This last week of the school year has been a whirlwind of activity.  An end of the year musical production, complete with cookies made by a beloved member of our community that reflected some of our classroom learning (like making mobiles) and also the unique qualities of our local community–like the Cardiff Kook (a public piece of art in our place),

added to our celebration of learning.  Our students sang and danced and described many things we learned this year with their families as appreciative audiences,

Celebration is definitely the word of the week!  And in the middle of the all of this end of the school year celebrating came the DML conference in Los Angeles and the opportunity to share insights learned from our Intersections work on field trips.  Yet another celebration…and lots of hours on the freeways between here and LA.

From the 19th floor I had an interesting view of the city below…and on Thursday looked up from the ground level and found these folks rappelling down the side of the hotel!  (A celebration of conquering addiction)

I celebrated the sunset in the city on Thursday…and then got up before dawn on Friday to share the last day of school with my students back at school.

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And then one of my second grade students insisted on a cake “made with love” (not one from Costco) for our class party…staying up until 10pm to pour her love and effort into, a tribute to her passion for learning and appreciation for our learning community.

I headed back to LA Friday afternoon (with way too many others bringing the freeway to a standstill–iconic LA traffic) for two sessions today.  I ended the day celebrating the beginning of the CLMOOC next week…a wonderful, creative, provocative, stimulating opportunity for making and learning with folks from all over the world.  (I encourage you to sign up…even if you only want to take a peek!)  We played a making game with folks from the DML conference, rolling dice to determine words to represent with an image (or a collage in my case).

So what are you celebrating this week?  The days lasting longer?  Sleeping in?  The bounty of your garden?  Finishing the book you’ve wanted to read for a while?

You can post your photo alone or along with some words: commentary, a story, a poem…maybe even a song! I love to study the photographs that others’ take and think about how I can use a technique, an angle, or their inspiration to try something new in my own photography. (I love a great mentor text…or mentor photo, in this case!)

I share my photography and writing on social media. You can find me on Instagram and Twitter using @kd0602. If you share your photos and writing on social media too, please let me know so I can follow and see what you are doing. To help our Weekly Photo community find each other, use the hashtag #celebration for this week and include @nwpianthology in your post.

What’s worth a bit of celebration in your life this week?  I look forward to seeing celebration through your lens!