Once again I’m digging a photo out of my archives.  Hopefully Nikon will have returned my camera by next week.  This photo was take on July 4, 2009 in Rockport, MA.  We spent the weekend at my sister-in-law’s place, which has a beautiful view of the beach.  I took this photo standing across the street from her driveway.  It was my first attempt at photographing fireworks.  I still have a lot to learn, but I love the contrast of the bright lights against the dark sky and the reflection of all the colors in the water.

I think I’ve entered the “nesting” phase of pregnancy.  I’ve spent much of the last few days working on the nursery (and nagging my husband to do the things I can’t) and sorting and washing baby clothes, diapers, etc.  So you’ll forgive me if my obsession spills over into my Project 52.

I squealed with delight when I realized just how tiny our daughter’s socks are.  I don’t think my feet were every tiny enough to fit in these things.  (Seriously, even at birth I was a sasquatch.)  Now I know why so many baby books and web sites recommend putting them in a mesh laundry bag before washing.  These little treats are just too tempting, and the washer or dryer is bound to gobble them up otherwise.

In case any of you missed it, last Friday was the Wolf Moon.  The name comes from Native Americans who had a different name for each full moon of the year.  It refers to the hungry wolves they’d hear howling around this time.

Another unique thing about last Friday’s full moon was the apparent size.  It appeared so large because the full moon coincided with its perigee.  Perigee is the point in the moon’s orbit at which it is closest to the earth.

I braved the cold (seriously, it was 12ºF at the time, with the wind chill at -5ºF) to try my hand at some lunar photography.  I’m pretty happy with the results.  I’m surprised at how much detail is actually visible in the photo.

The second photo is taken from almost the same position as the first, but instead of focusing on the moon, I focused on the branches of the tree I was viewing it through.  I thought it had kind of an eerie quality, so I’m including it in this post.

Every winter we get a few of these little buggers deciding to take up residence in our house.  They’re cute enough when they’re up near the ceiling out of reach.  Get too close, though, and…ugh!  They’re just as ugly as any other bug!  I was brave enough to get even closer with my macro lens in hand.  Zoomed in?  You guessed it…even uglier!  But…doesn’t the head kind of look like an angry Goomba from Mario Bros. fame?  No?  It’s just me then?  Humph…

I felt like getting away from the cutesy stuff I like to photograph (when I’m not taking pictures for my recipe blog, that is).  I also wanted an excuse to play with my macro lens.  My husband is currently doing the spare room over to make it into a nursery.  Last night he removed all the hardware from the built-in cabinets and spent a couple of hours cleaning off old paint and shellac.  Now it all looks new again.  I really wanted to grab some pictures of the hinges while they were still loose, but he was too quick for me.  I settled for snapping a few shots of the screws.  And just because screws are such a compelling subject (note sarcasm), I decided to get creative and desaturate the final image.  Black and white hardware…does it get any better?  :)