Songbird Hollow

Rule of Thirds

2012-01-04T20:15:00.004-05:00

For Scott Thomas' photo assignment:

http://viewsinfinitum.com/2012/01/04/assignment-17-rule-of-thirds/

Before cropping, straight out of the camera:

After cropping (and clicking "enhance" in iPhoto):

I think if you click on the image, you'll get the full size.

If I didn't "get it" then maybe I need to win the prize! LOL.

This was taken from a moving vehicle with a point and shoot, so I consider myself lucky to have gotten anything.

(Edited to correct the title to "thirds". Oops! I must have been thinking "Leaves of Three".)

This is Fred Weasley

2010-02-07T09:43:00.002-05:00

His brother George was renamed Strider and lives with one of our vet techs.

snOMG #2

2010-02-06T15:37:00.002-05:00

snOMG

2009-12-20T19:17:00.002-05:00

We got about 2 feet of snow this weekend. It's the most we've had since we moved here, and we had to hire someone to clear our driveway so we can get out. This is the goat/chicken yard. It's not easy getting out there to tend the animals. I'm afraid my travel plans for Xmas are going to be cancelled as I can't leave them, especially if their predictions of more snow on Xmas Eve are true.

I love to watch the dogs run through the snow chutes. It's like a doggy luge!

Equal time for Belle

2009-09-27T08:57:00.002-05:00

Beware of false Sharpies

2009-09-27T08:41:00.004-05:00

Scrappy

2009-09-27T08:35:00.003-05:00

Looks like trouble.

Sherando Lake

2009-06-14T11:46:00.005-05:00

Last weekend we went kayaking and hiking at Sherando Lake. Click on photos for supersize.

Today's Haul

2009-06-13T13:30:00.004-05:00

I checked the donation boxes this morning and I collected $304.09 for the Orange County Humane Society today! And this is what it looks like.

Morning Walk

2009-06-06T08:17:00.004-05:00

Some scenes from my morning walk. Is it any wonder it's called Lover's Lane?

Snake and Egg

2009-05-29T18:12:00.002-05:00

Not steak and eggs!

Kittens at 6 weeks

2009-05-21T17:26:00.007-05:00

The kittens are 6 weeks old! Here is Mr. Stripey:

Then there is Gracie:

Followed by Fred Weasley:

And George Weasley:

And this is Callie, aka Sushi (look at her leg - looks just like a piece of salmon!)

Mama cat is really a good mother and is starting to teach them about wild game.

Awwww

2009-04-25T11:23:00.003-05:00

Kittens

2009-04-18T08:14:00.003-05:00

Pile o' kitties!

Goatly Visitors

2009-04-03T09:10:00.005-05:00

I'm off work today, and I heard a knock at the front door.

The goats wanted to visit the pond.

I'll be back when the hostas get a little bigger.

Weekend in Vegas

2009-03-29T18:52:00.005-05:00

For Bob's birthday, I took him to Vegas.

Drinks by the pool:

Relaxing.

Give Peas a Chance

2009-03-18T19:06:00.003-05:00

I always chuckle when I see this cab.

Loldog I made

2009-03-14T18:39:00.001-05:00

moar funny pictures

I love this quote

2009-03-14T18:12:00.002-05:00

"Now, I’ve done some pretty spiritual things in my life. I’ve watched the sun rise over the Acropolis, in Athens. I’ve hiked in the red rocks of Sedona and felt the power of the mystical vortices. I’ve seen Barbra Streisand live on her farewell tour, twice. And yet none of these experiences comes close to what I’ve felt when I’ve adopted an animal.

This world seems so out of control at times—and you can feel absolutely powerless to have a hand in changing any of it. But when you adopt an animal, you create a little miracle. You right a little bit of what’s gone wrong on this harebrained planet of ours. You feel like every superhero rolled into one, because you took something dark and awful and made it light again."

Carol Leifer, in When You Lie About Your Age, the Terrorists Win, 2009.

OMG!

2009-02-27T18:34:00.001-05:00

more fail, owned and pwned pics and videos

Roots

2008-12-07T11:20:00.003-05:00

Wow, has it really been so long? I guess it has. My life has changed a lot over the last 16 months. In January we made the jump from vegetarian to vegan. We lost Magic and Roger in September. I started getting into genealogy, though I haven't had a whole lot of time to spend on it. Here's a photo I took at Maymont last summer.

Trapped

2007-08-28T19:35:00.001-05:00

A bug was trapped on our screened porch.

So was a butterfly.

At the fair

2007-08-28T19:31:00.000-05:00

I love the dreamy quality of this one.

That Princess Attitude

2007-08-28T19:28:00.001-05:00

I took this at the Orange County Fair last month. The 4H Goat Club sponsored a costume parade and all the entries were cute. This girl definitely was letting her power get to her head.

What Would Jesus Drive?

2007-08-28T19:24:00.000-05:00

Seen in Nags Head, NC. He works at a souvenir shop!

Not my barn (but I wish it was)

2007-05-18T09:17:00.001-05:00

A cow named "BOB"?

2007-05-18T09:14:00.001-05:00

Throw the stick

2007-05-18T09:11:00.001-05:00

Looking for a skipping stone

2007-05-18T09:08:00.000-05:00

Flowers in a Wheelbarrow

2007-05-18T09:04:00.000-05:00

From the Garden Week tour of Locust Hill Farm. Hooray for Spring!

Sakura

2007-03-30T08:01:00.000-05:00

So much for New Year's Resolutions. I haven't had time to post any photos lately, although I am making an effort to take them. This is one of the cherry trees in our yard. The other day it was alive with bumblebees, and when the cherries come, so will the cedar waxwings. They appear in great flocks for a day or two, and then they're gone. That's Spring for ya.

Strange

2007-02-13T17:07:00.000-05:00

Super deluxe car wash.

Frosty cow

2007-02-07T20:46:00.000-05:00

I took this photo last month, when an overnight frost was actually unusual. Now we've had two measurable snowfalls, but today's melted before I got any photos. I'm just glad that my internets is back!

Farm Visitor

2007-01-24T07:41:00.000-05:00

Some kids are naturals with kids.

Magic

2007-01-16T20:49:00.000-05:00

Magic is our blind-from-birth beagle.

MacBook/Photo Booth/Pop Art

Well this is fun!

2007-01-13T09:30:00.000-05:00

Taken with our MacBook using Photobooth and the thermal camera effect. I can see I will be playing with this program a lot.

And the walls...

2007-01-10T19:51:00.000-05:00

...come tumbling down. They are demolishing the building between our lab (on left) and the bank (with columns) on West Main Street. I am itching to salvage some of those bricks for use around my house.

Buzzard Tree

2007-01-03T20:31:00.000-05:00

One day I came home and found all these turkey vultures sitting on my roof. It was creepy; kind of like finding the Dark Mark over one's house. Thankfully, they decided to move into this tall tree and have been living there ever since.

New Year's Project

2007-01-02T12:24:00.000-05:00

In an effort to take more photos in 2007, I am going to attempt to post a photo a week (at least) for the new year. I just got a Canon PowerShot SD600 Digital Elph, which so far I really like. It's tiny, so hopefully I will always have it handy to document what's going on at our farm and in our lives. I expect that there will lots of animal photos as well as pictures of the beautiful scenery we have here in central Virginia. Most of the photos will be directly out of the camera; if I do any editing I will be sure to note it.

We also have a Nikon D70, which is primarily my husband's camera. I'm sure he will make a few guest appearances here.