The Hummingbird

So, a while back, my sister borrowed her boyfriend's mother's camera. We took pictures all day and I got so exited over the focusing ability. Some examples!

So, naturally, I built a fort.

This is the mountain that, when you look down my street, is always there. It's so recognizable now, I don't know the name of it, but it's 'the mountain'.

Okay, so this one has a story. I heard the hummingbird before I saw it. I turned around and it had landed in my peach tree. I scooted around the tree slowly, trying not to frighten it, to get the leaves out of the shot. It got scared and flew up in the air. Just when I thought it was gone for good, it flew back down and landed in the peach tree again. I scooted around the tree, still not having a clear view of it. It got scared again and flew up, landing back down in a different spot. We repeated this process several times until finally, it landed in a clear shot for me to take. Now, I still didn't expect a perfect picture, it's head was turning so quickly and it looked like it would take off again, but I took it anyways. At the last moment, the hummingbird turned her (I think it is a girl, because of the neutral colors) head. The camera clicked and the bird flew. I saw the playback and was overjoyed. The tiny fluff on the back of her head, the leaves just out of focus, the sky so blue, I was so exited I had gotten such a perfect shot.

My cat is more photogenic than I am.

 -Alida

Callie's Haircut

I had a great triumph today and sought out to share it with the world. I cut the fur on my dog's face successfully. She usually will not let a pair of scissors anywhere near her, but she was good with it today. But either way, let me explain. She hates the scissors with the same hatred reserved for brushes and the bathtub. She hates them, they never hurt her, but she hates them. No one has ever cut her skin with the scissors, she just despises them because she is a dog. Any-who, I decided to take pictures. 

(Also a good lesson-keep their leashes on because-when you go out to get the mail and specifically tell the dog to come inside but she doesn't, so you forget her outside-she will not be stolen or lost. I got lucky, no body wants our dog. -Syd)

I also taught the dog to fetch today- old dogs CAN learn new tricks! She was so exited:)

Before the haircut

After the haircut

She gets exited.

A bow tie for the cat, while I'm at it.

He's cute, but eviiil.

-Alida:)

Such a Fine Hat- Etsy

So, recently, I have decided to create a shop on Etsy to sell my crocheted hats and such. I started out my shop with this hat, because out of the few hats I can make it is one that is easy to control the size, so all of them are even. I want to put them up because I get a lot of compliments on my hats and a lot of people seem to want one. I also really wanted to put something up for a fair price. So far, I have looked at awesome stuff Etsy, but no buying because everything I haven't found anything for a decent price! If you would like, you can obtain a home made hat by this link for my shop (Such a Fine Hat). Here are some photos of my recent creations.

^I just had to include this one^

I love the warm colors of them, and how they keep my ears warm. It was quite cold outside so when I took off the hat I was surprised at how overwhelming the cold was. I went inside as soon as my toes went numb. I guess I should have worn shoes.

I seem a bit awkward, but that's because no one wanted to take pictures, so I set off with the camera and a mirror to take them myself. If anyone buys this one, I'll get some more up to my shop.

I hope all of you love winter as much as I do- it's a crochet fanatic's dream.

-Alida

Iron Man Gloves

Hello and happy 2013! I crocheted a pair of Iron Man gloves and wanted to show y'all. I gave them to my friend for her birthday, then gave another pair to my sister for Christmas. They were inspired by this pair, but I cannot follow patterns and they looked simple enough, so I set off with an idea of what I wanted. I had made finger-less gloves before, completely ignoring the thumb, so this project was easy for my beginner-skills.

Here's my sister, in the cold (thank you, Sydney), letting me get a few pictures.

That was all before she hopped inside. These next photos are of me with my friend's before I gave them to her.

Woo! Have a great day, everyone!

-Alida

A Boy and a Box of Rocks

So here it is, as promised a rock tutorial:)

These

Plus this (gift card that is for a car wash that my dad would have never used)

Plus left over wrapping paper(Thank the Lord he didn't mind not having his present on or before the intended day to give gifts)

Equals this. (The three on the bottom were the rejects-I was DONE with wrapping )

More specifically, this.

I really couldn't believe my eyes while he was opening the gift, he went for every rock EXCEPT the one holding the card, I didn't have to say "Oh not that one!" or "Go to the left!" although I was thinking of saying such.. I bet he was thinking "Who in their sane mind wraps rocks?" (he was)

I think he liked it, the card was worth enough to compensate for Lida and I laughing the whole time ;)

Over all, the joy of watching him open the gift was far worth wrapping rocks. Who wraps rocks?! I swear I've lost it, I shoved ice cream in the poor boys face last night too.. -Syd

A Watermelon

A while back, I found this tutorial on making a watermelon drink and this cool dispenser for it, the dispenser being the actual watermelon. How awesome is that?! Here is our attempt.

Collect the guts of the watermelon.

We drained ours a few times after blending.

So much juice!!

Now I did not get a picture of this part: while Sydney& our friend Shantel blended and drained the juice, I went in the garage and drilled a hole in the watermelon. I got a spout and attached it to the watermelon so we could pour it. You could also just use a ladle.

Pour the juice back into the empty watermelon.

An action shot of our watermelon at work!

Now, I have an advisement. This is very cool, but it tastes gross. I would recommend using a recipe to fix up your juice. Also, taste it before you pour it into the watermelon. Our juice ended up going down the drain. Anyways, hope you like this as much as we did! Have a lovely day.
-Alida 

A Pretty Rainy Day

The day was nice and cold, the clouds were everywhere and everything was drying from the night's rain. So Sydney brought out Josh and the camera to document the wonderful day.

Callie decided to drive.
(Can you see Sydney's reflection?)

hot air balloons:)

Hope your day was just as nice! (Happy New Year, everyone!)

-Alida