FAT Tuesday . . .

I've been using some of this time iced/snowed inside to finally weed through the vast number of Disney pictures from last summer. While going though Epcot shots I came across the window of masks and quickly thought of New Orleans' Mardi Gras. Either out of celebration of the Saint's Super Bowl win, the up-coming Mardi Gras (Feb. 16) or the whole Fat Tuesday concept - I was compelled to play with this particular shot. If the weather doesn't let up, we're going to be having Fat Wednesday, Fat Thursday, Fat Friday!!! I can take the snow, its the ice underneath that is restricting us to the indoors. {curse this global warming!}

Its coming . . .

The other evening I was informed by our budding Valentino that he needs to go to the store later this week and get chocolates (the good stuff), and a rose.

Both Allyson and I though he said 'chocolates and arrows' [go ahead and run together "a rose" --- topped with a southern accent - yea!] to which she had to ask if he was doing the whole cupid thing with a diaper (mixed with howling laughter). If you have kids, you know how the rest of the conversation/yelling/screaming went.

Flash . . .

Working on using fill flash on an otherwise uninspired weekend. We were lucky to miss the massive snow storm, however, what we missed in white, we got in rain and dull blase skies and lots and lots of mud. Blah! I need some sunshine, at least a couple days worth. In the meantime, I'll keep trying to figure out fill flash.

Grateful . . .

that we didn't get more snow over the weekend.
(sorry to those who did!)

cute ! . . .

I've been itching to photograph these since she got them - - - - which was before school started - - - - and she still hasn't worn them - - - - which is starting to add to the list of things that frustrate me.

... honestly, how can anyone resist the cuteness of this ?

My daughter doesn't do PINK. Actually, she used to love pink and purple and then she didn't, and now she kinda does. It must be a prerequisite for middle schoolers to go all black and eventually make their way back to color.It has taken a couple of years in high school for us to get to this level of pinkness.

pink eye . . .

been there, done that!
Not this time though, just keeping an eye open for "pink"
- this month's photo color challenge.

sign of the times . . .

seems all we've been getting lately is snow!

When my son was in grade school he got the snowman sign for me from the Santa's Workshop sale. To be completely honest, I kinda hinted to one of the other volunteers to corral him in that direction rather than a ceramic frog or floral tape measure or something that would just go in a drawer and later be discarded. I volunteered for this school event and it was so darling to watch the kids shop with the intensity of buying a diamond ring. I have loved each item dearly - regardless of the fact that I could have gotten it cheaper at the dollar store. Awe, memories.

Picture taken at the crazy slow shutter speed of 1/5;
[f/5.6; 70 mm focal distance and 1600 ISO].