A new lens......

Ok, so it's been awhile since I have logged on and updated my blog and I'm sure you've been wondering what has been goin on. Well, for starters I am excited about the fact that I have a new lens. A 50 mm 1.4!! What does this mean? Well, for starters it means I can capture some pretty great shots of some very beautiful horses with the background displaying what we in the shutterbug business refer to as "BOKEH". Now, I was confused about how to pronounce this word so after asking many friends and with the help of wikipedia I have learned that the proper pronunciation is "boquet". That's right, just like a boquet of flowers. Which anything associated flowers makes me happy. This word does too. I don't know what it is about this strange word that I have recently learned. But I just love the way it makes a picture look. So I am dedicating this blog to just that: Bokeh!! And I am going to post a few pics that display this wonderful new word....................B O K E H!!!!!!

This is a necklace that I made. Yes, that's right!! I made it, and it's actually pretty snazzy. But that's a whole nother blog all together. Now, see the background here. There's some bokeh but not alot. I still like the picture though. Maybe I am just a little biased. hee hee

Ok, so I know this is a strange picture but it's a perfect example of my beloved new word. And it was by sheer accident that I even took it!! I accidentally hit the shutter button while parking at my son's school when I went to pick him up on day. But, needless to say, it's a great example of Bokeh.

Oh, aren't these beautiful? I have so many pics of flowers with some very wonderful Bokeh in the back ground but alas, I could not post them all. Any way my friends this is just a little sample of what I have been up to lately. This along with, making jewelry and taking wedding pics.....but, those are blogs that will have to wait... Much love to all my family members!!

Easter Day Cupcakes!!

Hello everyone, yep it's been a long time since my last post and I do apologize for that but I have decided to try to keep you updated a little beter. Since my last post. Dale has had to take up residence in Ft.Wayne and stay there during the week and commute hom only on the weekends. I have been taking a photography class, which I will be sharing that with you asap. Also, a new venture that it close to my heart and hopefully It will be to my wallet pretty soon. Jewelry making!!!!! That's right!! Jewelry making. I used to do it a little when I was younger. I never had anyone to teach my I just sort of picked it up and started doing it on my own. I have made several pieces over the last couple of months and am happy to report that I have sold EVERY single piece but One and I have orders o make more!! I love it love it love it. But, I will leave that for next weeks blog. Right now lets get to the cupcakes. Now as you can see by my title that these are EAster DAy cupcakes and you may notice by that date that today is in fact NOT Easter day. Easter was last weekend BUT, being so busy and all, I FORGOT to make them so I decided I should no longer allow my poor deprived family (yah, right!!) to go without these yummy tasty treats!!! Alot of ppl on their blogs post these famcy homemade recipes for their food. Well, ladies, NOT ME!! These were made from a store bought cake batter mix and the icicng, well, it was bought too. It's whipped Buttercream and it IS to dies for. All I did was add some pretty food coloring and frosted them up. And I must say they were sooo goood!!!

Indiana Life...........

Hello everyone......I was out the other day driving and taking pics when I thought it would be nice to share with you all a little slice of Indiana living.... And a pat of that life includes snow. Snow as far as the eye can see. These are corn fields covered with snow. A huge contrast to the bright green stalks that protrude from the ground in the summer time. But beautiful none the less.......You can see the corn silos in the background. These silos house the corn until it is ready to be shipped out. It's also houses food for animals who need a little supplement feeding in the winter time when food is very scarce. So farmers will buy or harvest hay or use the corn to feed their animals. Animals like cows and horses.....

These Beautiful babies are grazing on what is left of the summer's harvest. Farmers also supply the horses with barnes to protect them from the winter's harsh bitter coldness. You can see in the background one of the barnes thohe horses use to sleep in at night. One of the greatest joys in life is riding on horse. When your sitting up there so high in the sky you feel like your miles up. The wind shipping your hair as the horese gallops....well, that's a memory I will keep close to my heart....

Here is a quaint little country church that I just had to photograph. This church has been around since the 1800's and it has seen it's fair share of worshipers. I love the way this little church looks. It looks like you could just pluck it right from where it stands and display it on a shelf somewhere in your house...........

This is the Ski-Hi drive in and yes it's in the country too. It's not in service anymore and it's in need or much repair but when I was a little girl this was the place that my parents brought me to see my first drive-in movie. It was King Kong.(if that tells you anything about how old I am) That led to a family tradition. I took my boys to see their first drive-in movie here also. It was George of the jungle and they loved it. We would bring our lawn chairs and blankets. Our sodas and popcorn. We did this because we were too poor to buy the snacks that they sold on sight. But we didn't care. It was marvelous. We would lay on our blankets with the movie blarring in front of us and the stars twinkeling above us. It was like Heaven. This old theater holds many a memery for us Hoosiers......

This is a fun picture. This was taken out at the resevoir. Another landmark icon that us Hoosiers love the enjoy. Any time of the year can see many people stopping to feed the ducks. They will actually stop traffic to get fed as they did us here. We didn't have any bread with us but I did go up to the bait store and buy some to feed them. The resevoir is a great place with many memories also. In the summertime you can find folks fishing, boating, swiming, picnicing or just soaking up the sun. On a clear night with the moon full the water looks like it's shimmering. Many a night has been spent lieing on the grass starring up into the great unknown and making wishes on falling stars.....

So when city folk gruff at us country folk and comment that we're not so smart. That little smirk on our faces just goes to prove that we really are in deed. In fact, to the point that we aren't so inclined to invite a ton of city folks out to all out favorite places.....matter of fact we'll just keep them to ourselves. I hope you have enjoyed sharing in my Indiana living memories.....

This N That...

Hello all......So sorry it has taken me so long to get back online but a ton of life's happenings has occured preventing me from sharing. Anyway, I'm so glad to be back!!

Let's see....what do I have to report. Well, Feb.8th was Dustin's 16th birthday!!! YAY, Happy Birthday to my beloved boy. Time does pass by quickly. Seems like just yesterday he was crawling around, or going to his first day of school. Yep, time does fly by so fast. He starts driving this summer so I'm sure he is looking forward to that. Me?.....well, I have mixed feelings on this. On one hand, my baby is taking just another step toward adulthood. And on the other hand, man I can really use him as an errand boy!! LOL

Dale managed to get the bedroom "almost" completed. The drywall is up now and next step is carpet. It's actually to the point that it can be used as a functional room. In fact, that's exactly what Sarah has been doing. Although, it's not finished yet she has it set up really nice in there. From her oh so comfy king size air bed to the cute little bedside table holding her disco lamp. It already has a computer connection and satelite t.v. is hooked up. Woo-Hoo, Sarah has her own space.

It has been sooo cold here lately. Temps have dropped down to 15 to 30 degrees below zero. So I have been feeding Buddy, the neighbors dog extra at breakfast and warming up milk to pour over his food. He is such a good watch dog I feel he needs a special reward. :) I have also been feeding my little squirrell buddies xtra almonds because the snow has been so deep they cant dig up the food that they buried away.

So, as you can see. Nothing spectacular has happened but the daily activities have really been preventing me from blogging. So, I'm off for now and I would like to make this testament to try to blog more frequently and have much more interesting things to blog about.

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