On the Farm!

So, since it has been such a long time since I posted anything, why not update this blog a bit more? Here's one of my favorite recently taken pictures. It's my friend's barn cat, and he decided he was going to model for me... Some day I really want to live on a farm with a whole bunch of animals. It's been my dream since I was a little kid, and I hope some day it'll actually work out! Just for the heck of it, here's a picture Ashley (whose cat this picture is of) took of my riding her horse, Pickles. It was my first time riding a horse without anyone directing the horse for me... Very exciting!

10-Minute Braided Belt

Front: Simple braid. For my waist it took
3 pieces of suede cord each a little over
a yard long... Guestimation!

Back: Added a few wooden beads to the end for looks (and to
keep the ends all going down and not flinking up). 

It's been far too long since I posted anything, not that anyone really looks on here anyways! But! Today I did something that I consider pretty cool. As I was packing for the beach, I realized I didn't like how any of the belts I have look with one of my dresses that I really wanted to bring. My waist is a tiny bit too small for the dress, so it kind of has to has a belt. So, I decided to make my own. Using a few yards of suede leather cord that I originally bought for bracelet making, I made this braided belt, and I really like how it turned out! For some reason it won't let me keep the photos in the layout that I want them to be in... So excuse this strange positioning!

Longing

Longing, a photo by middleoftheroad12 on Flickr.

It has been a VERY long time since I posted a picture on here. However, it's not my fault!! My computer died the day after Christmas and I couldn't even upload pictures to my computer. We just got a new computer today. Unfortunately, I don't have photoshop. I had it for a week but it was installed on the now dead computer. Luckily, this picture doesn't need photoshop. It's one of my favorite (and best) pictures. So here's Bentley on Christmas day, wishing he could escape the sunroom!

Zea

Zea, a photo by middleoftheroad12 on Flickr.

This is Zea. She goes to HC and participated in the opening ceremonies of the Triangle Park ice rink, open daily in downtown Lexington. She and other skaters from the Lexington Ice Center performed "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas." It was cool although according to Zea they had never actually skated on the rink before. Still, the performance was good even though the ice was melting in the 60 degree whether we randomly had that day. Anyways, I like this picture quite bit although I do wish her face was better in focus. You can see the guy whose head is near her shoe better than you can see her own face. But it happens when taking action shots.

Neigh...

Neigh..., a photo by middleoftheroad12 on Flickr.

Well, according to my flickr account this picture isn't very popular. Then again, according to my blog hits, neither is this blog. Anyways, for some reason horses (and other animals) really like to pose for me. I've taken at least a hundred, if not more, pictures of my dog in the past year alone. I really like taking pictures of animals because unlike people, the don't worry about what they look like. And to us, they just about always end up looking perfect. Yesterday I actually signed up to volunteer with the Woodford Humane Society, and one of the things I signed up for was taking pictures of animals. I would love to take cute pictures of them to help them get adopted! Using my (what I guess you could call) talent to help animals who need a loving home. That's what I call perfect.

Knot your average day

Knot your average day, a photo by middleoftheroad12 on Flickr.

Well, today has been an average day but I like this knot. It's part of a rope that my cousins and I hung in my grandma's tree about ten years ago. It's weaker now but it's still there. It used to have a red plastic milk crate attached at the bottom that we used as a swing, but that eventually came off with all of my younger cousins playing on it. It was very cool though. Now it's just an old rope hanging from an old tree, but in black and white it looks interesting.

Choco Chip Cookies

Choco Chip Cookies, a photo by middleoftheroad12 on Flickr.

Anybody who really knows me knows I can bake a mean cookie. For Thanksgiving I baked over two hundred cookies. That's a lotta lotta cookies. They were delicious though. Chocolate chip, seen here, snicker doodles, and apple spice cookies with homemade icing. Between my boyfriend's family and my family, they were all gone within days. Thank you hungry people! Anyways, while I waited for a batch to bake I decided to take some shots of the dough. I think it's an okay picture... Not fantastic, just ok.