Picture a Day- July 2009-January 2010

1-6-2010- wednesday New news: After nearly four years of shooting a daily shot, I am letting go of the Daily Photo challenge. I have learned so much with the consistent discipline and the e ...

2010-01-05T19:28:18Z

Laura Shmania
1-6-2010- wednesday New news: After nearly four years of shooting a daily shot, I am letting go of the Daily Photo challenge. I have learned so much with the consistent discipline and the e ...

12-30-09-- wednesday shooting a theatre production- this is at the lighting set-up run-thru

2009-12-30T21:29:37Z

Laura Shmania
12-30-09-- wednesday shooting a theatre production- this is at the lighting set-up run-thru

12-30-09-- tuesdsay new blooms in the arboretum

2009-12-29T21:11:11Z

Laura Shmania
12-30-09-- tuesdsay new blooms in the arboretum

12-29-09-- tuesday cooking cookies frenzy ! ! (just a small sampling)

2009-12-28T20:22:11Z

Laura Shmania
12-29-09-- tuesday cooking cookies frenzy ! ! (just a small sampling)

12-28-09-- monday twisty twines

2009-12-28T06:12:19Z

Laura Shmania
12-28-09-- monday twisty twines

12-27-09-- sunday

2009-12-28T06:12:25Z

Laura Shmania
12-27-09-- sunday

12-26-09-- saturday oh christmas tree... and ... oh bailey boy...

2009-12-28T06:07:22Z

Laura Shmania
12-26-09-- saturday oh christmas tree... and ... oh bailey boy...

12-25-09-- friday merry christmas!

2009-12-25T20:32:48Z

Laura Shmania
12-25-09-- friday merry christmas!

12-24-09-- thursday special deeelish meal made by my youngest ! quite a treat !

2009-12-24T21:10:59Z

Laura Shmania
12-24-09-- thursday special deeelish meal made by my youngest ! quite a treat !

12-24-09-- thursday another shot from our trip to colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

2009-12-23T22:01:28Z

Laura Shmania
12-24-09-- thursday another shot from our trip to colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

12-23-09-- wednesday another shot from colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

2009-12-23T21:57:33Z

Laura Shmania
12-23-09-- wednesday another shot from colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

12-22-09-- tuesday colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

2009-12-23T21:57:40Z

Laura Shmania
12-22-09-- tuesday colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

12-21-09-- monday colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

2009-12-24T03:20:07Z

Laura Shmania
12-21-09-- monday colonial williamsburg, va to see the gallery of photos, click here

12-20-09-- sunday keeper of the trees

2009-12-20T20:39:13Z

Laura Shmania
12-20-09-- sunday keeper of the trees

12-19-09-- saturday change of scenery- a touch of snow remains!

2009-12-19T21:38:40Z

Laura Shmania
12-19-09-- saturday change of scenery- a touch of snow remains!

12-18-09-- friday aaaaaand we got snow!! (real snow!)

2009-12-18T20:34:06Z

Laura Shmania
12-18-09-- friday aaaaaand we got snow!! (real snow!)

12-17-09-- thursday

2009-12-17T19:31:49Z

Laura Shmania
12-17-09-- thursday

12-16-09-- wednesday in memory of my dad- who passed away 10 years ago today- and remains a guiding light in my life.

2009-12-16T20:16:31Z

Laura Shmania
12-16-09-- wednesday in memory of my dad- who passed away 10 years ago today- and remains a guiding light in my life.

12-15-09-- tuesday dreaming of a white christmas (snow was added post shot... ! )

2009-12-15T20:34:18Z

Laura Shmania
12-15-09-- tuesday dreaming of a white christmas (snow was added post shot... ! )

12-14-09-- monday the old well on unc-chapel hill campus

2009-12-14T20:23:49Z

Laura Shmania
12-14-09-- monday the old well on unc-chapel hill campus

12-13-09-- saturday a trip to the mall

2009-12-12T20:40:29Z

Laura Shmania
12-13-09-- saturday a trip to the mall

12-11-09-- friday

2009-12-12T03:25:55Z

Laura Shmania
12-11-09-- friday

12-10-09-- thursday whirled peace

2009-12-10T20:48:50Z

Laura Shmania
12-10-09-- thursday whirled peace

12-9-09-- wednesday playing with making a collage of random shots

2009-12-09T19:37:08Z

Laura Shmania
12-9-09-- wednesday playing with making a collage of random shots

12-8-09-- tuesday

2009-12-08T19:37:40Z

Laura Shmania
12-8-09-- tuesday

12-7-o9-- monday whirled lights. straight out of the camera.

