digory is determined to find a christmas tree to take home, even though it is still summer! he’s convinced if he can just find the right one i’ll let him sneak it out of the park. he scrambled up on this log to inspect the tree growing out of its top.
i said we could just take a picture instead.
spying another he exclaimed “this one is not very big, can we take THIS one?” to his great dismay i had to refuse.
in typical little boy style, digory fearlessly climbed a cliff and lay on his belly so he could look over the edge
i used a zoom lens to photograph him from below.
we got up really early this morning (5:30 am! i didn’t know the day could start that early! :lol:) to go on a field trip for my macro photography course. amber and crystal agreed to come along as models – though they slept in the car the whole way there. as a consequence they were much more awake than i was.
the lake was mirror smooth and formed an almost perfect double image.
the girls posed on a rock in front of the lake. i think amber might have still been a bit sleepy.
next time they want jackets, hats and mitts though, as it was COLD at that time of the morning.
passing my garden and casually making note of the weeds to pull, i was astonished to see something strange poking out of my flower bed
up popped two little girls
surprise! they cried. we’re back to stay
would you like to see our pretty blushing?
beezie and i went exploring in the woods. she climbed up this bush to get at the ripe buffalo berries.
peeking over every log and under every bush, but she wouldn’t tell me what she was looking for…
maybe under here?
spying a glimpse of blue beezie pulled back a leaf to find an unusual seedpod
beezie snuck in for a closer look. “you’re exactly what i was looking for!”
smiling, the stranger climbed out of her pod
hi, i’m smidge. can we be friends?
of course beezie said “yes!” so off the new friends went exploring together..
they found many wonderful things
then rested together on a giant toadstool
it is just the start of many wonderful adventures together….
there’s just something cool about looking off a bridge, i was really happy with the varied textures in this shot.
(digory just wanted to jump in and was quite upset that i wouldn’t let him.)
i love the way the sunlight sparkles on the water in this shot.
digory loves his skateboard so much he takes it everywhere. we dragged it up the mountain on our hike and he tried to ride it on the rocks. rather a bumpy ride i think, but he didn’t care.
i love the idea of something so delicate growing amid the rocks. instead of being overwhelmed by the hardships, it finds a way through and out into the sunlight, much sturdier for the effort than our pampered garden plants, whose every whim is catered to.
digory had to go in for a closer look too
beezie is showing off the lovely clothes she got from aunty gill. it is unusual to find her in a dress. she graciously informed me that smidge could have it when she gets home, but i think she looks sweet in it. (she read that last over my shoulder and stated emphatically that she is NOT sweet, she is an explorer!
the second outfit from aunty gill was a lovely pair of knit pants and shirt. this one beezie claimed as her own but stated that smidge would have to get her own shoes as she is not giving these ones up.
here is an absolutely gorgeous outfit we got from smilga (see link on side to see more of her wonderful stuff!)
beezie wanted to show how nice it looks with her new hair and of course her ever present goggles 😆
we were fighting the wind (blowing her hair) our cat (sure she must be a strange mouse) and strong shadows ’cause it was kind of late in the day. i’ll have to take a better picture later.