Today’s Theme Thursday is Fog, which I would always be in without my glasses.

Manual: page 150 “Measuring a Value for White Balance”

Inspiration: Tim Kelly

A nice little decorative bird house on our mantel.  It’s a bird house in a house. For some reason Dr. Seuss books just popped into my head.

Manual: page 148 “Preset Manual”

Inspiration: Kevin Jairaj

Manual: page 147 “Choosing a Color Temperature”

Inspiration: Tibor Imely

Part of Tasra’s Twitter Tuesday

Organizing for the homeschool year can be quite a task. Just look at the size of this stack of books that Jamie starts with, I’m so thankful for my wife and her ability to homeschool our children.

Manual: page 143 “Fine-Tuning White Balance”

Inspiration: Judy Host

Butterfly bushes really do attract butterflies.

Manual: page 140 “White Balance Options”

Inspiration: Elizabeth Homan

I had this strange feeling I was being watched while enjoying dinner with the family.

Manual: page 139 “White Balance”

Inspiration: Jeff Hawkins

It can be very easy to get caught up the busyness of life these days and a cell phone can be a large part of the reason why. Cell phones give anyone with your cell number the ability to contact you anytime of the day. The distractions of a cell phone limits the amount of down time we have to relax and enjoy the people and the world around you. Make time this week to be disconnected from your cell phone and really enjoy the life around you.

Manual: page 130 “Bracketing”

Inspiration: Alfred Gordon

It’s nice to come home to a surprise, especially when it’s a yummy home made cupcake with chocolate icing and sprinkles. The girls made cupcakes for a friends birthday party today and set one to the side for me.

Manual: page 128 “Exposure Compensation”

Inspiration: Regina Fleming

Manual: page 126 “Autoexposure (AE) Lock”

Inspiration: Deborah Lynn Ferro

Wordless Wednesday

Yes, sometimes I still play with toys. That is one of the cool things about having kids. Here is one of my favorite characters from Cars.

Manual: page 124 “Long Time-Exposures”

Inspiration: Fuzzy and Shirley Duenkel