Encouragement

I saw this on another blog on Saturday.

It hit me hard and soft all at the same time.

I want to share it, because just maybe...somehow it applies to where you are right now too.

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

I plan on taking photos tonight at a little gathering I am going to.
So, while I will be taking pics today, I truly don't see how I will have time to post any.
But snap I will!

Baby intensity

My foster care friends have a new baby!

Well, actually he is almost 2.
They came for a visit today and he was very curious about my camera and all of its buttons.




I love his intensity when he gets going with a specific toy.






I handed him this ball with a little frog placed in it.



That was quite a mystery to him, but he had it apart in no time flat.



Then back to intensity as he struggled to reassemble it.

Don't you just love a baby squat? How do they manage to do that for so long??

Shelby kept her eye on him the whole time...

...that is except when she had her tongue on him!

You know how she can be.

Roses and a boy.

This rosebush seems to be the only thing in my yard NOT acknowledging the drought.
You picked a good one Rach!! Isn't it lovely?



Well I wanted to take more than just the regular old shot of the roses so I got into the bed and tried to shoot from underneath.

Ahhhh ha ha ha, I ended up having to lay full out and came up covered with mulch and bitten by mosquitoes.
This one has the brick of my house as the back drop.


And this one...the sky.

Not quite sure that the results I got were worth all of that.


My middle son then let me shoot a series of him, because he loves me.

Ohhhh summer time you have gone by too quickly!

Tomorrow is today

I put off taking pictures yesterday for a variety of reasons.

Then when it came to crunch time, this was all I got!

And it was after 10.
Oh I could go on with the excuses but I won't!
See ya again "tomorrow" wink wink!

Scavenge 8/7

Alright friends here is our search and find for this week.

I have decided that Sunday is a crazy day to try to work this into my life, BUT it keeps me on my toes soooo that tends to be good for me.

Here are my prompts and interpretations.

1. Seeing Double

In this case double, double.
You will let it pass though, won't ya??

2. Whatever

Saying "Whatever" in a sassy sarcastic tone has become quite the norm among teens.
My dear friend had this whatever passage painted in an oh so cute way as a decoration for her pre-teens room.
It is the perfect way to use the word.


3. Sweet

A little girl patiently waiting for ice cream...that is pretty sweet right?
Please say yes, because my only other option is this dreadful picture in its place.

Uggghhhh, I pretty much don't like this place at all...though my kid had a blast today there at a birthday party.


4. Space

Alright, alright...I know you have already given me a wide girth of allowance this week on interpreting these prompts but you must keep on giving for that one too.
Parking SPACE...get it???

Sigh, only one more left and it can't be questioned.

5. Bright

This image doesn't do justice to all the things I really wanted to capture on my weekend getaway with my husband.
But it is bright.
Not even a minute later that sun was fully down behind the trees, what a glorious spectacle.

Click on the cute little guy below to head over to see all the other interpretations of this weeks prompts...that is where I am headed now!

I'm back!

I felt like I carried my camera around the whole time I was gone but I also knew I had to be conservative with my shots and only came home with 596.

I would have taken so many more of so many different things, had I known I would whittle that number down to about 80.

I know, I know that seems like a lot BUT I was unwilling to part with quite a few of them not knowing if they were spot on or not.

I probably had at least a hundred of non dolphin shots.
As in, I am gonna try to capture that dolphin poking its head up for a fraction of a second before it disappears under the water again while in the wind and/or waves and still try to get it IN focus. Not an easy feat!
Lots of attempts, LOTS of failures.

But a few successes as well.






As much fun, and as challenging as that was...it wasn't the best fun that I had with my camera.

This group of shots was my favorite.


Maybe I will tell ya about that another day, but today I need to get to bed and get some sleep!

Welcome home to me.

I am leaving this morning.

I will be gone until Saturday with no way to access a computer (that I know of)!

I promise I will keep on taking pictures and will share when I get home!

Oh...don't worry I am heading out with my husband to celebrate our anniversary, just he and I!!

I need to get packed though, see ya (hopefully) late Saturday!

Me