That's so Wonderful!

AUGH! I am back in my favorite place on the planet, CAMP GREENTOP! So, yeah, that's the reason for the CURRENT break in updates! I am going to try to be a little bit better (oh my god, how many times have I said that?) but, well, friends, here's the rub: internet sucks at camp. I can use it pretty easily on my phone, but it is a bitch to try to type an entire entry on my phone. It is doable, but I just don't know if I want to blog that bad(ly?).

Camp is INCREDIBLE! I already feel a billion times better now that I am here. We have been so busy for the last week...the time has just flown by! Between getting everything set up and cleaned, pickups, saying goodbye to staff from last year who can't come back for the summer, and Family Adventure Weekend it has been total chaos. (By the by, we managed to do all of that from Monday of last week and the last family just left from Family Adventure Weekend a little while ago TODAY, just to give you an idea of how efficient we have been at camp.) And yeah, I completely love every second of it!

So, I'll keep this one short since there is stuff to clean, emails to be sent, and bonding to occur, but I am pretty pumped to have the opportunity to do this again, and I am excited that you guys get to come with me!

I had a bad day.

I am such an unbelievable, colossal fuck up. I cannot even believe I exist.

Sad but True.

me:  I am emailing a pic to myself

so I can fwd it to you

I feel like I am excessive with the pics of the animals

sadie:  hahaha naw

me:  which email addy?

sadie:  (removed)

me:  enjoy

sadie:  k

me:  is your heart melted?

sadie:  haha hold on

awwwwwww

me:  I KNOW

hahah

sadie:  adorbs

me:  hahah

sadie:  let me email you my little baby

me:  okay!

sadie:  god, kashmir

you realize normal girls email pictures back & forth of babies, right?

Hilarious responses to awkward statements:

 me: I really want to make out

 allisonnicolehill:  with a person!?

RACCOOOOON!!!!

Literally SECONDS after I published that last entry, Zeb came running into my room screaming for me to get the camera because there was a raccoon in the yard. This kid KNOWS ME!

These pics aren't awesome because it's pretty dark out, thunderstorming, and I am not stupid enough to waltz across the yard toward a wild animal. But still...OMGRACCOON!!!!

I am way too into my cats.

Here are some pictures of Lucy, Jude, and Minerva being awesome.















As an added bonus, I thought I'd throw in this blurry picture of a black snake that was hanging out in my yard. It is blurry because Minerva and I saw it simultaneously and right as I was snapping the shot she took off running toward it so I had to grab her. Silly, Minerva Q!



This is a rose my mom had me take 17 pictures of. My life.

hummingbird

I was sitting at the bar in the kitchen the other morning, staring out the window, when I saw this male ruby throated hummingbird flitting around the feeders my mom had just put out. I dashed to my room, grabbed my digital camera, and started snapping shots through the window. I zoomed in about halfway, turned the flash off, and hoped for the best. These two shots were the best of the group and, natch, are the only ones I uploaded. I think they are a little dark (I am really sad that you can see his ruby chest), but I'm not sure how to fix that. His wings are just a little blurry in the second shot, and I bet if I had put the camera on the sport shot, you know for those ACTION PACKED PHOTOZ, they'd have been clearer. We live and we learn, don't we?





I am always open to tips and suggestions, so if any of you photo takers have any things I could do to make my pictures better, please let me know! I know "learn the features of your camera" is at the top of your list.