Friday, August 27 - Bryton and Gage have been here for the past three days and what little sweeties they are. Grandpa calls them the wrecking crew. Tiffany sure has her hands full. They are a couple of super active little guys. Bryton gets to go first this time and then comes Mr. Smiles, Gage. Funny thing is, Gage is not usually the smiling guy. I sure love having them stay.
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Thursday, August 26 - These elastic band bracelets are the ‘in’ thing with my granddaughters. They bought a great assortment at Amazing Toys on Tuesday. I am sure they were wore to school on the first day.
Wednesday, August 25 - Today is the first day of school for the Great Falls grandkiddos and for Tristan in Fort Benton. Teachers had to be back Monday and Tuesday, so I watched the kids for them. We had a great couple of days just celebrating the end of summer vacation and enjoying each other. These shots are from Flavors, a local ice cream shop. where we enjoyed some yummy ice cream and lots of laughs.
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Tuesday, August 24 - One of my photo assignments for this week is shooting something green. Not sure if any of these will be used for submission, but I did shoot them from Billi’s deck this morning. Just one more day until school starts on Wednesday. I took the kiddos to Nanny McPhee today and then to Coldstone for ice cream. We have another big day planned for tomorrow.
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Monday, August 23 - Tristan can not wait until school starts Wednesday. He has been counting on his fingers all day how many more days it is until that first day of Kindergarten. A pretty big milestone in a 5 year old’s life. Makes a guy tired just thinking about it.
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Sunday, August 22 - Lily and Tristan spent the night Friday and both are thoroughly addicted to the ipod touch. They get to use Grandpa’s when they come and what a fight it is to see who’s turn it is. Tristan is such a whiz at operating it. The only thing he can’t do is enter a password to buy. Lily is getting to be quite an expert herself which is amazing considering she isn’t even 2 yet. Her favorite game is I Hear Ewe and can her little fingers ever fly to get those animals to make their sounds. Switched from fluorescent WB to cloudy WB and what a difference it made - used the 5DM2 this time.
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Saturday, August 21 - I am finally getting to the last of those wedding photos. It has been a busy week and I haven’t been able to spend everyday going through them. Now to the editing process and to do that scrapbook for Rachel. I have all the embellishments purchased and am waiting for my cardstock to arrive from Stamping Up. I sure wish that we had a local scrapbook store where I could match my colors. I need to make a Helena run, I guess. This is one of my favorite shots of Luke and Rachel. This was not the easiest place to shoot; the lighting was awful. I had to deal with Incandescent floods and fluorescent side lighting at the same time. No windows at all in the church. This shot is one of my favorites for capturing emotion.
Friday, August 20 - Mr. Sun was just peeking his head out when I headed to the barn to do chores. Because the barn is lower than my house, I can get a shot there too before he comes over the top of the hill. That second shot is from the barnyard. Both shot with my G11. It promises to be another nice day. We should finish harvest tomorrow, pending breakdowns and weather. I spent the day with Becca and Emma while Billi went to a workshop. We had a great time. Even made scarves for the American Girl dolls after making a fabric buying trip. I am looking forward to Monday and Tuesday with them. It is hard to believe that school will be starting next week. Where did our summer go?
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Thursday, August 19 - Somedays I feel like the Pied Piper when I do chores in the morning. The cats come running from the barn, all 27 of them, to get their early morning breakfast. I liked the long shadows of me and Sassy that were being cast in the shot and all that texture from the side lighting. That’s Shadow, Scout Jr., Spot, Blacky, Tommy and Mother up ahead waiting not so patiently. A G11 shot, as were the ones yesterday of Sassy.
Wednesday, August 18 - Sassy is the latest barn cat to take a stroll up a post. He didn’t seem to be too upset being up on ‘top of the world’. He even had to take a little bath. I don’t know what it is about those cats and posts. I guess the view is better from up there. We are back harvesting again - started last evening about supper time. It is supposed to be hot all week, so hopefully we can finish up.
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