Family Pictures

We are so lucky. I got onto Craigslist at just the right time a few weeks ago, looking for a new camera lens I could afford, and came across a lady looking to give away a photo shoot so she could build her portfolio. We made the cut (we were one of the first to reply) and she came and took our pictures Sunday afternoon. If you wanna check them out head to Absolute Image Photography and we're all over it. Look under the galleries at the Related Ones and Little Ones. As soon as I get the image CD (which is also free - crazy) I'll be sure to post more but let me know what you think. I think we turned out pretty dang hot.

Surprise, Surprise - Baby Hippos

Each night Ava asks to say her prayers quietly to herself so we're not quite sure exactly what she prays for. But someone must be listening to her prayers since this is what we saw when we opened the bunny hutch this morning.

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Baby Hippos

At least, that's what Ava thought they look like and I have to agree with her. I've never actually seen a newborn baby rabbit but they're not much to look at really. They are a random assortment of different shades so we really have no idea what they may turn into.

We were quite surprised, no actually, shocked since this is the rabbit that we bought last week at the auction who came with 4 "babies" already. The auctioneer kept saying these "babies" were only 3 weeks old and still nursing so they had to go with Mama.

I'm starting to think maybe these guys at the auction don't really have any idea what they're talking about. We've now brought home at least 3 "hens" that have morphed into roosters immediately after leaving the auction. And now we've got 4 "teenage" baby bunnies and 8, yep, 8, real baby bunnies. At least the teenagers are still really cute.

But now we need to quickly figure just how big of teenagers these ones are before we start having some very adolescence behavior out of these old "babies". Like it or not, we may have just become breeders of rabbits.

These are here......

........along with 50 of their friends. We're having friends, preschools and everyone else within a 20 mile radius over. All blogging buddies are invited too.

These also showed up from the small animal auction last week with their mama. There are 4 of them and they're all adorable. John built a real hutch for them. They've lasted a week so we've got high hopes for them.

And we're suckers for chicks. So these also hopped in the car at the auction a few weeks ago. So far, so good but we haven't let them out yet. There are 12 and they're a random assortment of funky breeds that should give us a nice eclectic collection of chickens when they're big.

Happy Easter

Too Much Fun....What's that Mean? And a Photography ??

We got back from our whirlwind trip to Florida on Thursday in the wee hours (picture to come soon - too many to count) and unpacked just in time to welcome fun Ithaca friends we haven't seen in years. Anna came up from Raleigh, NC with her two cute-as-can-be boys to experience farm life and we delivered it all - including small animal auctions, chicken parties and life (and death) on the farm. Stories to come soon.

In the meantime, check out these shots that randomly happened while we were in Florida. I made a new but feels old friend through my little sis and she happened to want to take our pictures and who am I to say no? I think they rock but even better, I got to pick this awesome girlies photo brain for 5 hours. I need a new, actually, I need 2 new lenses so I want some advice.

What lenses do you all that play with pictures use daily and what lenses can't you do without? I want a portrait lenses that will go down to f1.4 but I'm debating the cheaper on at f1.8. Advice? Opinions? Also, I need a zoom lenses but not sure if I need 200 or 300 and if I'm willing to fork out the mulla for the Image Stabilizer? Advice? Opinions?