My Day-To-Day Photos

It was time to say goodbye to the Sony VAIO. At 11 years it just wasn't running well enough to accomplish some of the simplest of tasks in Lightroom and Photoshop.  So meet "The Dragon," a gaming computer for a non-gamer.  So far, it seems powerful enough to meet my photography processing needs, and it is a very pretty, flashy little thing.  Much love for "The Dragon." Todd photographed the unboxing... Oh goodness, how I love removing the protective film! Yay!  More protective film...That little dragon lights up when the computer is running. Oooh, pretty lights.

Here are just a few snapshots of everyone in the morning on a school day. Rolling out of bed, getting dressed and making the bed, usually before heading to the kitchen for breakfast which is almost always cereal and fruit. As for the "get off the roads" bit, I am just kidding Sweetie. You are going to be a great driver.  I know this because your independence is important to you and you're not going to mess that up.  We will train you well and in a year or so, you will have your real license!!!

Forty-two and forty-four have found us.  It turned okay in the end, but the 6th wasn't exactly a celebration day. It was blamed on the snowfall, but the 7th was when we celebrated my birthday this year.  It was a nice day...buses were not running, so we all went in early for a breakfast at Tim's before dropping KK off at school, then it was Jared's turn. Dad made a nice dinner and then, I suppose having to make for the missed birthday, I got spoiled rotten with gifts for the bath and garden. The 15th was Dad's day, and I tried to make it special with 3 nice meals...it's really too bad I burnt that beautiful bacon. But everything else turned out okay and Dad was able to enjoy a relaxing day at home.  Happy birthdays to us Honey, may we celebrate many, many more together...I love you and I'll make up for that spoiled breakfast very soon...

We're nearing the end of winter, but we finally got some snow and it is not too late to play in it.  Daddy gets to break in his new snow blower and Jared gets to play "King of the Mountain!" And Mom just takes the photos.  It is nice to have something to take a photo of.  The landscape has been so very dreary up to this point.  The crisp, clean white of the fresh, deep snow is completely refreshing.  There is a visible smile on Dad's face as he sees his efforts have paid off...

I've been playing with the new phone, getting to know it better especially where the camera is concerned. I've got the manual mode down, so now to play with the novelty features. "Popout" is kind of fun.  I think it will work very nicely in the flower patch and when the trees have leafed out.  Taking a portrait in a landscape might work nicely as well.  I'll have to see if I can find a willing model later.   I've slowly been bringing Spring into our house over the past month, but yesterday I went all out.  I even felt the need to redress the couch.  That warm 15 degree weather sure lifted my spirits in the afternoon, and now our home reflects the upcoming change of season.   Some people feel it is a waste of time to play around with décor based on the season. But I find it uplifting, a spiritual practice that celebrates what life has to offer.      

It's getting nicer outside, so this will be a much more common sight!

To be Captain Obvious, I'm getting to this post quite a bit later than I hoped, but here it is and better never than late, no, better late than some far off ridiculous point in the future like once Todd turns 44.  It's only been a little over a week since his special day, but somehow it feels like an eternity. The day also didn't go as planned as he ended up hauling grain, but I tried to make up for that a bit by making him two, yes two special dinners.  I know, I know - awesome wife. One the night before, where we had roast pork and crème brulee for dessert.  On the 15th, there was cake for dessert, but the main course was classic chicken fettuccine alfredo and focaccia bread.  That bread was so flavourful it flavoured the entire house!  The alfredo was so rich, that when it cooled it became an oddly shaped block of butter. I needed a chisel to get it off the plate.  But it was good.  Very good. I'll let the photos tell the rest of...