Building buddies...

My sweet students Caroline and Charlotte brought us some of their outgrown toys for Hannah. She has a tricycle and easel at her house, just waiting for her to "grow into them". :) I was selfish enough to keep the Little Tikes castle building toy here, because I knew Hannah's engineer G-Pa would love building with her. I've had the blocks stored in a closet for close to a year, just waiting. Brought them out last week and they were a hit! Yay for grandpas who get on the floor to play with little girls! (Super cloudy day, so my ISO was high and I shot wide open. A little on the soft side....oh well).

Contrast...

I think this kind of shot is an acquired taste, but I really like the contrast of the gnarly chain link in the foreground with the soft leaf bokeh in the background....Also liking that tree shadow...

Wonder...

This was the first time she'd seen our tree this year. Their tree was not up yet. It was so much fun watching her enjoy it all. She walked reverently around the tree and commented on different ornaments, saying things like "Hannah's house" for our little birdhouse ornament...or "Puppy...wolf"....and frequently..."Hannah touch". She was amazingly obedient if Jenny said "no...we'll just look". Bob had fun taking different ornaments down for her to hold for a minute. So sweet. Christmas is going to be SO much fun this year!

Hanging on....

That last shred of autumn. Shot at Duck Creek....the white spots in the distance are geese.

The music lesson...

I love all 3 of these for different reasons, so guess you're just stuck with 3 images today! I couldn't chose. I don't think the white balance is quite right yet, but I'm tired of messing with it. It's times like this when I wonder if I should be shooting in RAW. Someday, I plan to experiment.

Bokeh fest....

Shot for one of the challenges, of course. This is an old perfume bottle that belonged to my grandmother. Pretty with the Christmas tree background, right?

Sorry there have been no Hannah pics lately. We missed having her with us for Thanksgiving. She's coming Friday tho' to try to get her 2 year monkey photo. Wish us luck! I think we're gonna need it!!!!!!! :)

From KC with love....

Meowy Christmas!

I know...I shot her in this costume last year, but couldn't resist doing it again. This time I had no assistant, but she was surprisingly cooperative. I used my tripod...got her pre-focused, then used my remote shutter release so I could engage with her. Waved some food in front of her face. That definitely got her attention! lol