And now my little secret....there really was no dew. Hannah's holding the evidence. Think this might have been more effective if it had been early morning light. Still, I plan to bring my squirt bottle with me again on walks. :)
And later, we went around another corner (in search of good light)....Found the light, but Hannah is obviously still looking for Mommy. :)
Signing her version of "kitty" and looking pathetic, because she can't reach her. (The sign is to pull fingers away from the face like whiskers....Hannah pinches her cheek instead.)
Ready to climb into KC's bed.
KC's reaction tells you how she feels about it. :)
Learning that I need a faster shutter speed. These are all soft. Hannah is definitely on the go!
Loved these Nandina berries too...Is there anything prettier than red in the snow??
And afterwards we were able to treat him to some of Kara's homemade potato soup. She'd made it for a school function, which was canceled. So we got to eat it. Not too sorry about that!
BTW...it was almost exactly a year ago that I took my first shots on manual. Those were in snow also. Still working on getting a good exposure. What do you think ladies...does it still look gray? There's such a fine line between gray and blown out.
Thought I was being really original until I remembered something I had seen in Lisa's archives. Have to give credit where it's due. It's not exactly the same, but definitely inspired by Lisa's creative shot.
And afterwards, Hannah had to say "Who do you think you are? The paparazzi?"
Think this is the first ever pic with both Jenny AND Hannah smiling. Hannah had just sneezed, which made her giggle. So I fake sneezed to keep her going. Wonder how long that will work?
Which do you prefer? Jenny likes color...I think I like B/W. Oh yeah...what do you think of those pigtails? 3 strands of hair and 2 big ribbons! :) This was an experiment (failed) on what to do with the mullet she seems to be growing. :) Ten minutes later, she pulled them out...along with a few of those precious hairs. We won't be trying that again till she has more to spare!
After cutting the dress front to the appropriate length, I have to roll it up on a dowel rod to make it easier to feed it through my pleater.
What's a pleater? ...this handy little machine with rows of threaded needles. I feed the fabric through slowly and carefully, being sure to keep the top edge even with one of the needles and it folds the fabric into tiny little pleats. Those pleats will become the "canvas" for my smocking design.
I'm not sure when I'll post Pt. 2 or how many posts there will be, but stay tuned. I'll show you my progress along the way.
We really thought that would be the end of it, but Hannah had other ideas. She kept crawling to a spot where she could see KC, whining all the time. She totally surprised us by pursuing her...She clearly wanted to touch her! Now mind you, she was whining hysterically the whole time. As you can see, KC had no interest in baby fingers and kept walking away. Hannah followed her through 4 rooms! Finally, Jenny put out a few pieces of cat food so KC would stay still. Hannah actually 
BTW...every time Hannah comes over, we're working on this. She's making good progress!! Stay tuned...
I decided to join a 365 day photography project recently. I know, I need another project like I need a hole in the head. Duly noted....but, after more than a week without even picking up my camera, I decided I might need a little inspiration. Every day a challenge is issued. My participation will probably be hit or miss, but when I have time I plan to play along. This pic was from the challenge of "things that begin with the letter I". My original thought was to aim for "infiltrate" by dropping some food coloring into water. As I was setting up tho', I placed my pitcher on the windowsill and got this surprise...an inverted reflection of our front yard and street. Voila! I is for Invert!
Didn't take many pics on the way home, but love the scenery near Ruidoso, New Mexico. Especially beautiful with snow (even with the blown out sky). Hard to believe we could drive through those 2 extremes in one day.
Finally smiles when she brought out her gaming system...
It was my first time to meet Gilbert's 5 year old twin grandchildren, Zoe and Linkin (Melissa's kids)....adorable!
There were SO many other cute kids there, but I didn't even try for pics. They were busy playing in a small space with poor light and I wasn't feeling adventuresome. At any rate, we REALLY loved being with everyone!
