The Compulsive Ramblings Of A Philotherian: rain

The weather has been really nasty today. It was dark, rainy and very cold. Then, out of nowhere, it cleared up and the sun started shining. I love nothing more than when the sun shines right after raining, especially in the evening hours. Since I had my Tokina near by, I took it outside to try and capture some decent shots of the yard and the way the sun casted such beautiful shadows.

The execution wasn't as I expected, but they turned out nicely. I really should have edited them in Lightroom, but that's just too much work, lol.

Here are the pics from early today:

PS: Today is my little brothers 27th birthday! Like excuse me, it seems like he was just 12 last year. :(

This is the yard just before the sun popped out.

Our yard after the rain. I also managed a sunstar.

Smaller sunstar.

I couldn't up the aperture too much for the sunstar because it darkened the foreground too much.

The lighting was still beautiful. I love the Tokina lens.

This would've looked even better in the fall.

This is a great representation of how hilly and uneven our yard it.

Last landscape photo of the yard with a sunstar for the win!

Before we get started, let me just say, I know it's not the last day of March and that it's April 1st. Since I blogged semi-early yesterday, I still have yesterday to write about.

When I wasn't going back and forth with my stupid Sims game, I was playing with the joeys and taking pictures of them. I was going to just take pictures of them in front of the glider room window, but then I thought to myself, "It's too nice to not take outdoor pictures today!". I had originally intended on doing tree photos, but decided against it when I realized just how windy it was.

That didn't stop me from getting some pretty cute pictures, though.

The lighting wasn't the best yesterday -- it was cloudy -- so the joeys' pictures turned out kind of dark. I did, however, managed to get some really nice looking pictures of some Easter Lilies, Toby, and Lucy. Some turned out really nice, some are repetitive, like every other picture. I suppose it would be best for you to just look for yourself instead of me describing them.

It's raining again. I was just staring out of the opened kitchen window, listening to the rain fall. It's so relaxing. Then that same annoying bird flies by and makes this horrid squawking sound that completely ruins any serenity that I was feeling. I have a love/hate relationship with some of the birds that live around here.

I keep forgetting that today is April Fools Day. I'm totally slacking today, I haven't 'fooled' anyone. It's so sad, but I'm too paranoid that karma will come back and bite me in the ass. Isn't that pathetic? Like, I've contemplated doing something, like saying I did this or that in or around the car, but my luck, it would happen in real life. I think I'm going to leave the pranks to everyone else this year.

I need coffee, lots of coffee. I can't believe I've been up this long and haven't had a couple cups already. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Now time for pictures!!

This is our gorgeous ringtail mosaic boy, Declan: