Ricki, give me a kiss.'  And he turned his butt at me and walked away.  Apparently 'give me a kiss' is in the same realm as 'sit', 'lay', 'heel'...aka all those things we attempted to teach him that he refuses to learn.

Fortunately his curiosity with the camera never fails.  Upon bringing out the camera he immediately ran over to sniff and snot all over it.  Here's some quick shots where I attempted to capture him giving the camera a 'kiss' (I use this term loosely):

Yes, I know they're all blurry.  He wasn't being a very cooperative costar last night.  Sighhh...I hope all your captures are much better than mine this week.

you capture: work

This week's assignment was to capture 'work.'  Well, working in Finance isn't all too glamorous, I mean really, even my desk looks boring...

Snooze.

So I decided that one of my co-stars would be the topic of this week's you capture.  I mean, we all know that he spends about 84% of his time scatching some shut-eye, but there are a few times that he does have to 'work'.  I managed to snap this shot this morning of him working hard to get his Pedigree dental stick (btw if you have a dog, these things are amazing!  They've done wonders to keep the few teeth he has left clean).

Hey, it's hard work looking this cute.

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you capture: love around your home.

I found this week's challenge to be particulary difficult, not because I didn't know what to shoot but because there's literary HUNDREDs of things around the house that remind me of love.  I really did try to narrow it down to just a few though...

I love that Adam loves his plants.  The kid was definitely blessed with a green thumb.  Here's some of his favorites that he moved to his bedroom for the winter so they would survive the cold. 

My feelings of love come from all the photographs around our house.  With living two hours away from both of our families, I have to rely on the photo of my brother's goofy grin at Adam's graduation to bring about a feeling of home.  Here's a bunch of smiling faces lined up on my dresser.

And of course, Ricki has love in our house too.  I snapped a quick shot of his favorite toy...of course he's in the photo trying to paw it away from me.  Silly puppy.

And I think there is one thing that symbolizes love for all three of us (okay, maybe just Adam and I cause Ricki REALLY loves that toy).  Our best man took and designed this photo of our house when we moved in.  It's hanging right by our front door.  I love that he was able to capture our first home together.

 To see the love in other's homes, click here!

you capture: winter.

I grew up in the 'snowbelt' of Cleveland where snowfall is measured in feet not inches so winter isn't quite my favorite season.  And even though the snow is pretty to look at - I'm tired of the fact that it just creates a mess, is cold and causes me to kick myself daily for forgetting to put a snowbrush in my car.

So we spend most of our winters snuggled up on the couch trying to keep warm.

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***Don't worry, Martha Show recap will be up soon!  I'm about to head to the airport and will load photos and such when I get home tonight!***

you capture: holiday decor

So, this is repost of sorts since I participated in the Christmas Tour of Homes, so I've already shown off my most of my holiday decor...but here's my FAVORITE holiday decoration for you all:

My nutcrackers!  I've had one ever since I was little...and played with it so much that I broke the sword off.  It is now on the mantel at my mom's house with the sword barely held together with scotch tape.  It could just be the sentimental attachment I have because ofmy ballerina days.  Regardless, there's something about them that just reminds me of Christmas. 

What's your favorite holiday decor?  To see other's, head over here! 

you capture: lines.

Alright, guilty.  I seriously did not have time this week to complete my 'you capture' assignment but in order to participate I'm going to drag out an older photo that I took this summer when my nieces came to visit my house for the first time!  We have a HUGE back yard with an old wooden fence and a creek that runs behind it.  The girls just loved watching the water flow by...almost as much as they love walking Ricki around the backyard.

So my lines are...

The fence posts they are so dangerously climbing on.  I love this photo and have it hanging in my house.  It reminds me to stop and take in the simple, beautiful things that nature has to offer.  And to always be in awe of what fascinates a child.

And just for fun...because because I ran across this photo while searching for the one above.

Here is the line(up) of wedding dresses during one of my shopping trips to find THE DRESS!

Is the dress I choose in this bunch?  Maybe, maybe not.  You'll have to wait until July 2nd to find out!

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you capture: tell a story.

There's nothing I love more than an afternoon of playing in the yard with my two boys.  Plus it's somewhat comical.

Adam calling 'hey Ricki, come here!' 

Here he comes!

 

'Come here Ricki!'

 
 And there he goes!

(Apparently Ricki was more interested in the fact that I was holding a camera.  Poor Adam.)

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you capture: sunrise/sunset.

Okay, I'm a bum.  A total bum.  Not only did the sun not shine this week, I definitely did not wake up in time/make it home from work in time to even catch a glimpse of the sun either rising or setting.  And when looking through my archives for something I could remotely pass off as something, I was disappointed to find that I rarely have a camera handy at those moments.  Apparently I only snap photos in bright sunlight, during gloomy, rainy days, or when it's pitch-black. 

So today we have a GUEST photographer - the best man in our wedding!  He actually snapped this photo of Adam and I last summer while we were driving the boat home from Kelley's Island.  I love love LOVE this photo (it's on our mantel I love it that much) and so I thought I'd share it. 

Check out other photographers that actually captured a sunrise/sunset this week!

you capture: real life

WARNING: MY REAL LIFE ISN'T ACTUALLY THAT EXCITING.

I struggled with this one and ended up capturing a few of the things that never change day-to-day in my life.

 

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