Old Rail Fence...

I've been visiting family this last week, which has made updating my blog and such a bit more difficult than it normally is. But we were able to get out and get some pictures around the area.

My parents live in the Interior of BC where it's semi-arid desert region. Dry and not lush with green like the coast but still very pretty in its own way.

I wanted to photograph an old church and I'll post those pictures tomorrow. Today's focus is an old rail fence surrounding the church and the lilacs that were growing in huge bushes around it and around the rest of the area.


I love the texture of the wood in these old fences, the weathered gray look of them, the parts that are cracked and chipped and eaten away at. They look like they've seen it all, if only they could only find a way to tell their stories.

The plants grow against the fence and sometimes around and through the fence, giving you the idea that it's just always been there.

And the lilacs are gorgeous. They are, for me, the ultimate spring flower and have always been a personal favourite. Other flowers last longer, bloom more often, but lilacs with that thick heady scent are my personal favourite. And these ones have such a rich colour and so many blooms you couldn't count them all.

It's been a good trip and, while Connor and I'll both be happy to see hubby again, it's always hard to leave our family behind to head back up to the north.

A new camera lens to play with

So, based on a recommendation from the boards, I acquired a new lens this week. A Canon EF 50 f 1.8. A fixed distance lens which is very cool to play with.

As evidenced by the two shots below. I had to do manual focus (gasping in shock) to get them to work right but I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with it.

The subject is obviously my son, napping blissfully, since he was the most convenient and stationary target. And, of course, he's unbearably cute sooooo...



I love the clarity of the lens, the quality of the picture and the way it focuses. Great fun to play with! And much less expensive than most lenses!

Spring is springing... again!

I'm not a fan of winter... which makes it all the more amusing... or ironic... that I live where I do. The frozen north. Ah well... it's not all bad. Just the winter wears me down. But it feels so good when spring starts to make its appearance.

So, back on April 17th, I posted about how spring was finally springing. And a mere 5 days later, this was the scene in my back yard.


Poor pitiful puppy! Once the snow (a foot and a half of it for the love of god!) melted, we finally got down to the serious business of spring. The river broke - something I wish I could get pictures of. Really, rather explosive! But finally we have some green on the trees...


The ice and snow are, for the most part, all gone and the ground is starting to green up.


And one of the locals when I pulled down a side road to turn around looked at me a bit suspiciously!


I'm so happy that winter is finally done!!!!!

Where have the last 5 months gone?

The title for this post says it all for me.

I can't believe it's been five months now, I really can't. Sometimes it seems like he's been here forever because I can't imagine my life without him. And at other times it seems like just yesterday.

He's so amazing to me. All these little giggles and smiles and grabbing for things. Even when I'm overtired and frustrated, this is the best thing in the world.

So, here's my little man at five months. Wearing his "Mommy's little man" shirt since at four months he wore his "Daddy's little buddy" shirt!!

We started off with his hat and cool shades. However, this month's technical difficulty was a bit different than last month's. First of all... I didn't catch a picture of it. I did, however, get some pictures of the outcome. You see, he doesn't sit up so well just yet though he's getting better everyday. And he was wearing shades. So when he slid and hit the armrest...


....well, you can see the result. Baby's first bruise. (Not counting the ones from the needle for his shots). Oh, it's just a tiny one but still...


However, he recovered quickly though he was in a bit of a grumpy man mood for the rest of the day. He still managed to give me a few smiles for the camera.

Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day, all of you mothers and mothers-to-be!

First of all, let me clarify a little booboo I made. I put my name on these pictures out of habit. But I obviously didn't take them. Dave did. Happily enough, my little stinker stayed up late enough to get a couple of pics with him. After all, it was our first Mother's Day together.

It's amazing, really. This time last year I'd just found out we were pregnant again. Happy and terrified all at the same time. I called my parents on Mother's Day to tell them we were going to have a baby. And this year, I get to snuggle him and listen to his giggles.

I wish Dave had been off to enjoy the day with us. But you know what?

It was a really good day.

A little bit of blue..

Today's picture came about as I was trying to get the kitchen cleaned up. I have a bunch of these little glass things and I had them, for some unknown reason, in my silverware drawer. So after the cleaning, I ended up with a little glass bowl filled with the little glass blue chips.

I liked the look of the light on them while they were sitting on the windowsill so out came the camera. I love the intense blue of them.

Dude, your girlfriend keeps checking me out!

So, once again I fall behind on my blog posts. Ah well.

For any number of reasons, it's been a busy couple of weeks. I did manage to get a couple of pictures done for the weekly contest but I just didn't manage to post on my own blog. Sheesh.

The weather has finally gotten nicer and we've even gone outside for a walk and everything. I turned 39 on April 25th so I'm once again looking at losing some weight. I'm doing pretty good but I need to get more exercise. Works out well that I have the little man to keep me running!

Speaking of the aforementioned little man, his clothes are the reason for the title of this post. After two months of waiting, I finally got the onesies that I ordered in! He wore one of them today and EVERYONE had a good laugh over it.


I stopped at work to visit and, since it's so sunny out, I plunked his little hat down on his head. As you can see, he's still not entirely sure about whether the hat is acceptable or not.



He smiled while he was wearing it and yet, I turned away from him for a moment to adjust the window and turned back to this.


I love the so casual stretch. It just screams "Hat? What hat, Mommy?"

Ah well, and the adventure continues.