Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Mockingbird Hill Cottage

Playing With Camera Settings

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Achy muscles today from the shoveling extravaganza on Monday. The snow is beautiful but I would prefer a gentle dusting of snow in the future. Just enough to be pretty, but not so much that I must take a day to recover after shoveling it. Please take note, Mother Nature.

I’m playing with the manual settings on my camera – tiptoeing into apertures, shutter speeds and ISO. Though I know the basics, more often than not I rely on the auto setting. If I want a camera upgrade, I figure I should expand my knowledge and capabilities as much as I can with this camera first.

This is the tiniest ornament I own – I’ve had it for years. I’d guess it’s about an inch high.

Playing a little with focus and depth of field.

I just like this one.

Experimenting with White Balance – one version,

And another.

I’ve challenged myself this next year to take more risks and keep learning new things. These are the books that Don gave me for Christmas:

I’m having fun. And I’m not shoveling.

Buckets of Snow

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Attention: a snow update from Mockingbird Hill Cottage:

I’d say we have a least 20 inches. Yikes. Today has been about shoveling. And shoveling. And shoveling.

I’m tired.

The Day after Christmas

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Happy Boxing Day! I hope you all had a wondrous holiday. We made a special dinner on Christmas Eve and watched The Christmas Story. Love that movie. Christmas Day was lovely; we exchanged gifts in the morning after eating some of my Annual Christmas Coffee Cake. I only make it once a year. It is the best coffee cake I’ve ever had and I guard the recipe with my life. Later on in the afternoon we went over to Heidi’s for dinner. We always have a fun time with them and yesterday was no exception. Now that I’ve given Heidi and her daughters their presents, I’ll show you Obsession Scarves #3, 4 and 5.

I think they were a hit. They sure are a lot of fun to make. Heidi gave me the largest vintage pin cushion I’ve ever seen. I took a photo of it next to one Betty made. And Betty’s isn’t small.

The red fabric is sateen-like and the felt leaves are beautifully faded.

Among my presents from Don are 2 books on photography that I wanted. I’ll share more about them in another post. I have grown to love photography so much and I want to learn more about aperture and f-stops and ISO and all of those things that can be very intimidating. Hopefully, I will be more skilled by the time I save up for a new camera. By the way, I keep getting emails like this from B&H:

See the bottom row? The one I want is on the right. I tell you, B&H has somehow read my thoughts. They are taunting me once again.

I ran out to the store this morning to stock up on provisions. We are just about to be pounded with a major snow storm. In fact, as I write this, the snow has begun. It’s blowing sideways. The amount predicted keeps changing, but we are in for at least a foot or more. We’re hunkering down. Tomorrow looks to be a day of shoveling. And more shoveling. Wish us luck!

Lambs Like to Party

Lambs Like to Party

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