From “A Christmas Carol” by George Wither:
So now is come our joyful feast,
Let every man be jolly;
Each room with ivy leaves is dressed,
And every post with holly.
Though some churls at our mirth repine,
Round your foreheads garlands twine,
Drown sorrow in a cup of wine,
And let us all be merry.
As promised, here are the photos that Lillia took during her class’s field trip to Walpole Valley Farms in Walpole, NH. As with the collection from the sawmill, these were entirely her creation. I’m beginning to wonder if she might be a better photographer than I am! If she doesn’t go to art school someday, I will be really surprised.
Today I have a special treat for you! Lillia’s class recently went on a field trip to Woodell and Daughters Forest Products in Langdon, NH. I brought along my camera thinking that I might take some photos for posterity, but I ended up handing it over to Lillia instead. I figured that, since she’s only 10, she would take a lot of blurry pictures and/or ridiculously up-close portraits of her friends. I was so surprised when I started going through the photos that she took. They are actually quite good — very artistic! She took a lot of photos, so I curated a little collection for you. All of the following photos were taken by Lillia with absolutely not guidance or instruction from me, using the manual setting on my DSLR. I have not cropped or adulterated them in any way, other than to boost the color a little in Photoshop (which I do to most of my own photos). We also visited a farm so I will post her photos from that part of the trip tomorrow.
My “baby” is a decade old. Wow.
[Note: I accidentally left my camera in my car overnight so the lens was too foggy to take decent pictures. I had to use Damian’s camera. I’m definitely not used to it anymore, so I apologize if the quality of these pictures is not great.]
Check out this amazing Minecraft cake that my mom made!
Poor Lillia was so sick on her birthday. We had to pry her out of her bed.
But, she perked up considerably once the presents appeared!
Zane was pretty pleased with his gift, as well. As you can see, he’s something of an expert when it comes to power tools.
An adorable cat amidst the rubble.
If you ask her to smile these days, this is what you get.
We love her anyway. Happy Birthday, sweet Lillia!
I know I’m a little bit slow getting these pictures posted. I’ve been really sick. And, I share my computer with a tween (who just turned 10 and her mother still hasn’t posted photos from her birthday…).
This year we had a little black kitty (his request):
And, a Creeper. Some of us are a bit obsessed with Minecraft right now. She and her friend Enrique made plans to go trick-or-treating together. It is so interesting to watch her growing up, and to remember how I felt and behaved at her age. Friends are becoming a lot more important to her.
If you look really closely, you can see Lillia’s face behind that Creeper mouth.
And, here’s a little interview with Zane.