This is not a photography blog.

(honey bunch currant tomatoes, in various stages of ripeness. I eat these like candy right off the vine)

I got out my film camera while B. was in Canada and took some shots.
I have a Pentax ME Super (mine looks just like the picture) that I usually use with a 35-70mm lens that has a macro setting and it usually has a 58 mm haze filter on it. I also have another shorter lens that I have no clue about (guessing it's the 50/1.7 lens shown on Wiki) and this lens:The top row of orange numbers reads 5 up to 30, infinity sign, ft. and below it in meters, 1.5 through 10. the second ring has numbers 40 through 85. No clue what that means or if that even made sense. I'm sure it didn't. I also have one more thing that says it is an Access7Element Auto Tele Converter 2X.
No, I don't have any idea what I'm talking about. I don't remember things when I use that camera. Things like, changing f-stops (apeture?) and film speed. You know, little things like that. And when I do remember, I just kind of guess. (Little number, big hole, big number, little hole, right?)

(stargazer lily in my front yard)

It's not that I don't want to learn, I just have the attention span of a mayfly. I also really love the little preview screen in the back of digital cameras. LOVE IT. Again, that attention span thing.

(the only praying mantis we've seen in a long while! Haven't seen him since ...)

In spite of all of this, I took a couple decent shots. And I will admit that there was some photoshopping, mainly to get rid of dust specks and lighten them a bit because they scan really dark.

(man, that kid is cute!)

Taking action

Please, please, PLEASE let this save my garden. The overnight low is supposed to be either 42, 43 or 40, depending on where you look. Tomorrow night is supposed to be cold as well, so I think this cover is just going to stay on. It was about 49 when we put it on, so I hope there's enough residual heat in the soil to keep it warm inside.
Anyone know how hardy corn and peas are? I'm not sure we can cover these in a way that won't blow off in the wind.

Spring

Haven't been sewing much lately.
I did get my office/craft room cleaned. I don't believe there will be pictures forthcoming because I don't want to deal with the "ok, nice before pictures, but where are the after pictures?" comments when people, THIS IS THE AFTER.
I've been getting the spring cleaning bug lately because of some nice weather we've been having but that went kaput today. Yesterday's high was 75° but today it was 50° and this is what happened outside:That's right, snow. Yesterday we were running around in shorts and flip-flops, today we had to get the winter coats back out of storage (someone was feeling hopeful last week).
At least I have this fine greenery inside. Those little plants in the black box? Seeds we started. We've got four kinds of tomatoes (a seed mix that came with 14 seeds - and not all of them germinated so it will be interesting to see what we get), red corn, marigolds (for the bugs) and gazanias. The other plants are two of my favorite curly ivy, a paperwhite, an african violet and a something. I think it is an aspen tree. I had lavender in that pot outside, but the lavender died. Something else started growing and I decided to water it and see what happened. Aspen happened.
We also have several plants in our dining room by the window that grew too big for the black planter. There are 12 pea plants (because they obviously had no problem sprouting) and some more red corn and some floppy sunflowers. I don't know how those are supposed to get to be 6-8 feet tall when they are falling over at 8 inches tall. Wimps.
The pea shoots are getting very long and tangled. One has broken but I think I'll be okay with 11 plants if that one doesn't survive.
Now if the weather would just start cooperating so I can start planting! I don't know how much longer my seedlings are going to last!