Another pretty day at Country Village
today. It started out pretty rainy and crummy, didn't it? Well, at
least we didn't have to water the flowers ourselves this morning.
Today was somewhat ideal - God waters the plants for us, then wraps it
all up with some sunshine!

I had to snap a bunch of shots of product for the website today, so I had the camera and tripod out. I was so disappointed, most of them came out sorta grainy. Sometime I really need to actually learn something about photography instead of shooting about a gazillion photos and finding about 10 of them that actually look good. I've started experimenting with settings to see what does what, but when I get to the point of looking at the photos to see what worked and what didn't, I have no idea what photo corresponds with which photo. I'm too lazy right now to keep a written list, so I either need to live with the hit and miss, or actually read something some day.
Well, now that I think about it, I have read several online tutorials, however I might as well have been reading Greek. They all referred to terms and tools I haven't never heard of before in my life, as if I would know what they are talking about. How exactly is this a beginners tutorial? Sigh. Too much work. I have enough work, I don't want my photo taking to become work. It is too much fun.
Isn't everything so much prettier when you look at it through a lens? I walk by these plants every time I'm at the Village, and never really notice them, at all.
Take this one, for example. Isn't is just super pretty? Imagine purple flowers and BRIGHT RED stalks. How cool is that? (Anyone know what this is?!).
This just a weed, I think, poking up from the dirt by the sidewalk. But from a bug's point of view, rather pretty. I really love the way the sun sets at Country Village - it goes down really slowly, and shines through every leaf and petal around the place, making everything glow like millions of little paper lanterns.
This was a poor lonely little tulip, all by itself by where we always park our car. I have all but ignored it. But gee, isn't it super pretty?
Yes indeedy, a lovely Spring day at the village. :)