Ninteenth Week - Focus 52 - Feminine

The theme this week, I have learned, is feminine. I only found this out yesterday and I looked to see what I took that could fit the theme. See, I spent this week in DC hanging with Obama (seriously - he was at the Newseum when I was!!). So here's my feminine takes, after the fact:

The ultimate feminine, in my opinion:



Eleanor Roosevelt. I take a picture of me with her every year.

From the same memorial:



The FDR memorial is my favourite, and not just because it has the only statue of a First Lady in DC. It is beautiful. This face was one in the wall representing the victims of the depression. She stood out to me so much.

And a mother and child duo, kinda....



Representing the mama and babys of the zoo. So beautiful - I love how even wicker can care.

And then, two that I submitted to the pool that weren't on the them, but I really liked:



The sky through the leaves at the zoo



Dusk at Lincoln.

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Sixteenth Week - Focus 52 - Easter

For SOME reason, the theme this week was Easter. I was able to take some pictures I think were representative of my Easter. Most of which I submitted to the pool, some of which i did not because they were more personal then interesting.



Really, this is the emblem of Easter. A child with a face full of chocolate. Of course, he's a beautiful child with a beautiful pair of eyes so it's going to look good anyway (or decent at least). He did have an inability to smile without jumping so I'm very glad for this picture!



We tried to make them joust. They just puffed up and died. No one won.



They're nut free!!



From the top of his Easter basket. I love the cute little fuzziness of him.



I saw the set up and I couldn't resist. He'd had a hard night, needed a little help to sleep.

And, of course, the best celebration of the season:



I made it. I made it. I made it.

Everyone else is here.

Thirteenth Week - Focus 52 - Silly

Ok, this week was busy. Crazy. Frenetic. But not silly. Nuts, perhaps. Or no nuts, as the case seems to be. However, the prompt was silly. Not that it was a silly prompt, it was, quite literally, silly. So... what could I take?

Well, I took this one, just to signify the nuts of this week:



I didn't submit it to the pool. This is my son, finding out he's allergic to all nuts. ALL NUTS. Seriously people - do you know how many things out there contain 'traces of nuts'. It's so crazy, it's well, nuts. It fits into the frantic silliness of this week.

I didn't submit this one either:


We had a student recess to raise money for students who can't afford prom. Someone made some beautiful cupcakes for us and put all kinds of quality street in the box. They looked like little jewels. But they had nuts so out they went. It's silly just how worried we are these days - but I hope people are just as silly for my child. This picture also reminded me of the frantic silliness of this week - the recess was a full day crazy event. I liked this picture a lot but it's a very tenuous connection to the theme.

I did submit this one:



It may seem silly, but I like toys. This is one of my protectors in my office. My little ninja. He's a happy guy.

This was a beautiful moment while driving home:


Childhood silliness - making a beautiful snow person who was going to be destroyed in the next day or two. Bringing such beauty in such a silly way. It was appreciated.

And this one...


This just reminds me of the 'If the World Were a Village' book - this is just a messed up village!

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