Tree Swing After School

Portraits of Fall

It finally stopped raining, and miraculously, the leaves are still on the trees, even after all the wind! I took the boys outside to practice shooting manual portraits in the sun. I think I could have let the sun go down even lower before doing these...they're a bit overexposed...but they're not TOO bad! I could definitely use more practice (and more patient models).

A Rainy Tuesday

Are You Ready for Some Football?

We may LIVE in Minnesota...but we're Packer-backers all the way!

Our Maples Have Mites

**click photo for a closer look

I stepped outside during our five minutes of sunshine to grab some maple leaf photos for the blog. But I didn't see the pretty leaves I was expecting. I found out our trees have mites. Apparently these are not harmful to the tree, just kind of ugly. Though in some of the links I checked out, a few people consider them "decorative". Really.

For more information about these mites, click here.

Thoroughly Enjoys Heated Floors

A Kitchen Update

So, I realized I hadn't posted any updated kitchen photos. Here's one of my newly completed shelving corner. See where my mixer is? That shelf unit came with a fixed shelf...set too low for me to place my mixer there. I've been waiting for the remade shelf to come in for about a month. NOW I have the home for my coffee maker, mixer, ipod dock, and my new Fiesta mixing bowl set in "Marigold". I am loving this new feature of my kitchen. Only a couple of trim pieces to finish up (doors were delayed)! Thanks for looking!

The Cold Air is Moving In