45/365 Happy Valentine's Day

Top 10 reasons I :heart: my valentine! In no particular order...

1. He's a great dad! He loves doing things with the kids and does so often.

2. He ain't bad on the eyes. :)

3. He's a wonderful provider. I've never had to work. Yeah, there were some tough times & some times that I wanted to work but we've always been able to make it on what he provided for us.

4. He ALWAYS opens the door for me. Always.

5. He makes me laugh.

6. He's a loyal friend.

7. He loves to cook! Well, grill but anything that puts food in our tummies that I don't have to do = good! *L*

8. He soooo gets me! He KNEW the Jelly Bellies would win out over the chocolate. He probably spent 20 bucks on JBs for me. :)

9. He got the chocolate too!

10. He's my best friend.

New themes! "Words" and "In the Kitchen".

My words for today...Eat Chocolate!

Love is like swallowing hot chocolate before it has cooled off. It takes you by surprise at first, but keeps you warm for a long time.

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Last day of water...

This time, I used an inverted Corning Ware lid to, I thought, give a bigger splash. Ummm, not so much. I think I did better on focus here though.

All of my water attempts were shot w/ my 50mm 2.0. I love that lens!!

The closest I got to a "crown".

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end. ~Scott Adams

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Trying to get a "crown". Not so hot at manual focusing. Oh to have a larger viewfinder!

Every drop in the ocean counts.

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Back to water...

The flowers are gaudy but show up better than the silk hydrangeas. I sooo want to master the water droplet shot!

Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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If you know me well, you know I'm an Enya fan. HUGE Enya fan. I'm also a huge fan of her lyricist, Roma Ryan. The imagery of her poems astounds me.

Recently, there was a competition held at Enya's site to promote her new release The Very Best of Enya. There were several different contests...vlogs, create banners, name nightflowers and the main event, a treasure hunt. I entered them all and was a winner w/ my vlog. Click here if you want to see it. You may not "get" it if you didn't play the games but I used one of Middling's songs in it so you could check it out. :) Middling was a runner-up in the treasure hunt so he's excited about that.

Today, I received the first "fragment" of the prize(s) I'll be receiving.

An autographed The Very Best of album sampler... Grà ò Enya = Love from Enya.

Fragments of the lost lyric booklet. It's made from a lovely textured linen paper. I love how the CD packaging looks like flower petals.

And my favorite item - a personal note from Roma.

I cannot wait to see what else is coming!!

40/365 My son, the egg

A couple of months ago, my middling won a reporter contest for a local TV station. He gets to cover a local festival (AL Chick & Egg Fest) this spring as well as any media events leading up to it. He's made a video that was on their website for a month, been on TV, all kinds of other cool stuff.

Well, the younger, being how younger's usually are, was feeling a bit left out. I wondered aloud if he might could be one of the mascots for the festival and ba-da-bing, the wish was granted. So now, younger gets to attend the media events as well, put on an egg costume and dance his heart out. He literally had us rolling at this last one. As you might imagine, dancing in an over-sized egg costume is not an easy feat but he did all the hip moves and was proclaimed the best Scramble (that's the egg's name) they'd ever had. So he's quite happy and proud of himself. I'm puffed up like a proud mama hen myself.

The chicken is middling's girlfriend. At this event anyway. She did a wonderful job as well but, I'm fairly certain she's not going to be jumping up & down at the chance to do it again. The costume is quite hot & the mask has a real latex odor to it. But anyway, they had a great time together and did the job they were asked to do quite well.

39/365 Another water droplet...