molasses

I can feel the slow of winter coming on.  I want to sleep.  Curl back up in our new luxurious plum-colored sheets under the down comforter with Widget purring against me.  I want to knit, if only it didn't make my body hurt.  I want to go for walks in the chill with my camera, wrapped up in scarves and fingerless gloves, capturing the rich decay that is California in winter.  I want M. to come back to work, so we can play hooky at a cafe with coffee and knitting and journals and dish on our co-workers.  I want to make a fire and toast my toes on the hearth.  I want to drink steaming tea and fall into my book.   I want my studio to be clear of all the accumulated crap and  to spread out with paper and glue and pens (but I don't want to clean my studio myself).  I want to make all-day stew and fat loaves of whole wheat bread.  I want to make pumpkin muffins and persimmon bread and hot mulled cider.  There's nothing wrong with molasses.  It is great in cookies and oatmeal.

I got one of two new lenses in the mail yesterday, and wandered around the house this morning taking photos of random things to try it out.  Random things that look more beautiful photographed than in real life - I think I'm going to like this lens.  It lets in a lot of light - it was actually pretty dim in the house when I shot these, but they make it look like our kitchen is positively sunny.  When I first bought my Digital Rebel, I wimped out on buying good lenses, because the camera itself cost so much.  But I'm starting to upgrade, and I can really see the difference in the photos.  This is a Canon 50mm.  It will take some practice to learn to use it, as I'm used to focusing in really tight.  There is no focusing in with this lens, and I kept having to take a step back to let it focus.  But I really like the photos.  It will be great for portraiture.

Comments

[Ali]

Lovely. Just lovely.

Your writing rocks today too - so many of the same things I am thinking...

Hope all is well...

[jenifer]

Dona...those pictures are so incredibly beautiful and that is on my color schized laptop! Just awesome. Thanks
for sharing!

[Liz]

Your photos are gorgeous.... so visceral and full of colour and warmth... I want to learn how to take pictures like that with my digital camera, I still haven't gotten the "hang" of it after using a 35mm sor so long. Thanks for showing these.