365 in 2022

Well, that started off great. I got one post in and then forgot to update here... 

I'm updating on Facebook at least. It will be easy to do it once a week or every two weeks or something random for the month of January, but beyond that the day numbers get a little harder to keep track of - or at least take me counting to figure out. 

Gonna do a dump now cause that will catch me up and then I can try better. 

2.365 

Putting away Christmas. A day later than usual.

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Milo

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Orange orange

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Chester

 

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Gus, the Betta fish

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Chewie, on his 6th birthday.

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Sleepy, cuddly puppies - Milo and Chewie

9.365

Frost on weeds/plants. Feeling artsy or something.

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I love the complete noodleness of puppies running. They run with their WHOLE bodies.

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Being artsy again with my drying Christmas bouquet.

 

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The moss growing on our retaining wall looks so much cooler than photos show.

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Seed pods of Rose of Sharon bush

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The big tank

15.365

Chester

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Scrimpy shrimp - really cool to watch

The formatting issues - ugh. 

Maybe I'll come back and adjust it again when I'm not completely annoyed. 

But probably not. Enjoy! 

Themed photoshoots

This year I want to do quite a few themed photoshoots.  I've got at least 4 ideas rolling around in my head.

After admiring some hoarfrost we had a few weeks ago I started thinking about an ice princess shoot with Carus and started planning that out - making the costume and figuring out hair and makeup. Our final costume fitting on Friday night changed it from just Ice Princess to Ice Fairy Princess as the fabric I got for a cape worked better as light wings.

The next day, Carus and I got up early, did her hair and makeup and went out in the cold for a few pictures at sunrise.  She was a very good sport as it was Saturday morning and about 27 degrees.  Even though we took a few huddle-under-a-blanket breaks, she did get a bit chilled.  The whole shoot only lasted about 30 minutes.



All the tools to get ready laid out on the table.  I was thinking the weather wasn't doing what I wanted it too - I was hoping for a hoarfrost - but the amount of frost wasn't bad after all and it was bright and sunny so that was great.



It didn't work out exactly like I had in my head, but honestly it never does.  Perhaps that's how it is supposed to go.  You get an idea, think you have it figured out how it all will turn out, but the final results are always beautifully, and maybe a bit surprisingly, different.

The dress is mine.  I wore it to a dance in 8th or 9th grade. I got it from Gramma, and the little matching cape that goes with it was adjusted and tied around Carus's waist to give the skirt more oomph.

Carus didn't like the (faux) fur muff I made but when it came down to it she didn't want to take her hands out of it.



I made the crown myself using hot glue to shape the points and the band they are attached to.  I then painted it and put on a little glitter.

Fernhill Wetlands

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Since I was up early Saturday morning, all the frost we had was gorgeous, and I got the new lens I had ordered for my camera Friday (a Nikkor 35 mm f/1.8G DX)(did not pay that price) that I wanted to play with, I decided to go out to Fernhill Wetlands.

It was very cold! I think about 19 degrees Fahrenheit.

With my sweater, heavy coat and gloves, my upper half was warm, but my jeans didn't cut it and my legs were so cold by the time I climbed back in the car...2 hours later.  I was rewarded with some great photos that I'm very happy with.

When I got home I noticed I lost my lens cap (seriously, brand new lens and I lose the lens cap GAH!) so Sunday Robert went back out with me to look for it.  We didn't find it.

This first image here is from Sunday, which was also frosty but not as cold out.  It was later in the day so the fog had already burned off and some of the ice had melted. on the path (which made things muddy).

The ducks amuse me so much.  I could spend hours watching them swim in circles and wiggle their tails in the air while they dive for food. And when they're out of the water and they waddle around; very cute.

Now, the images I got Saturday.  I love my new lens, I love these images.

Ducks and geese in the fog.

Do you know what these are?

Fuzzy bars

Frozen path

I think this is a crane.

Frosty Queen Anne's Lace

Unknown plant

Waddling away

Gaggle of Geese

Frost

Frost on the garden fence.