In a Slump

a photography slump that is...

I have this lovely new computer, with a 22inch widescreen and I just can't get interested in taking or editing photos. Such a waste.
Maybe it has something to do with breaking my 50mm...Am I distancing myself from the camera??? or is it this atrocious weather?

I really don't know.

I hope it will pass soon.

Miss 3 has been giving me a real run for my money over the last week. Thankfully I am getting more sleep, since C started her Inner Health Plus she has only been waking once or twice during the night for a feed...and no wanting to get up and play. YAY!! Still no teeth.

AFL Grand Final is on today...GO SAINTS!!! demolish those cats.

A Bargain, Tears and a Tantrum

Sunday was a day of extremes for me...

I bought this gorgeous little chair at a antique/second hand shop for a measly $30 (thankyou to my sister in law for bargaining the price down by $15). It's a bit stinky and the fabric is falling apart it's so perished...but with some funky new fabric S has decided that it could be hers. I'm hoping it will make for a good photography prop. Here is C test posing for me in the very late afternoon.

 

Now for the tears and tantrums...I broke my fantastic plastic...my 50mm 1.8II.

It got tangled in my camera strap and when I picked up the camera it flew across the room...and broke in two. I screamed, I yelled, I believe I even stamped my foot...learned from the expert tantrum thrower Miss 3 no doubt. Then I sat down and cried. I think I cried for a good 10 minutes while I fiddled with the damn thing and tried in vain to jam it back together...no dice.

Then little Miss 3 came and gave me a cuddle and kisses and told me it would be alright...and I calmed down. I calmed down and I studied the lens...it had come apart in 2 clean pieces, one tiny little clip was sheared off. I can't believe how flimsy and poorly built this lens is. I know it's the bottom of the range cheapie lens, but really!!!! I turned the focus ring all the way one way and slotted the other piece in and pushed and miracle of miracles it clicked back together. Then I put it on the camera and miracle of miracles it works...relief...more tears...lots more tears. It does sit at an imperceptibly slight angle, I guess that's where the broken clip is. But it still works for now...I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

It scares me a little that my reaction for a $130 lens was so extreme...but there you go!!! It means a lot to me obviously.

My rollercoaster Sunday.

And just because she's so darn cute...here is C. (This wasn't taken with the Nifty Fifty).

And Miss 3 being creative

Should I???

I am considering undertaking a 365 photo a day challenge, starting on my 34th birthday. Do I really have the energy?? Certainly not today after only 4 hours sleep. Both of my girls are sick with a cold again and as an added bonus a rash ...what am I doing wrong?? So back to the doctor we have been, and now I am embarking on a dairy free diet for a least a month to try and see if this is a factor in my little one being sick all the time. He also recommended some Inner Health powder, which I have purchased. Now I just need to figure out an efficient way to get a 9 month old to take it...hmmm!!! Not an easy task.

We spent some time enjoying the sunshine yesterday at the Botanical Gardens with one of lifes little pleasures...that's my dairy free lemon gelati that C is tasting there...

and I got to take some photos of the lovely flowers ...bit of a change from the last few years, with the drought we haven't really had any flowers in the gardens. People with cameras everywhere.

I got a little bit initimidated by a guy with a lovely looking rather large lense. I am sooo lusting after a macro lense. Lots of selling on ebay would be in order for that to happen I think.

Anyhow...I will give the 365 challenge some thought and I will work on getting the kids a bit healthier...even the doctor said he doesn't know why she's getting so many colds..."you're doing all the right things!!" doesn't really make me feel any better about it. Obviously breastfeeding isn't the panacea I believed it to be. If giving up milk leads to more sleep and less sickness, then I guess I can forgoe my latte...for the moment, this too shall pass...after all I won't be breastfeeding her forever.

Sunshine at last...

but only for a day or two.

We made the most of it though and spent the majority of the day out in our back garden (if you can call long grass and tangled weeds a garden).

 

C loved it...I could tell she was wondering what that shiny bright thing in the sky was, and why did it hurt her eyes to look at it. It's amazing what a bit of fresh air and sunshine will do for the soul. Maybe it's just getting out of the house, not being cooped up with two bored kids. Unfortunately today we are back to rain.  The table and chairs look so forlorn out in the backyard...all abandoned and covered in water. The (very very long) grass is drenched again and will take at least three days of no rain to dry out enough to mow...it doesn't matter anyway because our lawn mower is broken. That's enough complaining about the rain...we are in the depths of a drought here and I really should be rejoicing about it instead of cursing it.

The thing is though...I was determined to get my patch of back garden weeded so that little miss 3 and I could plant some seeds that she chose at Bunnings. I even purchased weed mat, because of course last time I weeded it and had it looking beautiful I didn't use any and the weeds grew back like crazy and I couldn't keep up with the weeding (huge belly and all, followed by the velcro baby).

This is the garden back when S was just a littl'un, around 11 months. Now it is overrun with weeds. It's been low on my list of priorities for a long time, but with the weather warming up it would be nice to be able to safely spend some time outside with the girls. With this is mind I began the monumental task of weeding...I spent half an hour on it and it doesn't even look like I've made a dent, but we will get there...slowly but surely. Which reminds me...I really need to take some cuttings for someone so they can also get their garden in shape...I will get to it I promise.

Fathers Day

I know I'm a little bit late with this one...but while the honoured one slept in we got busy and made pancakes. YUM!!

Of course he lingered in bed just a little bit too long for one very impatient 3 year old. So we started without him. How on earth he slept through the noise we made in the kitchen is beyond me...