#330daysofbiking Day 98: quotidian

quotidian |kwōˈtidēən|adjective [ attrib. ]

1. Of or occurring every day; daily.

ride of the day

Note to self: it is probably not the best idea to undertake a 365-photo project (ShutterCal) and #330daysofbiking project at the same time…

It’s not that I don’t love the daily activity; I love the riding, I love shooting pictures.  But I have to admit that I tend to drive my family crazy with all of this.   Sometimes it’s the stopping for photos while riding, making them wait for me – other times it’s the time I spend at the computer, editing, posting, blogging, tweeting, yadda, yadda.  Yet somehow they always want to see the pictures, or want copies to update their Facebook status (LOL!).   I’ve been told that at least some of them will be glad to see this/these projects come to an end.

I guess I haven’t yet mentioned to them my fascination with the work of Jamie Livingston…?  (hah!)

My friends Stan and Jenn, my photo gurus & mentors, recently posted about 365-projects and Jamie Livingston – an incredible guy who took a polaroid picture each day – for eighteen years! An incredibly moving collection of photos, every day snapshots covering his life from college, his marriage, and so sadly – to his last day on earth, when he died of cancer at age 41.  That last polaroid is in the collection on the website; I have to admit it was very hard to look at.  As Stan said, he left an incredible legacy … recorded one day at a time.

I don’t look at this riding project or my ShutterCal calendar as anything that exceptional or resembling a legacy project; I just enjoy documenting it, and I think the documenting part “keeps me honest”.  And while I hope to be riding for at least another 18 years, and will likely always carry a camera, I cannot ever fathom doing such an epic project like Jamie did (don’t worry Mark!).  Mostly, I enjoy the bicycle and cycling conversations with friends – and the photo conversations with my ShutterCal pals.  I have learned so much from so many; it’s all about the sharing.  I definitely receive more than I give.

So today was a road ride on my own … I usually don’t have to worry about driving myself crazy by stopping so often. 😉

our pond; hard to believe there were thunderstorms rolling through only hours earlier