I finally took my camera out yesterday. It has been forever! We went on a walk through a grove of trees near Palmyra NY :) and it was the perfect day to play with highlights from back light.

 

Little B wanted to keep is M&M's in this old rusty Altoids container (yes it was saved around the house somewhere). After running and playing in the heat he decided to open the container and eat some. Well, they had melted a little :( It was quite comical for him to open the container and see his M&M's were not in the same state he had placed them inside.  He ate them anyway.

Above you can see a chunk of hair B managed to cut himself on the top of his head. During haircuts the other evening B took some scissors and chopped a section off his own hair. L and I didn't even notice until the next day! :(


These photo's have not been edited at all. They were taken in JPG format and no action have been run on them (I'm getting lazy these days). 

Little T and his head full of fuzz! These pictures highlight his hair that ALWAYS sticks up. I need to play around more with back light - it's quite fun!

W Clan: Illinois Farmhouse Style

It was an absolutely GORGEOUS day. Perfect for taking pictures. I still get very nervous taking pics, but these kids did great (and the adults were pretty cooperative, too). I'm going to put a bunch on here- even if some are less than perfect. I still LOVE taking pictures. I know a few of them were a littly cheezy, but we all tried a bunch of different poses and such. It's always good practice. And I know this family was happy with how they turned out. That's all that matters, right? Friends doing favors for friends. :)

One Bright Patch of Yellow

Jenn's beautiful pictures at the UW-Madison Arboretum inspired me to head out to the Arboretum at Cornell.  However when we got there instead of budding trees and shrubs we found this:

And instead of beautiful, flowering magnolia trees we found this. 

Either it's been colder here the last week or so than in Madison, or the trees in New York just aren't as hardy or as cool. 

We looped completely around the arboretum and almost everything was still dead and barren, except for this:

One sweet little strip of Daffodils.  The perfect pick-me-up for a dreary, windy, early spring day. 

And after enjoying the daffodils for a little while, on the walk back to the car we did discover some other early signs of spring. 

So apparently there's hope for us yet.

UW Arboretum

I don't think I've ever loved spring more. The blossoms are gorgeous. PLEASE! Post some flower pictures on here for me!!! Here are a few of my favorites: