WORKING IT OUT

The new camera lens is taking some working out!
It has a very shallow depth of field, which means it focus's on what you point it at, and you only get a clear shot of that.

So, if that 'something' is close to you, you get something like this:

ABOVE:  Yesterday's pizza... only the front piece is in focus, everything else is blurred.  This was taken close up.

ABOVE:  Last night's sewing, this time the camera focused on the red fabric, so the pattern behind is blurred.

ABOVE:  In this shot I focused on Coco, who was a bit further away, so the photo is all in focus. 

There is no zoom... which is taking a lot of getting used to!  So, I am fairly limited in my photography for now.  It will be fine though, at least I have a decent camera to use again.  So thankful.

Last night, at around 11.30 pm I decided it was cool enough to go into the sewing room.  I thought I would start the Donkey wall hanging.  I traced out the pattern onto Steam a Seam, but then decided it was just too late to do any more.  The heat is so draining!  I was knackered, so buggered off to bed.

I will get back to it today.  

We are expecting Martyn and Jacqui sometime today, they are coming over to do some shopping.  So that will be lovely.

And on that note, I'm outta here, got some housework to get done, then sewing.

ONWARD...

KAREN FROM SYDNEY:  Thank you for your 'HOW TO PARENT' comment yesterday.  I won't be publishing it.

YES... I have moaned about Griffin being a lazy teenager on many occasions, but having raised 7 others, 6 who are now fully functioning adults, I don't think I need a lecture on how to parent effectively. 

I am positive 90% of normal teenagers act exactly the same way!  If I want Griffin to do something for me, he does eventually do it.  

It is the school holidays here right now, there really is no point getting said teenager out of bed early if there is no reason to.

Plenty of time for him to grow up and become an adult, they are kids for such a short time.  I don't think we are harming him by letting him sleep in during the holidays!

Yep... clearly I need to stop moaning about it/him!  *smiles*

PENNY:  Being the sort of parent who does not make idle promises/threats, there's been a few kids have a freezing cold glass of water tipped over their heads while still in bed over the years!
I think the last kid who had that done to them was Brylee... pretty sure that was the last time she refused to get out of bed when asked!

Best thing, when you actually follow through and are a CONSISTENT parent, your kids learn to believe what you say, and soon learn to tow the line.  

While this may sound harsh and cruel, you only ever have to do it once... I'm not a namby pamby sorta parent.  Never have been, never will be.

The table in the garage was bugging me.  It had paint splotches all over it (my bad)... so in between doing housework for most of the day, I painted it.

ABOVE:  I couldn't get far enough back to get a full photo of it... but ya get the gist.  It's looking lovely now!  Better remember to cover it next time I do any painting though.

Time to take a break, I've been on the go all day.  So has Stew.  He did the gardening and mowed the lawns.  Griffin hung out two loads of washing and vacumed the house. So a busy Sunday.

Well for the rest of the day we had Martyn, Jacqui and their two children visiting.  I did roast chickens, lettuce salad and garlic bread for dinner, followed by Pavlova, cream and fresh fruit provided by M & J.  Dinner was lovely!

After they left I had a young neighbour pop in who's a FBG girl.  She was borrowing one of my FBG t-shirts for tomorrow.  Tell you about that tomorrow.

For now... it's (SHIT!) ... 1.34 in the morning I should be in bed.