{"id":1051,"date":"2011-01-29T04:43:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-29T04:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2011-01-29T04:43:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-29T04:43:33","slug":"my-day-with-some-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/29\/my-day-with-some-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"My day, with some pictures."},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to tote my camera(s) around with me today and snap a few photos here and there. I didn’t have it with me ALL the time, but a lot of the time, so I thought I’d share some of those snapshots of my day here with you.<\/p>\n

This morning I got up before my alarm went off (for this night owl, that’s pretty darn amazing in itself!) and no, I do not have a photo of myself in the morning. I’m not THAT brave.<\/p>\n

Drove our 17 year old son to work. On Thursday’s and Friday’s he works with a local mechanic. Both our eldest kids have their learners licence, and will have their ‘real’ license in April. I can’t wait.<\/p>\n

On my way home I stopped to snap some photos of a scene I see almost EVERY time, and always WISH I had my camera.<\/p>\n

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Closer<\/p>\n

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Closer still<\/p>\n

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I’m wondering which lense I need for my nikon to get in even closer. One day I’d love a real close zoom lense. I’m real technical with my photography terms aren’t I?!<\/p>\n

I’m also wondering how many children, or limbs, I’ll have to sell to get that lense…<\/p>\n

Any nikon photography buffs know this info for me? Do tell. There’s just way too much nature around here to not get at least a little closer then this!<\/p>\n

Lastly, I’m wondering why this blog makes my large photos SO small even when I keep them within the width range…<\/p>\n

Next, I stopped by to snap some photos of this old pickup truck. It’s for sale.<\/p>\n

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I really like it!<\/p>\n

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Not enough to buy it mind you… (not that I could anyways…although Joshua would love to…)<\/em><\/p>\n

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There’s just something about an old beat up truck.<\/p>\n

Reminds me of one my dad had years and years ago! We called it “Bonky” because when you drove down the street you went “bonky. bonky. bonky”. With a Dutch accent, it sounds better.<\/p>\n

I came home and snapped a photo of the flowers coming up in my flower bed.<\/p>\n

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My husband asked if the snow was all gone. Yep! I’d say so!<\/p>\n

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We let Stevie out to play a while this morning.<\/p>\n

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Shaylah loves him, and he loves Shaylah too.<\/p>\n

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Played with my puppy for a bit.<\/p>\n

Had the kids do their chores and we got started on school.<\/p>\n

Alesia put dinner in the crockpot, bean slop. I should get a photo of that. Actually, I should have Alesia do a guest blog post and post her recipe. It’s very tasty. I told her we need to rename it as Maple Bean and Bacon Medley.<\/p>\n

Once school was done, I finished some work and posted who won the most recent contest.<\/p>\n

I had a shower and cut my hair. Cutting Julia’s hair the other night and seeing how healthy it now looks, put me in the mood to trim my own.<\/p>\n

I always cut my own hair.<\/p>\n

No picture of that either. I don’t like photos of myself much. I need to get over that.<\/p>\n

Chatted on the computer with dear hubby for a bit, fooled him into thinking Alesia was going to buy the above truck. Hee hee. Told him I was kidding.<\/p>\n

She IS looking for an old(er) vehicle though.<\/p>\n

Speaking of old(er), she mentioned a story from work at the dinner table the other night, in reference to an ‘older’ guy, I asked how old this ‘older’ guy is. She told me, “Oh… 48 or something?”<\/p>\n

I’m almost 40.<\/p>\n

Dh is almost 45.<\/p>\n

If 48 is older…? yikes! What happened to ‘middle-aged’???<\/p>\n

At 3:30 we needed to pick up Joshua, so we all piled into the SUV and headed out. We also had to run some errands. Joshua wanted to speak with someone about a farm hand job, so we stopped for that.<\/p>\n

Along the way, I pulled over to snap a photo, and check this out.<\/p>\n

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I think it’s a hawk, just not sure what kind. You don’t want to see why<\/strong><\/em> he was there… I did NOT snap a photo of that.<\/p>\n

Then Alesia treated me to a take out coffee on our way to the feed store.<\/p>\n

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We stopped by a used auto place and browsed a little.<\/p>\n

Stopped by Joshua’s other boss’s place to pick up his paycheque (or paycheck for those of you in the US).<\/p>\n

Then Joshua forced me to go to the bank so he could deal with his pay…<\/p>\n

I was reminded why I don’t like going to the bank… we got in, and got out, second bank trip in one week. I’m thinking bank trips without warning are better then those WITH warning.<\/p>\n

Then off to the feed store to get horse feed and layer pellets.<\/p>\n

No more rabbit pellets, because sadly, Shaylah’s rabbit finally died last week.<\/p>\n

I say finally because it was to be expected. He had been having the\u00a0occasional\u00a0seizure for over a year now.<\/p>\n

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He was a good bunny. Lived a nice long life. He was one of our first bunnies on the Homestead, yet survived the longest.<\/p>\n

Then we headed to the grocery store and video rental shop, where Alesia treated her younger sisters to a movie and treats for tonight. We waited while she went in.<\/p>\n

Yes, even Teagan.<\/p>\n

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No, he does not sit on my lap while I drive. Just while we wait.<\/p>\n

And here, I could put the photos of the girls that I snapped in the SUV while we waited, but they would be mad at me. I don’t know why. They don’t seem to like when I snap their photos without warning. Ha!<\/p>\n

So we went home, had our dinner that was waiting in the crockpot and the kids had treat night and a movie while I chatted with a friend and wrote this post.<\/p>\n

Now I’m going to go out and do a bit more sewing before I head to bed for the night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I decided to tote my camera(s) around with me today and snap a few photos here and there. I didn’t have it with me ALL the time, but a lot of the time, so I thought I’d share some of those snapshots of my day here with you. This morning I got up before my […]<\/p>\n

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