Spring Break in KY

Once again we took our spring break at Granny and Papa's house.  Unfortunately, this year wasn't very warm.  We had a bit of sunshine the first day, and after that it snowed . . . and kept snowing!  We spent most of the week indoors.  Here are some pictures :)

Flowers are in bloom.  If they survived the March snow.

Bible study at the house on Sunday :)

Don't  you just love Papa's Bible?

A lot of Solitaire was played! 

Movies were watched.

Kitty cats joined us in front of the fire :D

And Aly decided we needed to model, after about 10 hours of America's Next Top Model.  Exclusively at Granny's house ;)

Doesn't she look like Emma Watson/Hermione?

December 19

A picture of our Christmas box.  It is like an advent; every day, leading up to Christmas, there is something in the box!

Rory is helping with some last minute presents!

New Camera Trial!

Soooooo.....I finally got my own camera!  first time I got it out, I decided to take some snapshots of the cats so I had an opportunity to play with my settings and press the buttons XD

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Cute Kitties

My Kitties!

. . . ^^ That about sums it up ;)

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Cat Speech Bubbles

I had some fun giving my cats phrases in speech bubbles XD

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Rory with Speech Bubble

This is what I found Rory doing this morning.  Like a true photographer, I ran and got my camera instead of getting him off the curtains. . .    XD

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Fuzzy Snuggle

Tonight Rory came to cuddle with me.  When I moved, he didn't, instead staying to lay on the warm blanket.   So I draped the end I had been using over him.  He stayed just like that, sleeping, all snuggled up, for a while.  SO CUTE!!!!  

I am not sure which is my favorite, but I am quite partial to the third and fourth :)

My Boys ^_^

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Knitting during Hamlet

I spent the afternoon watching Hamlet (staring David Tennant!) and knitting ^_^  I was making this little hat, which turned out to be the perfect size for Aly's American Girl doll... and apparently Rory!  Doesn't he look so adorable in this hat?  We know everybody loves a Fuzzy Snuggle ;)

This version of Hamlet was amazing!  The first movie of this play I have seen, and my favorite of the Shakespeare movies we have seen so far.  

The movie was also relatively clean.  There was one short but crude scene, perhaps not appropriate for younger audiences.  Also a part or two that might need moderated for some guys (depending on your standards.)  Other than that, the movie was amazing.  The language was not a problem, as it was all Shakespeare's words.  David Tennant's interpretation of some of Hamlet's lines was beyond genius.  Though  his hair needed messed up in the beginning of the movie, I have no complaints of him in this role! 

To be, or not to be...

His emotion was amazing.  

He also manged to pull of the madness of Hamlet with humor and kept the audience captivated!  Though I did seem to expect him to pull out a sonic screwdriver... (too much Doctor Who!)

All the other actors were amazing also.  I was just a bit focused on this amazing actor who played the doctor XD  It was well worth the three + hours we spent watching this!  We managed to consume quite a few Oreos, Twizzlers, and (I at least) had a lot of popcorn :D  This would definitely be a movie I will watch again.  I am finding Shakespeare to be so very enjoyable!

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Amelia Pond playing in her miniature pond

This is what Amelia does for fun.  She plays in her water bowl.  She thinks its a swimming pool.  She likes to get her paws in it and play with the water.  Rory has thought it fun as well, and has splashed her.  But alas, I don't have a picture of that.

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Rory!

Another picture of Rory.  I'm sure you nonexistent readers don't get tired of seeing photos of him ;)  He was sleeping on my bed today.  He looks so cute and innocent!  Of course, this was taken before he spent the evening trying to get into the garbage can.  And after he spent the morning trying to retrieve my Steak N' Shake milkshake out of the trash as well.  Oh Rory....

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Kitty Cats!

Here are a few more of the pictures I took of the kitties :)

Sparkles, my old and rather grumpy cat (though I love him all the same),  and Rory, my new and fluffy kitten.  Rory thinks they are BFFs, though Sparkles is not certain.  However, they share one rather important interest - kitty treats!  That is what they are looking at in that picture.  Of course they aren't looking at me.

Amelia truly wanted no part of this.  I think she slept several hours after her first photography experience.  For all her prettiness, it was quite hard to get a picture of her that was not blurry.

And Rory.  He is so pretty!  I affectionately call him fuzzy snuggles.

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Christmas Card

So this year, on October 31st, we brought home two new kittens!!!   I don't have super great pictures of them even still, but this week I took some Christmas pictures of the kitties.  Not surprisingly, they didn't fancy staying still for a whole 1/500th of a second.  These were, possibly, the best I had of each.  Though I had another very good one of Rory (that I haven't cropped/edited yet) it didn't quite show his Santa coat!  Isn't he adorable?  The very essence of adorableness.  It's so fluffy!   

                               Rory

Amelia                                       Sparkles

                          

Notes:

1. Rory did not like the Santa coat.  He got his paws out of it, then when I put them back in he growled.

2. Amelia hissed several times when I tried to get her to wear that ribbon.  She also tried to pick it up in her mouth and run away with it.  She must not have realized it was attached to her anyway.

3. Sparkles can be bribed with treats.

4. Rory thinks he can be bribed, but really only goes to get the treat and not do his part of the agreement.

5. Mom tried to help by keeping the kitty cats interested.  Yet Amelia wanted that bow off.  NOW.  Sparkles and Rory, well, let's just say they were more interested in the food than the camera.

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Spring Break

For Spring Break this year my sister and I packed and headed to our grandparents house! I was allowed to take the Cannon with me (the camera, not the kind that goes on a Pirate Ship) and have taken a few pictures. Well...maybe more than a few, but since there are less than a hundred, I think "few" is a decent term for my average amount ;) It's a good time to practice my photography! Still, I ended up shooting several over exposed (several in this sense meaning about ten. ~ Few=hundred; Several=ten. Aren't you getting this?) I have a few fun pictures as well. Don't worry, I'm not posting them all, but I thought I'd post some at least :)

This is Toby. I had to get at least one of him in here *grin*

This is O'mally and Papa. O'mally wanted inside. Papa could care less, or so it would seem. *wink*

Aly's latest fascination: tadpoles and frogs. Here are some of the tadpoles we found in the creak. She caught a frog today, but I have yet to get a picture. I shall eventually.

Three very pretty flowers! I've been practicing shooting on "manual" some, but I don't remember which ones were and which ones were not. I believe the last one was shot on manual, but the other two were not. Rather annoying that I can't keep up with my own setting.

And this is the same flower I showed first, only edited. I just kind of played with the background and then edited the flower itself a bit. Just playing with Photoshop tools. :)

All for now!

Skyeler