New Toy

I bought myself an early birthday present. Early because I will actually be away for my birthday (yay holidays!) and I wanted to practise a bit before I went away.

A phone pic which explains the weird lighting

It's a Canon 550D. Love it!
A digital SLR is something I've been eyeing off pretty much since they turned up on the market all those years ago - but when they first came out a basic one was several thousand. Not exactly in a schoolgirls price range! But one of the nice things is that technology just keeps getting cheaper and I decided it was a good time to try it out.

I have generally been more about the composition of photos - never really understood all the different settings (That was always my Dad's department) but with my whiz-bang new camera I decided I should try to learn and take full advantage of all the manual settings.

I discovered this blog while looking for SLR tips on Pintrest. Aimee is doing an amazing series of 'lessons' on using your DSLR. I have been playing around with Aperture (that's the first setting she talks about - haven't gotten any further yet!) and hope to post my experiments soon.

Until then, here is a picture I took today, nothing fancy, but had to post something!

Wishes

I wish that we could all get along.
I wish that there weren’t so many choices.
I wish I had never found out that people I admire believe in a philosophy

that fills me with horror.

I wish that caring didn't mean taking everything to heart.

I wish different opinions didn't cause divisions.

I wish I didn’t toss and turn at night, feeling sick over things that have

nothing to do with me.
I wish I didn’t feel so much.

Photo by Molly Orangette
On a happier note, don't you just love polaroids? They make even the most simple picture magical.

A beautiful reminder

My tulips have flowered!

See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matthew 6:28-33

Buds

I turned around and suddenly my tulips have buds, and they look like the will flower in the next week or so. Can't wait!

I'm just excited that I haven't killed them yet - I'm bad at remembering to water my little garden.

The House - Part 5 - The finnished Product

It took me too long to get these photos taken and up, but here they are. I think I was waiting until the whole house was spotless to take the photos but I might as well admit that that is never going to happen.

Everything is finished and we are enjoying living back among friends.

Our living room, with furniture scourged from various places, including Mum and Dads. It's big enough to fit everyone when we have friends over.The kitchen, second hand stove and freshly painted cupboards. The bucket you can see next to the stove is what we use to wash up in cos we don't trust the kitchen sink.

The view out the kitchen window, complete with temporary clothesline and cricket pitch. Also the chair Josh made in year 12.

And the most important room - mine :)

There is enough room for my bed, and clothes as well as my computer and sewing machine, all I need to be content.

And my favourite part in my room is my photo wall, with photos of all my favourite people in frames I decorated myself.

Has anyone eles noticed . . .

That the frangipanis are beginning to flower!

Whoop! Whoo-hoo! Yay!

I love summer : )