Scavenger Hunt Sunday 06.08.14

Hello!  Welcome to another Scavenger Hunt Sunday!  We are gearing up for summer break that begins at noon on Tuesday (thanks to many snow days this past winter) and we are even taking a family vacation this year!  The first week-long vacation we have taken.  Ever.  The kids are so excited!  And, frankly, so am I.  The last time we went away for an entire week was my honeymoon, 17 years ago.  Anyway, I may not participate next week since we'll be hanging out on the beach.  We'll see.  :)

But enough about that.  Here are this week's prompts.  Some may be very loosely interpreted.  :)

{denim}

So they are a little hard to see, but Alex is wearing denim shorts in this photo.  :)

{light}

The light was dreamy when Keira and I took some pictures of her with her new guitar in our neighbor's field.

{watch}

Twice this week I stopped to watch the horses in the hopes that I would get some more pictures of Slick.  The first time he was sleeping and would not get up.  The second time he was laying down when we got there, but we kept calling out to him and I think his curiosity got the best of him because he got up.  Eventually he was brave enough to come closer to the fence, but not quite close enough for us to pet him.  Is he not the cutest thing ever?  I am totally smitten.

{perspective}

Same flower/weed; different perspective.  Something Honey and I came across on our walk on the bike trail on Friday.

{fuel}

This dragonfly landed on a stick to refuel.  I was glad it did because it gave me an opportunity to photograph it.  (This one is probably a stretch, huh?)  :)  Oh well, works for me!

Be sure to visit Ashley for more great Scavenger Hunt finds!

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Nick's pics

Recently my 11-year-old son, Nick, has really taken an interest in photography.  Asking me to use my old DSLR.  Or point and shoot.  Or whatever.  I love it!  

Last weekend he went with me to the neighbor's farm to photograph the new foal.  I wasn't really concerned with getting the photos off of the camera he used because he is still learning and many of his photos tend to be blurry.  :)  But he kept asking if he had gotten any good ones, so finally the other night (after another photo walk with him), I uploaded his photos.  And was pleasantly surprised by a few of them.

This is our dog, Honey.  Not too bad.  I even see some bokeh there.  :)

I love this one from the farm!  Perfect timing!

The new baby horse.  Isn't he the cutest?!

A one-eared cow named Spunky.

And the one that really blew me away...

The baby horse with his mama.  I shared this on Facebook and Nick is excited because 66 people liked it so far.  :)

Now I must add that I did some cropping and editing to all of these.  But the fact that they were in focus and his timing was so good really impressed me.  I see some potential.

We came across this family of Canadian geese during our walk Tuesday evening.  He took many, many more photos of the geese that were just not good.  But this one wasn't too bad.  Not as sharp as I would like it, but still not bad.  A storm was brewing so we didn't have much light at this point.

And last is a photo that I took of him while he took the above photo of the geese.

I am looking forward to teaching him about photography during the summer and hope to have more posts featuring photos that he made.

Do you share your love for photography with your kids/spouse/siblings/whomever?  I'm thinking this may be a great way to get more photos of Nick, the elusive one.  :)

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 05.25.14

Hello!  Happy Memorial Day weekend!  We are having some gorgeous weather here (finally!) and are probably outside enjoying it right now.  :)  Gotta get some sun on this white skin before we go to the beach next month!  You are here to see my Scavenger Hunt finds, I'm sure, so I'll get right to them ...

{where I stand}

Or where I stood, rather.  In this case, on the top of a parking garage.  After Keira's school concert Thursday evening, we noticed how pretty the sky was, so we headed to the closest parking garage, went all the way to the top, risked our lives by standing near the edge (not really, but it felt that way), and took some silhouettes.

{pink}

A dogwood tree ... pretty in pink.

{technology}

Thanks to technology I am able to add quotes to my favorite photos and share them with my friends with just a few clicks.

{something new}

Something new to our neighborhood is this sweet little foal.  He was born on Sunday, May 18, and caused quite a fuss around here.  I guess traffic was stopped - folks trying to get a glimpse at the new baby.  He is pretty cute.  I want one!  But since I have nowhere to keep one, I'll just have to hang out with this guy.  :)

{favorite place}

I took this photo at one of my favorite places to do photo sessions.  In fact, I just had a session there on Saturday morning.  Sneak peeks coming soon!

Be sure to go visit Ashley for more great SHS finds!  Have a great week!

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Week 20 in Pictures

Another week gone!  I can't believe Memorial Day is in a week!  And that the kids will be done with school soon!  This past week kept me pretty busy.  I helped with our church's Ladies' Luncheon, which was Saturday.  It went pretty well considering we decided to throw it together just about a month ago.  :)  We will get started planning earlier next year.  


I also had my first official photo shoot with a sweet almost two-year-old.  It was fun following him around, seeing the world through his eyes.  I still have to finish up editing the photos, but the few I showed his mom made her very happy.

Anyway, let's see what the week looked like in pictures ...

{Sunday}

The kids each made me something special for Mother's Day.  Alex gave me this hand print he made at school.  Nick made a flower vase.  And Keira made me a couple bead necklaces.  And Doug bought me two new tires for my van.  He's so romantic.  :)  Actually we went out for lunch to my favorite restaurant on Thursday since he unexpectedly had the day off.  Then we shopped for flowers for my flower bed.  And I got a hanging pot of Petunias.

