Upgrade/Playing

I finally did it.

I upgraded to a DSLR...

...And it. is. AMAZING!!!

 

Seriously, why didn't I just get one a couple years ago when I needed a new camera!?!

I thought a DSLR would be a little too much camera for me and I was worried about keeping the lenses properly stored... Never again! So silly!

And now I think I may be having a love affair with my new camera!

I look forward to my daily adventures to play with the settings (because I always use manual mode even though I really have NO idea what the heck I am doing!). But already, I can see the difference in texture, tone and quality! And thank you to Jillian for the 50mm lens suggestion, made a world of difference for what/where I was trying to photograph!!!

(I just realized there is a whole lotta exclamation marks in this post-

well, more than ususal- I am just so excited!!!)

So, do you have a camera?

What kind is it?

What do you love/hate about it?

Do you know what you are doing,

or do you just wing it until it looks right (like me)?

Bah Harbah, Kid... And so on and so forth...

So we went up in a snow storm and drove home in a snow storm,

but all is well and we have arrived safely back to our own domain.

We spent time with friends and family in beautiful rural places in Maine

with dogs and chickens and many laughs.

I am thankful to have visited such a beautiful place.

-Bah Harbah, Kid (and Mt. Desert, Bass Harbor, Sommes Sound... We were all around the island)-

I can't wait 'til we have our own chickens, although we will have to work on Margi and Mu's chicken etiquette first. These ladies think chicken chasing to be the cat's meow!

On the way home we checked out an area outside of Camden (Hope, ME.) that we may or may not have in love with... Might have to go back for some more exploring!

Little Owl Adventures

This weekend (well, this week, actually) has been all about being together and going on adventures.

Wednesday was Mu's 1st Birthday! I can't believe our little puppy is so big now!!!

We found a new part of the Greenbelt to explore and so we went adventuring.

It was rather nice out once we really got moving so I ended up shedding my jacket and donned (one of) my Little Owl sweatshirts... Perfect comfort and warmth for such a day of exploring.

Today I will be getting ready, packing and dropping Poe off at the "bird sitter" (thanks Pam and Rick!) before heading out early tomorrow morning for MAINE!!! I am so excited.

Not only will we be way up north, along the coast, we will be in an area I have never been!

See, I told you this week was all about adventures!

What are your plans this weekend?

Yeesh! It has been a while, eh?...

WARNING:

This is an extremely image heavy post.

I was fully intending on doing a little post,

but week after week went by and, well, here we are.

I have been trying to balance working and taking a little break... Ha!

We have been adventuring and snuggling and knitting and imagining...

I have been starting to draw up ideas for new prints.

And am bringing in a new style tee shirt (soft organic cotton!).

There are some new things in the SHOP,

as well as some things on SALE!

I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday

and a crazy, fantastic start to the New Year!

(any resolutions?)

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This weekend we will be venturing up to Maine,

to the lower, coastal Down East area (Mt. Desert/Bar Harbor). I'm pretty pumped.

We will be visiting friends and my sister for my Birthday.

It is the big 3-0!

I have to admit, I am not quite sure how I feel about it.

I don't really think I care all that much, but feel like I should do something grand...

(Any suggestions?)

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Hopefully soon after we get back I will have some new designs ready to put in the shop, but until then I am excited to be in the wilderness and visiting farms, teaching Mu that chickens are not food or toys to be chased and seeing how Margaret feels about them...

I am excited for hiking and lazing and exploring new towns (and yes, in the back of our minds we will be taking mental notes on areas in the running for our move).

...So...

What have Y'all been up to?