I don't have any excuses about taking photos, especially since my awesome hubby bought me this little beauty. I suppose if I want to get better, I need to get out and do it! I have read a lot about photography, and was blessed by a friend who offered to teach a photography course to my son and I for one of his home school electives, but a lot of the stuff just didn't seem to sink in well. I am currently registered for Ashley's SnapShop course and am learning a lot! I like her style of teaching and the fact that I can go back to each lesson over and over till I get it. Probably the best thing I'm learning is to just pick up my camera and practice! I highly recommend her course. It's not expensive, and you can often find a coupon code on her blog.
The next few photos were taken with my cell phone while out picking berries. It's kind of hard to maneuver through the brambles with a basket and a large camera. Unfortunately, these photos never seem to portray what I see when I'm out picking. I get so excited when I see a long branch like this just full of juicy berries. Yum!
I think the little guy in this photo thinks the same thing. I think maybe he's had a little too much berry juice. 😊
I am often so fixated on looking for berries that I miss some of the other beauty in our woods. thankfully, this time I didn't.
In August we also started a renovation in our master bedroom, but I will have to post more on that later as I realized I still haven't taken any after pictures now that it's all done.
I'm finding that this is not an unusual sight for us in August. We seem to have one or two trees that think they should turn colors before everyone else. I think they just want to stand out in the crowd.
The rest of these photos are from Pioneer School. One of the local museums has a one room school house, and each summer they host a couple weeks of Pioneer School so the kids can come and experience a little bit of what life was like for those who settled in our area many years ago. I was asked to help teach and boy was that fun! Hot, but fun!
I took a LOT of photos, but since I was doing it for the parents, most of the photos have the children's faces and I don't have permission to show them here, so I had to search through to find some to share with you. Here's just a small sampling of the fun we had.
Not sure if marbles were around in pioneer days, but the kids enjoyed these while waiting for the bell to ring.
We played lots of group games outside. Someone made and donated most of the outfits you see here.
They all made corn husk dolls.
This little guy got super creative with what we had on hand and made an ax for his Paul Bunyan doll.
We also made butter. Yum!
And all the kids brought their lunches in pails and did their best to bring food that would have been available to the pioneers. No chips or other processed foods.
They enjoyed using chalk and slate boards as well as ink and a calligraphy pen.
We ended the week with a trip to the museum where the kids had a scavenger hunt. Here they are pointing out the corn husk dolls like the ones they made.
Ok, I had to include this last picture. 100 year old candy!!!
Well, there's a brief recap of our August last year. I am now officially less than a year behind on the blog. 😊 I better hurry up though 'cause with all this practicing with my camera, I've got a lot more pictures to post! Hopefully I'll be back soon with September's post.
Till next time...
God's love and blessings!!
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