Photography Lessons

After seeing the phone picture on the blog earlier this week, I decided to spend some quality time with my Good Camera- I need some practice anyway. Here’s what happened:

Tasha is not impressed…severely. I did a photo study of her for a few minutes- just sat in the chair in the hallway and snapped pics of her as she tried to settle down for her daily morning nap. A few more weeks and she’ll be able to move to that puddle of sunlight you can almost see on the floor in front of her- it’s still too hot right now for sleeping in the sun, even early in the morning.

Yes, I should be working on the Camp Shirt, or my new knitting project (I picked up Knitting from the Center Out by Daniel Yuhas from the library yesterday, read 5 pages and whipped out my stash and started knitting furiously at 9 o’clock last night, much to the amusement and dismay of everyone else in the house- mama’s not turning those lights out anytime soon!), but I wanted to capture the progression from total alertness (what are you doing mama?!) to sleepy-contentedness that is a cat seduced by the warmth of Fall Sunshine…

I love that her foot hasn’t moved an iota as those eyes slowly succumb to the warmth and stillness of the morning around her…

It’s been too long since I’ve made her the focus of the day. My little sunshine girl.

Then I left her to get some much needed sleep (ha-ha, her second nap of the morning!) and turned my “eye” to the garden:

Um…oh, my. Goodness Gracious, that’s a dirty, lifeless, tired and worn-out little garden, isn’t it? Summer out here on the edge of East County really takes a toll on these little green souls. The camera is helping me really see the individual plants, rather than the overall greeness I usually see…

Not too mention all the fallen leaves, dirt, and spider webs…

There is one bright spot however- this little corner of lovelyness! The Aloe has definitely survived my hack-job of a repotting from last year, and that lovely fernyish plant, too! It’s a volunteer that I think came with the Aloe when it was but a teeny-tiny-itty-bitty 4 inch starter plant. It has been growing quite contentedly in this pot through transplants, moving locations, drought conditions (ahem) and over fertilization. (and under fertilization as well…found a chore for tonight!) and I love it’s delicate, leafy fronds and cool-green colour. Perfect for a Woodland Fall, too!

Now, as long as the Faeries don’t decide to chop it down for a Woodland Campfire, we’re golden…