Baby wrens to be!

Baby wrens to be!, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

I can't believe that our wrens laid eggs! Every other year, the nests go unfilled. This year, that industrious pair worked so diligently on the nest that I hoped it really would lead to eggs. My only concern now is that I haven't seen the mother in days. I wonder if she is incubating these eggs or not. Anyone know the habits of Carolina Wrens? We found a great photojournal of nest to fledglings here.

Anyway, here's hoping I have baby wren photos to share in two weeks.

Dueling pencils

Dueling pencils, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Black and white and blue/green all over...

On top of the world, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Rocky: perfect black and white. Spring: perfect blue and green.

March 2007

March 2007, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Like several of you other 365'ers have shared, I find it a challenge to balance my desire to take creative photos (testing my eye) against my desire to catalog/photojournal my life this year. I have plenty of great subject matter around me in the form of family, friends, nature and college, so I've decided to try to do both - an artistic capture of my year as it was lived.

New Moon, new month

New Moon 2, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

I took three of these photos, but like the clouds in this one.

Through the reading glass...

Abstract, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Jon sat across from me remembering college days and my eye kept wandering to the reflection on my reading glasses. Finally, I hopped up to grab the camera. (The burgandy frames "pop" in the original and appear a bit washed out here. Sigh.)

Bonhoeffer breakthrough

Bonhoeffer, originally uploaded by juliecinci.

Monday: No paper written. No paper started. I had lots of notes, lots of articles, lots of outlines, lots of concern... April 1 deadline loomed.

Tuesday: No writing. Driving children in every direction times two.

Wednesday: Reading for class. No writing. Suffering the agon of medieval theology.

Thursday: I met with my advisor. I hoped for good news.

He delivered. He had read the paper I wrote on Bonhoeffer three years ago and loved it! He told me to drop the comparison to James Cone and stick with DB. That means I only need to extend the 22 page paper to 30 (which I'm working on now). Went home that night with 28 and a half pages completed.

Friday: Spent the morning tweaking the paper to suit the expanded thesis. Feels really good and I will easily be done by Monday (April 1 deadline rolled over to Monday). Phew! May 19 is starting to appear around the corner.