At the Lamppost

With the first two days of snow completely dedicated to mad sledding fun, I was able to sneak in a quick shoot before day three of sledding began. Inspired again by Pinterest, we dusted off an old lantern and pulled a basket out of the closet to see what we could come up with. I'm not going to lie to you, I am in love with how these turned out. They seem to me to have a Narnia-esque feel to them with the snow and the lamppost. The whole world is so entirely quiet in the snow. The hustle and bustle of the thousand things that needed to be done all seem to be muffled by the silence of falling snow.

"And, for this is the end of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all lived happily ever after. But, for them, it was only the beginning of the real story. All their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia had only been the cover, and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on Earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before." 

-C.S. Lewis

Chesterton Quote of the Day

"Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, and The Book of Job because all life is a riddle."

-G.K. Chesterton, Defendant

Fairy tales

It was Kid's Choice Thursday again for P365+1. It was Emma's so she scrolled through my Pinterest folder to find an inspiration shot and to provide a break from homework. She found one to get us started and went to work. A pile of lumber makes for a great prop in a pinch. She even tried a few shots with her eyes closed because she thought it would be pretty. They made me think of fairy tale type shots... an almost magical feel to them.

This was a quick shot so she could see the progress on growing out her hair... man, it's getting long!

I saw this on Pinterest the other day, and thought it was a reminder for getting better results with your DSLR. Don't have a DSLR, many of these options can be used with the features on a Point & Shoot digital camera.

Chesterton quote of the day:

“Fairy tales are more than true;

not because they tell us that dragons exist, 

but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
-G.K. Chesterton

Vintage Inspired

 

When I talked to the girls about doing Project 365 again especially for the sake of providing Daddy with pictures of his growing girls while he was gone, they asked if there could be "Kid's Choice" days each week where they'd pick the idea and/or location for the photos. Today was Torrey's choice, so she browsed through my Pinterest Photography board and found the above Old Hollywood style shot as inspiration. After a little hair curling action and digging out a vintage hat we were ready. These were the shots we came up with, the first as Torrey's pick for picture of the day.

Killing Time

School started in our district today, however the girls are going to a private school this year, and thus have a few more days before school starts.  After practicing their morning routine for the start of school, doing some chores and then reading we were poking around on Pinterest looking for some hairdo ideas. Emma decided she wanted to try this one out. 

We modified it a little to make it kid-friendly (i.e. to make it last all day through kid play). All in all not a terrible way to kill some time on a Thursday afternoon.