I have been drooling over Canon macro lenses online for over a year. I wanted the 100 mm macro lens with image stabilization and true 1:1 capability on my Canon 5D Mark III camera. I thought this lens was the one until I took an online food ...
Scavenger Hunt Sunday
It is time again for Scavenger Hunt Sunday where photography buffs are given five words or phrases and submit a photographic interpretation of each item. This week's were: 1. Autumn 2. Leaves 3. Boots 4. Hot Beverage 5. Game I haven't ...
Just when we needed it most…rain.
“...I don't just wish you rain, I wish you the beauty of storms...” ― John Geddes ...
Smokey Sunrise… gone wild!
The King Fire has raged in our neck of the woods for nearly two weeks. The smoke has created air quality of the worst extreme for us, forcing us indoors much of the time. Yesterday was the worst and I ventured out only to care for the farm animals. ...
Be happy
Don't worry ...
Paint the barn
Self explanatory road trip to the vet for Stuart and Louis. ...
21 Days
Just saying.... ...
Random Nonsense
Sometimes retired folks like us have just a bit too much time on our hands. Idle hands. Idle minds. This week has been especially difficult with the smoke from two forest fires near us driving us inside. On Saturday afternoon we were outside ...
Scavenger Hunt Sunday
The items for today's photographic scavenger hunt are: 1. Color 2. View 3. Stroll 4. Outfit 5. Blocks We decided to start our scavenger hunt by walking over the tallest bridge in the state of California, the Foresthill Bridge, right ...
Tweaking the Brinsea Incubator
I bought a Brinsea 190 cabinet incubator ($1,000.00) about three years ago to replace the small tabletop models I had used. I sold the tabletops models. From the start, I was less than impressed with the Brinsea cabinet model. I found early on that ...
Chickens…Heritage or Imported?
In the world of chicken keeping, a debate exists between those who raise heritage breeds and those who raise imported breeds. The heritage breed advocates tend to be more vocal than those who prefer imports. I am one of the import ...
Selfies aren’t for me and a giveaway! Winner!
My policy regarding selfies is I don't take them and I won't be buying Kim Kardashian's coffee table book of 375 selfies titled Selfish. I had to make an exception this morning. No, I'm not buying the book, I took a selfie. Recently I had my hair ...
Scavenger Hunt Sunday
It's that time again, Scavenger Hunt Sunday! Here are my interpretations of this week's items: 1. Table Setting 2. Flowers 3. Children 4. Running 5. Photographer’s Choice The items for next week ...
Scavenger Hunt Sunday!
Today is SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY and the items to interpret through a photograph are: home guilty pleasure lucky heart window These are my interpretations. Home is where his blanket is. Canon is my guilty ...
Scavenger Hunt Sunday
This week I decided to join a blog hop, Scavenger Hunt Sunday, hosted by Ashley Sisk, Ramblings and Photos. Each week a list of five words or items is posted. During the week, participants take photos and post their interpretation of that item or ...
Farm Focus Friday – July 25, 2014
I have been a little bit chick-obsessed lately so I decided for today's Farm Focus Friday I would stay out of the coops and chick brooder.I took my camera out first thing this morning to capture a few images. We are in the midst of a horrible drought ...
The Family Dustbath
Icelandic Supermom Lukka was out with her brood today. She is raising two Cuckoo Marans, and three Brabanter chicks, all five weeks old. Lukka is what I like to call a super-broody, a chicken that lives to hatch and raise baby chicks. I cannot tell ...
Farm Focus Friday – 7-18-2014
Just a quick peek at life on the farm! ...
Summer Lovin’
They say every summer has a story. Around here, it's the summer of love. S U M M E R is like the ultimate one-night stand: hot as hell, totally thrilling, and gone before you know it. S U M M E R where all the days run ...
Pavlovskaja Chicks
On Saturday we hatched out two more Pavlovskaja chicks, bringing our total to four. This morning I moved the new chicks in with the ten-day-old chicks in the brooder house. The move went well and all four chicks are getting along just fine. Our ...
