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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Yesterday was Monday...AND Rainy...


(Snapped on 9/27/10)

Soooo...I overshot my alarm yesterday morning. I'd gone to bed, bleary-eyed - well after 1 a.m., and then reflexively cold-cocked the alarm clock when it had the audacity to so rudely interrupt the tail-end of my mere 4th hour of sleep, after which I fell back into a deep, deeeeep slumber... 

When I reluctantly roused myself from the amorous embrace of The Stig (in a most vivid dream that I hated to see end...*sigh*) and then realized that I'd overslept by an hour and a half - I leapt outta bed and shot through the house in a panic to go and wake my kids...my 12 year old daughter was distraught...

And so began my Monday...my dream with The Stig cut short, before getting to the part where surely I woulda removed his jumpsuit and helmet (what can I say, I'm sorta sweet on The Stig), an hour and a half deficit in the time I require to get through my morning routine, and with one weepy child scrambling to finish the homework that she should've done over the weekend *ehem*...but the fact that she'd never be able to complete it in time, was now entirely my fault...imagine that...

It also happened to be raining, blah. The sensible me appreciated the rain as the welcome remedy to a brutally long, crunchy drought  - BUT. I am a vitamin D kinda gal. I LOVE the sun. And I can't help but find waaay more inspiration (not to mention motivation) for my self-portrait shoots (life in general, for that matter) - when it's hot, dry and sunny outside.

But since I hadn't had the chance to take any self-portraits in just one day shy of a week! I simply had to get my booty out there...the rain was no excuse to put it off...

I came up with a few different possibilities beginning with Plan A. - an indoor shoot (yes, I am a weanie) at a diner in a neighboring town. I figured I'd take some pics. there, while riding out the steady downpour - in the hopes that it might let up just a leetle, so that I could then execute Plan B. - a real shoot at the historic gardens across the street. 


I am delighted to report that goodwill among men does actually happen to exist...not kidding! I mean, I do live in an ultra-conservative region after all, and so I never really know what to expect when I ask a business or property owner if they'd mind very much - if I invade their space and barge in on their lives - for the sake of my quirky self-indulgence. But the folks at the diner could not have been nicer...in fact they were incredibly cool and open-minded! 

While they passed around my portfolios and perused the pics., I tried something I hadn't done before. I shot a whole series of photos, fully clad in regular attire and doing nothing particularly interesting at all. I have to say, it was a nice break from tradition to be (relatively) normal for once.  

I'd arrived just behind the lunch crowd, and left before the dinner rush, thus my timing proved to be pretty perfect. I had the restaurant practically to myself, and so didn't really have to worry about bothering customers or disrupting the wait staff while they worked. 

After finishing my third cup of coffee and the yummiest sausage I've ever eaten in my life, I learned from the restaurant owner that unfortunately, the gardens across the street are closed every Monday...which left me no choice but to move on to Plan C....


(Snapped on 9/27/10)

Plan C was very simple really - it consisted of stopping by my house, changing clothes and then driving to an old building nearby. I drove through a veritable deluge to get there, but by the time I arrived, the rain had tapered off. I still managed to get drenched, but it was warm and I had fun AND I didn't get in trouble with the property owner, who showed up and caught me redhanded...whoopsie...

I know, I know...this entry may be a bit disappointing for you guys, since neither of these pictures nor the stories behind them are gonna make anyone jump up and shout, "WOW!". But I guess for me there's value in the fact that rather than let a miserable Monday keep me from taking my pics., the shoots and the pics. and the people I met actually made me enjoy a cruddy day... 

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