Oh My Lovley Little Daisy.

I have mentioned my lovely waterfall hike once before, and much like my other picture, the bee on the flower, this too was taken on that hike. Most flowers are pleasing to the eye but that’s not why I took this picture. We were on top of the waterfall on a trail. The Trail was extremely gorgeous! I was starting to get cloudy and looked like it was going to start raining. Ari turned to me and asked, “Do you think we should start making our way down the waterfall?”
“Yeah,” I started to say, “that’s probably a good idea.” As we started to walk back I almost tripped on a root going down a little hill. Ari caught me and I spotted this daisy. I had passed a bunch of daisies as we were going up, but this on popped out at me.

Photo time!

The first time I saw this bee I almost stepped on it. To tell you about the time I took this picture, I have to tell you how I even got to have the chance to take it. It all begins with my Wilderness trip; I had my wilderness trip in a little part of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The waterfall we got to see was so pretty that my adviser, nature loving Victoria, a fellow advise, indecisive Bailey, and myself all had to go back with our "good" cameras. We got a whole group together and went back up there one Wednesday. After a lovely day of hiking and taking pictures we were all heading back to the car; Ari and I were hiking back to the car when I almost stepped on the yellow flower. I took a second look and there was a bee as perfect as could be. Right then and there I took out my camera and took a picture.

Joy of the Day! 10/21/2011

When I sit at home all day, bored out of my mind, the only thing that can really make my day special is getting out of the house. Today I got to drive, and not only did I get to drive I had a good experience driving today. On top of that I got to hang out with people I enjoy being around. So today my joy was more noticeable then most days; it always is a good feeling to have a good day.

Joy of the day! 10/19/2011

It's always a good feeling to know somebody cares about you, to know your wanted by someone. Even though we all know we are loved by so many people it still feels good to be reminded every once and a while.

Joy of the day. 10/17/11

Everyday other day I plan to write my joy of the day. Somebody had said that everyday they find the joy in their day, it ended up making them happier so I figured I would give it a try. I looked back at today and at first It seemed like it was sucky, then I remembered that simple hug and "fist bump" from my uncle and my grandpa. It didn't seem like much at the time, now realize it started my day off to a good start.

Public Speaking

Every time I have to speak in front of a large group of people I get extreamly nervous. My voice shakes, my hands shake, my throat gets extreramly dry and I blank on what I am supose to say. All I can say is public speaking and I are not friends.

Blog It assignments- Rediscover the Joy of Learning.

Rediscover the Joy of learning to me has always just been Discover the Joy of Learning. Being at the Open School has giving me freedom to learn what I want to learn, therefore "rediscover" has been irrelevant. For me this goal means to find a way to make learning fun for yourself.  I feel like newer kids at our school use this goal more then I do. The link takes you to the Open School Philosophy to learn more about the pen school goals.

Blog It Writing Assignment -

Dear Blog it,
You have helped me understand the ways of blogging, before I was afraid to try it out. During the summer I wanted to create a blog but I put it off. I’m glad that I decided to take you as one of my classes. I think I am ready to take blogging into my own hands and be self-directed with it.  I did get bored with the writing assignments, but I guess it was just because it was class work, I mean who really likes class work?

Blog it assignments- Neil Pasricha 3 A's of Awesome.

Neil seems like a very fine fellow. During his speech he mentioned the three A’s: Attitude, Awareness, and Authenticity. I liked the idea of the three A’s but I don’t think I will remember to use them daily.   The discussions, although useful are not always successful. I enjoy having the discussions I just wish I had enough courage to talk during them. I’m sure they will improve and hopefully I will challenge myself to talk more during the discussions. Does my blog have a theme? Right now I’m not so sure it does but I’m hoping to focus on photo blogging.