Olloclip

Taking pictures...it is so much fun. And that is big part of the reason I like Project Life. It makes me think daily of reasons to take photos, possibly photos I would not normally take. But ask my family if they like Project Life for the same reason, and they might say otherwise. So sometimes it is good to give the kids a break from being the target of my lens and take pictures of objects instead.

And to take a photo through a fish eye lens can make the world from the 24th floor look like a glass marble.
The best part about these recent photos I have taken, is the lens I used is one that clips onto my iphone. It is called an Olloclip. Since I never got my Nikon 1 camera from Santa, I made this much less expensive impulse buy last week.

And my kids and I are having so much fun!

Besides the fish eye lens it has a wide-angle lens, and my favorite...

a macro lens that lets you get in so close!

Yes, that is a picture of Myrtle's nose.

The pictures it allows, remind me of the photos that use to be in the old National Geographic World magazine, the ones that asked the reader to guess what they were looking at.

Like this budding plant in my back yard.

The spicket screw

Computer speaker

and tree bark

I have wanted a F1.8 macro lens for my Nikon camera for quite some time (but Santa hasn't brought that either), and although this is not a 1.8, it allows for some pretty up close images, and better yet, it's very portable.

I have to say I love my new little Olloclip!

March Photo Shoot

This is a photo of a March day in Wisconsin when the temperature reaches the 60's. It is a photo of the elation that it just might be tank top and short weather (even though it really isn't). It is a photo of anxiously awaiting for those warm summer days that are soon approaching. And it is a glimpse at the pale legs that emerge after hibernating during the long, cold months of winter.

Now this is the other end of the photo. The surprise through the lens on a warm windy day. While I'm behind the camera my girls keep saying "Mommy, look up at how fast the clouds are moving!" Then, when I looked at them, looking up at the clouds, the photo becomes a reminder of how beautiful God has made my life right here in my backyard.

Equation Egg

At our grade school they have the younger grades practice a thing called "Rocket Math". Basicly it is a test of 40 equations that needs to be completed in 1 minute. The tests are labled by the letters of the alphabet, and as the children progress, the equations use larger numbers and are more difficult.

Let me just say that after 4 children, I am really sick of rocket math! But because of all that math practice Delaney had math on her mind last year for Easter egg decorating..

She was working hard writing math facts on her egg...

...thinking.

...and then coloring

Today on the Bella Blvd blog my layout about this equation egg is featured along with some other great spring inspiration. Check it out here.

In the Red

I got me a new look this week!

Let's just say it is really RED!

The only instructions I gave Cassandra was to work her magic.

Last time I colored my hair Ricky and I did it together...Saved money but I have had better date nights.

I figure since I am shelling out the cash, that new color should be noticed I should have some fun with it.