Instagram - Instant, Connecting, Creative & Invasive
I've recently discovered Instagram and was inspired to do the photo-a-day challenge thanks to one of my dance mom friends. It's really quite easy and I'm quite happy at how artsy my images are turning out. I guess I will try to upload them continually to this post throughout the month. Here's what I've done so far.
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DAY 1 - My view today. Painting with little dancers. :)
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DAY 2 - My favorite holiday movie
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DAY 3 - Red. At South of the Border
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DAY 4 - Joyous. The 10 of cups embodies that word.
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DAY 5 - Today's Temperature. From my car's dashboard in sunny Florida.
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DAY 6 - Shopping. Anthropolgie. One of my favorite stores.
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DAY 7 - Bright. My neighbor's palm tree. It gets decorated every year and just gets brighter and brighter!
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DAY 8 - Ornaments. Although we haven't gotten the tree up yet, the ornaments are down from the attic. So I just snapped one of the prettier ones.
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DAY 9 - What I'm reading. Cloud Atlas.
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DAY 10 - Wrapping paper. Busy day. Uninspired....
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DAY 11 - Green. My beautiful butterfly plants after an overnight rain.
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DAY 12 - A Beautiful sight. My daughter dancing.
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DAY 13 - Family.
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DAY 14 - Christmas Tree. No Christmas tree at our house yet, it's the one from the sushi resturant.
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DAY 15 - Favorite Christmas Song.
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DAY 16 - Outside Christmas lights.
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DAY 17 - Presents. My grey cat Sivee is the best present!
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DAY 18 - Stockings
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DAY 19 - Candy Cane.
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DAY 20 - Tree Topper.
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DAY 21 - Peace
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DAY 22 - Tradition. Christmas Cookies, A Herbert tradition.
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DAY 23 - Scarf. It doesn't get very cold in Florida. This was kind of tough.
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DAY 24 - Favorite Part of Christmas Eve. Midnight Mass.
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DAY 25 - Morning. My grey cat Sivee is the best present!
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DAY 26 - Grateful. Want to be more so in 2013.
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DAY 27 - Night Time
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DAY 28 - Words. From a book of Russian legends.
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DAY 29 - Sky View. Shot at the entrance to our neighborhood.
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DAY 30 - Your Winter Wonderland. My childhood winter wonderland, circa 1971. Yikes! So long a go now!
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DAY 31 - Fun! Christmas Eve with my designer friend/client KC Malhan. Check out their website! www.kcmalhan.com
The other really cool thing I love about Instragram is being able to see celebrities view of the world through their Instagram posts. My current favorite is @bigbaldhead or Norman Reedus or Daryl Dixon from The Walking Dead. Here are some of his latest posts.
http://instagram.com/p/SwUd40McMv/
http://instagram.com/p/S1jY29scDL/
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15 Questions All Dogs Should Answer
Well this is the first time I've done a commissioned painting of a dog and the dog has his own Facebook Page. I thought in honor of that I would have to interview him for my newish blog, seeing that he is hooked up with social media. Dieter is a black German Shepherd, living in the San Fracisco Bay area, obviously much loved by his humans.
1. How do you feel about having a portrait done of yourself? I've always been fantastically handsome, so I love it.
2. What artists do you admire? There is nothing like the lovely smell of flowers, so I'd have to say Georgia O'Keeffe.
3. Not all dogs have a FB page. What inspired you to make one? I'm very photogenic, and well loved, so it's a good place to share all of those things. Plus, I have some very impressive poops to share.
4. What do you think about animals that text or have their own twitter account, i.e. Texts with Dog or Glen Bearian? I love Texts with Dog we're definitely on the same brain wave. Emily just won't get me my own cellphone.
5. Can you tell us what your earliest memory is? My first memory is how sick I was on the car ride home for the first time, but then I barfed on the front porch and it was all good from there.
6. What's your favorite activity? My favorite thing to do is working out at the Shutzhund Club. I get to do aggression exercises like attack a guy in a padded suit. It's supposed to make me more obedient. http://www.schutzhundcluboforlando.org/sco_008.htm
7. How do you feel about cats? I love cats they're delicious.
8. What do you like to do while alone? Usually I nap when I'm alone. I'm a people person, for sure.
9. Do you like to listen to music? If so, what's your favorite? Oh I love music, I especially like it when Emily puts on The Police or Fleetwood Mac.
10. Did you make a New Year's Resolution? I've been underwear chewing free since!
11. If you weren't a dog what would you be? If I wasn't a dog I'd be batman.
12. What's you're favorite word and your least favorite word? My favorite word is 'dinner' and I'm not big on 'drop it'.
13. Do you speak German? I know a little German but my accent is shameful.
14. What is your favorite toy? I love the tug rope and it keeps my teeth nice and white.
15. Do you have an answer to the age-old question, what is the meaning of life? Eat, sleep, play, love. That's about all I'm good for!
Bio: Dieter Von Poopenwolf is an AKC registered German Shepherd Dog. Emily got him on August 21, 2011. He enjoys moonlit walks on the beach, beef carpacio, and is a Cancer. There won't be kids in the future, he went under the knife a couple of months ago. The way to his heart is through cheese and affection.
Here is a link to Dieter's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/dieter.vonpoopenwolf