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alice in wonderland swap

  • Posted on December 7, 2011 at 2:48 pm

since we are mostly over our colds, we opened amber’s alice in wonderland swap today. i foolishly left the girls alone with the parcel while i went to get my camera, thinking we could open it and take pictures of each item before looking at the next. silly me! when i got back i found paper shreds everywhere. amber had already changed into her pretty new dress and was wearing her chessy cat ears, looking pleased as punch! crystal was holding up a new skirt and asking amber if she could try it on. noni, who is still fighting her cold and thus inclined to be a bit whiny was saying in despair “but there’s no pink for me! how come i gots no pink?”
alice swap 1
i gently explained that since this was amber’s swap, the gifts were all designed for her, and amber’s favorite color is purple. and besides there was a lovely fleecy blanket for each of them

amber switched into her new purple sweater, and graciously let crystal model her skirt. noni took ALL the blankets and snuggled them with the cute purple puppy. i promised them hot chocolate in amber’s new teapot and mug, and said we would read the new books at bedtime.
alice swap 2 then amber and crystal ran off to play leaving noni to take a much needed nap with the blankies.

magpie in winter

  • Posted on December 7, 2011 at 12:26 am

magpie in winter

i don’t like magpies.  they really aren’t nice birds, but they are undeniably striking none the less.

silhouette

  • Posted on December 5, 2011 at 11:08 pm

pine branch silhouette

i just liked this one.

winter sunset

  • Posted on December 4, 2011 at 11:51 pm

sunset2
coming home after a quick trip to the grocery store, i looked to the west to see a glorious sunset. running inside to grab my camera i was pleasantly surprised to see my battery was actually charged and i was able to capture some of the color before it disappeared. i never get tired of the amazing sunsets and sunrises we get here. (even if the sunsets are far too early this time of year :lol:)

all tuckered out

  • Posted on December 3, 2011 at 5:11 pm

all tuckered out
we’re all sick with colds here. so not much time to blog. but this was a rather cute picture of digory sleeping with his favorite blanket

window shot

  • Posted on November 30, 2011 at 6:02 pm

kids are still sick, so i have to resort to an older picture instead of taking new ones.

out the window

i love the effect of light coming in a window.

swap goodies

  • Posted on November 29, 2011 at 7:46 pm

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
she chortled in her joy

i got two my swap parcels (this and another one) in the mail. my little ones are hiding from sick kids in the house, but i hope to be able to get them to come out for pictures in the next day or two. in the meantime, smidge, beezie and amberglas are busy gloating over all the lovely little parcels

ghostly glow

  • Posted on November 26, 2011 at 4:12 pm

ghostly glow
the world was blanketed in fog this morning, the sun struggling to break through, but yielding only a dim and ghostly glow

winter sunrise

  • Posted on November 25, 2011 at 9:29 am

i looked out the window after the kids had left for school and saw a gorgeous sunrise through the silhouette of the trees. this time i actually had a charged battery and was able to capture part of what i saw.
winter sunrise

yellow columbines

  • Posted on November 25, 2011 at 12:35 am

yellow columbine

time for a “springy” picture. it snowed here last night. the white is really pretty but not quite deep enough to make for interesting shots yet, so i’ll post an old one instead. (i’m really not a winter person anyway)