Sunday Stills: Eyes

This week, they eyes have it. Sunday Stills was "Eyes", so here's an attempt at the theme.

Although not strictly an eye, I love Blake's eyelashes because they're so darn long:



I'm never sure how to describe Blake's eye color. It started out blue and has gradually been overlaid with brown, which results in an distinct hazel combination:



Faith's eyes are definitely blue, but in this case I liked how the catchlights looked in black and white:

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At the stable I tried to get some horse eyes - low light, at 1800 ISO, and very low f-stop. It didn't work out perfectly, but I got a couple of decent shots:



Another one at the stable:

Exciting beginnings

Faith is gradually bringing home various papers and tests this week as her teacher cleans out the classroom for the end of the year. She just got through grade 3 testing, which, she was a little worried about until after the first day. I asked her how it went and she described the three hours of testing as "easy". Plus, they got to watch a movie each day after the testing. All in all, not a bad deal.

Today she brought home a worksheet entitled "Exciting Beginnings". Her task was to write a great beginning sentence for a series of topic sentences. My two favourites:

1. My biggest hero

"I was really sad one day then I heard a beautiful sound so I walked downstairs and I saw JUSTIN BIEBER singing Never let go and I was happy again."

2. The worst present I ever got

"The worst present I ever got was a math book. My parents actually thought I was going to study on my birthday."

No, we didn't give her a math book for her birthday. Yes, she does have Justin Bieber songs on her IPod. Not sure what this says about us.

What is wrong with this sign?

I couldn't resist snapping this shot with my cameraphone. Can you tell why it gave me a laugh?

Sunday Stills: Black and White

The Sunday Stills challenge this week was Black and White, so I took it quite literally and took pictures of black and white things. Faith was all too happy to help as my model. The dress and tights are hers (tights courtesy of her Aunt Kim).



Here's another one, this time she's in my rubber boots:



I didn't realize these boots were quite so shiny. I wear them out to the farm for Faith's horseback riding, or walking across the field of rainy days to pick up the kids. They are well used:



And, the whole look together...who knew her legs were this long?



And, to change it up a bit, my Mom and I got these crocs for Blake on the May long weekend. I figured they were black and he could wear them to church if need be. Obviously they have been well loved so I don't think they'll make it to church.



And, finally, not strictly a picture of black and white, but I like how the light brings out the tiny dimples in the wrought iron:

Happy 8th Birthday Ava!

My niece turns 8 today and brings to an end the birthday month known as May. I'd say she's a very nice way to round out the month, wouldn't you?

Cantering

Faith's been working on her cantering, so she's moved over to Texas because he has a smooth canter and is easier to learn on. But, Texas is about as fast moving as that state on a hot day, so Faith was having some trouble getting him mooooving. A couple weeks ago she tried spurs for the first time, and loved it. (Mmmmm....should we be worried?)

They're just little spurs to poke him in the side a bit - they actually look like those little metal dowels that you put into put-it-together-yourself furniture, but they make it much easier to get Texas going. I got a couple of quick shots of her cantering around the ring on Wednesday:

And one a little closer:

Sunday stills: Corporate logos

Last weekend we were away, and I missed The Sunday Stills challenge of landscapes. So, I went all out for this week's challenge of corporate logos.

We went for a couple of test drives this week too as we're looking to replace our van, which is slowly but surely heading for forced retirement.

I took a few of these on my birthday...you may notice an alchohol theme. Although, the Bud Light glass actually contains ice tea. Is that so wrong?

I like this one...no flash in low light, but it worked out pretty well.

For this one, I just liked the combination of colors, and the strange saw next to it.