Tonight we took the kids bowling. The school rented the whole 10-lane alley for two hours. Part of the party package was to put the black lights on and play some groovy music.
I had a couple of artistic shots of my shoes and my purse that I liked. But then, I bowled a 145 and had to use that picture today because that's probably the best I've ever bowled. I had to quit while I was ahead and take Matt back to the resort for bed, or I might have really put the other chaperones to shame. ;)
More playing around with the macro lens today. I thought I'd try to see what motion I could capture, and decided to play around with water. My little one was in the bath, and it didn't take much encouragement to get him splashing. I like the results, but I'm not thrilled with them. I'll have to do some more experimenting.
I was playing around with the point and shoot camera in my mother-in-law's garden. Some of them turned out kind of neat. I liked this one, but I really debated on another one instead even though it wasn't perfect. It had kind of an ethereal look to it.
I don't think this one turned out quite how I envisioned it, but I tried. I thought this would be a good example of perspective.
I was waiting for Paul after preschool this afternoon and saw these little lights lining the walkway. I thought you could almost see them as lamp posts depending on your point of view. I don't think I managed to convey that, but I also felt pretty silly taking a picture in the preschool teacher's driveway.
I love fresh pineapple! Up until a few years ago I would have never considered actually buying a pineapple and cutting it up. There were too many unknowns. I didn't think I'd be able to figure out how to cut it and have it not look like it travelled through the shredder.
For some reason I got the idea in my head to give it a shot. I just followed the directions on the label. It really wasn't that bad.
I cut off the top and bottom. Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise. Then I take that half and cut it in half again lengthwise. So then I'm down to one quarter of a pineapple. I slice off the top of the wedge to get out the portion of the chewy core remaining. I cut the remainder up in three long wedges. Then I cut off the skin and slice up the pieces.
It's a bit labor intensive, but really only takes about 5-8 minutes depending on your interruptions. The hardest part is if you have any cuts on your hands. Imagine paper cuts and lemon juice and you're just about there. Unfortunately, my hands are covered in abrasions today, so it was a bit uncomfortable.
My boys also love pineapple, so it's a treat for all of us. There's nothing better than real fruit.
I was actually going to use a different picture today, but I didn't think it worked out. It turns out I wasn't quite right. You can check out one shot if you'd like.
A week ago today, I took the boys to daddy's work for lunch. As I was getting Paul out of his car seat, somehow my thumb slipped on the release button and I bent my thumbnail back well beyond a reasonable location. It was bleeding all over and just all around uncomfortable.
Why do I share this? Eh, because I can.
Actually, this was kind of an experiment on whether I could successfully snap a pic with my left hand. I think you can see the damaged part under the nail too. It's the dark line between the white of the nail and the pink.
