New Toy

I came home last week to find a mysterious gift on the coffee table. Wrapped nicely it had a card that read “A little something for you”. Inside, the hand written note from my husband said, “For your birthday, anniversary and early Christmas”. Now, I don’t know about you, but in this house that usually means dollar signs flying out the door. The box wasn’t THAT big… or THAT small for that matter. When I finally decided to open it . . . let’s just say it’s a good thing he was at work! I now have a lovely new camera to take my pictures with. The one I have is adequate, but the shutter delay just doesn’t work for taking photos of children. The sharpness of the images are great! Here are a few shots I took to play with it. Now I need to make some cards and see how it works on that! I’m sure it will be GREAT! By the way . . . thanks, Honey! “You dun good!”

Monarch Magic

      Fall always brings lovely visitors to my garden. This fella was sunning himself on the rocks on a cool morning. I couldn’t have staged a photo this good. Between the mum and the fallen Veronica flower is shouted the end of the season. He was the perfect addition! We managed to raise several Monarchs this year. I let the milkweed grow in my garden (much to the neighbors dismay!) and was rewarded by several eggs. I gave one to my grandson for his school, kept one at home for my husband to monitor during his recuperation time, and took 3 to school. Every one of them was a male! Many of the ones that visited the garden were male as well.

 

They are off on their way to Mexico, now.  Here is the card I made with the photo.

  Papers are Lovely Lilac, Whisper White and Basic Black from SU. Stamp and scallop die are PTI. Chrystals are from Hero Arts. Cuttlebug E

mbossing Folder

Feathered Surprise

It is CHILLY this morning. The heavy rain and wind of yesterday have departed and left us with a beautiful brisk morning! Good for a walk. I don’t know why, but decided to take the camera. I guess I was inspired by the sun and the morning fog that was lifting as we left. So glad I did. We spotted this fella about 2 blocks into the walk. We won’t be seeing too many more as the days get colder. We have seen so many herons this year. Not sure if there are more or just we are getting better at spotting them.

Sunset

Good evening,

How is this for color inspiration. I haven't been able to get a good sunset shot this year yet so I'm using an old one. This is what it REALLY looks like. I have no special lenses nor did I edit this. Hope to get one later, I have a few more nights before packing it all up and heading south.