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 It’s the end of another week, and I have to say I’m glad it’s over. Everyone is finally asleep, I’ve got laundry washing, and I’m sitting down at the computer with my cup of decaf coffee to plan my weekly grocery shopping at The Grocery Game. This is one of my favorite times of the […]

 K is a very involved, hands-on dad, and the kids just adore him. I thought it was a pretty good sign when, after E1 was born, he changed almost every single diaper while we were in the hospital. I was thrilled when E4 was born in the water that he was the one who caught […]

Today was my attempt at product photography without a light box. I wanted to get the “floating” effect, so I tried to bounce as much light around as possible. It turned out okay, but still too many shadows. I could have fixed them in post-processing, but that wasn’t what I was trying for, so I didn’t. […]

I decided to honor E1’s request that the picture I took of the snowman should be my photo of the day. They had so much fun making it! I guess since much in our family revolves around babies, E2 decided that Snowy needed a baby sister too. Her name is Snowetta. K1 said that there are many, many snowpeople in front yards […]

What an exciting day! We got four inches or so of snow today, which is relatively uncommon here, although not rare. The kids thought we hadn’t had any snow last winter (I haven’t gone through my pictures to check), and this was really the first time that E3 remembers getting to play in it. They had a blast […]

I like experimenting with light and shadow, and so this day’s picture is the obligatory flame photo. I was really excited to catch the reflection in the bottom of the lens.

I’m having a lot of fun coming up with pictures to take every day, my concern is having one from everyday to share. I took thirty pictures in this session, and only two or three of those thirty were even half way decent, although I did think this one was pretty good. Wyowoman reminded me that the photography books, guides, […]

It was a day amateur genealogists like me dream of. My father-in-law’s family sent him a couple of tubes filled with documents and notes about both sides of his family. Most of this was information I had been unable to find in my searches in the known databases. So I had a blast reading through […]

Well, we’re continuing with the cooking theme. 🙂 I forget sometimes how old E1 is. I mean, I can tell you the number of years of her life, but the concept of just how old that is often escapes me. To me, it was just yesterday she was helping me in the kitchen like E3 is […]

I love quotes and sayings of all kinds. I think it’s because I wish I could be clever and come up with smart things to say myself. A new favorite is one I just heard: “Do not meddle in the affairs of knitters, for they carry pointy things and know how to use them.” Blue Moon Fiber Arts is a small company […]