365 308...

I forgot 308 lol! The tape was Haylee's birthday present.  30 rolls of craft duct tape that they use to make wallets, purses, belts etc.  And the goody bags for her girlfriends that came to her sleep over birthday party...

365 295-308

This will be a quick post with none of my usual captions & editing recipes.  I'm trying to get caught up on blog posts and have to leave in 20 minutes to get the girls from school!  Next will be a post for Haylee's 10th birthday!  Here are my shots for the last two weeks...
















Thanks for looking!  :)

Nugget being silly

Just a slow cold day at home so Nugget and I had some fun in the living room...

Front light vs backlight indoors...lol...















Wohoo...so glad my blog is back up & running.  Thanks for looking!

Testing...having issues with my blog...

Hi there! I'm posting a test post because I'm having problems posting on my blog. I've been trying for four days and it gives me an error each time. I cannot find a place to contact Blogger CS and I posted on the forum but still no resolve. I have so many pictures to post, so fingers crossed that it's working again!

 So here is Nugget today at school making "Friendship Salad" with their Book Buddy class...

Here is Nugget with her 2nd grade Book Buddy...




Here she is with a classmate being silly...



Being silly...



My little beauty...




So if all is working again I will be posting several blog posts tomorrow trying to get caught up!  :)

This morning 11-8-2011...

I took my 365 of the day...which you'll see on Friday (lol).  So since I had my camera out I took a couple pictures.  Haylee was dying to try my camera so I actually let her take a couple...and I'm in them.  So be prepared...these are scary (lol) and RARE.  You won't see me again in the long future...lol!  And please excuse the sheet on the couch.  We got a new couch & love seat on Saturday (which you'll also see on Friday in my 365 post) and I'm doing my best to keep it clean during the day while it's just me & Lily here.  So I took the crappy rough sheets that came with our new mattress and cover the couches during the day.  Got to protect them from dog hair and dog slobber! Lol!

Avyree had a VERY VERY VERY bad morning and this was her mood...



Photograph by Haylee Ziegenfuss.  The goal was for Avyree & I to kiss and have Haylee take the shot.  But Avyree was in a mood from HELL so she refused to kiss me!  But of course the vicious pit bull was up for lots & lots of kisses...



Photograph by Haylee Ziegenfuss.  Good capture Haylee...



So this was not easy.  Trying to take a picture with a full frame DSLR & a slightly heavy 35L WHILE shooting BBF...I'm just surprised I got anything.  Gotta love large apertures...blurred me mostly out...HA...



And finally...Haylee & our Lily...the sweetest Pit bull ever...




Thanks for looking & I hope your morning was better than mine.  Avyree proceeded to scream & yell at me, hit me several times and pull my hair.  Needless to say she lost ALL of her toys in her room and is VERY VERY grounded!  I was so upset that I had to drop them off at school via the valet drop off and come home & cry for a good twenty minutes.  My head is killing me now but I'm trying to enjoy the peace before I pick them up today!

Hail storm...

We had an exciting Sunday.  About 4pm a big storm rolled in...well big for us.  And then the hail started!  The girls headed outside to play and I took lots of pictures.  Edited with Red Leaf Film Shift Washed Brighter adjusted.  The first collage of Avyree I used Pure Actions & MKs Euphoria at about 40% opacity.  Black & whites I used Red Leaf Film Shift BW adjusted...


This is big hail for us...



Mix of rain & hail...




Almost looks like snow from a distance...lol...



We have dirt up in part of our driveway and you can see the dirt river coming down the driveway...



Lots of hail..




Crazy Nugget and her crazy expressions...




Collecting hail off the dirty swing to eat...yummy...




They had so much fun standing in the driveway in it...




This is now one of my all time fav shots I've taken...



Love Haylee's too but there is something about Avyree's that I truly love.  These will both be printed on canvas...



Now she's getting a big cold & wet...




But what kid can resist catching hail & rain on their tongues...




Haylee enjoying it too. I feel bad I don't have more pics of Haylee.  For some reason I missed focus on most of her shots and she got cold and went inside long before Avyree did...



Dr. Jekyll...




Up close with my 135L...




Time to start creating & eating...



Her hands were starting to get red, cold and hurt...



Her hail donut...




So in true Nugget fashion she did this...



Such a cutie...




She's about done and starting to space out...





Then her mouth got cold too and we went inside...





Thanks for looking.