Macro Monday

Well, as I type it is Monday afternoon. The morning was too busy to afford an opportunity to write a blog post. By lunchtime, it was sunny and 68 degrees! Pretty good weather for November.
I looked out and saw one of my little bird-voiced tree frogs!
So, assuming no one is tired of tree frogs yet, here are my macro shots for today.
What struck me as especially interesting about this particular frog is how dirty he was. If you look closely you can see bits of dirt and even a feather stuck to him.






Hop on over to Lisa's Chaos to see what everyone else found today!

Well, I'm off to play outside!

-Susan

Black and White Wednesday

I have had some wonderful tree frog encounters lately. There was one that was almost white with sea foam green on his back. Another was light gray with distinct patterns on his back. Well, even after trying to edit to make the color look like it really did, I thought these would work better in black and white. This is a Bird-voiced Tree Frog with sea foam green on his back. He's a tiny little thing, no bigger than an inch.

Also, this week, I got a Canon Canoscan 8800F. The scanner hasn't been working on my printer for a while, but the big selling point for me is that this thing will scan negatives, several at a time. How cool is that?
It would be a lie to say it was easy to set up on my computer, but that's Hubby's department. It's still really easy to use. I have been going through a shoe box full of pictures and negatives. Grandma left massive amounts of photos, but few of her.
I didn't take the next two photos, but I did get permission from the photographer's next of kin.


Here is my beautiful mommy on her second birthday.
Notice the icing on her fingers and the cake showing.


Here she is with my beautiful grandmother. Losing my grandmother was one of the hardest things I have ever experienced. I'm glad she left so many photos behind.
If you still have a grandmother, go hug her now.

Stop by The Long Road to China for more Black and White Wednesday.

-Susan