his hobby?

1/100 @ f4.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50mm

I don't know if taking videos is his hobby yet. He deletes them as quick as he takes them.

low tech

1/4 @ f5.6 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50mm

Nothing too high tech about making tea. An electric kettle, loose tea and a filter.

tea time

1/15 @ f8.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50mm

I drink iced tea all day long. The Tazo Tea Lattes at Starbucks are SO good and I wanted to expand my tea selection at home. So I ordered a bunch of samplers from Adagio Teas. They sent Capricorn as a freebie for my birthday and it's pretty good.

hat

1/125 @ f3.5 ~ ISO 400 ~ 54mm

It may not be as stylish as Aretha's, but it kept me warm this morning when it was below 30 chilling degrees! It's a good thing I was lazy and never got around to getting rid of my box of ski gear.

good ol' days

1/1000 @ f4.5 ~ ISO 400 ~ 54mm

I took this photo 2 days ago when the temp was 72 and the sun was warm. This morning, it was 29. This is so not right. We don't OWN winter coats!

happy

1/1600 @ f4.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 29mm

i'm frond of you

serendipity seeds

I was playing with Presets in Lightroom. I found that you can apply a Preset twice if you hit the edit button in between.

goof

1/640 @ f3.2 ~ ISO 400 ~ 22mm

blackface

1/80 @ f3.5 ~ISO 100 ~ 29mm

It was cold today. I mean COLD. OK, for those in the north, it was balmy. But for us with blood thinner than an iPod Nano, 40 with a wind chill is down right awful. We just aren't prepared for the cold. The boys only have what you northerners would call spring jackets. Ryan doesn't even own a pair of shoes! (He won't wear anything but his birks.) So Andy bundled up the best he could and I offered him my balaclava I used to wear when I rode my bike in the Michigan winters. Even then, the breeze was too much for him so he completely covered his face. What a goof.

BTW, I use textures from Leah. My favorites are Mocha Scratch (see above) and Urban Grunge Overlay. I love the way her actions work and sometimes will use other textures with her texture actions.

bike loop

1/800 @ f3.5 ~ ISO 400 ~ 54mm

trash the bus

1/160 @ f8.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 54mm

descent

1/50 @ f3.2 ~ ISO 400 ~ 14mm

money maker

1/1000 @ f10 ~ ISO 400 ~ 52mm

where shall we go today?

1/400 @ f9.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 17mm

storyteller

1/80 @ f4.0 +1 ev ~ ISO 400 ~ 31mm

how smiles grow

1/15 @ f4.0 ~ ISO 400 ~ 50mm

slippery when wet

1/80 @ f4.5 ~ ISO 100 ~ 32mm

I looked outside and saw steam coming from the playset and the fence. I grabbed my camera and got some shots but they aren't great, too much sun. On my way back inside, I saw the water drops on the swing chains and took some shots. The boys got on the bus and I came in to uploads my photos. The water drops weren't great and new I could better if I tried with my tripod. So I went out but they are already dried off. The sun is strong in Florida. I tried some other shots on the slide but they weren't exciting. So I went back to the original photos and decided they were good enough.

retired

These were one of my favorite pairs. So much that they are worn out, at least the footbeds are. So out they go to make way for a new pair.

Please don't look at the feet in desperate need of a pedicure.

no tracks required

1/250 @ f7.1 ~ ISO 400 ~ 22mm