Lunch From The Employees

While the family was away on vacation, the employees had to cook for themselves. It was a great time, seeing everyone bringing in their favorite and best dish.








The first Day was Chili.

Next was Bibimbop, containing a fried egg, rice, then the optional toppings of ground beef, carrots, hot sauce and mushrooms.










I brought Tater Tot Casserole.

Gimbop, rice, carrots, cream cheese, bacon, sliced hot dogs, spinach, and cooked eggs all wrapped in sea weed, resembling sushi.







It was fun, but I think we were all happy to see the chef return. Especially after the day I was gone, and everyone else had to figure out how to preheat the "Darth Oven," as they now all put it. I am now considered one of the masters of the oven. Never again shall they question my experiences with the dark forces that lurk inside that oven.

Lying In The Grass

This a picture of one of my best friends, Laura. We go on walks with another friend each day we work, after lunch. Yesterday I brought my camera.
Half way around our trail, I was exhausted from trying to walk in step with both of them, so I sat down in the grass while they made fun of me. I laid my head down, and notice the dry grass against the clouded sky.
I then exclaimed to them, "Look at the this! The grass against the sky!" Laura lay down next to me, and agreed that it was rather cool.
As I looked around, at her laying beside me, I noticed something I had never considered before. I pulled out my camera, hoping that I would have two seconds to catch it, and I did.
I tried to continue, when she moved her knees, thinking that I was trying to look past her. I cried out in frustration. Laura looked at me as if I had lost my mind, wondering what went wrong.
Byron, who was laying beside her, said, "You moved. Lily doesn't like it when you move." How true this was, I get so set on taking a picture, I do not appreciate when life moves out of focus.
In fact, there are times when I am taking pictures, I do not see what's happening in the photo until it has been taken. As odd as it may seem, those are probably the best moments for me. Because I was too busy to notice then, I get to look back and see their face again, seeing what I didn't before. This has happened numerous times with children.

Forest Floor

My sister and I took our cameras out before the snow hit, these are some of the photos that I captured.

  

 I went for a lot of contrast in this photo, to bring out the magical, fantasy look. At any given moment a young unicorn may come out from behind the tree...

A hollow tree leaves space for small dragon. They must hide somewhere, just until the day the human race is ready, once again, to bask in the awe of such amazing creatures. They share many of the same traits as house cats that way.

This photo reminds me of a recent dream. A monster, created to look like the trees, and the ground. Skin of bark, wood grain showing where it had been scarred, and leaves as well as morel mushrooms protruding from it's biceps.

I love the soft sparkling light behind the dog wood branches in this picture, and the branches look so much like antlers.

I did not realize until getting this photo back from the woods, that I was photographing a small creature resting it's wings on the barbed wire fence. Just think, how often this must happen to us.