burnt offerings

Hi there.

I don't know why, but I've suddenly felt like blogging.

Yesterday I walked around outside with the Mark II, which was really fun. Our neighbor's storage barn burned down last month and the ruins are still sitting around. Here are some of the things that I found...

A very old GQ magazine, from a time when men wore too-big suede jackets, beige turtlenecks and tweed pants.

A mighty collection of hotel bar soaps. This is just a few of them - there had to be hundreds.

I love this. Butt squared. It was in a PC World magazine, no idea why it says Butt squared...

An ashy broom.

Lots of cigar boxes.

A charred tree.

A charred copy of the Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, which is cool.

Someone had attempted to make it into a box of sorts, you know the kind that you stick liquor in...

Quinn found a tiny apple by the apple tree. I like the detail in his skin, all ashy. Isn't that depth of field like crazy? It's at 1.8.

So, after we ransacked the ruins, we investigated our own yard (which is rather boring, after four years of taking the same pictures.) But we did find wild roses:




I absolutely did not edit the flowers in this picture. I give you my word that it is straight from the camera - all I did to this picture was darken the background.

And honeysuckle... Isn't it funny, how it's so perfectly centered, two on the right and two on the left, and just sitting there away from it's family...

This is a bluebird. You can actually see its colors, in the original, full-sized image, if you zoom up. Very impressive.

I think this chicken picture is my favorite, from today. I rather love it!


This is a tropical cake that Quinn made yesterday. It's really delicious, with pineapple, cranberries, pecans and maybe something else, but I can't really remember.


By the way, Jamie, I LOVE my hula-hoop.

This is a shot of rain. It started to sprinkle, so I jacked the ISO up to 3200 and the shutter speed up to 8000 and froze the raindrops. It looks more like snow, though, doesn't it?

So that's it, for this post, ladies and gentlemen. (Though, mostly ladies, I believe...)
I bid you good day. :)
- caroline

tea. earl gray. hot.

There are somethings that make me so happy. So, so happy. This present from Christina is one of them. <3

Here are some others:
- Watching TV shows with Mummy
- Using the 5D Mark II
- Making videos and then watching them. ;D
- Mint chocolate chip ice cream
- Flash cards (the old school ones, the question/answer ones that are made out of note cards!)
- Gerald Morris books
- Blog comments!

something i found

I took this picture back in... January, maybe? Just thought it was cool...

Let me explain what the heck is going on here:

The picture is actually of my computer screen, where Photobooth was showing my image, and the sunset was reflected on the screen. So... Does that make sense?

happy earth day

I have a funny story to share with my blog stalkers. I owe them a laugh, at least, for neglecting my blog for a month.

Once upon a time, Uncle Quinn was playing with the H-Man, otherwise known as Henry. Mom & Sara were working and I was neglecting any and all duties, as usual. Henry is a high-maintenance kid, you know, lots of entertaining must be done at all times. I had started a bit of a game with this ball:


The game was to put an object in its poor deflated indentation, then to simultaneously smack the sides to make the object pop into the sky. So, of course, Quinn thought this was grand and added his more violent touch. He put my little plush TY puppy in the ball and... this is what happened:


A closer look...

I mean, how funny is that? She just soared up and landed smack dab on a fan blade. And posed all cute and everything! Henry didn't get it for a while, but when he finally saw her he thought it was all very fun.

This poor pup is nameless at the moment. I can't remember her name!! I mean, I named her, for heaven's sake. It might be Daisy. But I don't know.

So that's my funny story. Here is a photograph of spring for you, in honor of Earth's special day. Which is every day. But especially today. :D

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This is straight from the camera. No tampering! Isn't it awesome?

Oh, yes, and I am asked to give Mum credit for telling us to *look* at the sky... XD

all squishy

He was sleeping on my bed. =)

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Ogres are like onions...

What, you mean they stink and make you cry?

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Sometimes Shrek pops into my head. I don't even like Shrek. But I dig the quote.

The Booga Booga Lemon Monster

This is my Booga Booga Lemon Monster. Starring Quinn as the Booga Booga's voice, and me as it's eyes and goatee. :D>

I promise we weren't bored; on the contrary, I was cutting vegetables and washing dishes. Whoo.

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I'm cheating. This is old. From January.
But H is so cute.

Pics were taken with the super cool 55 mm lens that Sara rented. Or was it a 50? I think I'm going to buy it, whatever it was...

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