A Matter of Focus

We're having lots of rain lately (yay!) and rain brings robins. Looking out the window a few days ago, I saw this:

I purposefully didn't adjust the color too much because there was a dusky sameness across the view, and that is exactly what was so interesting...

Do you notice where your eye goes?

Did you notice that there are actually two robins in the picture?

I looked away and looked back several times - the higher contrast of the male robin really does the trick. To add to it, as I watched and took (lots) of pictures), first the pair walked away from each other, and then the male started squawking at me - to further draw my attention away. Fascinating.

How wise nature is!

Snow fun - bring your umbrella!

I found some pictures I took last month after Bean got her new umbrella (note one of our spring snow visitations!). Umbrellas are not just for rain! Snow is fun in all kinds of ways, as she illustrates here. Don't you love how snow brings out the joyful awe and amazement in us?

Whiplash? Will spring stick this time?

We've been having a weird spring here in Colorado... I think the plants are handling better than their human counterparts right now, frankly. After a series of back-and-forth weeks of sudden deep snows followed by warm (to hot) weather and back again, it's hard to know which way is up. Somehow it's not just about which clothes to pull out for the day (or unpack from the closet), it's what to do with the pent-up energy that just wants to burst forth from our hearts.

Sigh. Maybe it's just that I live with a three-year-old.

Anyway, after the 75 degree day yesterday, this was today:

 

... and with a four-month-old...

... we're not about to venture out too much (my bravery increases as my infant ages!).

So we settled for some food-based food coloring fun instead. Enjoy!



Stirring in the coloring

 

Decorating in progress

 

A cake only a preschooler could love (or eat)!