Water

I just spent the last two hours taking pictures of water - and loving every second of it!  I found a wonderful photography blog with a tutorial for photographing water drops.  I decided to give it a try.  My results are no where near as beautiful as Jaymi's but I'm still thrilled!

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P52 Cabin Fever (Week 8)

"B" was supposed to be doing his school work but obviously his thoughts were far from Language Arts. It was a beautiful day and he just wanted to be out playing in the warm sun playing football.  Shortly after this, I took pity on him and released him from the torture of school.  With a lout shout of "Yeah!" he was out the door like a shot!

For Sale

The other afternoon, Boo fell asleep on the couch.  Bear apparently decided that she would capitalize on it.  She found a piece of paper and wrote "Boo is Free for 100 dollars" and stuck it to Boo's forehead!  What a smart alek.

My boy's pictures

B decided he wanted to learn photography too. I have to force him to put the camera down!  Here are a few pictures he took with our little Canon point & shoot.  I think he's better than me!  That's not saying much though  :)  I love the way he brought out Boo's eyes in this.

This is one of mine I took yesterday.  Apparently, I am fascinated with bees.  I do love bugs though.  So I'm sure this is only the beginning.  Wait til spring is officially here and all the really cool bugs come out!!  

Yes, they are dandelions.  Weeds.  However, to me, they are special flowers.  Nearly every day for the last 2 years (except in winter, of course), I have been given a bouquet of these flowers from my wonderful kids.  I look forward to it each day.  Bear told me today that, even though the flowers turn into "wishes", she would rather give me flowers than have wishes.  

One Thousand Gifts (11-20)

I need to get back to my things to be thankful for.  I've only done the first 10.  Since its Valentines day, I'll focus on my wonderful husband.  :)

11.  He, without being asked, will once in a while turn the tv to HGTV so I can watch a few decorating shows.

 12.  He buys me flowers.

And, he buys flowers for our daughters.

13.  He listens patiently when I call him in the middle of the day, interrupting his work, so I can rant and rave about the kids.

14.   Whenever he has two of something, he ALWAYS gives me the biggest or the best.

15.  When he comes home from work to a frazzled wife and no dinner, he goes out again for pizza.  No heavy sighs.  No eye rolling.  Just an understanding man.

16.  Takes us all out for ice cream when he's not feeling well.

17.  Always lets me sleep in a little on Sunday mornings, even though he is the one up at 5:00 am every morning.

18.  He is a man of integrity.

19.  His faith in God is unwavering.  He is a solid example of a Godly man for our children.

20.  All these reasons and more make him the most attractive man I've ever met!

More Pictures

These are a few of my favorites.  The first one was taken two weeks ago.  The bottom two were taken over a month ago. I'm having so much fun playing with my new camera.  I have NO idea what I'm doing, and I get weirdly excited when I discover some new thing - like aperture.  I know what that is now!  Course, now I just need to figure out how to use it properly.  Its great!

A was playing in the fallen leaves at the park.  She uncovered this board and was trying to convince me that she needed to take it home.

I have no idea what kind of plant this is but I thought it was very cool.  Lighting is off though. The colors are not as vibrant as they should be.

This is our kitty, Moira.  She died last month.  She was 15 years old and I still expect to see her coming down the stairs to claim her time with me after the kids go to bed.  I miss her terribly.  This is one of my favorites, not because the photo is great, but because it's the last picture I have of her.

Signs of Spring

I blinked twice and winter was gone.  Today we were at C & T's soccer game and I saw a tree in all its springtime glory.  As I walked up to the tree, it sounded as if it were alive.  The closer I got to the tree, the louder the bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound was. Looking up, I saw what must have been 100 bees!  It was amazing!  Here's one of the pictures I took.

I took this a few days later.  I like the way the bee's wings shine in the sunlight.