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Catch The Moment Week #12

The theme for the week is spring and it sure doesn’t feel like spring around here. I think we may have had one day above freezing all week. The birds are starting to make their appearance in the area. We even saw snow geese by Devils Lake, ND. The snow is still leaving us with the intense rays from the sun, believe it or not! Here are my pics from the week…

It turns out our granddaughter, Mollie-Jayne is like the rest of the girls in the family. She loves eating at the Japanese steak house too! I think she had 3 plates of noodles!

Sadie Sadie Sadie. She fell asleep with her head in my purse.

The boys had a haircut day. This is the shortest time they’ve gone in between cuts – only 3 months!

Saturday we headed north to Canada for parts. I love the signs they use. We don’t have cool signs like this to get the point across.

Sunday afternoon we went for an airplane ride. Below is Frost Fire Mountain Ski Area in the Pembina Gorge.

Yet another one of my sunrise pictures as it was about to emerge from the horizon.

The view from our mailbox. I’ve been trying to capture the snow melting by taking a picture from the same spot every few days. The snow is not melting in our yard – we have one big sheet of ice! I thought it was neat the way this one turned out with the sun similar to Sarah’s last week. I also found that 1/60 shutter speed seems to be the right setting on my 18-55mm lens for the sun-rays. The little specs in the sky are from my pitted windshield and a lens flare. I dug out my 18-55mm lens this week, it had been neglected and not used for quite a few months. Sometimes we all need a new perspective!

Mindi posted a video about Challenge 2 – Shutter Speed last week. This is my capture for the shutter speed challenge. I hope to play with motion blur more in the future. It didn’t come out quite as I had hoped, but it was still a great learning opportunity!

Hope you’re having a great week!

Erica

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Catch The Moment Week #9

Another bitterly cold week in North Dakota! We spent most of the time indoors. We had sickness make its round in the house this week. Hopefully we’re on the end of it now! We’ve been pretty fortunate this year health wise. Here are my captures from the week.

North Dakota Sunset

Our only North Dakota sunset from the week. It’s been a very cloudy & windy week around here.

North Dakota ground blizzard

This is the way it goes in North Dakota, especially this time of the year. We had dentist appointments an hour away today and had a blustery drive down.

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This weeks theme is ‘Day in the Life’. This is typical around here – the girls come inside to warm up. We’ve had another bitterly cold week again -30°F on a few days. They spent a lot of time inside this week.

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This is another typical scene. This time of the year usually brings the frost out.

Brett just wanted to watch his movie. Of course Mollie-Jayne had other plans. He was getting annoyed by her silliness.

This is the longest Mick’s plane has ever sat outside since we’ve had it. He’s had a lot going on in the shop so it got the boot and sat in front of the house for close to a month. When he went to move it, there was too much snow and it was stuck. He wasn’t very appreciative of me capturing it either. 🙂

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My Max hasn’t made it in very many pictures since he’s at school during the day. I definitely need to work on this. We made chocolate cake for dad. Max had to have the beater!

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Catch the Moment Week #8

The end of February is upon us! Before we know it spring will be here! It’s been another week of cold weather in North Dakota. We spent most of the week indoors. Here are my captures from the week.

Our boys have decided they like cold carrots for a snack even if it happens to be bedtime. Brett really wanted mom to get a picture of him with his carrot. It’s funny how they like cold carrots but both of them will not eat cooked carrots and dad is just the opposite.

Thursday we had appointments in Grand Forks which is 140 miles from the farm. I lived in Grand Forks before we were married in 2007. This picture is the pedestrian part of the overpass bridge near UND. I drove by it on the way home from work every day when I lived in town. As a kid I remember riding my 10-speed bike over it. It took a lot of pedaling to make it to the top, then it was a fast ride to the bottom!

Mollie-Jayne was cheesing for us on Friday night.

We made a little nest in our guest room to watch The Princess & The Frog and 2 minutes later this is what happened!

This is the dog Mick didn’t want. When I got her, I had to take her everywhere I went. He was not babysitting a puppy. Sadie has him trained! She is 1 on February 28th.