a quick shoot ...

Well, my beautiful baby girl is turning 4 on the 5th of Feb, and she wants to have a little party ... so of course I insisted on her having a photoshoot in order to do a nice invitation for her party! ... Luckily it didn't take much to convince her ... Iliana woke up half way through, so she joined in too ... it was a beautiful warm day, and the shade of our ash tree was perfect ...

It never ceases to amaze Tim and I how we managed to get two girls who look so simular yet one has blue eyes and the other brown ...

Getting a little bored of things here ...

And finally, the shot that was to become the invitation ... she's actually pointing at the sun through the dappled light falling through the tree ..

And 'wah-la' ... the invite ...

So ... what lives in your tank?

We took the top off our rainwater tank this morning, so that we can get it all fixed up and use the 22,000 ltrs that is just sitting there going to waste at the moment! ... the tank is brimming with life - in the sunshine there were dragonflies, butterflies, bees, wasps, lizards and HEAPS of frogs ... I counted at least 15 ... all fairly small, probably about the size of a 50 cent peice I guess ... they were just beautiful.

They would dart down to the bottom of the tank whenever I moved too quickly, but if I stayed still for long enough they would let themselves float to the top and bob about ... some sitting on the wall, others in the middle just enjoying the sunshine I guess ...

Some of them had the most gorgeous black spotted legs ...

And, I've just come to an even greater appreciation of those glorious macro dragonfly shots taken by wildlife photographers ... they are damn hard little critters to capture, and they NEVER stay still!

smiles ...

Just a quick brag about my beautiful family ... :)

Tickles with dad ...

And is there any wonder why this boy gets away with murder!!?? ...

We teach them young in our house! ... "smile mum...!" .. They all have their daddy's eyes ...

She's not so little anymore ...