Jan 20th/345

Jan 20th of this year was a huge day in the history of the United States of America for a number of reasons:

1. 1. Our new president, Barack Obama was sworn in.
2. 2. He drew the largest inaugural crowd in history.
3. 3. His swearing in and inaugural speech drew a huge online streaming crowd from those who could not be in Washington DC making it the most watched live event in our history.
4. 4. He is our first president with known African ancestry.

I watched across our campus as people gathered to watch the "changing of the guard" at the White House. People were gathered at computers as well around TVs to watch the historical event. Most of all, I enjoyed watching our English Language students as they learned how our government works and saw it in action. All day, I wondered, "What image would sum up my day and this event?" So when I walked into my local Borders that night, I saw this display and knew that I had to take this photo to represent this day in history. I pray that the Obama family will find fun, laughter, & great memories while living in the White House and that President Obama is guided by the Lord, makes good choices and that our country will be in a better state in four years.

Pentax Optio10, no flash

Jan 12th Photo/353

Our family is made up of a bunch of readers. Everyone has at least one book going at any time, but sometimes reading actually becomes work with deadlines. Personally, I belong to a local neighborhood book club that meets once a month. It is a really fun social time where I get to share a meal and an evening with a great group of ladies. It truly is more about the social time than about the reading. Most of the members have known each other for years so I'm kind of the "new kid on the block." The joke in my family as well as in the group is that I always read the book. They can count on it. My husband says that I finish the books because I'm afraid that I'll be thrown out if I don't complete them by the time we meet.

Yesterday, my husband was reading the local newspaper and shared this 6 CHIX comic with me by Bannerman. He thought it fit me perfectly. I don't know if you can read the comic in the photo, but it says, "Why does Louisa have to spoil things by actually reading the book!" After my husband showed it to me, I decided to photograph the comic with our current book of the month, Julia's Chocolates by Cathy Lamb for my photo of the day. It was perfect.
Canon Rebel EOS XT, auto