wandering around the garden

With my lens turned around backwards.

::curly kale::

::pea tendrils and cobwebs::

::brown-eyed susan::

::unopened teeny sunflower bud::


I was just reading about turning your lens around (free lensing) to take macro photos so I decided to give it a try out in the garden. So much fun after having a plain old 50mm lens on my camera all summer. Fun fun. Though a little scary having the camera all exposed like that. My kids were happily playing and didn't even notice me puttering around. I just stayed clear of their water/mud play and we were all happy playing in the garden.

::some kind of bug on a brown-eyed susan::

festivals and fairs

Some shots from some recent events, where rides and tractors and animals and dancing and (self) face painting were enjoyed. Such fun.

Ari has finally met his dancing match! Two in fact- though the other little girl didn't make the picture. Watching them boogie together is about as cute as it gets.
And now I will be dancing myself off to bed! Goodnight.

settling in

Hello! Wow. Somehow a whole month has slipped by. Summer so often feels like a great green blur I can hardly keep up. I can't imagine trying to catch up this space after so much time has passed by, so I wont even try. Instead I will post this collection of random summer photos to attempt to cover the gap a little. There is lots more where these came from, but this is a start. Maybe a few photo-heavy posts like this and I will start posting about what we are actually up to right now. It has been a full, beautiful summer though, and it is fun to look back over it like this. So here are a whole bunch of photos, in no particular order, for your viewing pleasure!

I hope you all have been enjoying some green summer-y days yourselves!

blue lake and rocky shore

A lovely canoe trip with dear friends. They took such good care of us inexperienced folk, and the kids loved being out in the boat and having camping adventures- singing in the canoe, playing with friends, making sand pies, playing with fire, what could be better?

We've been so busy having fun, it is hard to keep up here, but I'll keep trying!

postcards from camp

A few images from our Enki camp. I didn't get the camera out much, but caught a few moments here and there. We are visiting family now, recouping from the busy days. I'll pop in again with some more shots when I can.