Baby, It's Cold Outside

I feel like hibernating. It's not all that terribly cold, hovering around 25 degrees F, but tonight is a warm blanket and good book kind of night.

Woodpile

Hot Hot Sunshine

Good evening all! Hope everyone had a lovely Saturday. I had a chance to get outside in the 80-ish degree April sunshine (80 degrees!!) and do some gardening. To be honest, my husband did most of the real work. I sat in the grass and pulled a few weeds and let the heat soak into my sore back. Yeah..... I hurt myself yesterday watering some plants. I always seem to injure myself in ridiculous ways - the night before my 6th birthday I broke a collarbone falling off my bed...

Ah well, the sunshine helped tremendously, as did the yummy dinner at my parents' house in celebration of my sisters' birthdays.

I've been too busy lately to take new photos, so I'm going to share some more from the archives. These seemed to fit the season - we're saying goodbye to the Canada Geese as they fly back north. Well, those that haven't decided to stay year-round.







And now, I'm off to bed. Have a great night all! I'm taking Sunday off from blogging, so I'll see you Monday! (Hopefully I'll have some new images to share.)

To learn more about some of the environmental and management problems associated with non-migratory Canada Geese, click here. (You may need to download Adobe Reader to view this pdf.)

Polaroid-tastic!

Hi all! I'm getting back into the groove of "normal life" after the chaos of the past few weeks. This afternoon I'm going to do some gardening - partly for me, partly in tribute to my Grandpa, who loved to garden. We laid him to rest yesterday, holding my Grandma's ashes in his arms. Their tombstone will read "Together Forever". Isn't that beautiful?

*sigh*

Today I'm going to share with you some images from my archives. Lately I've really been digging the Polaroid look. I actually do own a Polaroid camera and I have a little expired film stashed away. I should pull it out and play some more at some point - you never do know what will happen with expired film!

But I digress. These shots were taken with new film, nearly two years ago. My best friend, my husband, and I had driven up to Rochester, NY for a wedding. I had recently purchased my $5 Polaroid camera at a discount/overstock store and was eager to try it out. We picked up some film at a local drugstore and I just played - paying very little attention to composition or light or anything. I love the impromptu "road trip" feeling the images capture (and the silliness of, say, a light pole sticking out of a friend's head).







Don't you just love road trips? I know I do. We always try and find a perfect small-town coffee shop or an ethnic restaurant along the way - makes even the most grueling drives through Southwest Connecticut bearable! I'm curious - how do you make the most of a road trip?

Getting back on subject - did you know that, even though Polaroid is discontinuing their film, you can still get compatible substitutes for some film types from Fujifilm?

Learn more about efforts to "Save Polaroid" here.