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14 mm love

One of the lenses I rented was a 14mm.

That thing was pretty sweet.

It's totally on my list of fun lenses to buy in the future.

I kinda like the facial distortions.

That boy and his tongue!

And the fact that you can get about 1/2 an inch away from what you're shooting. (See my fingers on the left there? I'm trying to gauge my distance and make sure I don't bonk her on the nose.) Granted this would be downright freaky on a shoot...but with the kiddos in the front yard it's just good fun.

It's also super fun for taking group self portraits.

You totally avoid that crazy squished chin and odd arm sticking out you normally get and can instead focus on making goofy faces.

Isaiah had been inside ignoring our fun, but finally I convinced him to come out.

Plus! the lens is so dang close you can use it as a mirror to see when the kiddos in your lap are not cooperating.

Joel was taking a nice long nap, but once he woke up I got him out there too.

Things in the garden

I planted Arugula this year.

And then forgot about it.

Now it's gone to seed.

Or bolted.

Or flowered.

Or whatever.

I should probably harvest it.

There are ants on what I'm guessing are sunflowers which planted themselves last summer.

I think it's bad to have ants on your plants.

But I don't care.

(Just like I don't care that this picture has been cropped to much and isn't quite sharp enough.

I'm a rebel like that.)

I kind of like them.

Inching along

Isaiah was outside playing with the chickens and when he came in he had this little caterpillar on his forehead.

We thought maybe everyone would be a little more comfortable if we returned it to a leaf.

I love, love a tiny inching caterpillar.

Walk before bed = kids falling asleep faster.

Fall is coming. Jackets were requested for tonight's walk.

The spiders not real crisp, but I loved the way he's hanging off his web. I tried to get a better one, but the kids thought they should impersonate the wind so he went scuttling away into the bushes. Ah well.

One should always bring a pocket camera when going for a walk (assuming one is not trying to maintain a certain heartrate of course)

Saturday morning I woke up super early and couldn't sleep so I decided to go for a little walk.

My friend Megan and I used to wake up early every morning and walk, but it hasn't happened since the weather turned nice.

This particular morning I noticed this lovely lovely garden. Dave told me next year he wants one of the garden boxes for himself and I'm thinking maybe he could have the whole thing and I'll just take pictures of it.

Right next to that lovely whatever flower it was there was this pokey cactus. Talk about juxtaposition.

Look at this crazy bright caterpillar. I think a bird had seen him before me...lets just say he didn't look alive from the other side.

I can't decide - is this a face or a bum?

More close-ups from the weekend.