I could use some peace. Could you use some peace? Maybe I can help with that:
Doesn’t that picture just fill you with peace? I could stare at it all afternoon. *happy sigh*
I don’t know what this is, but it’s come up in my backyard for the last two summers now, and I can’t help marveling over how beautiful it is (despite the fact that it smells like onions). Does anyone have any idea what it is? If so, let me know! 🙂
Happy Friday, everybody! 🙂
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Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer, do.
I’m half crazy,
All for the love of you.
It won’t be a stylish marriage,
I can’t afford a carriage,
But you’ll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two.
I’ve had that song stuck in my head ever since I caught those daisies on film last month. It’s a pretty song, though, and I love old songs like that. It’s true what they say, they don’t make ’em like they used to. 🙂
What are some of your favorite old-fashioned songs?
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Fishing from pirate boats is great fun, especially when you have a good driver like Cricket.
C: “I’ll drive the boat, Mom – you catch a fish.”
M: “I got one! I got one!”
C: “No, you didn’t catch a fish, Mom. That’s a whale.”
M: *blinks in surprise* “I caught a whale?”
C: “Yep, you did. Now put it back – it’s time to go.”
M: *throws whale back*
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Grandma gives awesome swinging lessons:
I love to swing. Haven’t done it in years, but I think I should reconsider that. 🙂
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It’s vacation time! Woo!
I’ve got posts scheduled for the next two weeks, but I don’t know that I’ll be able to reply to comments till vacation’s over with. Our vacations are typically electronics-free, and it’s nice to unplug and spend time together as a family without seeing noses buried in screens.
That said, you can bet I’ll be replying when I get back. In the meantime, pull up a chair and chat with everyone else who drops by!
Now that the housekeeping’s out of the way, how about a picture?
I’m still having fun with my new photo accessories, as you can see. This is a detail shot of that pie crust I shared last week. Yummy!
Do you do family vacations? What does your family like to do?
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I do love being outside. The wind in the trees, the birds singing gaily, the sun on my face, it’s all just so –
SQUIRREL!
Okay, that was a bad joke. But that was also my favorite part of the movie Up, and I know I’m not the only person who loved that part. Believe it or not, it even has something to do with today’s post:
See? Squirrel! 😀
The squirrels in my old stomping grounds are full of personality. This particular day, they were also apparently full of hormones, but that’s another story. As I cautiously photographed this particular one, I could hear him screaming, “Get off my lawn, you crazy person, you!”
Heck, I wouldn’t have been surprised to see him shaking a fist at me. 🙂
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I got some new toys in the mail the other day, and I’ve been having a ton of fun familiarizing myself with them:
I want to do some star trails when we go on vacation, and once upon a time, I knew how to do it. But that was a good ten years and three cameras ago, back when I still used film. I finally found the part of my camera manual that gave directions on how to do long time exposures, and it said that in order to do exposures of longer than thirty minutes, I’d need a cable release.
Hello, Amazon? Can you help a girl out?
Selfie queen, I am not. When it comes to using my phone’s front-facing camera, the results are iffy at best. But occasionally the boys demand to be in a picture with me.
This was one such incident. Naturally, in trying to make sure I got Thumper before he had a chance to touch the screen and mess up the shot, I cut off my face. Miss Tadpole, however, managed a pretty excellent photo bomb, and a minute later, Bubbles joined her.
I love it when they get excited about things. 🙂
What do your kids get excited about?
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On my way to work the other morning, I noticed some daisies growing up by our garage. I love daisies, so I got the boys buckled in and stopped to snap a few pictures.
I love the way they turned out, and I can’t wait to get back out there and photograph them again. 🙂
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Holy cow – how have I been at this project for 300 days already? Didn’t I just start this thing?
Today is the kids’ last day of school. It’s the last day of school in the building they’re in for good (as far as I know at the moment), as the school district has decided to close the building. *sigh* The last day of school is supposed to be a fun day – it’s the beginning of summer, baby! – not a downer.
With that in mind, here’s a beginning I made last night:
I suppose technically, I made this beginning last weekend, when I actually put together the pie crust and the fruit. Thing is, I didn’t actually get the pie put together until last night. When I trimmed the bottom pie crust, I had more left than I thought I’d have, so I tried to make the top crust out of my remains, but I didn’t have quite enough for that. That was when I decided to try a lattice crust. I’d never done one before, and the results aren’t exactly pretty (especially now that I’ve noticed I botched up the lattice), but hopefully it tastes better than it looks.
I’ll find out tonight. 🙂
Are your kids still in school yet? If not, how long have they been on summer break?
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Suddenly they all died. The end. 