Remember the 124 pictures I told you I took at dress rehearsal last week? I finally got around to editing yesterday. I cropped and brightened and un-red-eyed 23 of my favorites and posted them in an album on Facebook. Are we friends on Facebook? If we are, you can see those pictures here if you’d like. If we are not, maybe we should be!
With recital, also comes flowers, and we received many lovely ones. On one of the few afternoons that wasn’t rainy this week, I took the flowers outside on my deck and placed them on the table for a little photo session. I found that late afternoon with my umbrella in place made for lovely picture-taking lighting for these very willing and cooperative subjects. First I played with my extension tubes. I was too lazy to get the tripod out, so I sat and used my elbows on the table to gain some steadiness:
Next I decided to try the 50mm 1.8. It turned out to be a nice choice for showing off pretty color with that sharp-but-soft-at-the-same-time focus:
I hope that your summer is off to a wonderful start. Today is the first day that neither the girls nor I have to go to school. So far it hasn’t been the lazy non-schedule that I usually look forward to at this time of year. Yesterday was the girls’ last day, but it was Sarah’s “Final Assembly” at middle school – or 8th grade graduation as we used to call it when I was a kid. Sarah received two certificates for academic achievement – the President’s Education Award for being in the top 10% of her class and an excellence award for achieving all A’s for her final grades of 8th grade.
Forgive me for bragging a wee bit! I’m very proud of my little girl – who isn’t so little any more!
After Sarah’s ceremony, we all went out to lunch in celebration. Yesterday afternoon and today too, I will continue to wear my invisible “Mom’s Taxi” cap, which I’m sure will remain in place for the summer.
In between, I’m hoping to have plenty of reading time out on my deck. I’m looking for reading suggestions for the summer too! Please leave any suggestions you may have in the comments. The next book I am planning to read is book 3 in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. Have you read those? That is my suggestion to you if you haven’t.
I’ll be back with other rambling blog posts soon. Don’t forget about the photo hunt!
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