Happy Halloween!

Tonight was the night! I finally got around to taking some pictures of the house all dressed up for Halloween. There are a few more I need to take at night with the spotlights on so will post those later.

Here is a wide angle to get the whole house in. My favourites are the picket fence and the spider up on the second story.



Close up of the spider and to the right is her egg sack:




Spider family on the front porch.



The big headstones are made out of Styrofoam. They are so real looking!



Skull getting picked clean by a rat:



Scary zombie guy:



Skeleton guy coming out of the ground:




Posted this one below but here you have it again:




My oldest as a zombie:






Youngest is a skeleton:





This was the big show piece this year, moving ghost in the window:




Here is the wooden frame and whole contraption to make the ghost move. It was powered by a BBQ rotisserie motor.


Just a shot of the yard at night:



Edited to add a picture of us at a Halloween party from Saturday night. I was an 80's aerobic instructor and my husband was Nacho Libre!



And there is me in the background, these are our friends the porno director and the hippie girl.

Lensbaby

What a beautiful fall day it was today. Most of the leaves are gone now, but the weather was beautiful. Winter is imminent. Better enjoy it while we can.

These are some shots I took today with my Lensbaby 3G. In case you are not familiar with this lens, it is a selective focus lens that gives a "sweet spot" of focus in the center that is surrounded by lens blur. You push, pull and tilt the bellows lens until you get the sweet spot where you want, then manually adjust the focus. You can fine tune the sweet spot to a precise point and shoot away. The aperture is selected by drop-in magnetic discs that vary in size from f/2.8 - f/22. It's a fun lens to play with but it takes some time and patience to get the hang of it.

www.lensbaby.com

Here are a couple from today:

There was a weird cloud system moving in this afternoon that left a distinct straight line in the sky where the system ended. It was pretty strange looking as it stretched completely across the sky as far as the eye could see in either direction. You can see it here in this picture of a group of poplars:


Just a bunch of dead leaves on horizontal branches:


Fallen, dead, decaying tree:


Some little bug's house:


More dead stuff:

A black and white of the poplars:


Enjoy!

Halloween House

Halloween is a big deal at our house, my husband goes crazy with the decorations. Just have time to post one scary skeleton coming out of the ground.



I'll post more later.

Weekend at the Farm

We went to my in laws farm this weekend for Thanksgiving. The boys always have such a fun time out there, they are true farm kids. Even the dog loves it.
The kids spent the afternoon shooting the pellet and BB guns, here are some pictures of that:

Grandpa and Uncle setting up the target:



Taking shots:









This is my nephew shooting a coke can off the fence post. It ripped a big hole in the side of the can and coke exploded everywhere. He was so shocked!





Don't shoot Grandpa in the butt!


Showing off his mad target shooting skillz:



Here are some images from around the farm:



Old abandoned tractor steering wheel:


Swather:


Rust:

1964 Chevy:


Rusty hook:


I don't know what the heck this thing is! Is Grandpa building WMD on the farm??

This is an old, cratered honeywagon:


Pretty wood grain:


Weeds. Why do I like taking pictures of weeds??


That's all I have processed for now. If you want to see more of the farm, see my smugmug site:

http://candratinis.smugmug.com/gallery/3570410_BRrwk#394277774_Lae49

Carousel Ride

These were taken during the same tourist walk-about at West Edmonton Mall as the post below. These are of the Carousel inside Fantasyland. I love panning shots like these:

I was born on a pirate ship

My kid had a birthday party at WEM today so after I dropped him off, I wandered around taking pictures like a total tourist.
These are of the Santa Maria pirate ship that is located at Deep Sea Adventures.