My beautiful red Christmas amaryllis has gone by. But! Almost as soon as the last blossom on that one died this gorgeous one bloomed. I was lamenting to Bonny yesterday how hard it is to truly capture an amaryllis in scope and beauty in a photograph. She challenged me to try so I am sharing the photos I took yesterday.

This was given to me by someone at work and it was in a plain box so I truly had no idea what color it would be. I love that it is so completely different than the red one – less Christmas-y and more Valentine’s-y, if you will.

It’s a fabulous shade of pale pink, almost peach, and the center of each flower is soft yellowish green.

All four buds are open right now, on a very long stem. I had to actually put it on the floor in my dining room in order to capture it best.

Like any amaryllis, it will be gone too soon so I’m very glad I was able to get these photos and share them with you all.

It’s definitely brightening my days right now.

When your Nana is a photographer, well, she takes your senior portraits. And that’s just what I did on a warm afternoon last November with my grandson, Patrick. I didn’t want to show them to you all until Christmas gifts had been printed and distributed but now that everyone has seen them, well, you can, too.

But first, how about a little trip back in time to January 2008?

I distinctly remember, during this photoshoot of the sweater I had just knit for him, saying, “just think, buddy, before you know it we’ll be taking your senior photos.” And here we are, seemingly in the blink of an eye.

  

I might be a tad prejudiced but he sure is handsome. And not only that he’s also a fine young man. He’s thoughtful and kind, he’s grateful and helpful, he loves his family and he’s ready to take on whatever the world has to offer.

I can’t wait to see what comes next for him. I’d just like it to slow down a bit so that we can savor these moments together.

I’ve been doing this Project 365 thing for a number of years now. I thought it was 5 but I just checked flickr and it’s actually 7. Yes, that’s right, I completed my first Project 365 in 2010. Wow. While I sometimes have to force myself to take a photo, once it’s done I’m always glad I did it. It just makes for such a great way to document my daily life. Here’s a look at December:

You’ve already seen most of those, I know, but I really like seeing the entire month as a whole. And wasn’t December full of red! And twinkle lights! No wonder it’s my favorite month for photographs.

And now it’s onward to Project 365 for 2017!

Before we get all carried away with twinkle lights and tinsel we need to look back over November in photos.

Thanks to all of those Sunday selfie posts there are more pictures of me than usual. Everything else, though? The food and drink and all that? Pretty much the same.

And there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that, in my opinion.

Tomorrow we turn the calendar to December and it’s all Christmas lights and glitter. So for today, allow me to post one more fall image. A watercolor in honor of this last day of November.

See you tomorrow for Think Write Thursday.