Today was a beautiful day, there were butterflies and birds all around our house. Lindsey decided to take a photo of a butterfly on our butterfly bush. If you look closely there are at least three butterflies in this photograph with her.

Today Lindsey and I had another science experiment day. Today we got to see the reaction that pepper floating in water had when soap was added to the mix. You can watch the outcome below.

I saw this cool VW bug today parked under this very large tree with nothing else around. It was as the scene was screaming to me “make the picture, we’ve done all the work, all you have to do it stop and take the shot.” So I did.

My youngest daughter enjoys crafts and one of them is to make bracelets out of strings. Here is a close up shot of the knots used to make one of these bracelets. I’m amazed at how quickly she can make a bracelet with only a few pieces of string and her talent.

The good thing about this job is that you get to move up the ladder every day.

Part of Wordless Wednesday

I think I’ll train Lacy to be a camera bag guard dog and take her with me on all my photo sessions. Here she is practicing for her new job. I just have to make sure there are no squirrels, rabbits or lizards that pass by while she is working.

The birds around our house love a nice rain. There were about ten birds trying to get in this small puddle as I walked down our driveway toward the street and scared them all away. I waited crouched down by our mailbox to see if any of them would come back and here are the three brave little one that ventured back first.

We have at least three hummingbirds flying around in our backyard. I decided to try and make a photo of at least one of them while it was coming to the feeder. I also wanted to see if I could photograph one of the quick little jokers against a black background. I got the idea to use the background after reading Scott Bourne’s post about Photographing Hummingbirds in Madera Canyon AZ. My hummingbird shot is not close to the quality of his, but I’m learning.

Here is another shot made while playing with the adapter ring I got a couple of days ago.

Today was science experiment day for Lindsey. The experiment was to see which boat move the most depending on the motor. Each boat had a different motor, there was chewed gum, facial tissue, soap, and one had no motor. At the bottom I made a modification to mine.

I added a sail to mine just for fun.