22 posts tagged “photography”

We went camping in Savanna IL, at seven eagles campground.  It was such a great campsite, I'd definitely go back.  When it is warmer!

I didn't take too many pictures over the weekend because it was too freaking cold to wander too far away from the camper or the campfire! 

These things came out of the ground when I pulled my frost killed ornamental sweet potato vines.  They are edible, but bitter, so we aren't eating them!  There were a lot.  These are the ones I saved to photograph.

do you see me on the bottom right petal?  that was just a bonus, what a pretty flower!  I had such a good day today, I didn't need to crop hardly any of the shots and only deleted a dozen or so out of 75.  Oh gosh Nikon users, if you don't have a 105mm Nikkor micro (macro) 1:2.8 you gotta get one!  I can practically touch the flowers when I am shooting them. 

Brett Favre is a douche!  I am proudly wearing my "We will never forget you Brent" tee shirt today.  He needs a therapist. 

Here is a shot of my mystery plant today...I took the camera to the nursery and they thought it might be a variety of Aster.
Ok the weather is beautiful, I've accomplished a lot today...updated facebook, twitter, Vox, took pictures, downloaded pictures, uploading currently to flickr...and I need to get outside.  Times a wastin!

Here are a couple more shots of the twisty flower I found at That Guy's Garden.  Upon closer inspection, the flowers curl up when they are done blooming.  The flower buds are about 1 inch long. 

I asked Nikki for advice shooting babies, and she said "pretend she is a flower mom".  haha!  I said, am I supposed to take macro shots of her?  She said, shoot her hands, her feet... ok, I can do that!  Kyle asked for some family portraits, maybe down by the river.  We'll do that this afternoon, while the light is good and the skeeters aren't vicious!

Today I go see my family doc for a follow up for the fibromyalgia at 9:45.  It is 8:55 and I am in my jammies.  Lazy bones K.  After that, I've got my monthly lunch/bitch meeting.  Then the day is mine.  We are going out for all you can eat crab legs tonight with the B's.

Here are some shots from yesterday's downloads.

The size of this gold dahlia was amazing.  Fully bloomed it was larger than my hand.  Bigger than a dinner plate!

Hopefully all the time I've invested in my hobby will start paying off!

Golf wasn't too bad yesterday.  I shot a 114.  Yesterday I played the entire 18 holes with my headphones on listening to music.  It really helped me not lose my mojo, although I didn't do all that well, I never got grouchy, or annoyed with DH's bitching about his game.  I couldn't hear him!

I ran across the motherload of beautiful weeds on the 10th hole.  Giant thistles are blooming now.  I know these plants are a pain in the butt, err legs, hands etc, when you touch them, but seriously, the buds and blooms are absolutely gorgeous!  Take a peek.

and finally, one that has gone to seed.

I got the inspiration to take a waterfall picture from one of my flickr contacts. 

I've always called this spot "the kodak shot".  DH and I have done a lot of posing by this itty bitty waterfall.  Not yesterday though.  Just a quick snap.

And thats about it.  For now.  I've got a busy day ahead.  Company at 5 for a cookout, I am picking up Nikki at 10 to work at the house.  They bought a fixer upper, and she is just overwhelmed with the amount of work to do.  DH, SS and I went over for about 3 hours yesterday and really knocked off a lot of the things that needed to be done.  The kids are doing wall prep now, they've taken the wallpaper down (the entire house was papered in 1970's paper), spackeled and sanded most of the walls and have started to prime the walls.  Yesterday, DH, SS and I tore up more carpet, removed staples from the subfloor, cleaned up all the paint chips on the floor from sanding..what a pain.  I told Nick if he ever buys another house that needs so much work I would kick his ass.  I can't blame Nik for being so overwhelmed.  When it is just the 2 of them working on it, it must seem like it is going so slow. 

So anyway, we are going to work from 10-2.  Then rush home to shower, and prepare for the cookout.  Did I mention that I haven't shopped yet?

lololol

I am sorry I've been such a bad neighbor.  Heck, I hardly have time to post.  I'm discovering that photography is pretty much a full time hobby. 

It is finally spring here.  We don't have much of a spring in Wisconsin, it happens every year.  The weather turns from cold to hot seemingly overnight.  There are days that I run both the heat and air conditioning.  It will be cold when I wake up and hot by 2pm.  But finally, I think we are in growing season. 

I took a trip to the nursery yesterday to buy some flowers.  I'm quite proud of myself, I only spent 46 dollars this trip!  My garden is over planted.  DH calls it my jungle.

I told him last night that I needed to mulch, and he said "where?  there is nothing uncovered!  we have to wait till everything dies in the fall to mulch now".  But look at this picture on the left, I see dirt.  That means either mulch or more planting...haha!  As you can see, I've removed the stepping stones, there is no room inside the garden for them, so now they are wall stones that I have to be careful to step over so I don't trip myself up and fall to the lower garden.  (my fear)

Everything is just on the verge of blooming.  My first lilies are open, I got a couple of shots of them.

