Ah... Sunday!

I love Sundays. They're usually our most relaxing day of the week, the day that we get things done around here, but can really just spend the day doing what each of us likes. This morning, Erin went off to a birthday party, and Jim and I got to make the weekly supermarket run together (ah, bonding time!). While at the store, we got Molly a real treat - soup marrow bones! Oh, how she loves them! We always make her eat them outside (because they can be kinda messy), and never cease to be amazed at how quickly and completely she can get all the "good" stuff out of the middle of the bones, using nothing but her tongue! When I say quick, I mean it. If the bones aren't frozen, it takes her less than 10 minutes. Wow!

Miss Mia was less than pleased with this whole thing. First of all, the dog got a special treat. But secondly, Molly got to go outside to enjoy said special treat. It was all too much for the Puss to bear, and she let me know it by jumping up on the counter and staring me down until I gave her some lovin'.

After all that excitement, and my weekly cookie-baking frenzy, I begged Erin to come out back with me so I could practice some more manual shooting, this time on a real, live subject. She actually let me get off a few shots before giving me the evil tween hairy eyeball and whining, "Isn't that enough?" But I'm pretty pleased with what I got, and continue to build on my love-fest with my new camera.  And for those of you who predicted that I'd quickly fall in love with manual shooting, you're absolutely right!