Just for fun instead

Enough of all that talk of doctors, medications, and whatnot. For right now, I'm putting it out of my mind and will focus on some fun things.

How about the twins I watched the other morning? We stood and watched each other for about 8 minutes. They obviously couldn't smell me or we have seen each other often enough that they are not wary of me.

I could be all wrong, but I think these possibly could be the very same twins I've seen off and on for two years. That said? They could be different. I'm just hoping and wishing they are.

Here is Sven our goat working on trimming around an old tractor tire that hubby insists stay where it is at. I have a notion to roll it somewhere and make it into a garden. It sure would keep hubby from mowing over it!
Sven take the dandelion blossoms first and then works on the weeds, and lastly trims the grass about 3 inches tall almost perfectly!

I have the place where I dug out the BS to clean up. It should be cleaned up with the skid steer, but I thought I could build a pen for Sven to eat all the nice grass and all strip the nettles. I wonder if one day I can dig that pile[s] up and put all that good dirt somewhere. [Gosh, thinking outload with my fingers on the keyboard!]

The pallet garden! 
I found a Lego storm trooper checking on my succulents. The 'car' he is in is an old brass ash tray! Another treasure found!
The planter is no planter, but an old pie tin I found buried in a junk pile in the woods.

When I watered the tomatoes before it rained....I found a shady character tending to the plant!

Seems I have a lot of helpers with the different tomato plants I have!

And for some more fun.

Hobby and Squatch continue to search for relatives in the woodlands and forests.

Hobby: I still think there is one out here! Haven't you heard of a Big Foot sighting?
Squatch: No.

Big Foot gathering mushrooms ~ no wonder he is so hard to spot!

Squatch went out to the rocks to take a shower after the recent rains.

Then he went looking for oyster mushrooms...

That's it! In spite of the things we face in the world, having a positive attitude can certainly help.

I'll just keep finding things that cause me small joys.
Small joys can add up to large Joys.

Toy Photography experiments

I thought I'd try something different by converting a computer screen  into a green screen. I took a fractal and replaced the green with it.

It was fun so I thought I'd try making a backround to put on the laptop screen and then use that as a backdrop. Yes, that is an Alien figurine. 

I wanted to make it look like it was in a spaced out environment. 

Here is what the next shot looked like. The Alien is facing the window so I can get highlights on his front. His foot is on a stand so he can hold that position on my keyboard.

And then the final edit. I had to crop out part of his foot and the bottom of the computer screen. I'm learning as I go, so I could do better.

This was a fun exercise. I wanted it to be dark and scary. I'll have to do some work to figure out another way to either include his feet or just shoot his upper body.

I got these ideas from a 'how to' site from Toy Shooter: How to use your monitor for backround lighting. It certainly limits the size of what you use and photograph, but with some more work, I could have some fun.

This opens up a new method for me! Now I just need to figure out what I'd like to do.

Toy photography isn't exactly mainstream, but there is a certain niche for it. Lego toy photography is extremely popular!

No monitor backround here, an LED flashlight and black cloth in a very dim room. A bit of light painting.

I had to try this one. These are my mini garden gnomes that go in my Fairy Garden outside in the summer... I'm guessing the one playing the flute attracted a dragon instead of a Unicorn! I used a flashlight here too. 

The monitor backround has opened up a new way for me to experiment. I'm looking forward to that. Now my cast off Legos will have something to look forward too. 
A good activity too for one of those horrible weather days!