Capturing sun flare has become quite the voguish pursuit for photographers these days. It wasn’t long ago that these “over-exposed” photos were considered throw-away! Now, however, all over the blog-world I see beautiful photos with sunbeams bursting forth from every conceivable angle. I took my oldest out in the front yard (I know, […]
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‘I Heart Faces’ Sun Flare Contest Entry
Here is the photo I’m entering in the ‘sun flare’ contest! I Heart Faces is a photography blog where photographers of all levels can enter weekly contests. There are great photography tutorials and tips on the site as well. This was my favorite sun flare picture out of all of […]
Acorn Tea Set
Here is our tiny tea set made from acorn caps, inspired by one of our family’s favorite children’s books, “Miss Suzy” by Miriam Young. We took it out into the garden to take some pictures… We thought it looked best perched atop a flowering plant, for you never know when some fairies […]
Acorn Tea Cups
One of my daughter’s favorite picture books is Miss Suzy by Miriam Young. It’s a sweet story about a little girl squirrel who lives high up in a cozy tree-home. One of the cute things this squirrel has in her tree-house kitchen is acorn cups to drink from. I recently decided to try […]
Millais: Portraits
I think it’s high time I beefed up my “Art Book” category on this blog. I’ve had one solitary book in this category for the past 8 months! I’m going to divide my collection into two categories: art books for children and art books for display and reference. The first book I would like […]
“I Come By The Blood” Postcard
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Grapes
Last week I printed out the 187 page manual to my camera. Yes, I used every iota of black ink in the printer, and yes, the stack of paper was roughly the thickness of Little Women, BUT…. It was worth it. Just as I suspected, there are several features on my […]