MOMMY! IWANTAWACHA'MACALLIT THING-A-MA-BOB!!!!

Christmas and Candy Canes

Yeah, and so after all of the extravagance of christmas, and wallet-throwup everywhere, all i can say is "i want a....!!!"

I've spent my time off perusing my favorite photoblogs. I love photoblogs! If i didn't have a job that forced me to leave the house everyday, I'd spend my entire day reading photoblogs, discovering photoblogs, adding photoblogs to my google reader.

Anyhow I stumbled on this site
and saw this book:
Visual Poetry: A Creative Guide for Making Engaging Digital Photographs by Chris Orwig

and added it to my wish list.

The end.

Fall 2010

some fall pics. I thought the colors were so beautiful this year.

Cooper's Rock State Forest
We love to go here every fall and have a camp fire and cookout


The view from my yard, Zebra grass and trees


Cosmos, they began to bloom in late summer and are still going strong!


Happy little cosmos


Cosmos flowers are so photogenic!


Emmy at a park, I love the fall leaves behind her


Darling Hubby at Cooper's Rock, this pic is exactly how I see him, rugged and handsome! :-)


Wooly Worm, a sure sign that Winter is on it's way!


Bibi, I get so few good pictures of her...she's always on the move


I have lots of these pics with Emmy and the fall leaves, I couldn't decide which i liked best!


Zebra Grass and the Sunset

The sunset over our winter pool cover (no kidding). I thought the refection was so beautiful I had to capture it.

Hope you enjoyed the pic. Thanks for sharing some lovely fall moments with me.

Fun in the Yard

I know this is turning into a picture blog. Thanks for bearing with me as i keep working on my hobby and figuring out my mad (not!) photo skills.

I had fun snapping these pics of the girls playing in my garden cart. Really, who needs a little red wagon when they have mom's garden cart? It gives a much better ride, lol!

Run! Madge is chasing us!

Time for the littlest one to pull

Sun Flare and a Rock

Notice how the rock is in every picture

I finally agreed to take a picture of the rock

It is almost impossible to get the two to smile at the same exact time

... Oh, and to get them to look at the camera while they're smiling

What? Leaving so soon?

Of course! It's Tubby Time (time to pet Tubby)

Better Than Thunder, Prettier Than Lightning

Emmy was so excited watching the fireworks in "one of america's best small cities."

Anyhoo, she chattered nonstop, first she was scared, then she was excited. Finally she exclaimed, "i love fireworks! they're better than thunder, prettier than lightning!"

She cracked up the people around us!

They were beautiful. I didn't realize the number of blue and gold fireworks there until post processing. Welcome to Mountaineer Country!

I took about 100 pictures, and about half of them turned out fairly well. I used an aperture of f 11 and a shutter speed of 4 seconds, less for the grand finale. I put the camera on a tripod, and because i don't have a remote, I used my 2 second timer and just hit the button as soon as i heard the firework shoot off. I had to use my 18-55 mm lens, because that's all i have. someday though, i'll have better lenses...after i sent up a savings account, lol!

Here are some more of my favorite shots:

at the park, getting ready to watch fireworks

More blue and gold

Did you ever find yourself giving fireworks names? I do it all the time, lol! Here we have the "patriotic fireworks".

Heaven help me, it's so hard to pick favorites!

I call these the "princess firework" because of the pink glittery look

Overblown a bit because i was as excited as emmy and couldn't make my fingers work the right buttons!

Princess fireworks! all pink and glittery!

I think i'll name this "star trek"

Blue and gold?

And the rockets' red glare...

I swear, i'll stop soon...

Stars and stripes! I love it!

We had such a great time, so glad we braved the crowds and went!