2009-12-07T19:24:48Z

Laura Shmania
12-7-o9-- monday whirled lights. straight out of the camera.

12-6-09-- sunday ok- true confessions- the nose and colored lights are post processed! (surprised?) the deer with antlers was truly in my backyard!! um... happy holidays...

2009-12-06T20:28:26Z

Laura Shmania
12-6-09-- sunday ok- true confessions- the nose and colored lights are post processed! (surprised?) the deer with antlers was truly in my backyard!! um... happy holidays...

12-5-09-- saturday someone's getting into the holiday spirit!

2009-12-05T21:14:20Z

Laura Shmania
12-5-09-- saturday someone's getting into the holiday spirit!

12-4-09-- friday camellias still in bloom !

2009-12-04T19:46:16Z

Laura Shmania
12-4-09-- friday camellias still in bloom !

12-3-09-- thursday

2009-12-04T07:10:02Z

Laura Shmania
12-3-09-- thursday

12-2-09-- tuesday stormy outside. practiced with flash with bailey boy. this one was bounced to the wall behind me.

2009-12-02T19:55:00Z

Laura Shmania
12-2-09-- tuesday stormy outside. practiced with flash with bailey boy. this one was bounced to the wall behind me.

12-1-09-- monday at the franklin street post office

2009-12-01T19:23:07Z

Laura Shmania
12-1-09-- monday at the franklin street post office

11-31-09-- monday leaf and ripples on water

2009-11-30T20:05:20Z

Laura Shmania
11-31-09-- monday leaf and ripples on water

11-29-09-- sunday re-opening of the varsity theatre in chapel hill after having been closed by the previous owner

2009-11-30T20:03:35Z

Laura Shmania
11-29-09-- sunday re-opening of the varsity theatre in chapel hill after having been closed by the previous owner

11-28-09-- saturday a popular pizza place in chapel hill-- pepper's pizza. thanks for all your kind comments on my flower shot yesterday!

2009-11-28T19:44:31Z

Laura Shmania
11-28-09-- saturday a popular pizza place in chapel hill-- pepper's pizza. thanks for all your kind comments on my flower shot yesterday!

11-27-09-- saturday "for each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything thy goodness sends." -- ralph waldo e ...

2009-11-27T20:39:03Z

Laura Shmania
11-27-09-- saturday "for each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything thy goodness sends." -- ralph waldo e ...

11-26-09-- thursday taken a few days ago. thanksgiving dinner was a quiet enjoyable meal- yet our "real" thanksgiving is to be mid-december when my youngest daughter is home as well!

2009-11-26T23:13:50Z

Laura Shmania
11-26-09-- thursday taken a few days ago. thanksgiving dinner was a quiet enjoyable meal- yet our "real" thanksgiving is to be mid-december when my youngest daughter is home as well!

11-25-09-- wednesday at the unc arboretum- japanese beautyberry happy thanksgiving ! hoping there is something of beauty in your day !

2009-11-25T21:06:19Z

Laura Shmania
11-25-09-- wednesday at the unc arboretum- japanese beautyberry happy thanksgiving ! hoping there is something of beauty in your day !

11-24-09-- tuesday winter garden lettuce after the rain

2009-11-24T19:15:05Z

Laura Shmania
11-24-09-- tuesday winter garden lettuce after the rain

11-23-09-- monday a cold wet dreary day outside.

2009-11-23T19:19:08Z

Laura Shmania
11-23-09-- monday a cold wet dreary day outside.

11-22-09-- roses in the rain

2009-11-22T19:21:46Z

Laura Shmania
11-22-09-- roses in the rain

11-21-09-- saturday music in the arboretum

2009-11-21T20:19:02Z

Laura Shmania
11-21-09-- saturday music in the arboretum

11-20-09-- friday studying under golden leaves

2009-11-21T00:27:02Z

Laura Shmania
11-20-09-- friday studying under golden leaves

11-19-09-- thursday gray rainy day. need some color and frivolity ! so this is a re-run from last spring. backend of bluebird on birdbath.

2009-11-20T03:01:59Z

Laura Shmania
11-19-09-- thursday gray rainy day. need some color and frivolity ! so this is a re-run from last spring. backend of bluebird on birdbath.

