Oh, how I wish I made it to the banzais before the baby melted down! Still, there was beauty everywhere, including those I was with and made for some excellent camera fodder.
These are small tiles in the grotto of the children’s garden.
This is how my little guy played in the fountain… by splashing himself in the face!
The living hallway… you know a place is really special when they go to all this trouble to decorate the corridor that holds the bathrooms.
A baby fern
Under the weeping cherry
I thought this hill looked so magical – thanks Lightroom for the ability to edit it how I saw it!
Tiny ant
Japanese wisteria born 1975
My beautiful friend and her adorable daughter
Thanks WordPress for the feature on Freshly Pressed! In a matter of a couple days my humble little blog has reached thousands. I have something like 130 new followers so I wanted to say hello and welcome! Welcome to my world of being photographically insecure and self deprecating (not to be confused with defecating) while occasionally producing some great things.
Lots of love to Bluelyon at The Neophyte Photographer, Chris over at Static Instants, Gail Schechter, Far Enough Photo, ShawnandSuzanne over at The Lost Art of Hitchhiking, knudsens, George Weaver, bettypatsgirl, SkeDazzles, and a couple others I’m sure I’m forgetting that have stuck around and encouraged me. ❤
I dreamed this morning about a friend that was very dear to me. In my dream he had taken the form of two people and all three of us were wearing ROCKMOUNT shirts.
My friend told me that half of the fun of getting a Rockmount was the cool box in which it arrived. I explained that I got my Rockmount at the original store in Denver and there was no cool shipping box.
This little fact seemed to dampen my friend’s spirit and in just a moment I was awake.
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I took these photos around my neighborhood over the past week.
Hard to believe that there’s a chance of snow over the next few days.
I don’t think of myself as an “abstract” person but of late I have felt like exploring that side of myself, especially today when I know there are other things I should be doing. 😉 I will do those things but …
… for a moment I give myself permission (once again) to creatively procrastinate by sorting through the digital files and pulling out a few images catching my attention. Some certainly bordering on the abstract. All imbued with a certain light and play of shadows.
Ideas are starting to come to mind for how I might use these and other images. But … after a while … procrastination is procrastination no matter what adjective I put in front of the word. And so, for now, I must put away the camera and avert my eyes from photography files. At least until tomorrow. 😉
GAS PRICES!!!!!
Since I left Longwood Gardens with 300 photos in my memory card, I thought I’d break them down a bit.
If you’d like to see part two, go here!
I am gonna end this set with my very favorite photo. It is how I wish all of these photos turned out. Everything relevant is in focus, it’s beautifully lit, it’s crisp, and beautiful. You get this because you scrolled to the end of the post!
Use Kool-Aid to Dye Easter Eggs
I can’t be the only mom who dyes hard-boiled eggs for the kids year round? They make a fun, healthy snack and make it easy to distinguish which are hard-boiled and which can be used for cooking. This time we decided to use Kool-Aid for a change, since I don’t like the vinegar smell from traditional dyes. It was a hit!
Boil Eggs: Place eggs in a saucepan and cover them with cold water. Make sure the tops of the eggs are covered by at least an inch of water. Bring the water to a full boil, uncovered, then remove the pot from the heat and cover it. Let stand untouched for 15 minutes. Rinse in cool water. Note: Wipe eggs with a damp cloth before coloring to avoid uneven color or bubbles.
Prepare Dye: Use 2/3 cup of warm water per Kool-Aid packet. Stir. No need to add vinegar. For purple we did 1 packet Pink Lemonade and a couple of sprinkles of Grape Kool Aid.
Color: Get your little helper(s) to dye the eggs. Mine really enjoyed smelling all of the fruity flavors and guessing which scent went with each color.
Here’s what the finished eggs looked like! (Bottom two are the from the same mixture. One soaked for 2 minutes, the darker one for 4 minutes).
Want more fun activities for the kids? How about making Kool Aid Playdough.
Haiku Sunday – Spring Arriving
The Microphone was
purple and so were the flowers
under their bare skin
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S’MORES!!!!
We had each of my two boys invite a friend over for the night last night and we decided that it was time t try out the sores!!! I made them a little different though. I got the grahams, marshmallows and Hershey chocolate bars out with the tin foal. Since the grill was still hot from dinner, I put them on that. I took the foal, put halve a cracker on first, then 3 blocks of choc, smooshed a marshmallow on then added another 3 blocks of chocolate before putting the other graham half on top. I held it together and wrapped it tight into the foil to keep it in place before putting them on the grill for 6 or so minutes. WOW, they came out a chocolaty, mushy mess but tasted oh so good!!! The kids loved them. They are very messy and gooey but the yummyness of them with the extra chocolate makes them perfect!!!!
