Pool Games

In the last week Breck has really taken to swimming!
He's been 'practicing' laps in our tiny kiddie pool and just yesterday tried opening his eyes underwater.





Both kids decided to make their own 'diving' game.
One will throw a car to the other end and the other will retrieve it.
In the shot below they had both gone for it and Rowan came up the victor!





Then I got the idea in my head that I should get really close to the action for some splash shots.
I was soaked after this one...

 

Down on the Farm

Views in the country are nothing short of beautiful!
This storm slowly rolled in around sunset over the weekend.




Ever since last week's Shutter Love prompt 'For the Kids', where my son took the photo, he has been chomping at the bit to take more...with my camera. Here's another one of his shots:
I'm thinking a camera of his own may be in his near future.




And here he is with little sister.

Love You, Seth

Today is my husband's birthday...and this one is for him!

Of Chandeliers and Farmhouse Windows

Over the last several weeks I've slowly been sharing bits and pieces of my grandparents' home.
We moved a fair amount when I was young...always within the same school district, but moves nonetheless. And the one and only home that has remained completely consistent throughout my entire life is that of my grandparents. It feels like home to me. (does anyone else have that song stuck in their head now, too?!) I can say that about no other place from my childhood and for these reasons my memories and love of this place are rooted deep.



This chandelier is a dear friend of mine...I polished and cleaned this sucker more times than I can remember! My grandma loathed the task and paid me fifty cents to clean it for her...I'm quite certain she would have paid more.





This is the window at the top of their awkwardly steep staircase. To me, it's just a window. And one I'd never paid any notice to until our last visit. But I do think it has a lot of farmhouse charm and for that reason alone it deserves a spot on the blog!





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Daylilies

We have some pretty large yellow daylilies in our front landscaping.
I've been working to divide them and then transplant in our backyard...something I should have done back in April when it was still cool and the plants were still small!



But before I dove in with my spade, I thought I should snap a few shots first...you know, just in case.



I was accidentally shooting in vivid color mode and my flowers all turned out with an eye-popping and very un-natural yellow.



Thus the edit to black and white...with a slight yellow tint.

Star Power

It's been a week since I started my "come back" to blogging. And it feels great!!!
It probably helps that I also got a new laptop about a week ago and once I transferred all my essentials - specifically Paint the Moon's Jubilee action - I was whizzin' through edits like they were pieces of chocolate cheesecake!

These shots were two of many unedited images that were lying in wait.
While these two shots are incredibly similar they do have subtle differences.

The first one focuses more on the light and starburst...


while this second shot shows off the shadows of the leaves.


And since I can't pick just one to share, you got them both.

Cutie Patootie

Over the holiday weekend I did a little photo shoot for our cousins' one year old.

Let me tell you - this kid is cute! He was happy and relaxed and just went with the flow when I got the camera right in his adorable little grill.