Four photos to share with you this week!

ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/20 sec

Day 176 – Put It On A Plate: Summer time food - BBQ hamburgers, sweet white corn on the cob, freshly picked zucchini from the backyard. Just looking at this makes me hungry.

ISO 100, 50mm, f/2.8, 1/3200 sec

Day 177 – Boots: OK, I have to admit that I laughed when I saw the prompt for this day. Seriously? Boots in summer? Maybe if I plan on going hiking, but during summer, these feet love to be wearing sandals or flip flops all summer long (looks like I need a new pair of flip flops!)

ISO 400, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/13 sec

Day 178 – Abandoned: When we first started Civil War reenacting, Kelsey was interested in learning to spin wool. A fellow reenactor even had us over to her home to learn how to make soap and she ended up giving Kelsey this lovely spinning wheel. Unfortunately, the spinning wheel is not being used at all right now. Maybe one day, she will take up this hobby again.

ISO 400, 50mm, f/2.2, 1/50 sec

Day 179 – Fresh Produce: Apricots and plums from a neighbor’s tree. There is nothing like freshly picked fruit in the summer time.

Question for you: What did you photograph this past week?

So, I have learned that it is a good idea to format a memory card rather than delete photos from them. However, it is a good idea to check to see what is on that memory card before you format it, otherwise you only have two photos to share for the week! Oh well…

ISO 400, 50mm, f/4.0, 1/250 sec

Day 167 – Something Masculine: For Father’s Day, my husband just wanted to spend a quiet afternoon at home after church. One of his favorite things to do in the summer time is to BBQ using his charcoal BBQ. So we made sure to plan BBQ hamburgers for our lunch/dinner for that day. Why lunch/dinner? You see, on Sundays, we usually find ourselves eating lunch around 3pm. By 5 or 6pm, no one is hungry for dinner. So on Sundays, we just plan on eating a late lunch/early dinner. If we do find ourselves hungry later in the day, we can always pop some popcorn or make something yummy for dessert.

ISO 400, 50mm, f/4.0, 1/80 sec

Day 168 – Splash: Taking some creative license on this one! We don’t have a pool of any kind at our home. And rather than try to create some ‘splash’ using water of some form, I thought it would be fun to take a picture of pouring rice krispies into the melted marshmallows while making rice krispie treats. Certainly not the same effect as water splashing, but it was worth it later while we were enjoying the rice krispie treats!

Question for you: What do you like to take pictures of during the summer?