the pics

So I learned a few things
I have never been a fan of B&W photography I am a color girl. I'm guessing probably my pics are not good enough to be enjoyed without the distraction of color LOL

I set my camera to monochrome and went into my garden and took some pictures (about a hundred) it was fun but when I got them up on the computer I couldn't help wishing I could see them in color.

Well in DPP you can change the B&W pics to color by clicking standrd style picture I guess the information is saved in the camera.


SOOOO the other thing I learned is that I am still a color girl I didn't get converted into a B&W lover LOL although I have been known to admire OTHER people's Black and whites :)


I might post up the colored versions after I get done with dinner














cherub in the garden


purple flower





Rose of Sharon

Purple cone flower

magenta colored flower, I forget it's name

grapes I can't believe the birds have not eaten them...they are starting to look like raisins


Bee on a butterfly bush

strawberries

another bee, there were a lot of them today



so are you into black and white?
or color?

photography enthusiasts unite!!

I know some people do Friday photo on their blog but mine is different

mine is a challenge

take ten pictures with the same theme and post them on your blog.
it's not a contest it's just fun!
this week is black and white pictures
I don't care if you have a black and white setting, or you do it post production

fun is the key

first I want to talk about my love of photography and it's limitations

I love photography I love taking my camera out into my yard and snapping pictures of flowers or other plant life. I love taking pictures of my kids. I love taking my camera on hikes and to zoos, or in to the streets in the city.
I even love experimenting, I have a light box and various lighting things that I love to play around with. I do not have fancy schmancy equipment I don't have my own backdrops, I have no aspirations to take pictures of other people's kids....I'm not that good, nor do I expect to become that good, I have bad eyes and I am at this time limited to using auto focus because I can't get the diopter settings right. I have new glasses that are the trifocal progressive lenses that I cannot get to work looking through a tiny viewfinder...I'm sure I will get it right at some point but for now I am just sticking to the auto focus yeah I will try my macro from time to time but usually I get a headache LOL
and because of that I have gotten away from my hobby and I MISS IT!


so I am going try to do this challenge once a week
join in if you want but I'm not into the whole "you must follow these rules" things
which is probably why my blog is so quiet LOL


this week black and white I'm going to take my pictures now and will post them later.


Next week trees-leaves...trucks...branches...or animals living in, or even kids climbing on or standing in front of

rules are not important fun is!

messys new teacher

specializes in teaching kids on the spectrum

she got a letter today from the teacher asking her to wear sneakers on the first day of school, and to bring a folder :)

Messy was so excited she put the letter on the fridge and keeps bringing it to me to read to her :)

I cannot WAIT for school to start for her

she has regressed quite a bit in the few weeks she has been out :(


on another note we are almost crib free
Moo has been sleeping in the big girl bed every night, but I still have not taken down the crib :( I need to do that.





on another note MB's school is kind of scary
we went on a tour of the building and it is BIG And I just don't see how they are going to be set up in this new place in a week they have no books ion the library and no desks in the classrooms. the boy is making a map, isn't he cute? I met some of the moms one I know from church, one I know from the homeschool group. his teachers seem nice


oh would you pay 300 dollars a month to have someone help you ADHD kid do his homework?

WOW WE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!

I know this is silly, but I am SO SO excited

we found a sandwich that messy will eat!!!!!
and there is not a drop of peanut butter on it!!!!!

it's bologna, american cheese food (I refuse to call it chese) and ketchup

her new school is not peanut free, but I know that at least one of her classmates has a severe peanut allergy, and since she wears EVERYTHING she eats I think it might be best not to send her with PBJs. but I was thinking I would have to do thermos' full of mac and cheese every day whew



this makes lunch for schools SO much easier
now if we can find a way to get some veggies onto that lunch box I will be in heaven LOL

My new Header---mommy brag

My boy took this image I took of his school bus last year
and made it into my new header with PSP

he taught me how to use texture on text which I didn't know you could do
he made it look like crayon or chalk :)


cool huh?

what do you mean no TV?

I really think I am going to call the dish tomorrow and get my satellite service turned off
i got Dh to agree to 6 months No satellite

I really have to do something about my Tv addiction

all the shows I quit watching over the summer are going out of reruns soon and I am afraid I will slip back into my old ways because I really want to know what happened to Horatio Caine

You know that before I had kids I never ever watched TV well not ever, but hardly ever.

yes that was before we got the satellite and Tivo and my coworkers were all shocked I had never seen the show "Friends" LOL

what happened to me?

If the redsox make the world series it will be REALLY hard

we will save 100 bucks a month and I will have Messy's software in No time :)

and I will have the time to start working on building that workout room for us at home :)

can I do it?