the august break

Ok y'all... in an effort to sort of restart my blogging brain I am choosing to give something a shot.  A lot of blogs that I follow are taking a break for the month of August and only posting a picture that goes along with a theme for each day.  Now granted mine probably won't be each day mainly because I can't stick with things at times but I am willing to give it a shot.  Just for the one month.  I hope you hang around to see what I will be working on for September which right now seems far away.

Here is a good post of a blog that I follow that may explain it better and link you up to other bloggers that are choosing the same break.  RoostTribe

And here is the schedule of themes for posting pictures for each day.

 

 

This will actually be a hard thing for me to do because when I post something I want to share it right now.  I do however usually blog a week or two in advance.  Wish me luck and I will see you in September.  I hope you will stick around to see my life through the lens for the next month!  This actually may be a lot of fun!

M.E.'s Sea Shell Topiaries

My sister Mary Evelyn is the Sea Shell Queen.  When on vacation she scours the beaches from early in the morning to late into the evening browsing for seashells.  And I don't just mean in Florida.  she has picked up shells on islands too!  From this last cruise of theirs she brought home lots of shells and sea glass that she found on the beaches and decided to make topiaries for herself and the two gals that were on the trip with her. 

 

She washed and laid out all the shells and glass and glued them on to styrofoam trees.  I think they turned out precious and wouldn't mind having one myself!  My sister Mary Evelyn is a very beachy girl who collects sand from every place she can, bottles and labels where the sand is from... but that a post for another day. 

 

OK Maybe she didn't wash and dry them... I still see sand in the pics.

 

 

 

Royal Subjects two and three

Last year I shared my first photo shoot.  The shoot was for my nephew's senior pictures.  We did so well that two of my nieces wanted to do the same for their senior pictures this year.  This past weekend, I shot one on Saturday morning and the other on Sunday morning.  We took pictures all over our farm and my father-in-law's farm next door to ours. 

 

One was so very different from the other, and not just the subjects.  I'm not a fancy photographer who has lighting equipment or real fancy lenses or even nice editing software.  So I have to use natural light in every way that I can and sometimes it turns out good and others not so good. 

 

I have never claimed to want to take pictures of people.  I truly don't want to get into wedding photography or any of that although I feel I would do a good job.  I like taking pictures of my world and our day and things around me to share with you and my future.  But here, I will share a few of my favorite shots of my beautiful nieces. 

 

 

Aren't they just gorgeous?!



Weekend Finds

This past Friday was the 'Ka-Ching' yard sale day.  Not that I really bought a lot.  But there were a lot of sales and I only regret not buying one set of chairs.  I even ran into one of the kindergarten teachers from elementary school from back in tha day.  The one who went "SSSSSS" instead of "Shhhh."   I had to cut the day short because of an appointment. 

I am happy with my finds and here they are.

 

 

My spending on all this lovely loot was around $13.00.  The most I paid for anything was $4.00 for the enamelware colander... but we both know I have a "leave no enamelware behind" policy. 

My favorite thing I got is the green Wheaton ink well bottle.  It was seventy five cents.  Most of my other items were around a quarter.