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This semester I am taking digital photography. I have had my camera for more than a year now and I want to learn to do more then I have been able to do thus far. Yesterday the instructor sent us out of the class room for an hour to take photos. We were to try to use some of the elements he had lectured on in the beginning of class. Several of the students, myself included, stumbled upon a storage closet that held lots of goodies used by art students as props for drawing and painting. You could have spent days in there and not run out of things to photograph.

Baskets full of old shoes,

knick knacks,

statues,

chairs,

bottles and jugs,

more statues,

and baskets of sea shells and star fish were just some of the interesting things stored in this little room that I hope to be able to visit again.

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pudgy baby toes

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When Ian and Katelyn were babies I bought them a set of teethers that were shaped like a hand and a foot. They loved them. When I saw a similar set in a local toy shop I had to buy them for Oliver. Like his Dad and his Aunt he loves them too.

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I am loving my macro lens. Focusing is a little trickier but it is definitely worth it. While the kids were sleeping one afternoon this week I grabbed some of the girls' crayons and some white paper and played with my new toy.

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Look who have returned!

The past few years I have noticed the robins returning in February not March. I usually get a flock of them in the front yard feasting on the berries of my holly tree. I was very happy to see them this year. It may still be February but their return means spring is soon to be here.

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Fun with food.

I got a 60mm macro lens for Valentine's day. These are my first attempts at macro photography.

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Since my hospitalization in 2008 I have been crocheting little tiny hats for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). I love doing it. it is a way of giving back to the hospital for the great care I received. Matt asked me if I could make an adult sized hat for him to wear on his upcoming ski trip. I told him I would try. He picked out yarn from my yarn basket but most of it is baby weight. Matt is over six feet tall. He definitely needed a heavier yarn. Yesterday I bought two skeins of chunky wool yarn. Last night I gave it a try. Matt wasn't here but Patrick kindly lent me his head so that I could get the sizing correct. Two and a half hours later I had made both Matt and Kate a hat. The pattern is my own and I am pretty pleased with the results. I think Matt and Kate are too.

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