September Photo a Day: Weeks 1 & 2

Despite September proving to be a busy one, here I am. There's a new Photo a Day Challenge up on the GIS forums. This month has a twist: It's prompts are based on literature. I am kinda in love with these prompts because I find that I don't have to try take photos with a prompt in mind, but rather I can match my the photos I do take to the prompts. That's the great thing about literature: It's full of universal truths that we can all relate to, pretty much in any given moment.

 1. “A Boo Radley Moment” from To Kill a Mockingbird 

My nephew, who lives in Haiti, was in awe of all the cars. Here my son and mother in law are telling which car belongs to what family.


2.    Oh the Places You'll Go

The Moon at the dusk. This month, I was able to watch LADEE launch. To the Moon we go!


3. The Joy Luck Club

I skipped this one because really it's my favorite book. I'm saving it up for another day.


4. The Happiness Project



Shortly before we found Thor, my husband wished our cats were more snugly. Wish granted. This little guy is a daddy's boy.


5. “Small acts of kindness and love.” – Gandalf



My kiddo introduced his Haitian cousin to Legos. He loved them so much, that my kiddo gave his cousin some to keep.


6. The Hunger Games



Waiting for dinner. The child was starving. STARVING. Grandmommy needs to feed him because I certainly don't.


7. "A person's a person no matter how small!" - Horton



Our new niece: She's not small for a 4 month old, but she is still the smallest person in our family.


8. The Color Purple



More baby: Here with her purple pacifier. She's gone back to Haiti now, which makes me sad.


9. Rear Window



People watching on the boardwalk. Every year there are more and more people as our little resort area gets more and more publicized. After Labor Day, it used to be that the boardwalk was practically a ghost town.


10. The Language of Flowers



My kid was frustrated and sad, and struggled with communicating what he was feeling and what he needed. I decorated his new 'soft shot' gun with washi tape while helping him find the words to express himself.


11. The Book Thief



Butters isn't the brightest cat and he may be the cutest. His one flaw is that he literally likes to eat my books. Not magazines, not paper, but books. He prefers hardcovers to soft.


12. Let's Pretend This Never Happened



My hubby, having a bad day, and it's not over at this point.


13. “Riddikulus!” – Professor Lupin



That's Thor pulling out my bun. I'm not sure why he does this.


14. “We go together like peas and carrots.” – Forrest Gump



Cousins: Neither was thrilled to have pose for the photo, but both humored me. My kid is thrilled to have a little cousin and his little cousin is thrilled to have a big one. It works out perfectly.

I played with my Nik Color Effects Pro for this batch. It's a newer version and I loved how much simpler it is and cleaner it looks. I love things that take the work out of editing photos for me!

You can tell we've done some family visiting and that it's over now. One week a year is never quite long enough. Perhaps we'll get to visit them one year.

Join us for this challenge and share your photos with us- we wanna see!!  

♥ Carrie