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Well. November's done and over with now, and I figured I'd do a little sum-up post of the photo-a-day challenge. Amazingly, I managed to get all 30 pictures! There were a few slip-ups along the way, but I got them. All in all, I think non-themed challenges are probably better for me, especially with my tendency to forget to take the picture until late in the evening and then having to scramble to get it done before midnight. I'm still not sure if I'm going to attempt a Project 365 any time soon, but who knows? Here are all the pictures together, below the cut!

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

This is cheating a little bit, because I didn't get around to taking a photo on the 22nd, and they're both rather similar-themed, but if "cat + Dalek" doesn't sum up "popular culture" (or at least a large part of it), I don't know what does. Both are from our Doctor Who viewing party last night.

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Day 15 Prompt: Can't/won't live without

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Day 13 Prompt: Technology. (Macbook Pro, Asus Transformer Infinity Pad, Samsung Galaxy Mini 2, ZTE mobile router)

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Day 8 prompt: self portrait.

Hey, there was nothing that said they couldn't both be faceless. ;) And of course today's photo is on the memory card in the camera, which is in WRO while I'm at my grandparents' for the weekend, so that and tomorrow's photos will have to wait until Monday.

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Day 2 Prompt: What you wore. Purple high-top Chuck Taylors.

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

The 31 days of blogging challenge has been (mostly) a success, so I've decided that I'm going to attempt a photo-a-day challenge in November. Normally I'd be trying to do something writing-related in connection with NaNoWriMo, but I'm kind of burnt out creatively and I'm worried that with everything else I've got on my plate I'd start a project and then have it fall by the wayside, so I'm going to stick with something relatively low-effort.

I've looked through some of the existing photo-a-day prompt lists out there, and assembled my own.

I didn't really look too closely at the other challenges, so I don't know whether they set the rules so that the photo has to be taken on the day of the prompt, but whatever, if inspiration for another day's prompt strikes, I'll be taking the photo and posting it on the day it's assigned to. I haven't decided if I'm going to actually write about the photos or just post them without commentary. Hmm. Interpretation of the prompts can be strict or loosely based-on, because I don't want to get too restrictive. Basically, the main goal here is to have fun, hence the lax rules and procedures.

If you want to join in, drop me a comment! The more, the merrier!

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

I was looking through some pictures from last summer's hike to Śnieżka that I never uploaded, and this one jumped out at me. With the recent craze of Hannibal sweeping through the internets, I thought this one was nicely topical.

Mirrored from Tangents and Digressions.

Shhh, ignore the date stamp, it's still Wednesday somewhere in the world...

photo for the "above" square of my snapshot_bingo card

We had a visit from a huge flock of starlings today. They crowded in on the pear tree in the back yard, chattering up a storm. Grandpa says if they stick around, there probably won't be a lot of fruit this year, so here's hoping they're just passing through. Did  you know that a flock of starlings is called a murmuration? Did you also know that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a pet starling?

Starling teaches lessons of group etiquette, social standing an family relations and how you appear to the world in those relationships. He will show the nuances of the art of communication and vocalization which needs to be clear and expressive. It's time to speak your voice. Starling can show how to be a fierce competitor to achieve goals along with using all the resources available to do such. Are you balancing your feminine/masculine qualities? It is time to accomplish tasks early and not wait until the last minute. Are you clinging to an idea, perception, people too tightly? Starling will teach much about sensitivity to others and working as a unity either in this world or another and will instill a sense of protection and hope.