Scavenger Hunt Sunday...

Even though we were on the road last week, I did manage to find something in my files for all the prompts this week.  Here they are:  Body Part, Wednesday, Music, Guess What It Is and Mirror Image.  Here are my entries.

I decided to use a picture of some Ring-tailed Lemurs for the BODY PART pic.  I think they have a lot of cool body parts from their noses to their cool tails and they have they have the most expressive eyes.

On WEDNESDAY this week, we took my mother out to a newish restaurant in Middletown, Ohio, where I grew up.   The restaurant is called Stained and it is adjacent to a stained glass studio.  I would say that the restaurant is decorated in Old Church Chic.  It's beautiful.  And I had a very nice salad...probably the most healthy meal I had while we were away.

Falling water is MUSIC to my ears.  This was taken at the Fort Wayne, Indiana, Botanical Conservatory, a very pleasant place to spend an afternoon.

GUESS WHAT THIS IS?  The answer will be at the end.

I took a MIRROR IMAGE portrait of my daughter Carrie and me in a gazing ball at the Fort Wayne Botanical Conservatory.

And here's the answer to guess what this is.

And here's what I have to say about these.  I didn't get to try these, because I bought them for my sister, but I bet they are good.  They come from the best attraction in northern Ohio after the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  Grandpa's Cheesebarn is a must stop and see if you are passing through northern Ohio on I-71 and are anywhere close to Ashland, Ohio.  It's a cheeselover's dream and there are many more fun things to sample and buy there. And don't forget to check out Sweetie's where you can buy such delights as chocolate covered Fritos.

LINKING TO ASHLEY SISK'S SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY!

Lensbaby, baby!

We are pretty much an Amazon Wish List family and rely heavily on it when one or another gift-giving opportunity arises.  So just for the heck of it, I put a Lensbaby on my Amazon Wish List.  Still it was a complete surprise when I opened my birthday gift from Greg this year and there it was.

 

In case you have never heard of the Lensbaby, it is a creative tool that mounts directly onto your SLR and allows you to tilt the lens for imaginative effects.  It would take too long here to try to explain why and how this works and I’m not sure I could do it anyhow.  If you click on the yellow Lensbaby above, it will take you to their website that can tell you more.  But I think it will be great fun messing around with this lens.

Today I am going to post a few photos I took with the Lensbaby.  The pictures of the bowl of marbles are not what I was expecting at all.  I was going to delete the whole batch but when I looked at them closer, I liked the shapes of the light reflecting off of the marbles so I decided to keep them and to do a few abstracts.  

The daylily and daisy pics give a better idea of what kind of focus can be done with the Lensbaby.  They are both pretty crummy pictures though.  I am going to keep practicing until I get it to do what I want it to do.

And here is a self-portrait I took using it.  I like that it is a bit blurry around the edges because most of the time, that’s how I feel.