109/365 - April 19th, 2009





Quick snapshot of my daughter, so I would have a pic for my pic of the day.

108/365 - April 18th, 2009



Like father, like son.... Jumping!

107/365 - April 17th, 2009





Quick snapshot of my son, so I would have a pic for the pic of the day.

106/365 - April 16th, 2009


An update on the eyes... Looking much better on the outside, but still having trouble seeing. I had a CT scan today. I am being referred by my eye surgeon to an ENT surgeon and a neurosurgeon, for additional surgery. This time they will go up my nose and do another decompression further back in my head. Yippie... can't wait (not). So another week or so of pre-op appointments and then back under the knife when all the administrative stuff gets sorted out and my surgery gets scheduled.

105/365 - April 15th, 2009






Easter eggs.

104/365 - April 14th, 2009





Shot with my p&s camera...

103/365 - April 13th, 2009






Hanging out at the park...

102/365 - April 12th, 2009


The photo says it all!
Happy Easter!

101/365 - April 11th, 2009

This is the man responsible for my obession with photography... Blame it all on him... My DAD! :)


See his camera... The photography "thing" runs in the family.
It's all his fault. LoL!!! :)


And since I couldn't decide which photo for today, I could resist putting up one more....
Family...Hubby, Daughter, Dad, & Son!
:)


I just had to put up a eye pic...
it's getting better! Still can't see very well thru it, but at least it doesn't look too much like I got beat up anymore.
















100/365 - April 10th, 2009







Fake butterfly and Real flower.

99/365 - April 9th, 2009




STAY OFF THE ROADS!!!!


First time driving, since my eye surgery. Double vision and an eye patch. Scary! LoL!

Oh yeah... and I'm the one taking the pic. LoL.

98/365 - April 8th, 2009





Lego Batmobile

97/365 - April 7th, 2009





Best friend Jen...

It was either her or another eye photo.

96/365 - April 6th, 2009


5 Days after surgery... Sorry about all the eye images, but I didn't want to give up on the blog, and due to having a huge hole drilled in my head, I didn't feel like getting up off my couch and taking pics (understandably so, I hope). Now, it is a wait and see, on my vision improvements. Currently, my vision is worse than ever (oh, the irony), Double vison, blurry, and still partially blind. I hope it improves soon and I hope the surgery was the right choice.

95/365 - April 5th, 2009


Starting to feel a little better... I finally got off the couch and ventured to my porch swing.

94/365 - April 4th, 2009


























3 Days after surgery

93/365 - April 3rd, 2009








2 Days after surgery...

92/365 - April 2nd, 2009


Day after surgery

91/365 - April 1st, 2009






Surgery Day....

90/365 - March 31th, 2009






Snapshot of a tree in my backyard.

89/365 - March 30th, 2009


Crazy schedule today... So, I thought I'd throw you another one from Saturday's workshop.

88/365 - March 29th, 2009







No photos today, due to all the post-processing from yesterday's portrait photography workshop. So this is another one of Oriel, from yesterday.

87/365 - March 28th, 2009









This is Oriel. She was a great model for a portrait photography workshop I took from a local photographer here in CT. Beautiful and patient.

86/365 - March 27th, 2009





My neighbor... She is such a Blessing to my family. I am soooo glad to have her as a neighbor. She loves my kids dearly and is always willing to play with them. (Love that especially, when I need a break!!!) She is growing up to be such a fine young lady!

85/365 - March 26th, 2009


The Before

Playing with p&s camera and post-processing in Photoshop.

84/365 - March 25th, 2009






Yep... one more eye apt.
Hopefully, last check-up before my surgery.
I feel like I'm living at doctors offices these days.

83/365 - March 24th, 2009








Doctors apt... My Pre-Op apt. with my primary care physician, I am now cleared to count down the days until I go under the knife... April 1st.

82/365 - March 23rd, 2009

Eye apt. again today.

81/365 - March 22nd, 2009


Flower

Shot hand held in my kitchen with the D300, late at night, post-processed in Photoshop.

80/365 - March 21st, 2009




Been doing a lot of thinking this week, and the surgeon, seems to think after my operation (to address my tumor), that I will have minimal scarring, but, just in case, I took the P&S camera and tried to get a quick, but decent shot, of my face beforehand.

79/365 - March 20th, 2009




Still trying to work on my trigger finger. This one was taken with a my P&S camera.

78/365 - March 19th, 2009




No photos taken today.... This one was taken 2 days ago on March 17th.

77/365 - March 18th, 2009




Playing with the P&S camera and different perspectives.

76/365 - March 17th, 2009



Got my MRI results back...

I have a hopefully, most probably,
benign tumor on my optical nerve.

Needless to say, I didn't take this photo,
but I thought it would count as today's photo.

Now, my doctors and I just need to figure
the best course of action for my treatment.

Keep your fingers crossed, I can save my eyesight!

(Blind photographers... probably don't make much money! LoL!!!)


BTW - Happy St. Patrick's Day, Everyone!

75/365 - March 16th, 2009

Been having a lot of trouble seeing out of my left eye,
so I went to a ophthalmologist apt. today.

I'm not sure why I'm smiling,
I just had my eyes dilated,
and I am on my way to get blood work,
so I can get an MRI tomorrow.
Fun! NOT!

I thik the smile, is because
of the fashionable sunglasses.

Don't you just love my fashionable sunglasses???

74/365 - March 15th, 2009





Kyle playing hockey, in a "real" game. We have done clinic all season (not a team, no real games), and he was so excited to play in a "real" game, against another team. In fact this weekend, was a jamboree, and he got to play in three games. His team won 2 of the 3. Can you just imagine the excitement for a 5 year old! Check out the concentration on his face. I love it.


Want to see more pics? Check out my albums on my other website...
http://kirchoffphotography.com/09clinicjamboree2
http://kirchoffphotography.com/09clinicjamboree3

73/365 - March 14th, 2009





Still trying to practice my action shots,
by trying to catch some birds flying.

72/365 - March 13th, 2009





My daughter thinks she is so big, and can walk the dog. It's more like the dog walks her. LoL.

71/365 - March 12th, 2009





"Run for your life! It's a bear!"




Btw - No photo today...
This one was shot yesterday
at the Yale Peabody Museum.

70/365 - March 11th, 2009






Snake

69/365 - March 10th, 2009



Couldn't decided between these two images...
Practicing with my flash or my daughter dressed as a cheerleader.