Yesterday's photo challenge involved posting your favorite picture of yourself. This picture was taken at Potbelly's Sandwich shop when G was just six weeks old! He makes this my fav photo (and I think my hair looks rad in this pic!)
Today's challenge is to take a picture of where you work. This is it. We've been spending tons of time outside as of late due to the awesome Spring-like weather blessing Texas. It's where G is the happiest. And not throwing fits. He really likes throwing fits lately. :(
Ok, I've really been slacking on my photo challenge! A few days ago, the topic was "drink." So I thought I'd share some pics of what I start my day with (coffee), and water. I literally drink water ALL day long. No sodas for this girl :)
As you can tell, I'm really digging the bokeh filter on picfx. Thanks to my SIL for introducing me to it!
So I missed another photo challenge. Oopsy. I think the day before yesterday I was supposed to post a picture of our front door. I'll describe it instead. It's green and has a handmade wreath on it. There. My friend thinks I should paint our door Robin's Egg Blue. I totally agree.
Yesterday's challenge was to post a self portrait. I don't really like taking pictures of myself, so I made G take one with me. He's much cuter than me anyways. :)
Today I'm showcasing my cute mini collection of buttons and pearls. I usually add these to felt flowers, necklaces, just about all my crafty projects.
I took this picture on my NEX-3 HD camera using f 4.5 for the aperture setting and a shutter speed of 1/40. The ISO was set at 1600 because the room was not very well lit. I still don't understand what half this jargon means, but I am learning!
We had a friend over Friday night and made him Blueberry and Banana Nut Pancakes. Breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day, and I take full advantage of every opportunity to have it for dinner. My husband found the best recipe for homemade pancakes a few years back, causing me to throw my Pancake Mix box in the trash and never look back.
Diner Style Pancakes Recipe:
First, mix your dry ingredients together:
1.5 cups all purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon sugar
Then, mix your wet ingredients in a separate bowl:
2 eggs
1 and 1/4 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla (I was out of vanilla Friday night, so I substituted a dash of cinnamon)
Beat together until foamy (about 3 mins) You can use a blender for this part.
Then add 3 tablespoons melted butter.
Then, incorporate your dry mix into your wet mix. If your batter looks a little thin, you did everything right. These pancakes turn out a little thinner than other recipes, but I think they are so much better! If your batter is not thin, it's ok, they will still taste great, but you can add a little milk to thin them out if you like.
Let the batter rest a little (It's been working hard!) You can even set it in the fridge overnight and have less work to do in the morning.
Pour batter onto hot skillet and add fruit (if that's your thing!) I wait to flip the pancake until I see a few bubbles begin to pop on the surface.
What are you waiting for?! Go make some pancakes for dinner!
This is what my 10am on a Sunday morning looks like in the 5-7 year old Discipleship Class. Today we learned that God is jealous for His glory and He will not share it with another! The kids in that class are so super cool.
Yesterday's challenge was to take a picture of a stranger. I missed that one and will not be making up missed challenges because I want this endeavor to be fun and never become a burden.
It's actually a shame I missed yesterday's challenge because I was feeling like a spy after watching Mission Impossible 4 last night (my first trip to the movies in I don't know how long!) when I ran out of the theater with my hands pointed like a gun singing "dun dun da da dun dun..." (that would be the Mission Impossible theme song, in case you didn't catch it) all the while "shooting" the guy in front of me. Er, sorry mister, didn't know you would turn around and see me shooting you. Should have been shooting a picture of him instead.
Two of the cutest hands I ever did see. Today they have played with toys, wiped themselves on me, and wrapped themselves around my leg.
Today's task in the February Photo A Day Challenge is to post a picture of words. I turned this old frame into a chalkboard a while back and wrote the lyrics to this song on it. It's been on top of the bookcase in our living room ever since.
I couldn't decide which words I liked better, so I posted this one also. Hey, it's my blog. I can do what I want. :)
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to learn photography. I haven't really been taking many pictures lately, but today I am committing to the February Photo a Day Challenge. Each day I'll take share a different picture. I'll probably use my phone to take most pictures, but days when I'm feeling all photographer-y I'll use my Sony NEX-3 HD and try to remember to share things like aperture, shutter speed, etc. Listen to me, trying to sound like I know what I'm talking about! ;)
Today's challenge is to take a picture of your view. This is the view of the field behind our house where we play. I used the Picfx app on my phone to give this picture a Bokeh effect. I've been kind of obsessed with Bokeh ever since my SIL introduced me to it!
So, I hope you enjoy the pics, and if you want to join in, here's the link to challenge.
Yesterday's photo challenge involved posting your favorite picture of yourself. This picture was taken at Potbelly's Sandwich shop when G was just six weeks old! He makes this my fav photo (and I think my hair looks rad in this pic!)
Today's challenge is to take a picture of where you work. This is it. We've been spending tons of time outside as of late due to the awesome Spring-like weather blessing Texas. It's where G is the happiest. And not throwing fits. He really likes throwing fits lately. :(
