Stuff and Nonsense

What a week its been! We've done more cattle work; I've had my first newborn/ family portrait photo shoot; I've been to Food Tales with Julie Goodwin; we've been to our neighbours place for dinner; my old girl dog has had to have x-rays on her leg and our boy dog got his cast off his broken leg; I have also been doing my courses and taking 'other' photos!

My first newborn/ family portraits were with friends and their 20 day new little Mr. He was a wriggly, squirmy, unsettled little man who made me work HARD for every shot I got! I had all the appropriate 'boy' props at the ready. However as he was unsettled, they went out the window as I had to capture him when he was quiet and that was when he was being held. I still had alot of fun doing the shoot though and I am excited to do my next one on Saturday!

Here is a family shot from the other day.

On Friday, Julie Goodwin was in town as a part of the Food Tales promotion that is on at the moment. It was a lovely morning. We listened to Julie's story about being on Materchef and how that experience has impacted on her life. We also discussed memories we have that are built on/ around food. Julie asked us all to write something relating to food and she is hoping that we put it on her blog. I thought that I wiould share my story here as well...

"It was a Saturday morning and there was a buzz in the air. I, being four, had no idea why mum and dad were so busy. I just kept running and playing, until I heard "Suzanne, its time for you to have a bath". I was instantly confused as the sun was still out. "But why Mummy?" "Because we have people coming for dinner." No names were mentioned, just 'people'. I enter the house and am greeted with the aroma of yumminess! Mum HAD been busy and the delicious smells attested to that. "Right" she said "Go and have a bath and put on the dress that I have ironed and put on the end of your bed. And don't waste time!" That's when I noticed Dad in his suit. Wow, I thought, I wonder who 'people' are?
I hurriedly had my bath, donned the dress and re-entered the kitchen. Mum finished smoothing the top of a cheesecake and put it in the fridge when she reached for my hair brush and roughly plaited my hair.
It was now time for mum to get ready. "Stay out of the fridge Suzanne, don't touch anything." That cheesecake was all too tempting, so I had to put my finger in it! I didn't realise that I would leave a tell-tale sign that I hadn't obeyed mum. She reappeared looking lovely and proceeded to get a 'tupperware' container and lid and then she poured cream into the container. She added a couple of teaspoons of icing sugar to the cream, put the lid on the container and started shaking it around like mad. She was walking around, still shaking the container, observing the table; looking at my hair, ensuring everything was just so. Then the doorbell rang. It seemed almost simultaneously, the lid came off the container and suddenly mum was covered in cream! It was everywhere!
To this day, I cannot remember anything else of this night; no idea who 'people' were; no idea what we ate. I cannot even remember if I got into trouble for touching the cheesecake. My memory of this night, ends with mum covered in cream!"

Here is a photo of everyone who attended and Julie Goodwin

And of course there was a Super Moon. Here is my shot of it

Hope you have a fabulous day!