7 posts tagged “cute”

Good news: I have some pictures of CUTE native animals today! Enjoy Friends! This is from when Mr. Lavender and I visited Northwest Trek. An animal park I have visited many times on field trips as a child. I always loved this park. it is HUGE. Very few animals in small cages, mostly a chunk of land with animals living inside. But most of the park is open land for so many native deer, goats, and birds to just live. You get on a three car Tram that drives through this land for an hour. You look into the woods and try to find the animals living there. If you have good eyes, go in the first car to alert the driver who speaks about what kinds of animals live there and how they live. It is all very interesting. I LOVE it! We had a great time.
Bad news, I had to stop working with Lucy on our book. My anxiety was so bad that I found taking pictures becoming a chore rather than a thrill. Photography has been an activity that opened my eyes, helped me breathe, and showed me all the beauty of the world.  leisurely thing for me to do. While working on this project I started only looking for things that might work for the book rather than all the beauty the world has to offer. I started feeling anxious when Ruby was in hand, that has always been the opposite. I stopped enjoying the photographic journey. This is a huge problem for me because Ruby was my anti anxiety pill, she was my anti depressant. Through her lens I see a different world, magical. I feel that sometimes I can see the magic in the photos themselves. That makes me so happy, and that is enough for me. I really asked myself hard critical questions, looking at my photos in the file for use in the book. I see how much I have grown since taking those photos, and have continued to grow. The photos are very amateurish, honestly they are. There are so many technical mistakes that need correcting, and many were taken with my old camera and I cropped them so close that they will never look good in print. I feel that Lucy's poetry deserves more than that. I do not have that yet. That is okay, it is still early in my photography journey. I start a new class in the Fall, hoping to learn more about composition and lighting.
I feel horrible about not being honest with Lucy or myself through this journey. I let us both down. I said yes to this project because I was flattered, but did not ask myself honestly if I was truly ready for this kind of commitment, and professional quality. Both answers are a No, I am not ready. I wanted to be, but that does not matter. If you want to be ready and force it, it never really works out. I have to wait until I am ready, and I may never be ready for this kind of project. I need to be happy with what I have, a great camera and beauty around every corner.
 I wish Wonderful things For Lucy, she truly is a talented poet who taught me a lot during this process. I am sorry I could not hold the same professional attitude for her as she held for me. I tried and failed, she deserves more. ;-)
So that said, I will post photos on my blog. And for me, that really is enough.
Thank you all for so much support and so many lovely comments on my photos. It adds so much richness to my life, it really does. Thank You!

This commercial KILLS me! The penguin flapping little wings, chickens seeing the world from so far up! I LOVE it!

It does not make me want to buy lottery tickets, but it makes me smile every time!

I walked around the path that wraps around the pond, Taking pictures of all the ducks who seemed quite tired and brave, sleeping with me right there. No getting up and moving if I came too close, just a few warning quacks to let me know I was too close. But they placed their heads back under a wing for more of a nap. THEN, I came across a rock by the shore line. There was a pile of fluff, It was a pile of baby ducks! I let out an audible squee! I love baby animals, they were SO cute! I snapped away with my camera. Most of the photos were out of focus, damn.

I also went to the (evil) mall and bought a few filters for my camera. I am downloading the pictures as I type.

16 year old niece came over and we brought her to see the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall. It was very funny. I know it does not seem like it would be appropriate for a young gal like her, but trust me, I would not bring her to watch anything I did not think she could handle. She has seen worse. If you liked Knocked Up and 40 year old virgin, this movie will tickle that same funny bone.

My list of MUST DO:
1. Wash off rocks for SIL, we went to the river to pick up some rocks for her massage practice. We are testing them out tomorrow.

2. litter boxes, they are quite stinky.
3. print off some photos from this last week for class tonight
4. get stuff ready for class
5. dishes and counter tops cleaned
6. make menu for this week and grocery list

Another Hodge podge of photo's from yesterday's walk. It was a bit windy and chilly. I got attacked by yet another orange cat wanting to be loved. Who am I to say no to kitties that want to purr and be scratched under soft chins. I am unsure of a walk today, it is supposed to be nasty. Maybe : )

This is my sweet turtle, Honeybun. We have no idea how old she is. Or even if she is a she. I got her from the daycare I worked at, the previous teacher left her there. That teacher got her from a local Junior High. So we think this is her retirement. Fresh fruits and veggies daily. We once gave her a nectarine, and she gobbled it up every day. When we ran out and gave her a strawberry, she would smell it, look up at us, smell it, look up at us and then bury it as she walked away. She did this all week. We bought her another nectarine and she was happy again. She tries to escape all day long. Standing on her back legs, reaching for the top of the tank. One day she believes she will make it. If we bring her outside she goes straight for the house and hides there. I walked by the kitchen yesterday and she watched me go by, I came back in and she was still eyeballing me. So I picked up my camera, she would tilt her head and she worked it for the camera. She is so cute!