The moon.

Just a few short years ago i decided i wanted to learn how to shoot the moon, since every photo i ever took of it was a white blob. i've always loved looking at it, and wanted to capture it, but i never could do it.

Out on the lake in Oregon i went out every month in the winter, when i wasn't too tired and shot it. i would run in so excited, only to load the photos and find nothing but white blobs.

After a few months i started to get it, the settings i would write down for the following month. Soon enough i was taking awesome moon shots.

Now, i can run out on the fly and shoot it!

Persistence pays off!

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Staying home and getting things done...

I must say my bedroom looks much better now. No more stacks of clean clothes, dirty clothes on the floor, and the bed is freshly made. Ahhhhhh...I even took the liberty to try it out and watch some amazon prime instant video. *BIG Smile. Yep! It is comfy!!

spending an entire day with my brothers without any arguing at all...

some assembly required ....

The smell of candels burning

My sweetie pie bringing me coffee in bed. Swoon, sigh, melt. :rrose:

An IKEA bag full of goodies...

Sitting upstairs this morning...listening to the family's interactions downstairs since my brother and his family are visiting from many miles away. I noticed that my brother's role in the family when he comes home is that of story-teller. All of the family sits around and interacts with him as he tells the tales from his life. He only makes it home about twice maybe three times per year. Funny part is he just returned to the states from Puerto Rico and the Carribean. Today he is in Pennsylvania where there is 19 inches of snow. Haahaa!! He asked what was wrong with that picture.

More joy came tonight by my niece asking me to teach her how to crochet. I gave her a skein of yarn and a crochet hook and taught her two basic stitches. She practiced and practiced. I think she may eventually get good at this...Haahaa!! But right now she is all thumbs and fingers with yarn all over the place. *Laughs some more. She is a sweetie. Hard to believe she is quickly approaching 30. Ahhhhh...where do the years go??

Waking up and throwing back the shade...seeing the amazingly beautiful sight of snow-covered water, tall oaks covered in pristinely-white virgin snow, stretching up towards the pale-blue sky...with a glorious sunshine reflecting it's lovely golden rays...making the snow sparkle like diamonds scattered everywhere.
Magnifique.

Sleeping till I woke up the doing the chores but what really boughti me joy was ACTUALLY getting to have Sunday morning breakfast with the incredibly beautiful ms Cinn

knowing that a good friend had reason to smile this morning ....brings me joy & calms my own storm

The way a dusting of snow shook down from the trees....and backlit by the sun....made little jewels in the sky... it was a beautiful and surreal moment....
Blessings are truly bestowed upon us in tiny doses.... :)

Spotting one of these, while on a dog run, to the marina.

burrowing owl