Picturing August, part 2: #photoadayaug

A few of my favorite #photoaday posts from the second half of August--you can see all of them here, if you'd like to.







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Picturing August, part 1: #photoaday

I'm doing the #photoaday meme again this month, and since we're halfway through August, I'm posting a few of my favorites here. My daily updates for the meme are on Instagram and shared to Twitter and Facebook, should you be interested in seeing them as they happen rather than in blog roundups.

Fountains at The Americana at Brand, Glendale, California

Spare change in the cupholder of my car

In my mother-in-law's patio garden

A sneak peek through the open door of an apartment down the street from my office. I do gripe about my daily commute into LA, but at least the scenery's more interesting than a suburban office park.

I took the next picture the same morning but didn't end up using it for #photoaday; I think it came from this apartment, and seeing it on the street was what caught my attention in the first place.

(Should this have a sign on it saying it's not open to the public?)

This was taken at the Memphis Zoo in May 2007, and is the first #photoaday I posted after editing with the iPhoto app on the iPad. The big white arrow points to the Administration building, where I had an office for four years. When I describe a place as "a zoo," I know from personal experience.

I've gotten a few questions about how I'm adding text to my photos. I'm using Phonto, a free mobile app for iOS (iPhone/iPad) and Android devices. It's well worth the price!


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Picturing July: #photoadayjuly and #dailybookpic

This month, I jumped on the photo-meme bandwagon--not once, but twice. My husband has been participating in #photoaday on Instagram for a few months, and I thought I'd join him in July. (If you're on Instagram and want to follow, we're both using our Twitter handles there: I'm florinda3rs and he's RamsesTMagnum--the only only place where he's Tall Paul is around here!)

I'm sharing my #photoadayjuly pictures on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, but wanted to put a few of my favorites here too. (I'm captioning my pictures with the Phonto app, which is available for both iPhone and Android.)








Since I was already in a photo-hunting, picture-posting mode, I thought I might as well sign on for #DailyBookPic, which was launched this month by Cassandra at Book Riot, while I was at it. I'm not doing this one every day, but when I do, I'm putting my pictures on Twitter, The 3 R's Blog Facebook page, and the #DailyBookPic Pinterest board. Here's a small sample:







Are you participating in any photo memes this month? Tell us where, so we can follow you!

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