11-18-09-- wednesday spinning the camera at 1/10s shutter speed- and this is what I got!

2009-11-18T19:43:48Z

Laura Shmania
11-18-09-- wednesday spinning the camera at 1/10s shutter speed- and this is what I got!

11-17-09-- bailey boy

2009-11-17T19:30:57Z

Laura Shmania
11-17-09-- bailey boy

11-16-09-- monday playing with traffic (panning-- shutter speed 1/10s). ( just to say I was sitting on a sidewalk stone wall while I shot this shot...)

2009-11-17T19:28:06Z

Laura Shmania
11-16-09-- monday playing with traffic (panning-- shutter speed 1/10s). ( just to say I was sitting on a sidewalk stone wall while I shot this shot...)

11-15-09-- Sunday Orange County Open Studio Tour - for two weekends each fall, artists open their studios to visitors to show their process of creation as well as their finished works of art ...

2009-11-15T20:12:31Z

Laura Shmania
11-15-09-- Sunday Orange County Open Studio Tour - for two weekends each fall, artists open their studios to visitors to show their process of creation as well as their finished works of art ...

11-14-09-- satruday unc won the football game and franklin street was filled with revelers in carolina blue

2009-11-14T20:38:09Z

Laura Shmania
11-14-09-- satruday unc won the football game and franklin street was filled with revelers in carolina blue

11-13-09-- friday horse with blue shoes

2009-11-13T19:10:14Z

Laura Shmania
11-13-09-- friday horse with blue shoes

11-12-09-- thursdsay more rain and another abstract at stoplight. disclaimer to my daughters: I was at a Full Stop, my darlings!

2009-11-12T20:14:29Z

Laura Shmania
11-12-09-- thursdsay more rain and another abstract at stoplight. disclaimer to my daughters: I was at a Full Stop, my darlings!

11-11-09-- wednesday reflections of red... evening meeting had me out driving in the rain... and yes, I was at a full stop when I took this shot!

2009-11-11T19:40:25Z

Laura Shmania
11-11-09-- wednesday reflections of red... evening meeting had me out driving in the rain... and yes, I was at a full stop when I took this shot!

11-10-09-- this may be the last of the fall color, as the rains have come in...

2009-11-10T19:25:49Z

Laura Shmania
11-10-09-- this may be the last of the fall color, as the rains have come in...

11-9-09-- monday- warm weather... late afternoon frisbee game in front of the old well- unc-ch.

2009-11-09T20:03:39Z

Laura Shmania
11-9-09-- monday- warm weather... late afternoon frisbee game in front of the old well- unc-ch.

11-8-09-- sunday chapel hill's "flower lady" lillie pratt offers a flower to a shy child. lillie has been selling flowers on franklin street since the mid-50s. the dad accepted the flower ...

2009-11-08T20:02:11Z

Laura Shmania
11-8-09-- sunday chapel hill's "flower lady" lillie pratt offers a flower to a shy child. lillie has been selling flowers on franklin street since the mid-50s. the dad accepted the flower ...

11-7-09-- satruday homecoming parade for unc-ch

2009-11-07T20:36:26Z

Laura Shmania
11-7-09-- satruday homecoming parade for unc-ch

11-6-09-- friday panning a skateboarder on franklin street

2009-11-06T20:23:33Z

Laura Shmania
11-6-09-- friday panning a skateboarder on franklin street

11-5-09-- thrusday another slow shutter speed camera twirl!

2009-11-05T19:26:13Z

Laura Shmania
11-5-09-- thrusday another slow shutter speed camera twirl!

11-4-09-- wednesday

2009-11-04T20:13:30Z

Laura Shmania
11-4-09-- wednesday

11-3-09-- tuesday one with the tree

2009-11-03T19:36:09Z

Laura Shmania
11-3-09-- tuesday one with the tree

11-2-09-- monday

2009-11-02T17:23:42Z

Laura Shmania
11-2-09-- monday

11-2-09-- monday a favorite kid activity here- walking the stone walls with parent at side

2009-11-02T17:24:53Z

Laura Shmania
11-2-09-- monday a favorite kid activity here- walking the stone walls with parent at side

10-30-09-- saturday thanks for all your well wishes- I am feeling better. ventured outside for a walk as it was a beautiful balmy afternoon. took this with shutter speed at 1/12s, I moved ...

