Well since this blog is called Smart Mommy Solutions, I thought that maybe I might post a solution that I just implemented. When my son leaves the bathroom after taking a shower, the bath mat is soaked, and the bathroom floor is really wet. He can’t seem to keep the water from getting past the […]
We went for a great camping trip in the desert over the weekend. We went to the Anza Borrego State Park, and went for a hike up Palm Canyon to an oasis that is up the canyon. The oasis is really cool because you start the hike in dry desert where you can’t imagine there […]
I have been trying for a while to get a good dragonfly picture, but those little guys are fast. Most of the shots I get are blurry or they are too fast and are out of the shot before I get a chance to take the picture. I finally got a chance to get my […]
My birthday is next week, and I found an awesome deal on a zoom lens for my camera. I found it at Target for only $99. It is a Canon EF 75-300mm zoom lens. Today I had my first chance to see how well it works. We were outside, and my daughter pointed out a […]
We live in Southern California, and it is a rare treat to go on a hike to a waterfall. The start of this hike is at Lyttle Creek, near the 15/215 interchange, north of the 10. You have to cross the creek, and then cross over the rocks of the dry river bed. Then we […]
Our annual trip to Yosemite Valley started out with me stressed from work. I was overwhelmed at work, and had to bring work with me on the long weekend trip, so I was not feeling the fun, rest and relaxation that I had hoped I would feel. The weather was beautiful and I did eventually […]
I love animals and I really love getting to see animals that you don’t get to see every day. I was inspired by some pictures that I saw last summer, and made a goal to find and get pictures of a nesting bird of prey. Mind you, I never said that they had to be […]
I have been trying to get a good picture of a spider web for a while. When I was out for a morning walk, I ran into this web. It was not easy to capture. I had to go back to the house and get a step stool and a water squirt bottle in order […]
I have taken some good pictures, but sometimes the background is too focused and distracts from the close-up of the subject matter. You can blur the background in photoshop, and I will walk you through the steps. I am using photoshop elements 7, but I’m sure that the steps would be similar in other programs. […]
Here are some more pictures from the photography class.
Here are my favorite pictures from the third day of my photography class. A fern that is unfurling. An ant on a flower. Another Banana Slug.
I work from home in a sense in that I am an Occupational Therapist that travels to people’s houses. I have my own toys and therapy equipment that I bring with me, so I need to keep all of my therapy stuff somewhere. Our office had been dismantled due to a flood, so I am […]
I still don’t know whether it is best to use flash indoors or not. Here are two pictures that I took of the same thing. The first one I used flash and the second I did not. I think that I like the one with flash better. What do you think?
The Guinea pigs have a nice big cage in the family room, which you can read about here. I thought that it might be nice for them to have a big cage outside so that they could enjoy the out of doors without fear of being eaten. I also wanted a safe place to put […]
On several sites, people are big into decorating with the bell jars, or cloches such as at a soft place to land, and at the nesting place. Well, I tend to go slow with decorating because I take time to decide what I really like, and I have to really like it. I saw a […]