gym medal presentations

Nothing very exciting about this one. This is the first page of a 4 page LO. The rest of them have Annie's level requirements (3 of them) and the 3 certificates.

Have had a bonza couple of days. I had a family come out to the farm for their spring photo shoot. I'm working on them atm and I'm really happy with what I'm seeing.

I had a Camera Club trip out to Boston Island today. It was such an eye opener to what's been done and the future plans for out there. Photos to be looked at when I get a chance.

I have another family coming out for their spring photo shoot on Wednesday. Looking forward to that one!!!!

Camera Club Monday night week, and I need to get those shots ready for that. Then there's the Cummins Show sneaking up as well as the local Photography Exhibition. I do hope the local snappers rally and support this one to assist a Year 12 Art student do well with her subject requirements. If I've emailed you about this its because I know you can take a half decent shot and hoped that you would submit them for public viewing.


So I'm up to my eyeballs in photography and not scrapping for a while. sigh..... I wish I could balance the two better, but I do need to sleep at some stage during the night lol.

bomb photo shoot

Journaling says

Between flies, the sun making Annie’s eyes water and Sean tunneling up his nose, this Christmas shoot was very nearly a bomb. 30th November 2008.  Annie 6 years.  Sean 2.5 years.

can now reveal after publication

farmer's gold

A sketch challenge set by Sue over at e2c. I turned the sketch anti clockwise to suit the orientation of the photos and salvaged *wink* a ribbon from one of Kym's shooting medals. Printing on the doily was frustrating, but patience and perseverance won.

Most of the sketch elements have been moved around a bit, but if you squint and hold your tongue the right way, they are all there.

can now reveal after publication.

slater's gums

headed out with shutter sister Laura last night to capture these ones. This area doesn't retain water very often or for very long and last night the skyline, the sunset, the colours and of course the company was first class.

netta girl

pretty dang proud of this girl.

significance

I love this one. It just came together. Thank goodness as Mr Mojo has been somewhat lacking of late....

Pretty darn proud of our footy and netty players today. Winning all 5 games that we were in is just huge. Very lucky as there were some very tight games.

today she is 8

At 3.10pm 8 years ago this young lady was born.

This was back in the dark ages before we went digital. All my film photos have long been scrapped. But I did borrow the School Library Digi Camera for the weekend to get our first family shots. This is one of them. Annie was born with hip displaysia otherwise known as clicky hips in her right side. She was in a hip brace for 10 weeks to correct this and it was off when she was 12 weeks old. (Made nappy changes a breeze)  :O)

Eight years later she has grown into a very polite, caring, considerate young lady. 

I'm so very proud of my first born.

10 + 10 = 20 little tootsies.

I kept this one fairly simple and unadorned with a tiny touch of pink. This is Sean's favourite colour atm so I used a little bit to remember it by.

The G man and Miss S...cont....

I'm not sure who had more fun.... me or the kids.??

LOTS more over at Tiff Firth Photography on FaceBook

Miss S and the G man

I had some visitors come out to my farm yesterday afternoon for a photo shoot. We very nearly didn't have the shoot at all. It was really dull, grey and damp in the morning and the kid's Mum and I decided between us to cancel it. By lunchtime the sun broke thru and we re contacted again. So glad we did. The evening was perfect. The breeze dropped out, the golden hour of light was soft and beautiful. The kids had a ball and all I really did was to chase them around with the camera.

I'm still processing but I am excited by what I'm seeing and I just wanted to show one as a teaser, as the rest wont be ready for a bit
 ;o)

shabby chicks

The journaling is a bit hard to read on this one but its all about a girls night out scrapping back in Oct 2008. It was such a blast.

it reads : 

Boy oh boy. Did I have some fun at the Shabby Chic  Shack scrap sleep over. We invaded the Lock Footy clubrooms for the  night.

The weather was just gross that day, hot north wind and dust. It would have been pretty bloody warm in the Footy club as the aircon wasnt working. It was still fairly toasty inside when Denise and I got there at 6pm.

Denise Easten came up with me. She is just a barrel of laughs. Every hour or so she would say, 'Rito, whats next'. I was flat out throwing ideas at her.

Her daughter knows Jane Pearce, so Denise and Jane hit it off straight away. Jane had her dymo clicking away all night.

Great to see Karen D at her creative best, once the headache disappeared. Cassandra S had her dymo busy clicking away all night on all her layouts too

Brigette Siebert is a powerhouse. Despite the shocking weather, she hosted a fundraising day for Breast Cancer and then looked after us that night. And being mid term in her pregnancy too. Thank you Brigette. I am in awe of your energy. (I bet she felt just great to just to sit and scrap since she hadn't the opportunity since January)

Love love love my new little remote control for the camera. Just worked a treat. (the group photo)

We had pizza tea. Yummy. Lots of the most bestest garlic bread I have ever tasted. I kept going back to it all night.

