Day 245: May 7, 2012

The scotch broom is blooming which means I'm itching to get out to the field to get some pretty photos with the yellow blossoms in the background!

Day 243: May 5, 2012

The azalea bushes were buzzing with bees, so I spent a few minutes trying to catch one semi-still and got this:

Day 241: May 3, 2012

Grace and I were having fun taking macro photos together.  She was having fun looking at herself in my camera lens and I was having fun photographing her facial features.  Since she was in a rare cooperative mood for such an activity I took advantage!  I had her look down for a few shots since I rarely get to photograph her pretty eyelashes :)

Day 237: April 29, 2012

Can you guess what this is right off the bat?  It's a macro shot of a glittery snowflake Ethan made me in preschool.  Yes it's still hanging in my kitchen.

Day 234: April 26, 2012

Macro of the wildflowers Grace picked for me when we last visited the field a couple days ago.

Day 223: April 15, 2012

I met with the Momtographers group this afternoon for a photo walk at the cherry blossoms next to the capitol.  We were a little too late for cherry blossoms (glad I went two weeks ago when I had the chance with the kids!) but we found plenty to photograph around the capitol grounds and on Willamette University campus right across the street.  I found this little ladybug in the daffodil beds just before we really got going.

Day 220: April 12, 2012

I went outside this afternoon for 15 minutes after helping Grace finish her homework and had some fun with my macro while the lighting was decent.  Love the cherry blossoms on our tree!

Day 208: March 31, 2012

Our cherry trees are finally starting to blossom.  Spring may be late but at least it's coming!

Day 200: March 23, 2012

Another macro of the flowering weeds and moss that covers everything.

Day 197: March 20, 2012

I'm having fun with my macro lens lately!  This is one of the little flowering weeds that are threatening to take over my bark dust.  At least they make for pretty pictures.

Day 196: March 19, 2012

I took some macro shots of the beautiful orchid my husband gave me awhile ago.  I never keep them alive for very long, but the flowers last for weeks so they're better than roses!

Day 189: March 12, 2012

This is a macro shot of the bottom of one of my favorite coffee mugs.

Day 188: March 11, 2012

I waited for David to be out of town to make Friendship Stew since he's not a fan.  It makes a ton so the kids and I eat it twice a day for about four days to finish it up which gets a little old, but cooking once for 8 meals is a bonus!  Here's Friendship Stew served preschool style.

Day 187: March 10, 2012

One of the weekly challenges for the Momtographers group this month was to take a mystery macro for everyone to guess.  This one's not too hard, it's a potato.

Day 183: March 6, 2012

I snuck outside in the "dusting" of snow (seriously NOT enough for a 2 hour school delay) in my pj's to get some macro frost shots.  Can't resist frost and morning sunlight!

Day 126: January 9, 2012

I decided to try taking some macro shots of a kiwi before I ate it for lunch today.  Yum!

Day 123: January 6, 2012

It was another cold and frosty morning.  I took this macro shot in my back yard of some frosty grass.

Day 122: January 5, 2012

Another macro shot, this time of the small coin purse Grace was given.  One of the teacher's aides in her class visited Thailand over the holiday break and brought back the coin purses and a coin for all the kids.  Grace picked the purple one with the elephant on it, no surprise there!

Day 121: January 4, 2012

I used my macro lens to get this cool photo of the water droplet hanging on the tree branch this morning.

Day 119: January 2, 2012

A quick macro shot of the pink flowering bush in our front yard.  I love morning light!