He did this after almost every ball he tossed (yeah, he kinda tossed them...perklunk, rollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll), stuck his hands in his pockets and watched. Took a long time for that ball to get down there too.
This shot looks good, but his final score was 10. The important thing is, he had a blast. I see more bowling in our future.
Wishing all of my friends and family and anyone who bothers to check out this humble little blog, a Very Merry Christmas. God bless y'all!
I bought these really cool lights last year for the kids. I got around to hanging them last week. I'm not just lazy or anything, there were a lot of variables involved. They switched rooms this year and then there was the whole painting of the new room back in September. I still need to hang some stuff on the walls. I ran across these lights and had to go buy lightbulbs for them. They are so cool, the kids really like them. Now I want one in my room.
Mom and I were on our way home from a party and I decided to stop at IWC to see the lights. It was a nice evening, humid, but comfortable. So I parked the car and we took a walk around the campus. Very pretty, they do this every year. The photos are less than great (if I had known I would be stopping I would have brought my tripod), but if you want to see more from our walk, click on the photo above and it will take you to the flickr album.
We played "scene-it" the movie edition at my niece's house this weekend. We get together every year to exchange gifts (not open, just exchange...it's more fun than mailing them). I loved this shot of my sister rolling the dice. Look closely, they haven't even landed yet.
Here is another shot from last night. It sure was cold out there, okay, cold for Texas. There were some people out and about, but most of the smart ones were inside somewhere warm.
I probably could have stood there for awhile longer and taken several different shots with different settings, but the natives (my family) were getting restless in the cold. This is probably the best shot SOOC (straight out of camera) that I got tonight. I'm happy enough with it. I'll start fiddling around with the others later.
We are now on disc 3 of the first season of "Lost in Space" (thank you netflix!). So every evening after the kiddos get their jammies on, we watch an episode.
I can't believe I forgot how incredibly dorky this show was, but the kids like it, even though it is in black and white, and my daughter "hates black and white tv."
Just wait til I get them started on the Twilight Zone's. LOL!
We braved the cool weather today and headed over to Kerrville for this monthly event. It was fun, the first time I had been there and though I didn't have much money to spend, I thought it would be fun for picture taking.
This water fountain was my favorite item. It just caught my eye. Maybe because I'm doing dishes 4 or 5 times a day ( no fancy electric dishwashers at my house, folks....I AM the dish washer). Maybe it was just because the dishes were so much nicer than mine. LOL. Anyhow, since I couldn't buy it, I did want a picture of it, so I took one.
Click on the photo if you want to see the rest of my Market Days photos.
Feeling a little chilly here today in TX, not this chilly, but still. I wanted to share some of my older photos. I took this in 1985 with my Minolta XGA. Yes, it does snow in Texas, every so often. We got 13" that year. I was on cloud nine. I walked all over the neighborhood taking pictures as proof. This tree is just down the street from my mom's house. I also have a sunrise shot of it, but I'll share that later.
I forgot how big Ft Sam Houston Cemetery was. So many headstones. It's a very humbling place to visit. We went today to honor our veterans and visit the kid's grandpas graves.
Thank you to all the men and women who have served our country in the various branches of the military.
...and orange, and yellow!
We took a hike today through Lost Maples State Natural Area and I took lots and lots of photos. If you want to see them all, click on the photo above. I may play with editing them some more tomorrow, if I'm not paralized from the pain in my legs. Actually, most of them are pretty nice without any editing...but I have some fun ideas I want to try out.
This is not my photo, my 6 yr old daughter took this when we went on a walk at the nieghborhood pond yesterday. I had taken along my point-and-shoot camera and she said "Oh, let me take a picture of the fall leaves!" I thought it came out pretty nice, so here it is.
Earlier this week I was woken up by some extremely loud afterburner sounds. These cool pilots were practicing for the air show this weekend at the base just 2 miles from where I live.
My dad used to take us to air shows when I was much younger. I got my love for photography from my father. He gave me my first 35mm Minolta the Christmas of my senior year.
I decided I should take the kids to the air show since they got such a kick out of seeing them practice.
I remember the photos my dad took at air shows....they were mostly blue sky with a speck of black somewhere that was either a plane or perhaps a bird you could never really tell. And there were A LOT of them. That much I'm sure I got from him. I took close to 350 shots with my new zoom lens before my battery died (next time I'll know to bring the extra battery in my pocket). We had a blast.
I like to think my daddy would be proud of my photos today.
If you want to see more....click on the photo to go to my flickr page.
Acts 2:38 (NRS)
Peter said to them, "Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
I was playing with this photo last night....cropped it in close and burnished the edges. I think dragonflies are the coolest bugs. I wasn't really able to catch the color very well on this one. It was almost an iridescent bluish/purple color. My daughter said she could see it's eyelashes, LOL! I don't think they have eyelashes.
I took several photos at the museum. All of them are okay or pretty nice, but this random one is my favorite. There is a treehouse at the museum, and they have put some colored gels up in the peak of the roof, so when I saw the colors on the floor, I had to shoot them. I know, I'm a goof.
So I saw these flowers on the side of the road during the 2 hour drive to my sisters. I had noticed them on the way there, and when we headed home and the sun was beginning its descent for the day, they appeared to be glowing. I didn't really know what they were so I decided to pull-over, get some shots and satisfy my curiosity.
They were pretty much just sun-dried weeds....but really just as pretty, I'm sure, as when they were freshly blooming.
I pixelated the backround on this because it was just a bunch of junk on the microwave stand....I could probably get more creative with it, but I was in a hurry, I may play with it some more later. Anyhow, I really like 'the moment' I captured.
So, we didn't have many wildflowers this past year, or for the past several years as a matter of fact, because of either drought (now) or too much rain. So I thought I'd blog this pretty shot I got on my way to my sisters house in 2005. Look at all the color! I usually try to get some good bluebonnet shots, but this was just breathtaking.
Ronnie got his hair all cut off. I've been suggesting he do this for a long time (what can I say, I like bald men).....anyhow, I think he looks good. And just think - no more gray hairs!
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