2009-11-01T19:37:20Z

Laura Shmania
10-30-09-- saturday thanks for all your well wishes- I am feeling better. ventured outside for a walk as it was a beautiful balmy afternoon. took this with shutter speed at 1/12s, I moved ...

10-29-09-- friday as I am still recovering from the walking pneumonia (and well on the mend), here's another shot from my trip to mystic seaport, conn.

2009-11-01T19:37:45Z

Laura Shmania
10-29-09-- friday as I am still recovering from the walking pneumonia (and well on the mend), here's another shot from my trip to mystic seaport, conn.

10-28-09-- thursday anther from the trip to mystic seaport in connecticut

2009-11-01T19:38:03Z

Laura Shmania
10-28-09-- thursday anther from the trip to mystic seaport in connecticut

10-29-09-- thursday from my trip to the historic seaport at mystic, conn. my daughter is studying there for the fall semester. "Mystic Seaport is a maritime museum, educational institution ...

2009-10-28T21:31:46Z

Laura Shmania
10-29-09-- thursday from my trip to the historic seaport at mystic, conn. my daughter is studying there for the fall semester. "Mystic Seaport is a maritime museum, educational institution ...

10-28-09-- wednesday home again to the stunning shades of carolina gold!! had a great trip - inspite of coming down with walking pneumonia- am on the mend... will upload photos over the ...

2009-10-28T06:34:51Z

Laura Shmania
10-28-09-- wednesday home again to the stunning shades of carolina gold!! had a great trip - inspite of coming down with walking pneumonia- am on the mend... will upload photos over the ...

10-21-09-- wednesday made a quick trip to wrightsville beach while picking up my mom- we are heading up the the NE together to see my daughter and mom's sister!! (my aunt). will catch up sh ...

2009-10-21T12:02:00Z

Laura Shmania
10-21-09-- wednesday made a quick trip to wrightsville beach while picking up my mom- we are heading up the the NE together to see my daughter and mom's sister!! (my aunt). will catch up sh ...

10-20-09 tuesday threshold arch. will be off line for a bit- going to the NE to see my darlin' daughter!

2009-10-20T20:40:38Z

Laura Shmania
10-20-09 tuesday threshold arch. will be off line for a bit- going to the NE to see my darlin' daughter!

10-20-09-- monday colorful bottle tree.

2009-10-19T20:24:24Z

Laura Shmania
10-20-09-- monday colorful bottle tree.

10-18-09-- sunday musicians on the street

2009-10-18T20:33:27Z

Laura Shmania
10-18-09-- sunday musicians on the street

10-17-09-- Saturday "Handmade Parade" in Hillsborough -- from the website: "The purpose of this outreach event is to foster community involvement in the arts through participation in every a ...

2009-10-17T22:37:04Z

Laura Shmania
10-17-09-- Saturday "Handmade Parade" in Hillsborough -- from the website: "The purpose of this outreach event is to foster community involvement in the arts through participation in every a ...

10-15-09-- thursday cheery carolina blues on a chilly, drizzly day

2009-10-15T21:13:10Z

Laura Shmania
10-15-09-- thursday cheery carolina blues on a chilly, drizzly day

10-14-09-- wednesday a sad day for me: really missing my sister. this is a picture I took 3 years ago at linda and alan's wedding. they brought "total and absoulute happiness to each other ...

2009-10-14T13:12:13Z

Laura Shmania
10-14-09-- wednesday a sad day for me: really missing my sister. this is a picture I took 3 years ago at linda and alan's wedding. they brought "total and absoulute happiness to each other ...

10-13-09-- tuesday wonderfully warm (mid 70's) sunny day on campus! lotsa folks out and about.

2009-10-13T20:23:33Z

Laura Shmania
10-13-09-- tuesday wonderfully warm (mid 70's) sunny day on campus! lotsa folks out and about.

10-11-09-- monday bailey boy opens a sleepy eye to my coaxing for a photo. a rainy day.

2009-10-12T20:36:24Z

Laura Shmania
10-11-09-- monday bailey boy opens a sleepy eye to my coaxing for a photo. a rainy day.

10-12-09-- s unday folks going to a performance at memorial hall on unc campus

2009-10-11T21:12:17Z

Laura Shmania
10-12-09-- s unday folks going to a performance at memorial hall on unc campus

10-10-09-- saturday going thru boxes of things from my sister. found my grandma's tea cup collection and sunday-best china.

2009-10-10T21:21:11Z

Laura Shmania
10-10-09-- saturday going thru boxes of things from my sister. found my grandma's tea cup collection and sunday-best china.

