A Way to Pass the Time? Get Ghostly

  With all of this snow we've gotten these past two weeks, my family and I have had to stay at home more than is usual for us. It's definitely been a long two weeks. Not that I don't like being at home with my parents; I do! I love it when they're both home for the day. This last week alone we've watched movies together (some of my favorites), laughed together (which we do quite often anyway), and just had fun. But it's still hard to stay completely un-bored when at home for the whole day every day.

  So a couple of days ago, I was messing around with my camera--as I tend to do when there is nothing else to do--and I got the idea that I would love to take some ghost pictures. I was home alone, so I quickly got dressed in all white, set my camera up on it's nifty tripod, then commenced running and jumping around in front of said camera like the maniac I am. And I actually got a couple of cool looking pictures, believe it or not. It also helped me pass some time rather quickly.

  I also did some more ghost pictures with my mom the night afterwards, and they turned out really good. I made it where she was whole but I was a ghost beside her, all see through and just half there. So fun. I love how you can do all sorts of awesome things with photography!

   I would love to put some of these ghost pictures up but my computer is acting up on me (again) and the pictures won't load. Maybe I can get them up sometime later??

  But for right now, I need to get some writing done in one of my books! I'm in a very important part and I need to get it written before I forget all that I have in my head. That's happened more often than I would like to admit...:)

Snowy Snow Days

Wow! It's been a long time since I've seen so much snow! And I really can't remember a time where we could not even get out of our own driveway because of it.

I love snow. I love the way it glistens in the sunlight, the way the snowflakes land in my hair, how it crunches under my boots as I walk...I even love the way the snow makes me so cold I have to hurry back inside before my fingers freeze off! I know, I'm weird. :)

And since we got so much snow this week, I decided to bundle up and make my way outside for some pictures. Most of them were just taken to show how snowed in we were, but I guess some of them might be pretty. You be the judge, okay?

This was what the view from my porch was during the "blizzard".

I zoomed in on some little birds pecking around on the ground, too, because there were several of them and they were, well, cute. :)

I took this one of Jake when I was warming up inside...Maybe that's why he looks so sad.

Don't let those sweet, brown eyes fool you, folks. This dog is not as innocent as he appears. Do I need to put up the picture I took of him chewing the nozzel of our yard hose to pieces?

How wonderful. A dead plant covered with snow.

Aw, man, my shoes are untied! It's a miracle I didn't trip and fling my camera into the snow.