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  • It's a photo plant-a-long with Uncskainch!It's been a long time since my pal Uncskainch and I have collaborated on a blog-a-long, so this is very exciting!We, and our children, each made a carton garden with see-through …

  • Shrunken Pumpkins...They grew in last Summer's garden.The were carved and treasured jack-o-lanterns last Fall...They were put out to pasture to decompose in the garden all winter......And here are their weathered faces..…

  • Pottery Class..... (taken with the 10-20mm wide angle lens)The kids had a pottery art class last Saturday, where they had the opportunity to throw clay pots on a real, professional pottery wheel! This is one class in a …

  • What do you want to say?This is a post excitedly dedicated to photography hardware, namely different types of lenses. I won't get into technicalities, don't worry. Hopefully, the photos will speak for themselves. What…

  • Carnival in motion.... 10-20 mm fisheye lens, long exposure (up to 1 sec) , with second curtain flash, then a poster edges filter added to define the edges more......I felt like a cowgirl in the western movies atop m…

  • Where am I/what am I doing?(more wide angle fun) Can you guess?The first 10 people get the rubber chicken award. No prestige, rights, or privileges, or even a prize. Sorry.But can you guess?

  • Music fun...Have you seen those musical percussion tubes called BoomWhackers? We made a birthday video for a special friend (who moved far away recently) with these these things. Here is the video below:So here we are:…

  • Strike!!!!????!!???? We went bowling with some friends a few days ago. Have you taken your kids bowling before? Bowling alleys do a good job in making it a fun time for them- with bumper pads (to fill in the gutters- n…

  • Setting up the carnival They have been setting it up all week at the park. A few days ago, we went down to walk around and watch it go up. Oh the anticipation! (This was taken with my new fisheye lens.)

  • Happy BirthdayDearfriend gave birth yesterday to a sweet sweet boy . This photo collage was inspired by her little sweetie. (-: "He's hatched!" I photographed a grouping of dried rosebuds, baby's breath and dove egg sh…

  • Wide Angle Fun!Thanks to abundance that flows, I became a very happy acquirer-er of this lens yesterday. Here's some first photos:This is Blues Musician Stefan George, performing at Javalina's Coffee and Friends in Tu…

  • Little Oscars........ How can one be a grouch.........when one sees Oscar holding pigtailsas cute as these?(Little Addition's little piggies....) And to followup on the little girl theme.......I found this haiku I wrot…

  • Ooohhh la la...(for the crazy camera people out there...) To some, it may look like a lump of black plastic , metal and glass, but to me, it's a next Very Cool Thing!!! It's a Canon 15mm (prime) fisheye lens! Woo hoo!…

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