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We had a frost here this morning and I managed to get myself out in the cold to snap a few photos of the ice crystals. So neat! These make me love my 60mm macro lens :) and these have zero editing because it's 1am and I'm tired!!

Some small ice crystals.

This is frost on the arm of one of our Adirondack chairs.

Ice crystals on a piece of grass.

And I want to give a shout out to my good friend, Juli, and her new baby Gibson. I got to visit with them for a short time today and love on little Gibs for awhile. He is so sweet! Here's one pic I got to snap today quickly. I hope to get back over soon and capture some more of this sweet little boy. Thanks Jules and congrats!!

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Shoes?...Really??

Well, today was super busy for us. I spent the morning at the salon washing all that gray away :)  (Sorry, no pictures of that.) Then our family spent the day together and ended up driving all over the city. It was such yucky weather out that I didn't even think to get the camera out. I was just trying to protect my kids from the 100 mph wind every time we got out of the car as well as stop the crying from the bloody nose my son gave himself by smacking my phone into his face. I'm so glad we got to spend the day together...but sometimes it's a workout!

So, tonight when I got a message from a friend asking if I was going to post today, I asked for ideas and she gave me the subject of "shoes." This is probably not nearly as artistic as she would have made it, but it's what I got in the few minutes that I spent trying to get my assignment done. My current favorite pair of dressy shoes and a couple views of my shoe shelves. These pictures don't really even do it justice, but it's a glimpse. Some of you will totally understand and I'm sure some will think I'm nuts. Have a good night!

p.s. I'm taking a class this weekend from the fabulous Spanki Mills, so after that maybe you will see some pictures worth taking a peek at over here! ha! :)

p.s.s. these are completely unedited tonight :)

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More Macro Monday!! haha :) I was inspired today by the post on the Clickin Moms blog, "A Macrolicious Tutorial", by Kathryn.  There's some great information there on how to put your macro lens to its best use and get those macrolicious shots. I love that word...macrolicious. ha!

Macro photography can be a whole new world of things to try and a new way of looking at the same old objects. I set about my house today trying to find things that might be interesting up close. First, I looked at the flowers. Then I realized that all of the indoor plants are fake (or faux, if you prefer :) ) I have an indoor cat and two little ones that would love to take apart any real greenery. So, since I didn't want to show you dust covered faux plants, I passed. Then, I tried to take close-ups of our hermit crab, Scady. (guess who named him...I mean 'her')  Well, Scady didn't take kindly to me waking 'her' up and quickly hid in her shell every time I moved the camera even slightly. She was acting like such a hermit!

Finally, I caught a glimpse of my china cabinet and decided to try that out. It has a light on the inside of it, which is helpful with picture taking. I love the clean, graceful lines of the cups and saucers. And still, 8 1/2 years later, I love the baby blue accent plates. Our china is Lenox Courtyard Gold. It's discontinued now, but luckily we were blessed by so many sending us pieces in our early, early years that we have almost the whole collection. The china is a creamy ivory with a white damask pattern around the edge and the accent plates are ivory in the center with pale blue rims also decorated with the white damask scroll. (I will probably be informed that it is not truly a damask pattern and that is ok, I just don't know what else to call it.) Aah...I really should use these everyday. We did use them at Christmas when all of Eric's family was over. I think I'm getting off topic...

So, this is a photo blog and I've spent three paragraphs rambling. On to the pictures! Oh, wait. I have to tell you the answer to last nights macro trivia. Well, Ms. Jennifer, (ahem...my only commenter) you were absolutely correct! Those pictures were of the baubles from my necklace that I was wearing yesterday. And that I have tried to wear almost everyday since I found it at the Ann Taylor outlet in Round Rock. I love that store! (anyone ever wonder about me having a daughter named Taylor??) haha!

Okay, four paragraphs later...here they are:

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Can you guess??

I had some fun playing with my new macro lens today. Eric gave me a Canon Macro 60mm, 2.8 lens for Christmas. It's lots of fun. Very neat to see the little details up close in small objects. I've heard it's also good for portraits, but I haven't had a good opportunity for that yet. So, check these out...I'd love to hear your guesses on what it is...it's not very hard really :) Leave your answer in the comment box! I'll give the answer with tomorrow's post.

Also, check out the bokeh! I just love it on these!!