Winter – Page 11 – M. Sullivan Photography

February 27, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Birds, Family, Flowers, Photos, Skiing, Vacation

Week In Review

A quick recap of our week and a few gratuitous photos…

My Valentine’s bouquet still has blossoms. The irises finished last week, but the lilies are still blooming. Here is one of the stargazer lilies a few days ago.

The ice in the harbor made an unusual pattern last week.

The kids enjoyed a week off from school during their winter break last week. They spent three days with some old daycare friends. Mike and I took the other two days off from work to make for a long weekend with the kids. We spent Thursday skiing and enjoyed a night away from home by using a gift certificate for a local hotel (with a pool for the kids, of course).

Sophia had a playdate with a good friend on Saturday. They built a snowman in the front yard.

Sunday was spent at Chester Bowl. Mike was volunteering as a ski patrol while Sophia competed in her first ski race of the season. Sebastian wasn’t feeling well, but came with to help cheer her on.

There was a near full moon on Sunday night. I was with Sebastian while we took Daphne for a walk. The moon was golden while it was rising up from the lake. This is what it looked like by the time we got back to the house.

Yesterday’s sunrise was quite beautiful. I wish I had been down by the lake taking photos. Instead, I stood outside my front door in my bathrobe snapping a few pictures before I got too cold and had to go inside.

These ducks have been hanging around in open water near the slip bridge at the harbor.

Mike just informed me that it is after ten o’clock and time to wrap it up. My alarm at 5:30am comes way too soon. Until next time.

February 13, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Animals, Family, Flowers

Amaryllis Revisited, Visitors, Big Red Mixer & The Course

The second set of flowers are now opening on my amaryllis. The first stalk had four flowers. The second has three. This poor amaryllis plant has been photographed way too much. To give the pictures a twist, I added a touch of Photoshop magic.

We had some visitors to our backyard recently. A couple of neighborhood deer stopped by to add to the destruction of our shrubs.

After I knocked on the glass of our dining room window, she turned to look at me. I guess the snow fell from the higher branches and landed right on her face. Poor thing (insert sarcasm here).

My recent purchase. Isn’t it beautiful? We christened it by making a batch of banana muffins. The were delicious.

Here is the new and improved sledding course. A whole new design for 2013. Sebastian has been working on it the past few evenings after our big snowstorm on Sunday (his Dad helped too). The extra nine inches of snow allowed him to bank up the sides and create a nice curve at the bottom.

January 29, 2013 M. Sullivan Photography Daphne, Family, Photos, Weather

Dry Spell

I haven’t had my camera out much lately. It seems there has been little to photograph. It is the dead of winter, it is just getting light when I leave for work and dark when I get home. There is nothing growing outside. No gardens to photograph. No outdoor sports events to take pictures of the kids at. I did get a small bit of inspiration after seeing Daphne soaking up the sun by the front window this past weekend. I took a few pictures of our lovely boxer and somehow managed to sweet-talk Sebastian and Sophia into letting me photograph them also. So here are a few pictures from our spontaneous mini photo shoot.

Some behind the scenes details…

I balanced a dog bone toy on my head to get Daphne to look at me. A little gross since it had dried dog slobber on it, but it worked. I took a shower afterwards. 🙂
I thought about Photoshopping the big gap in Sebastian’s smile along with the pointy tooth coming in. Then I realized that it may look a little funny, but that’s what being twelve and losing your teeth is all about.
I should have made Sebastian take off his Twins knit hat, but didn’t want to push my luck. He doesn’t usually agree to let me take pictures of him. I decided I should take what I can get.

I also snapped a few pictures with my iPhone yesterday morning after arriving to work. The sun was coming out and the dense fog was beginning to lift. I wished that I had taken my Canon with me for the day, but the iPhone did just fine.