I've been missing the zinnias this year. P and I saved a huge bag of seeds from our flowers last year and planted a long row this spring. Not a single zinnia sprouted. It was very sad, so very sad. I think we must have had a hybrid variety last year. I'll have to look for a variety that we can save the seed from next year.
While we had all of the scraps out and in a big mess we pulled out some zinnia colored bits to make a zinnia quilt. Now we will be able to have a riot of pink, yellow, and orange, and red all year long.
Daily Walks
I'm trying to take a walk every day. 
I love this tree house just up the road from us. 
I will feel a little less guilt tonight when I dig into the freshly cooked blackberry cobbler.
100 Possibilities
I love my new "big girl" camera and am having a lot of fun learning how to use it. There are some interesting photography projects and challenges on flickr. I do have to be careful when I look on flickr because the next thing you know I have forgotten about the cookies I was baking or that it is time to pick up M from school.
The 100 Possibilities Project really captivates me and encourages me to take pictures and try different things. The idea is to choose an everyday object and take 100 photographs of it. This large wooden spool is my object of choice. Sometimes I feel like I get a good photo and sometimes I don't.
Still, I try, and am learning things all the time.
I'll be collecting my spool photos here on flickr.
Have a look at some of these photo collections. This brown bowl was the first one I saw. I like that the photographer, Artsy_T chose a very simple and earthy object. She has started a second project with a frame. Both sets are very creative and artistic. Another one of my favorite 100 Possibilities projects is Prometheus by Kadewegirl. I am amazed by the different views and slices of one statue. 
I had a hard time choosing what object I would take 100 photographs of but settled on something small and portable that I had. I wanted it to be simple and adaptable to many settings.
