Ellie's Spinach

Ellie grew spinach and sweet corn at school from seeds.  Now with school over for the holidays, she brought them home to plant in our veggie garden.

Hanger Art

Once again Ellie surprised us with more hanger art.

Practicing photography – Ring Light

I wanted to try something a little different for a head-shot of me that I will use on the web later on this year.  I’ve had a ring light adapter for my flash for a long time but never really had the chance to learn how to use it and how the subject should pose.

With it raining outside, Ellie and I got right down to business.  She placed the freshly charged batteries in the flash and I went to get the tripod.  My idea was to set the camera up and with the timer just take a few pictures of myself to see the differences with my position and the camera’s position.  Ellie didn’t want to use the timer; she wanted to be the one taking the pictures.  We than took turns taking pictures of each other and every so often I was able to turn the timer on and get both of us together in the shot.

First Sleep Over

Ellie had her first sleep over at a friend’s house in December.  She packed her own bag and was very excited that she was going to have breakfast there.  We were told that the girls stayed up late talking and Ellie was very tired when she came home.

Stand Off

There is a path in our paddock that I cut for Ellie, which now also being used by the alpacas and the wild bunnies.  Ellie was going up and the alpaca was coming down and neither wanted to move off the path.  In the end, the alpaca was hoping Ellie had food and followed her back down to me.

All Dressed Up

Ellie likes to dress up and while we are not going anywhere special, Ellie was ready for anything.

Colouring with Ellie

Since it has been raining here all day, Ellie and I needed to find something inside to do.  We chose colouring and I thought I would grab “Beginners Guide to Drawing Cartoons” off the bookshelf to attempt creating something Ellie would recognize.    After a few attempts at drawing a baby dinosaur in an egg and it turning into a dragon, Ellie said to me “Next time can you do the proper one?”