The Beckyan Deli

Category: resolutions

  • Two is just the same as one

    LinkedOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I’ve been meaning to learn to make diptychs forever — I even have a folder on my computer with pairs of images, intended for future diptychs. Well, now I’ve finally done one in GIMP. I hate GIMP, but I think the biggest problem is the lack of patience between keyboard…

  • Looking back on the past

    Reflection of another lifetimeOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I took this picture last fall, shortly before Sam was born (but after his due date!). Why there was a giant mirror in the backyard, against the garage, I have no idea. But I like the sunlight in the corner, and how it takes a second glance…

  • New Picture; Old Subject

    It’s a Zoo Out There!Originally uploaded by R Stanek This isn’t the first picture I’ve taken of this awesome carved elephant — in fact, it was one of my first subjects when I got my camera. But I love it with the lion valentine in the background. Thanks to V for the elephant — a…

  • Stringing everyone along

    StringsOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I know I’m late on this week’s picture. In my defense, I have a million excuses, including (but not limited to) traveling, the holiday weekend, family in town, and going back to work. Enough of that. Look! It’s another picture with diagonal lines! And as I dig through the archives,…

  • Walking on sunshine

    BacklitOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I’d been wondering how I was going to find time for photography, now that I’m going back to work. And the answer is — weekend walks with the whole family! Of course. We’re having a great winter — enough rain that the mountains are green again, but lots of sunny…

  • Pretty in Pink

    ScarvesOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I’ve started wearing scarves on breezy days to stay warm. In fact, I try to always have earrings and a scarf on when I leave the house — since I don’t wear makeup, it’s a good way to feel less frumpy, and to make sure I’m taking care of myself.…

  • Tilted a New Way

    Lined upOriginally uploaded by R Stanek It’s been raining here for the past week, so time to dig into the archives again. I love the Santa Barbara Harbor (Marina? Does it have an official name?), and yet for all the happy times I’ve wandered around there with my camera, I’ve only uploaded about half a…

  • Pining for more time

    Spiny PinyOriginally uploaded by R Stanek What is this? A picture actually taken in this calendar year? You don’t say! Sam will be starting daycare in three weeks — eeek! — and while he won’t be there full-time, he still has to get used to taking his food from the bottle, instead of directly from…

  • Cleaning Up and Looking Back

    Lighting the wayOriginally uploaded by R Stanek I’ve never met a hard drive I couldn’t pack to the gills. Even so, in 2007, when I got my current laptop, 160 GB seemed like an enormous amount of space. That was before I got a DSLR with 12 MP, of course. Two thousand pictures later, some…

  • New Year’s Resolutions

    The more the merrierOriginally uploaded by R Stanek Last year I made two New Year’s resolutions — see more live music, and go to the beach more often — and I kept both of them. Hooray! So here we go for this year: Floss every day. Upload one picture a week to Flickr. Now, that…