I played with a slow shutter speed for my photography class (which is now over) and these are a few examples of what I got. The blue pictures are from a small LED keychain and the white is from a flashlight. Todd drew most of them which is hard to do. He is very talented, don’t you think? 😀
I have a few decorations up for fall. The wheat is from our yard that had fallen over a few months ago…hopefully you can can’t see the dirt 🙂 The bottom leaf pictures are of my burning bush, it is almost completely red.
Sad news indeed, our favorite animal cookies will soon be extinct! Mother’s Cookies recently went bankrupt and will be no more 😦 Not that I have ever bought them before, but I do remember eating them every now and then (mostly at church). Todd bought a couple bags for fun since this may be the last time…boohoo…sniff…sniff 🙂
This is what Jessica & I did with the 130 pounds of apples we picked last Saturday. We canned applesauce, lots and lots of applesauce. It only took 8 1/2 hours, a second degree burn, some nicks & cuts, and a little bit of sweat (from all the steam) to make! It really was a fun experience, despite the long process! The applesauce is really good too 🙂
It’s that time of year again when I desire to drink something hot just to stay warm! Since I don’t know how to make coffee at home (I’m pretty sure Woods Coffee & Starbucks do) I make tea. I am a little bit (but only a little bit) embarrassed to say I use tea bags. I know I know, tea bags from the grocery store, what am I thinking. Someday when I have used them all up I will buy loose leaf. Until then, I will enjoy my leaf powder that comes in such neat little bags … and … some even have strings 😉
Here is a panorama (full 360 if you were actually standing there) of our hike last week. Todd took the photos which turned out really well!
*You have to click the photo to see a larger view 🙂
Last Tuesday Todd took the day off work and we went on a hike. We headed up Mt Baker highway towards Twin Lakes. It was gorgeous! The colors of fall draped the mountain side with reds, oranges and yellows. The wild blueberries were still yummy, though a few tasted like apples which was … strange. And we didn’t run into a bear, just a friendly chipmunk 🙂
I think I needed a polarizer because the skies in several cool shots were overexposed. I don’t know if I could have fixed that with playing with the settings (like my AE lock, anybody?). The pictures not directly facing the sun turned out, oh well, I’m still learning 🙂
Fall is officially here, but it is still warm! Looks like we will have lovely weather for a couple more days, how cool (ha) is that! I do love fall, but I am not quite ready for the cooler temperatures. I think the Californian in me is speaking right now 🙂 The funny thing is that if I were in California, I would anxiously be awaiting cooler weather. Heh, I guess I need to ask the Lord for contentment wherever I’m at.
Incase you were wondering if bees have moods, since they always keep a straight face 🙂 I obviously had way too much time on my hands today while Todd was playing in his disc-golf tournament!
I was playing with baby… I mean camera today, taking a picture here and there. Playing with scrapbook paper backgrounds when I decided to take a picture of me. I never take self portraits and I debated about posting one of the ones I took. Wow, I have a lot of freckles…must have been all that sun this summer 🙂 If you can get past my unruly eyebrows, I kind of like the photo and that’s saying a lot!
The cupcake is chocolate, chocolate chip with peanut butter frosting, pretty good for vegan. I also like sheep, black sheep in particular, dunno why 🙂
La Casa Blanca 