The other side of lifes scales
Today I saw the most beautiful baby girl I have ever seen, congratulations Rhodes Family, I am so in love with your latest addition!
Author: Melissa
Dad’s first hospital stay
I haven’t written much about what’s been going on with Dad. I’m not sure why, maybe because it all seems a little bit more real when you type CANCER and describe what’s going on. The last couple of weeks have been hard for Dad and …
Practice makes perfect
I have had my Canon DSLR for 4 years now (which means in Melissa years that its time to get a new one HINT) but anywho, four years of happy snapping has been great but I still don’t know how to take a great picture. By this I mean, I don’t know how to shoot in manual mode.
So this week, I have done some online tutorials and READ the camera manual and not used the auto modes at all. It’s coming along, there is just SO much to remember, exposure, aperture, f-stops, shutter speed…….
But here are a couple of unedited (boring) shots that I think turned out pretty well -;
My very own FOR REAL byline
I have one. Have had one for (count them) FIVE WEEKS now. I know. This is why I have been tapping away for these past few years, writing shit that no-one reads or comments on, just so I could get a little better, and a …
Complete. A grown up bedroom set
We picked up our bedside table today so our new bedroom suite is now complete. Especially since it has been christened by VB, Pinot Gris and is now the nocturnal charging station for the DS, the PSP, baby laptop and my iPhone. Ridiculous.
Disaster Day Tweets
Ok, I love Twitter…..a lot. On a bad day of bad things happening in little ol New Zealand, there are still some funny bastards on twitter that literally made me laugh out lo….. {you get the rest} @MaowreeDeaker (this guys name just cracks me up …
Who We Were Day
E’s gorgeous little country school has been studying ‘The Olden Days” this term, so after the requisite trip to MOTAT the whole school dressed up in period costumes and spent the day not doing school work! Love it. How cute is he?
Ethan Reviews Kai to Pai at The Auckland Museum
Ethan was invited to be a Very Special Kid Photographer for the Auckland Museum so they can gain some insight into how child visitors experience their exhibits. He was brief and concise – Final recommendations were more shark, less boar.