new lens

wanted to bump that last bloggin down cos i havent written in a while. full speed ahead. i dropped 'underworld' after all (the book i wrote about a while ago). it was going nowhere slowly. i wanted to like it, i really did. there were some little golden nuggets in there but it was too much slogging through the mucky muck to get there. on to bigger & better things: i am now happily reading trickster makes this world: mischief, myth & art by lewis hyde, while joe reads 'the gift' by the same author and then we will swap. much better.

here's some first shotz from tha new lenz of our happy family. this is under low light. the lens is capable of mad bokeh (which is some sort of fancy terminology that makes me feel like a pro when using it). we also are not using a tripod, when all i hear these days is that you MUST use a tripod or everything you do will be crapola.









the bull head photo illustrates the shallow depth of field & that bokeh i was talking about (the blurry crap in the background).

la dolce vita is a super amazing wonderful film that we just watched. we almost finished our xmas gifty crafty thingamajig tonight. olive is sick. we thought she was getting better with the pills & all but today when we got home today she barfed all over the place. so i dunno. does she look sick in those photos?

i am getting way anxious for the holiday break!