Fenwick in the Evening

I love living close to the beach. Living in southern Delaware means that we are close to Ocean City, MD and Fenwick Island, Bethany and Rehobeth Beach all in Delaware.

On Wednesday, Jason called me from work and asked if we wanted to meet him after work to go to the beach for a couple of hours. He works close to Fenwick, so I got the kids ready, packed our bag and was there when he got off work.

When we got to the beach it was perfect. Barely any crowd, cool sand, warm breeze and even the water was much warmer than when we first went a couple of weeks ago.

Mia still loves the water more than any kid I've ever seen. She immediately heads for the water's edge and stays there playing in the waves until we drag her out to go home.

The tide was high and there was quite an undertow that evening so Jason made Mia stick close and hold his hands.

Daddy dug them a "pool" to splash in.

Anakin doesn't play in the water as much, still choosing to play in the sand and dig for sand crabs.

Mia did come out of the water long enough to lay in the sand and become a mermaid. :)

My favorite shots of the day:

Procrastination

All day long I kept putting off getting out my camera. "I'll do it later." I never did it later.

Frankly, I'm bored. I am tired of being stuck inside. I'm tired of snow, of muck and mud, of cold weather and cloudy days. I'm tired of my boring house. Right now, very little inspires me and I'm in a complete rut. I need Spring. Badly.

My imagination is on winter hiatus.

So, I left it until that last minute. Until I realized the day was almost over and I had nothing to share. My husband is sleeping on the couch next to me and the 13 year old is socializing on the computer. As usual. So I got them both. LOL

Notice the earbuds in his ears? Yeah, that's so he can totally shut us out. I wish that would work for me. Instead they just get louder and badger me to death. LOL

My day

Sick kid:

Beat down husband:

I should have known last night when Mia was so cranky that she was getting sick. She woke up this morning with a fever and congestion. Overall she's just cranky and achy. We've had to resort to alternating tylenol and motrin to keep the fever down. Her appetite is low, but she's drinking plenty of water so I'm sure she'll be better in a day or two.

As for my husband? He's spent more time the past week, shoveling snow and ice than doing anything else. We are now getting the third storm in the last week and a half. Just this weekend we were slammed with the lovely blizzard of 2010 and now were expecting another 6-12 inches.

We're ready for Spring.

Experimenting Again

Today I spent more time with my Lightscoop. I have to say that I'm even happier than I was yesterday. Today I spent more time playing with settings and seeing exactly what it could do. The reccomended settings for use are ISO 800 and shooting wide open with the shutter speed at 1/200th. It's also reccomended to shoot with the flash exposure compensation at +1 to +2.

Today I mainly shot at ISO 200 and the flash compensation at +1 at the most. I'm sure a lot of that has to do with my tiny home and low ceilings, but it was great to get such wonderful results with a lower ISO.

I guess even 13 year olds get upset when their heart lollipops break. LOL

Some before and afters:

I got a new toy!!

I have been considering getting a lightscoop for awhile and finally ordered one last week. It arrived today and I finally got to pull it out this evening and check it out. I was immediately impressed and am glad I bought it.

Don't ask, as I have no idea. LOL

Typical teenage exuberance.

Tonight Claudia was also playing with her Flytech Lightstar that she got for Christmas, and I got these shots. The focus isn't perfect because I didn't bother to get out my tripod. I can't wait to play with it more. Fun for long shutter speeds.