A Moment (or two) In Time

So I did in fact take my picture(s) this morning at 10:00 a.m. sharp for the A Moment In Time project, that I did do. What I did not do: I did not really "plan" anything ahead of time. I kept thinking that something utterly brilliant would come to me...and it didn't. Not at all. And honestly,  I looked at the clock at about 9:52, while on the phone with my sister and realized I needed to get off the phone because I only had a few minutes to get something, anything ready for a picture. It's that whole planning thing again, I'm just not good at it. Not at all.

I did have some flowers though.

This morning Wyatt and I made a quick trip to the store to get a few things and while there I turned my back and he grabbed a bouquet of clearance flowers and put them in the cart. When I saw them he said they were for ME, for Mother's Day. I didn't even mention to him that I was then going to have to buy them for myself, for Mother's Day. That didn't matter, not really. The funny thing is, when we got home he told Charlotte he had a surprise for her; the pink flowers again. She was excited, after all they were pink. Anyway I wrapped them up quickly, grabbed one of my favorite chairs and we headed outside-where it was mostly cloudy. Ugh. And it was 9:58ish. I took a whole bunch of pictures in just a couple of minutes. I really didn't love any, bad lighting, silly faces, bad angles, my fear of the snakes I knew were in the grass, etc.

Help. I need help. I am so indecisive about these pictures. I couldn't even pick one to upload yet so I'm going to do it tomorrow I guess. I usually just like something or I don't but right now I can't pick one.
I know this might look like cheating because I did take a bunch of pictures but I read the guidelines, you can be a minute or two before and after the moment and I was--I was also right on the moment though. And I was super fast.
Tell me if you have a favorite here, I would love some input. I am on Eric's laptop right now, which looks a lot different than mine and it is making it much harder. Oh yeah, and about this laptop....he has a way newer/nicer version if iphoto I never knew he had along with Photoshop. Ummmm...what?  I think he was hoping I would never find out. Too late.
Happy Sunday Y'all!

To My Readers!

 I wanted to quickly tell you all about this really cool project, A Moment In Time, taking place this Sunday, May 2 that I just learned of today. The husband forwarded me a link to the New York Times blog post explaining it all, here is a little piece from the article;
Attention: everyone with a camera, amateur or pro. Please join us on Sunday, May 2, at 15:00 (U.T.C./G.M.T.), as thousands of photographers simultaneously record “A Moment in Time.” The idea is to create an international mosaic, an astonishingly varied gallery of images that are cemented together by the common element of time.

How cool is that? All the photographs are then going to be available to view online on their website, you can click where you are on a map of the world  and see your picture along with what I'm sure will be a million other people's pictures. After I read the article I gasped when I saw that  this Sunday, in just two days, was May 2. I told Eric I had to hurry up and get the word out.

He said; "To who?"
And I replied; "To my readers!" Because I have always wanted to say that. Ha ha ha!

 If you do end up participating I think it would be really cool if you post your photograph on your blog and then leave me a comment letting me know you did because I want to check them all out. And even if you don't post it, or you don't even have a blog (but why wouldn't you?) how neat is it to know that you are taking a picture at the exact moment that so many other people are all around the world!?! I love stuff like that. It makes the world seem so much smaller, and us all a little more connected to each other. Or maybe I am just a dork, a picture-taking dork.
 My moment in time is Sunday at 10:00 a.m.(Central Daylight Time) but depending on your time zone, yours will be different. It explains it all in the article-times, how/where to post the picture, etc. Go read it here and then spread the word! Come back Sunday to see my moment.

 Oh and speaking of My Readers? I said that when I hit 20 Followers I was going to do a give-away and  now I see I am at 31 (which is awesome because it seemed like forever that it stayed at just a sad, little 6!) so I am going to have my very first GIVE-AWAY next week! So all you lurkers that don't comment, you know who you are,  you're gonna have to crawl on out of the woodwork next week so you can enter.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!