HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I just wanted to say a quick Happy Thanksgiving to those of you celebrating it today.  I did most of the cooking again this year (with some help from Mom & Dad too) and I've been up since 5:30 this morning.  I have had a really nice, relaxing day with my family and now I think it might just be time for a nap!  And later, some chocolate cream pie ;)

Wordless Wednesday

The long drive home

The photo that started it all

This is the photo that started it all for me. At the time I had a Kodak Easyshare camera and stopped by a nice little park to take some pictures. I knew nothing at all about photography but had always loved taking photos. I just didn't know where to start or what to take pictures of.

I was walking down a path next to the lake and saw this magazine laying on the ground. It was open to this page saying 'Be Inspired' and when I saw it I immediately took a photo of it because that was exactly what I needed - inspiration. After that day, I began taking more and more photos of everything and anything. Leaves, flowers, grass, clouds...you name it. It was then that I started seeing things differently and finally felt inspired.

Sweet tooth

Emeril managed to sneak a candy corn from the candy dish. I think he has a bigger sweet tooth than us! We try not to give him much of anything that has sugar or is fattening, but sometimes he outsmarts us and helps himself ;)

November Rewind: Hummingbirds

We had a couple families of hummingbirds that took up residence in our backyard this summer.  There appeared to be several different breeds of them, one of which was pretty aggressive.  The little bird would sit up on a tree branch and guard the feeder, and as soon as another hummer would come to eat, it would fly down and dive-bomb the poor bird and chase it around the yard.  It was something to watch!

We did some research and learned that hummingbirds can be very territorial. One day while we were outside there were six or seven of them flying around the feeder and chasing each other away.  It was like a war zone! lol  We were able to capture it on video which you can view at the bottom of this post :)