Happy Worldwide Pinhole Photo Day!

This is my zero image submission to the WWPPD site this year.


An alternate. Fake flower in a puddle left over from a Mexican wedding.


The weather was really too grey this year. I like pinhole photos that are either really contrasty/greyscale or super saturated with color.

2009 pinhole image (since I never posted it here). It's a reflection of the sun in a puddle on my driveway.


The good news. I am slowly mastering printing!

Where are all the rest?

After we do a bunch of photos, this is what she asks me. I don't know. Most people don't understand the difference between good and bad light. Here are some in bad light (since she went through the trouble of humoring me while I snapped away).

Granola girl


Ruler of the Underworld in Pink Hearts


Serious play time

Day Off: Homeschool

Sometimes I like to give her a day off from the public school madness and do something that actually seems meaningful. We went to Wright Woods for a nature hike, wrote some friendly letters to relatives, did "book club", and watched a video about volcanoes. Some things we talked about on our hike...

Pollen, fragrance, bees


Why do vines grow on those rocks in the middle of the woods?



Glaciers


Why some flowers have "hair"


The symmetry of webs


Reasons these are shaped like umbrellas


How a fern and moss are different



Life sprouting from the dead


Poisonous?





How many types of fungi there must be



Fall leftovers


Tip ups make good animal homes



Late bloomers


These


Reasons animals we thought were nocturnal are out


Can cameras record reflections?


And then to the park for recess.

Project finished!

My kitchen project is essentially done. Yesterday was the final day of plumbing after the countertops were installed. Goal complete: a modern, budget friendly, functional, easy to clean kitchen. I have one last piece of trim and then I'll touch up the walls.


The Kitchen Weeble spread her fairy sawdust and made sure the contractors did well by her. She's been on my window sill for a few years now. Has anyone in the house even noticed her?!


Because integrated sinks are so coolly hygenic and ergonomic at once...