365 - Day Five

What's for dinner you ask? Beer can chicken! Mmmm Mmmm good.

365 - Day Four

We took our dog Roux out for a little bit of training. She's great at finding birds and is pointing one here....

Nick - "Pigeon, your friends are over there." He loves all his animals.

We decided since the pumpkins were done for the year, why not carve one?

365 - Day Three

Today was just a hang around and get chores done kind of day. I spent some time outside this morning with my little man. He never wants to have his picture taken, so I get faces like this.....

... so I have to catch him in moments like this....

This next picture is our pumpkins, they decided to turn orange in July. I guess that means we won't be using them to carve at Halloween this year.

365 - Day Two

Today after work we decided to check out the local farmer's market. There was a man there making amazing balloon sculptures. We watched him make a front loader and a reindeer. What did Nick want him to make? A chicken.

Maybe next year we should sell some of the produce from our garden. The peppers are looking good.

365 Photo Project - Day One

I have decided to try and take at least one picture every day for the next year. It may be more than one but I am striving for at least one photo every day to post here. So here goes.... Day One

I was outside taking pictures of the flowers in our garden after a rain. Out of the corner of my eye I saw something bright yellow. I turned to see a huge spider hanging mid air from his web right above the Bee Balm. Now me.. having arachnophobia... my first instinct was to run. I mustered all the courage I could, got my telephoto on (partly to stay as far away as possible, party because he was too far in the garden) and started taking pictures. I was looking for different angles and realized he was holding onto something. It looks like he caught a bee. I also came across a dragonfly, who sat and posed for me.

Trying out my new lens

I purchased a new lens and could not be happier with it. Tried it out this weekend and love the results. Can't wait to use it tomorrow. I will be taking pictures for my full time job for a promo coming up in May. It will be used in house but still very exciting. Also working on a kids book, possibly two, with one of my favorite people in the world who happens to be an amazing poet. Can't wait to see the end result. 

Here is a picture of my little man with my new lens.

Thoughts of summer

I was looking through some of my photos from my vacation last summer. Yes, I was dreaming of warm weather and bright sunshine. These are my favorites. Enjoy! 

My two beautiful nieces playing in the surf. 

My son and his Papa.

My nephew building sand castles.