Manual

While at the boys soccer game last night,
I took some pictures.


In Manual Mode.



I want to learn how,
and I didn’t NEED pictures of soccer.

I brought my camera for purely educational reasons.

So I am going to show them to you.



Tell me what you think,
what I did right,
what I could have done better…..



I can take it.






Oh.




 I was informed by the blog Queen that I am NOT allowed to do pictures only posts.

All posts must have words.



So I will intersperse random thoughts amongst the pictures.






Here we go.





( I don’t need any words here because the
lengthy explanation above should cover it.)

Post-it notes are not the best invention ever.

Shocking, I know.




Paper towel is.




I heart paper towel.

To clean up dog accidents, kid accidents, wipe noses, clean up vomit, wipe up raw meat juice
(which is actually blood), clean glasses, clean windows, wipe pasty chicken butt…


the uses I have for paper towels are endless.

I never used to buy them.

Because they are unnecessary.  Cloths can do the same thing.

I was trying to be extremely frugal.

But honestly? 


I would throw out the cloth.

Some things are just too gross to try and wash out.

So, now I buy paper towels.


They make me happy.

I broke my favourite mug tonight.

My favourite, ‘cause it’s the perfect colour blue, the perfect size, fit’s wonderfully in my hand, and I love it.

It’s big but not too big your coffee get’s cold before you finish,
and not so thick that you dribble coffee all down the front of you.
(Or is that just me?)

It was the handle, and I hope that I can crazy-glue it back on.

I was grocery shopping with my kids today,
and an older gentleman was watching us, smiling.

As I went to go by him he asked me,
'”Are all those kids yours?  Or are you babysitting?”


I said, “No, they’re all mine.  Every last one of ‘em.”


He broke into a huge grin, stuck both thumbs up in the air and said,
” Good for you!  GOOD for YOU!”


I smiled and continued shopping.

I never think that having four kids is a lot.

I think I have a small family.

But, my perception is skewed, I guess.


Anyway, it was nice.
Support from a stranger.

I like this one.

But I don’t like the shadow on her face.

These Special Dual Purpose meat chicks I have are
incredibly hardy and healthy. 
And active.

The escaped their pen very early this morning, at 3 days old,
and I found a bunch of them outside when I went to do chores.


3 were dead.


Something had ripped their stomachs open,
and their entrails were now their extrails.

Know what would do that?

They weren’t eaten.
Just ripped open.

Good news is I still have 80 chicks.

That God for miscounts,
or throwing in a few extra;)

I know technically this is overexposed…
but I kinda liked the effect.

Backlit again, but face still shadowy.

What can I do?
Remember, my flash doesn’t work.
I still like it though.

An overexposed, heavenly soccer net.

I did get some pictures of soccer,
in case you were wondering.

Check the clenched fists, and look on his face…

he takes sports very seriously.

And that’s it!

What do ya think?