Day 96

Tonight's sunset was interesting. It only had patches of color, then looked like an upside down ocean with the light coming down the center. You know, like it does on the ocean as the sunrise comes up? The colors were so pink and purple. I caught this shot at the mall! 

Yess!!! 

A little shopping and 365ing done at once! I know, you're jealous. *wink*

Day 96

Settings:

ISO 100, f/5.6, ss 1/160, 280 mm

(okay, so I just grabbed regular settings and went for it. Don't use these to achieve this look, because I had to adjust the lighting meter quite a lot to make it look like it actually looked in person!)

Day 95

Today became the first softball game of the year. Lots of rain, then spring break, now finally a game! My oldest pitched, and it was SO cold, my fingers were numb. So I only snapped off a few of the game. Then back to my pockets I went! 

Great game, these girls! 18-6, they won! 

Off on the other side of the world (in another suburb far SW as I was far NW), my husband took my son to his game. Guess who had the gear in my car? Oh yeah.. they got there late, and with NO gear. 

(sigh)

It was off to a rocky start for his season, but hopefully it will all come together for us soon! :)

Thank you to all of you who welcomed my friend to the 365 blogging world yesterday! You guys are awesome!

 Day 95

Settings:

ISO 200, f/5, ss 1/2000, 90 mm

Day 94

It's a gray skies, 

                  threatening rain, 

                            pizza-for-lunch kinda day. 

This is the easiest thing to do in the world my kids love it because they can do it all on their own, and it tastes so good!  It takes a big 3 minutes to prepare.

Easy Peasy Pizza

 (your choice toppings, but this is what is in the photo)

1 loaf of Italian Bread - sliced, bakery section 

1 can pizza sauce - your preference

1 pkg mini pepperoni

Mozzarella cheese

(bake at 375 for 12 minutes)

Day 94

Settings:

ISO 200, f/1.8, ss 1/250, 50 mm

Really quick, a long time family friend and I just became reacquainted on facebook. It was so fun to reconnect with her as I've been chatting with her mom a little here and there. I told her some fun memories I have of their place when I was younger, and she had contacted me because her mom showed her my 365. 

She just started  DAY 1 last night! I'm so proud of her!

Please add her and help her get started with this awesome thing we're all doing! I'm sure she'd appreciate the encouragement as I bragged you guys UP! You can find her at Jeanna Geniesse Photography blog. Thanks everyone!!  

Day 93

Garage sale finds! I love them, and I cannot wait until I can get out to pick again. I want to redo my son's room so it's not so "castley." He's not a little boy anymore. So I am going with the street signs (if I can find any.. obviously I won't be out chopping down stop signs or anything) and cool baseball/sports memorabilia. He had his first game of the season today, (they won) but I was behind a fence, so I got mostly the chain link look. I'm sure there will be SO many game photos to post in the near future, that I will take a "find" when I have one.

Here is my license plates score. Illinois plates from 1960 to 1975 give or take a few. Then I picked my birth year and husband's birth year to add to the collection.

 Day 93

Settings:

ISO 200, f/1.8, ss 1/1600, 50 mm

Day 92

What a great day! It was beautiful, the clouds were absolutely gorgeous. I grabbed my camera bag as we took the girls out for the day. I commented on the perfect clouds above, ripped open my camera case, and.... no camera. 

Scratch.

We came home after a fun day, I had a migraine, so I went right to bed. Woke up to evening, with my husband and youngest giggling away downstairs playing Pirates of the Caribbean LIFE. I had just watched a snipped of the MeRa Koh video Refuse to Say Cheese. She had talked about capturing a moment. Not asking them to look up and say cheese, but actually capturing what they are doing, and who they are. So I grabbed my trusty 50 mm because of our dimly lit living room, and started snapping away. 

I got them playing their game, but also captured a moment that we can enjoy whenever we look back and see the difference between the size of their hands, and a fun time shared between the two of them.

 Day 92

Settings:
ISO 200, f/1.8, ss 1/25, 50 mm

(not sure why ISO was 200 - probably because I was aperture priority?)

Day 91

Today was just a painting kinda day. It rained all day, and we didn't do much. It was a great day to just relax! Now it was the youngest one's turn to be creative. She had a great sunset going, but this was the one I chose.. had a little fun on photoshop for something indoorsy to do. ;)

Day 91

Settings:

ISO 800, f/1.8, ss 1/20, 50 mm

converted to black/white, erased to expose the color on bottles and mug

Day 90

Quite late! I know, it was yesterday. We were at my husband's great aunt's wake. She lived to be 93! She was beautiful up until the end. She lived a full life, full of amazing family and friends, and lots of those who loved her by her side. We talked about how "that's how it's supposed to be." Living until an old age, and relatively healthy, then she went pretty fast so I don't think she had to suffer much. 

Today my oldest is painting. I love to see her settle down, no texting (until restriction is up tomorrow), relaxing and painting. She is calm, content.. and so are we! She is painting a baby seal. Getting the background going, then the eyes, now bringing in the whites. I caught her mid stroke, so it's a little blurry there, but a little focused more on where the paint was still wet.

Until our next post! Tonight's number 91. Here's hoping I get a good photo by evening. Happy April Fools Day! Any good things happen to you? 

On another quick note, have you seen the eagle cam? Three little eggs are about to hatch today. The momma is restless, and bedding down tighter into her windy nest. There used to be about 6,000 viewers constantly, now it is at 138,600 and climbing! It's a beautiful thing. She's gorgeous, and I can't wait to see what happens! Yes, this is live stream for me right now on my computer. God is good! His creation is just amazing.

Day 90

Settings:

ISO 800, f/1.8, ss 1/30, 50 mm