10-9-09-- friday these pretty yellow flowers are all over town!

2009-10-10T00:26:54Z

Laura Shmania
10-9-09-- friday these pretty yellow flowers are all over town!

10-8-09-- thursday catching some sweet light!

2009-10-08T20:14:33Z

Laura Shmania
10-8-09-- thursday catching some sweet light!

10-7-09-- wednesday another late evening meeting: bailey boy tiring of my camera antics! followed by some pp experimentation!

2009-10-07T20:28:37Z

Laura Shmania
10-7-09-- wednesday another late evening meeting: bailey boy tiring of my camera antics! followed by some pp experimentation!

10-6-09-- tuesday after a late evening meeting- bailey boy was a likely photo subject!

2009-10-06T20:34:35Z

Laura Shmania
10-6-09-- tuesday after a late evening meeting- bailey boy was a likely photo subject!

10-5-09-- monday

2009-10-05T20:15:51Z

Laura Shmania
10-5-09-- monday

10-4-09-- sunday at the town taco truck

2009-10-04T20:30:40Z

Laura Shmania
10-4-09-- sunday at the town taco truck

10-3-09-- saturday family playing football on campus after today's game (unc lost ...)

2009-10-03T21:06:56Z

Laura Shmania
10-3-09-- saturday family playing football on campus after today's game (unc lost ...)

10-2-09-- friday music to promote breast cancer awareness. dedicated to my sister linda, her husband alan, and friends and their families who have been impacted by this disease.

2009-10-02T21:40:24Z

Laura Shmania
10-2-09-- friday music to promote breast cancer awareness. dedicated to my sister linda, her husband alan, and friends and their families who have been impacted by this disease.

10-1-09-- thrusday spent a lovely evening on campus- practiced panning cyclists and skateboarders!

2009-10-01T20:38:04Z

Laura Shmania
10-1-09-- thrusday spent a lovely evening on campus- practiced panning cyclists and skateboarders!

10-1-09-- thursday these musicians were playing, tucked into a shop's covered entrance, late into the evening

2009-09-30T21:12:40Z

Laura Shmania
10-1-09-- thursday these musicians were playing, tucked into a shop's covered entrance, late into the evening

9-29-09-- tuesday

2009-09-29T20:30:24Z

Laura Shmania
9-29-09-- tuesday

9-28-09-- monday

2009-09-28T20:26:50Z

Laura Shmania
9-28-09-- monday

9-27-09-- sunday butterfly came by: wondering if this is the last of the season.

2009-10-04T07:09:44Z

Laura Shmania
9-27-09-- sunday butterfly came by: wondering if this is the last of the season.

9-24-09-- thursday musician on franklin street

2009-09-24T20:49:58Z

Laura Shmania
9-24-09-- thursday musician on franklin street

9-23-09-- thursday rain on and off all day- caught this on the way home after work.

2009-09-27T23:52:33Z

Laura Shmania
9-23-09-- thursday rain on and off all day- caught this on the way home after work.

9-22-09- tuesday another shot from the music festival on sunday- gallery is up on my home page!

2009-09-22T21:25:26Z

Laura Shmania
9-22-09- tuesday another shot from the music festival on sunday- gallery is up on my home page!

9-21-09-- monday ahhhhh... the last day of summer...

2009-09-21T21:19:42Z

Laura Shmania
9-21-09-- monday ahhhhh... the last day of summer...

9-20-09-- sunday spent the day at the carrboro music festival-- great music! all day! all over town! all for free! will post a gallery shortly...

2009-09-20T22:29:29Z

Laura Shmania
9-20-09-- sunday spent the day at the carrboro music festival-- great music! all day! all over town! all for free! will post a gallery shortly...

9-19-09-- satruday quick day-trip to the beach

2009-09-19T20:37:09Z

Laura Shmania
9-19-09-- satruday quick day-trip to the beach

9-18-09-- friday acrobatic eating

2009-09-18T21:34:46Z

Laura Shmania
9-18-09-- friday acrobatic eating

9-17-09-- thursday rain pools in a rose- dedicated to linda

2009-09-17T21:10:36Z

Laura Shmania
9-17-09-- thursday rain pools in a rose- dedicated to linda

9-16-09-- wednesday at the unc arboretum

2009-09-16T21:09:02Z

Laura Shmania
9-16-09-- wednesday at the unc arboretum