complain, complain...

No witty banter today.  No unwitty banter today either.  Just photos.  Photos and exhaustion.  Oh, and complaining and whining, obviously.



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The 5 Senses

when I see sunflowers, they make me happy.  I love their color, and their small.  I've never personally tasted one, I'll admit, but if you look closely you can see some sweet sweet nectar, which I know several insects crave.  I suppose this is really only four senses, because you can't really hear a flower - BUT I for days I heard bug talk about how beautiful it was and how it looked like the sun every time wen sat at the table.  Does that count?

Child or children

believe it or not, she is actually laughing in this picture, not screaming :)

Dining

a typical "Monday Food Fest"

Night

My first REAL attempt at night photography.  Obviously I have a lot to learn on the subject, but since I just barely got myself a tripod, I figured I'd try it out.  My camera is a P&S, so I'm not sure how to adjust things to make it any better, but what I like is the contrast in this photo.

I like how this one turned out - especially the shadows.

Sky

I thought I didn't have a picture for this one, but when I saw this shot, I realized I loved the clouds.  

Trendy Treehouse theme this week is "collage."  

recently, I needed a current family photo taken, so we ran over to my sister's house so she could snap some shots quickly.  Quick+kids+bad time of day=photo failure.  Some of my favorite parts: all of the crazy shadows, the harsh light, trying to get the kids to look anywhere but at the ground, trying to get mr to stop squinting, the screaming two year old, mr's overly happy expression, the last ditch effort on the bottom in the middle where mr felt the need to grip bug in a headlock.  Guess we'll have to try again some other time.

iheartfaces is having "pink week" this week in honor of breast cancer awareness month.  Here's my "pink" entry:

Last week I was pretty excited to find a new linky party with photos called "Scripture and a Snapshot."  You can find it at Katie Lloyd Photography.  I thought it was a fun way to link my faith to one of my hobbies.  Here's my contribution this week:

I wasn't sure if I'd get to finish this one or not, but I just completed it and wanted to add it.  This is for The Paper Mama's challenge this week, which is "Black and White":

it appears mini has a new favorite food

And this one?  Well it's just because she's cute.  And I was going to post it at the end of Friday's post, but forgot.  Which is funny, considering what the post was about...

Is that hat not the cutest thing you have ever seen in your entire life???   Oh, and she's cute too.