We all hopped into a car and did a trip down to the PUB. The girls pub that is, which is the Shabby Chic Shack. (LOL Karen). Denise thought we were actually going to the real pub. So had some retail therapy of course. Jane's hands where on the interior car roof as we yee -hawed our way to the pub

I was really pushing for a Dawn Buster. Jane cracked me up. Her definition was much different to mine. But alas, I drank too much wine and my 4am my eyes were shutting all by themselves. I very quietly snuck into my swag. Other than Brigette, who had the best reason to, I was the first one down and out. Im so soft lol. Believe me Denise let me have it next day. She outlasted all of us. Woke up, packed up, chatted for a bit while sucking down some ice coffee (surprise surprise). Left about 8.30a.

Hope the girls have another one. Not to be missed. 26.10.2008

Thanks to all the girls in the pics who gave me their ok to post this here. And there is a typo. It's Karen that know's Denise's daughter, not Jane. Thanks girls for correcting me. ;oD

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she loves to read

This is Annie reading a couple of years ago. I'm blown away with what she's reading now. One of the books that came home was about Economics. And she could read it, and understood the guts of it. Wowsers.

All the Waters Run

When it rains, the creeks run. When the creeks run, the waterfalls run. 

With permission from the landowner I went for a hike in the hills this morning. Complete with purple rain boots. ;o)

This creek has 3 levels of waterfalls. The first image in the top waterfall, the middle one is the middle photo and the bottom one is the biggie. It would have been absolutely thundering on Saturday. To put the size in context the waterfall is about as big as the tip of the roof-line of your house.

5

A dreary morning and a sunshine filled afternoon yesterday. And thank goodness the sun finally broke thru. Just in time for a 5th Birthday party. With over 20 children invited, being outside was a far better option. The kids had a ball with the puddles of water after the drenching we've had over the last few days. 

This pic was a very familiar activity yesterday.

The cake was a combined Mum and Dad effort. Mum cooked the cake, Dad decorated it. I reckon there should be a section at our local show for Dad decortated cakes. (I know of a least 2 other closet cake artists out there).

Check out the detail. Headlights, Hazard lights, the air grilles, the guy in the cab, but I do love the tracks the best. And it was YUMMY.

Happy Birthday Mr C. You are very special with our family!!

poppies

Last image from the 90th Birthday shoot yesterday.

Heaps of classics today at the 5th Birthday Party. Just about to start processing that one. The cake was awesome.... keep tuned!!

90

Just a quick shot from a 90th Birthday party that I was asked to come in to do the family photos today.

 Tomorrow is the other side of the spectrum and shooting stills at a 5th Birthday Party.

 September is THE birthday month!!  wink wink. Annie's and mine is this month too. And this very special friend is on Sunday

the birthday party

Annie turns 8 next week and with Kym being away then we had her  Birthday party today.

Plan A was to have it out at Koppio Smithy Museum. I was there a couple of weekends ago for a Camera Club walk and my kids loved it. They have a new function room there now and can assist with Birthday bookings. Annie had me booking her show there, not that I need much encouraging lol.

Mother Nature had other ideas. With a constant deluge of rain today made our already soaked soils, totally saturated. It was just not worth the drive out there on those dirt roads. (I should know as that is right where I went off the road only a couple of months ago.) And I don't need someone having an accident because of our party out there, on my conscious.

Plan B kicked into gear about an hour before the school finished for the day. Thank goodness our local bakery '5 Loaves Bakery' were able to accommodate some 15 odd kids and parents with very little notice. 

The big Treasure Hunt that I had planned became prizes for games instead. 

Thank you to all Annie's friends. You are all fantastic people.

Thank you to the Bakery for being so wonderful.

Thank you to Sandra for taking my camera in hand and donning the paparazzi hat  :o)

Thank you to all the parents for agreeing that not going to Koppio today was the most excellent idea.

reap what you sow

one to keep my man sweet.

;oD

x road

A quick one tonight. Gotta love templates!!

I'm not able to show much of the LO at all due to lots of children's faces in the photos. (Photography by Sandra btw) and I've smudged the couple you can see on the little bit here.

Journaling says   Xroad is a Christian based Club for kids to come and enjoy learning about God in a non threatening environment. It is filled with Faith, Fun and Friendship. 


From a parent's point of view, Xroads is safe. A great group of leaders and volunteers are with the Xroad kids all the time. They create a lot of craft, sing and dance a fair bit and touch on religion in a light hearted way. 


X Roads is very very popular here. At last count I think there was just over 70 kids going. That's huge!!! So I take my hat off to the core group of leaders, volunteers and the parents who help out too.


The snippets of the LO will be in the Twiddleybitz Gallery too.

pink blossoms

Plum tree flowers I think at a guess.

Just playing around and learning stuff.

:o)

Thanks Mary!!!!

Hope they bring a bit of colour to your day.