My 2019 Fav8
This post was originally posted on December 14, 2019 on Sketchbook B. It’s reposted here as part of a project to move some of my favorite writing to my new site.
This year flew by…
As 2019 comes to a close, here are my favorite shots from the last year:
- My wife, Liz, and I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary. This is one of my favorite shots of Liz, even if it wasn’t taken on our anniversary.
- I’m still enjoying grad school and travelled to Toronto to present my first paper at an academic conference.
- We took a couple of hikes as a family up near Asheville. Next year, we need take more hikes.
- Ryan started soccer this year. There are lots of shots of him in motion, but I love this one of him crouched in goal — with all the action at the other end of the field.
- Liz and I went to a “paint and pour.” I don’t really paint and I wasn’t sure what it would be like, but I had a lot of fun.
- The girls and I went to Starbucks. They can be so silly, especially when it’s just them. Loved this moment, but I can’t actually remember what they are laughing about.
- Jill was entertaining her cousin Gracie at one of Norah’s lacrosse games in Greenville.
- The kids in front of the Christmas tree. I’ll be honest — getting pictures of the family in front of the tree almost broke me — but at least some of the shots turned out great.
If you are the kind of person who loves taking and sharing pictures, I encourage you to find your best eight images instead of using an algorithm to generate the nine images other people liked best. I’ve written a separate post on how I built my Fav8.
Bob Wertz writes about design, technology and pop culture at Sketchbook B. Bob is a Columbia, South Carolina-based designer, researcher, college instructor, husband and dad. He’s particularly obsessed with typography, the creative process and the tools we use to create.