TRENTHAM FALLS

It's so hard to cope with 38+ days especially when the only source of air conditioning in your house resides solely in your parents bedroom. The fans struggle along with my pets who can't seem to make their mind up where they want to rest that would be less warmer for them. It's just too damn hard. Since I heard that yesterday's weather was going to be another one of those days, I asked Peter if we could check out Trentham Falls for a couple of hours and so, that we did.

It Was The Beard Who Had Me

Beards aren't for everyone and I'm glad that's the case because honestly, I've never really appreciated them until I saw Peter grow his. I've become used to the extra compliments he receives daily when we're out for walks or dinners and I'm more than fine with that since I'm still quite in awe of it all. Along with his moustache, the facial hair is pretty neat but it's neater when he trims it which is something he has overdue. I think it's the reason why I so love to take pictures of him. He's photogenic in a way even if he just has to stand idle without a glint of a smile. He's pretty perfect.

I Can Be Proud

It's been longer than a week now and I have neglected to post some of these. It was for an assignment and I only used the picture above but there were three I really did like. I was to manipulate an image, creating one dark and moody, then a bright and sunny version of the same photo. I have a print of the image above and to be honest, it's very much not what I would prefer when taking pictures for my blog. As you can tell, these are a much warmer than what I would have usually made my images and darker. Also, the editing process for this is so much more time consuming so I like having my settings set on the camera so once I upload them, there would be no need for me to edit. Though that may occur once or twice. I was hoping to get these done around 6 in the evening and I can assure you that it was nice and warm during that time however, the clouds caved in quickly and so my pictures turned out much bluer than normal. As much as I'd prefer not having to edit and I wish we didn't need to darken our images for the assignment, I'm surprised at how okay they were and that they had turned out not so badly.

Coming Back

Originally, this was meant to be a guest post only Peter isn't quite fluent with blogging and so I am left to finish off this post which he has already started by picking his shots from yesterday. I do agree with the fact that it has been a while since we took a stroll through Pipemakers and now that Summer is sort-of here, I've remembered how flies and mosquitos were such a nuisance last summer. It was quite refreshing to see how seasonal this place can be. As Peter pointed out, it never looks the same. We were actually trying to collect a handful of flowers that I can start pressing which by the way I have completed as they are well stored in a cool area inside my mama bird's heavy pathiophysio therapy books I've piled on each other. I can't wait to see how they turn out even though I have been warned that if I'm to keep some sort of diary for them, it'd be tedious when I don't have a flower dictionary or know some of my flora already. So I must idly stare at my screen until I figure out a much easier way to search for their names besides googling them by colour. 2014 is starting off so well for me as my family is sitting at a peaceful (enough) place with each other, the dogs smell fruity and Sampson no longer smells at all. 

Cardigan: Cocolatte// Dress: Valleygirl//Shoes: Rubi