If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times. ~ Saint Augustine of Hippo
Iris blossoms are one of my favorite flowers. They hold a lot of memories for me from when I was growing up. When I was twelve, we moved from our trailer house in a tiny truck-stop/mining town to a real house in a real city. A real house! I was so excited! One of the first things I noticed about our new house was there were three huge bushes full of iris blossoms. They were so beautiful! I loved to pick flowers for my mom when I was little (and still do actually! May Day brought a nice little bouquet of lilacs and irises to my mom 
).
Every spring we lived in that house, I’d pick bunches of iris blossoms for my mom! I’ve always wanted to plant my own iris bushes, so a couple years ago I finally got some. They turned out to be dwarf ones so they don’t grow very big. That was a bit of a disappointment, but I got over it! I love them now and I love that now my girls love them and pick them for me!
This photo was taken with my 50mm lens: f/1.4, 1/320 sec., ISO 100. I processed it in Photoshop CS3, scroll down to see a before & after!
The 365 Project is still going strong! Well, trying to at least! This has been such a fun thing to do this year, and I have to admit, it’s been a little tough. I’ve missed some days here and there but it’s ok. I went back and looked at my photos from the beginning of the year and I was amazed! I think I have already come so far in my photography! I can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings!
I am going to be posting my 365 photos on Mondays now. I think it will be a lot easier to keep up with, for posting on my blog. So, here are last week’s photos!
April 26, 2010 – 116 { 365 } … Taken with my 50mm lens: f/1.4, 1/640 sec., ISO 100.
April 27, 2010 – 117 { 365 } … Taken with my 50mm lens with 2 extension tubes attached (36mm and 20mm): f/4.5, 1/40 sec., ISO 200.
April 28, 2010 – 118 { 365 } … Taken with my 50mm lens: f/1.4, 1/2500 sec., ISO 100.
May 1, 2010 – 121 { 365} … Taken with my 50mm lens: f/1.4, 1/1000 sec., ISO 100.
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It’s Sweet Shot Tuesday again! We took a walk in the park the other day… the weather has been so warm and sunny! Just perfect for being outside! Too bad we’re getting rain and cooler weather the next few days. I was thinking spring might be here to stay but I guess not!
Anyways, on our walk we came across this squirrel. The girls thought it was so neat! I didn’t want to get too close, he was a feisty little thing! But I only have a 50mm lens so I had to get a bit close to get any good pictures! This is one of my favorites.
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