A Rose

As I was looking trough my pictures on my computer, I found this photo that I took over the summer, of as soft orange colored rose. Even though most the flowers are out of bloom now, I thought I'd share this lovely flower anyway.

Mr. Scarecrow

This guy gets pulled out every autumn along with our other fall decorations. He's a pretty little fella, at a little under a foot tall. He's always very cooperative when I want to take his photo. (I took several of him last year with my point-and-shoot). He never complains and always has a smile on his face, making him a wonderful photography subject.

Carlotta is having a photo challenge, the theme being color. I thought I'd enter this photo, with all the warm and golden tones that I love.

The Friendly Chipmunk

While on our hike, (check out my last post if you haven't seen it.) we stopped to eat lunch at a spot with some picnic tables. As we were leaving we saw this chipmunk. I was slowly and quitely approaching it, hoping to get a good shot or two. While I was trying to get a good shot, my sister, who was holding my Z Bar (which are pretty tasty, by the way), and held it out for the chipmunk to eat. Well, he came closer, and ate the bar. And while he was eating, I got some awesome, close up shots of him.


None of the photos are cropped. I got that close to him.

He was pretty firendly, and didn't seem to mind having his picture taken. ;-)

Hiking Through the Forest

Saturday my dad wanted to get out of the house, and since it was a nice day, we decided to go on a hike.

The path was covered with leaves that had already fallen off the trees.

I loved the sunlight that was shining through the forest.


I loved the lighting at one of the viewing points for one of the falls, so I snapped some shots of my sister.

Sewing Away...

I've been in a sewing mood latley. It started a couple of weeks ago when I made my first skirt. I then made a reversible headband, and yesterday I finished a half-apron, that I created my own pattern for. I also made a ruffled camera strap for my dSLR, which I love!

I had seen several tutorials on different blogs to make them, but I really liked Amanda's ruffled strap.The tutorial (found here), was really easy to follow, with step by step instructions with pictures. That makes it really simple!

I only did one ruffle, since these where the only two fabrics I had. It's really comfortable around my neck, and it looks cute as well!