It appears to me that they like more shade.  The lilies I have planted in the front garden are budding, but these orange tigers are in the kitchen garden, which doesn't get but a few hours of sun a day.  Yesterday I was going to buy a few hostas to plant in the veggie garden, but I see that they are shade loving, and my veggie garden is very sunny.  Oh, it isn't a veggie garden anymore, it is a strawberry/flower garden.  I have given up this year on planting veggies.  I haven't had a successful year yet.  But, I have strawberries galore.  Michael and Ted built a chicken wire fence and put a net over top of it to protect the strawberries from the critters that ate them last year.  It is working!  I see TONS of frustrated birds trying to get at those lucious red beauties! 

I see here that these hostas are mostly in the sun, so I think I am safe to plant a few in the veggie garden.  Aw dang, I have to go back to the nursery!


We are about to have perfect growing and blooming weather, the ten day forecast is for afternoon thundershowers and 80 degree days!  I am so looking forward to more blooms.  As you can see above, my gerbera got a little whipped in the wind.  Here are some "here they come" shots from around the garden.

I hope this pericallis blooms all summer.  This is the first one I cut way back when it started getting ugly.  The others I cut down just a few days ago.

The columbines are about done.  The white plant blooms later than the blue and whites, and blooms longer also.  I've got a few close-ups that I forgot to upload to Flickr.  I'll post them later.  I took the colombines for Gina (((hugs)))

I should make a list of things I have to do, but that will take time.  Suffice it to say that yesterday I had dirty fingernails, and yesterday's dishes are still in the dishwasher waiting to be put away, along with DH's undies (how can he have any left?) in the laundry room.  Lavy suggested he turn them inside out...haha!  I HAVE to do some housework today!

Our new carpet ROCKS!  Michael picked the darkest frizay (sp) for the living room, and I haven't had to vacuum since we've been home.  Of course the maids have been here twice in three weeks (niceeeeee), but seriously, you can't see the dirt at all.  The carpet color is all different shades of dirt, so that works in a house in the woods!  It makes the colors on the walls look richer too. 

So I am off to get started being a "good wife".  Then I can play with my camera ;-0

I was going to enter this shot in photoquest this week, but I procrastinated myself out of it.  So above is my blue shot! 

I am already tired of shooting dahlias, the ones I bought at home depot are starting to look all the same once I download them.  But here are a few anyway.
Hey, do you remember how long I procrastinated and how much I bitched about all those tulip bulbs I had to plant? 
Well, it was worth it! 

I haven't taken any pictures today, I pretty much feel like crap.  Nap is next on my agenda.

Here are some photographs I took yesterday, you can see the rest on my flickr.  I think there is a link somewhere.  The macros aren't loading right away so I will post them separate or something. 

Off to sleep, Lorcet has kicked in.  Sleep is really the best thing for me, last night when I was this drugged, I bought 1200 dollars worth of photo equipment.  lol....

Here is an updated picture of Choey.  She is no longer a puppy, rather she is a puppy in doggy clothes.  She is pretty much full size I HOPE she doesn't get too much bigger, but you never know with Tzu's.  She weighed in at 9.4 at her recheck after her spay. 

She is definitely the same size as Ted! 








Spring has sprung around here and my garden is all cleaned up and growing happily.  I've got to apply fertilizer and mulch yet, but I want to wait until the babies get a little bit bigger.  I had to chuckle at myself this evening, I went out to survey my handiwork and already I've worn a path in the garden.  It is snakelike, walking through there right now is dangerous for the little guys that are just coming up. 

Scott is here, he flew in for an emergency root canal.  Lovely.  That is his favorite word.  At dinner tonight, the steak was lovely (five times) the asparagus with lime butter was lovely, the couscous was lovely!  What a lovely word to have as "your" word.  It sure is nice to have him here, I love him so much, and again with the distance thing.  Sigh.  Today he was talking about an episode Don had where Scott found him sitting in his car in the parking lot at work.  All Don said was "Scott promise me you will take care of your mother if anything happens to me".  That threw me into a mental tizzy I tell you.  I don't want to think about that.  I don't want to lose him, or Mom.  But I did tell Scott that I have dibs on Mom.  lol!!!   We are so morbid. 

Tomorrow I will take (and hopefully post here) some pictures from around my garden.  I've got a few plants flowering, ones that I bought at Home Depot today, nothing in my garden has been growing long enough to flower, except the weeds.  the phuckers. 

 
This one made me blush when I opened it.  But it is gorgeous.  Happy belated Easter to all my Vox friends. 

I love those close up lenses.  I believe I had a 4x on for the above shot.

I am SO FREAKING EXCITED!  I am GARDENING again, I have FLOWERS, I have material.  I bought the most gorgeous ornamental dahlias, they are going to make fabulous macro shots!  I can hardly wait to get outside and take pictures!! 

Ok, calming myself down