big, ole honkin' picture post

Don't blame me for the number of pictures in this post. Blame Ali. And Tracey.

During our adventure this summer, I shared a room with Ali and Tracey. Tracey was on the top bunk, I was on the bottom bunk,  and Ali was on a twin bed about 6 inches away from us. Our room was lovingly referred to as "Control Central" on more than one occasion. I can assure you that I was simply lumped into that description, being the playful, carefree, whimsical, laid-back, happy-go-lucky person that I am. 

I remember watching Tracey climb down and thinking "Holy crap! That's the Shutter Sisters girl."  And, looking at Ali while she was crashed out and wanting to poke her in the forehead to see if it was really Ali, the Life Artist - in the flesh.

Well, I developed terrible crushes on both of them and vowed to take more pictures and make books. Imperfectly. Damn it. 

When Ali started the Week in the Life Weekend Creative, well . . .  I couldn't resist. I read Tracey's awesome guest post "The Great Indoors" on shooting inside, and did it! 

I'm not sure how I'm going to get these suckers into books, but I am really loving the project. It's just a celebration of the ordinary and everyday. The joyful stuff.

Here's 9 of 29 photos. I'm going to try and do one week every quarter (or season), avoiding the big holidays. I figure that's already well documented . . . and too vulnerable to the whole "we look like we're having a good time, but I'm fixin' to kill somebody" thing.

I've created a new section on the blog called "week in the life project."  If you want to see the entire week and the photo stories, check it out on the left tool bar under "explore." 

 

Ali and Tracey - thanks for helping us remember to capture the wildly wonderful ordinary moments!  If you'd like to share some of your favorite "week in the life" snapshots (in words or pictures), I'd love to hear about them!