Simon is one of my cats. If you were to look through all my photographs, you might think that I only had one furry child. That is because my gray tabby Lily is incredibly photogenic. She seems to know that she is beautiful and when you point a camera at her she instantly poses. As a result I have hundreds of photos of her! On the other hand Simon…well…he isn’t quite so cooperative. He likes to walk towards you purring as soon as he sees you with a camera. His little dark face makes it difficult to capture how cute he is…and he’s super cute! It seemed like a good challenge to spend a whole day capturing photographs of my boy Simon…..so here it is….a day in the life of Simon.

The idea behind the 10 on 10 project is to attempt to photograph and capture the ordinary moments throughout an ordinary day to tell the story that is our everyday lives. For me it means to see the beauty in the everyday things surrounding me and, hopefully, learn to appreciate the life I lead just a little more.

So here it is…my day:

6am – I wake up every morning with one of my furry children curled up next to my pillow where she has been sleeping all night.

7am – An hour later she is still right with me helping me get ready for work.

8am – And at breakfast…

9am – Sitting at work during our weekly group meeting. Two people in my lab present their science each Tuesday. They weren’t too happy to have the shutter of my camera going off while they were presenting…luckily they are used to my camera by now.

10 am – And an hour later…still in group meeting with another hour to go.

11am – Setting up some experiments at my bench…

12pm – At lunchtime we took my friend’s dog out for a walk.

2pm – More experiments….

4pm – In the evening my lab played indoor soccer against another lab. First victory of the season!

6pm – And more experiments….

7pm – View of the campus from the parking garage as I get into my car to head home.

Please don’t forget to visit the other amazing photographers participating in this project with me and follow the circle around to all of us. Next visit the talented Melinda Meredith!