Hands and nightstands

Becky from Whosies commented on a recent post and let me know about her Nightstand Play Along.  I snapped a picture of mine this morning.  To be honest, the nightstand is probably the neatest spot in my bedroom (notice how I rarely photograph any other section of the room?  Life as seen through the lens is just so much more tidy…). I cleaned the nightstand up not too long ago, and so there are very few things that don’t belong:

• the Luna bar and coffee I am having for breakfast
• a hair clip that I removed from my hair before bed two nights ago
• a clay-covered barrette that I removed from my hair before bed last night
• a scrap of cardboard that I used last week to deflect my camera flash when I took a picture of something in low light
• a post-it note with a list of things to do, most of which were done last week sometime.
• half a bag of mint M&Ms from Christmas (what? we stock up in November. doesn’t everybody?)
• the protective case for my Palm
• the phone cord, which should be hidden around the back of the night stand

Looks like a long list, but really, it’s not that bad.  What to play along?  Check out Becky’s blog.

Now, do you remember back in January when I mentioned that it would be fun to do a flickr project about hands?  Well, I know it’s been several months, but I’m ready to start.  I’ll post more about this next week, but essentially, I’d like to spend the month of July photographing my hands – one photo every day – going about their business.  That means there will be hands holding coffee cups, smooshing clay, and folding laundry, among other things.  I’ll create a flickr group so that you may join along with me if you like.  More details to come!

Now my hands and I need to go smoosh some clay and then type up some words about smooshing clay, for a little secret project that we really shouldn’t have waited this long to begin.  That’s what we do, my hands and I.  We procrastinate.  Happy Thursday!