Epic Journey: Part 9

Wow! Remember a few posts ago when I was talking about biting off more than I could chew?

NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM I am chewing!! But this burger ain't gettin' any smaller!

I am so busy now it's almost amazing! I have the Zoo 2 days a week, plus school 3 days a week, photoshoots for school and on the side, plus editing time, plus we just signed up for Ninja training 2 days a week, I started a fairly large garden that needs daily attention, in addition to all the regular chores around the house OMG!~! Thankfully it all fits in well with my plan to NOT do a LOT of sittin around this summer. By the end of this quarter at school I will be tan and skinny, and have LOTS of REALLY GREAT images to share! How's THAT for some optimism? ^_^

Here's my fave pic from the garden

The Zoo internship is AWESOME, but also INTENSE! Drenched in sweat before 9am is not how I usually like to start my day, but ya know what? If that'll get me into the enclosure with the Maned Wolf pups, then hand me a towel and call me happy!! I wasn't shooting, just assisting, but TOTALLY not bad for my second day there, right?!? The cheetahs were less than 5 feet from me and all that separated us was a chainlink fence.... I wanted to *squeeeeeeee* so baaaaaad! But, I had to act like I had some sense and not totally freak out at how freakin cute they are and how much I wanna play and snuggle with them.... The animals I DID get shots of aren't fabulous, kinda touristy, but that's ok. Here's a fun one...

Then I got a shot of an awesome Iris! It's hard to take a bad pic of a good subject.

For my Portfolio class a friend and I teamed up and went on a kind of "nature hunt". The Woodlands provided us with some really nice things to shoot as well as a LOT of walking! Exercise is good, or so I hear... :)

Check out a couple things I found

Would you believe that I had to practically lay in a ditch to get the flower shot? Yup... Right next to 3 lanes of speeding traffic. Not the first time - won't be the last. One of those "gotta do whatcha gotta do" kind of things. Like sweatin' at the Zoo... But ya know what? IMA GET THAT SHOT!!!