{Monday}

While at church on Sunday our Pastor told those lingering around afterward that we could take some flowers from the funeral arrangements.  His father-in-law's funeral was Saturday and there were several arrangements left there.  Keira was glad to pick through them and give me a bouquet for Mother's Day.  :)  This beautiful lily was among those she picked.

{Tuesday}

Woke up to thick fog that lifted pretty quickly once the sun came out.

{Wednesday}

Alex and I went to our church to get the flower beds ready for planting.  While there he wanted to walk over to the neighbor's and see the horses.

{Thursday}

I had a photo shoot with a sweet almost-two-year-old boy.  More photos coming soon.

{Friday}

Capturing some sun flare through my purple Lupine flowers.

{Saturday}

Our Ladies' Luncheon was today.  Everything went very well and now I can relax.  After the luncheon my mother-in-law, Sue, and Keira wanted their photo taken in front of the stone part of our church.  I love how they chose to look at each other instead of at me.  And I also love that Keira is almost as tall as my MIL, who is about 5' 9".  Okay, maybe I don't really love that so much since that means my girl is growing up.  But it is cool that they are almost eye to eye.

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Wild & Wonderful Wednesday #13

Some weeks Tuesday nights sneak up on me!  :)  After a pretty busy day, I went to a Turbo Kick class at our local Zumba center this evening (loved it!).  Then read to Alex, dealt with some PTO stuff, took a shower, and realized that I hadn't prepared my W&WW post yet.  Yikes!


Before I share my photos, let me just say THANK YOU once again to everyone who links up!  We broke another record last week.  That's exciting to me!  Although it makes it challenging to get around to visit everyone but I managed.  Not sure how well I'll do this week as we are ordering our kitchen cabinets so I'll be working diligently to get some things straightened up/cleaned out/pitched in our kitchen over the next few weeks.  But I will do my best to sneak a few moments here and there to stop by.

Anyway, on to the photos ... I wanted to share a few from our fun on Saturday.  Friday night/Saturday morning Mother Nature decided to dump another 5 inches or so of snow on us.  On top of the 3 inches we received Thursday night/Friday morning.  After shoveling out, we enjoyed the snow by sledding in our back yard.  When we finally got in the house, we had a message from a friend, Jennifer, inviting us over to sled at her house.  The kids were excited to go, so instead of taking a much-needed nap, we went sledding some more.  While there, we got to visit with the neighbor's horse and donkeys.

This is Cocoa.  She is beautiful.  Not that you need me to tell you that.  :)

We sweetened her up by feeding her a few apples that Jennifer had given us.

And I discovered just how difficult it is to photograph a horse.  She didn't like to be still for long.  :)  And the bright sun and snow combined with her dark fur made metering interesting.

When we were just about to get back to sledding, a plow truck came through.  Cocoa got terribly upset and started running around and bucking and whinnying.  I managed to get this shot of her even though it's not the greatest.  I didn't overstep my boundaries and go into the pasture where picture-taking would have been better.

And you can sort of see the donkeys.  I did take pictures of them too.  Just no time to post them tonight.  Although they were difficult to photograph as well.  That's okay though.  I love those learning opportunities.

Now it is your turn!  Link up your Wild & Wonderful photos below.  

Just a few things first ...

1.  Grab my button for your post and link up below (or at least use a text link) so others can find out about Wild & Wonderful Wednesday.  Thank you!

2.  Link up your post URL (or Flickr photo URL), not your blog URL.

3.  Photos must be yours please.

4.  Try to visit and comment on a few other linker uppers. 

5.  You have until Saturday at midnight to link up!

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Scavenger Hunt Sunday 11.13.11

Time once again for Scavenger Hunt Sunday!  I had a fun time searching out this week's items, which are: Before & after (processed image), Opposing lines, Custom bokeh, Which pair of shoes should I wear?, and Little features.  And here are my interpretations ...

{before & after ... before}

{before & after ... after}

I ran The CoffeeShop Blog's Velvet Truffle action then added a texture from Shadowhouse Creations.

{opposing lines}

I bought this huge wicker chair at a yard sale this summer with the intentions of freshening it up with a coat or two of paint.  Hasn't happened yet.  :)  Although the way it looks now is starting to grow on me.  Kind of rustic.  Maybe.

{custom bokeh}

This was a tricky one for me.  I tried some outdoor shots but couldn't get the bokeh to work right.  So, much to my kids' delight, I broke out the Christmas lights a little early and played.  For this particular bokeh I used a 3-flower punch which is why the shapes are different.  (And I'm finally finding another use for a few of those scrapbooking supplies I have!)  :)

{which pair of shoes should I wear?}

The white horse asks the brown horse.  To which the brown horse replies, "Probably the same ones you always wear."  haha!  (Yeah, I know, but I didn't take anything else that worked with this prompt.)  :)

{little features}

While on the bike trail on Wednesday, Alex took a break from biking to play with some leaves.  His little hands look a little beat up.  The life of my boy.

Thanks for checking out my hunt items!  Next week's items are:

1. Mainly One Color
2. Around the Home (Paper Heart Camera prompt)
3. Reflection (Kamana's suggestion)
4. Writing (Kamana's suggestion)
5. Water (Kamana's suggestion)

Have a great week!

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