The Silent Holocron

It’s been a long time, but today I return to the Photo Friday world. Tricia and I are not picture takin’ fools, but we do try. Here’s a few photos we’ve taken over the 2 months our Grace has been in the world. I’ve tried to put them in chronological order, the first is at 1 week old, the last is at 2 months old. You can put your mouse over the picture to see a caption.

My two sleeping beauties.

Now that our camera is —–FIXED—– (insert glorias in excelsis deo here), I thought I’d post my first attempt at using the tripod we got for Christmas. While obviously an amateurish attempt (you can clearly see the flash all over the objects), I am nonetheless pleased with this first try. I look forward to attempting more “stills” and hopefully some landscapes in the future.

As an update, I recently received a providential gift: we got our camera working again! Didn’t even have to pay for it. Our camera (Kodak EasyShare P850) was for some reason refusing to read memory cards. We couldn’t afford to have it repaired even under warranty (which has since expired), so it has sat in its case for most of this year. In an ironic turnaround of Murphy’s Law, this week I was fiddling with it while preparing to try and transfer the pics on its internal memory. On a whim, I swapped out memory cards, and wonder of wonders it read the card! Usually Murphy shows up after the warranty expires. Joy and relief flooded our apartment, since now we won’t have to budget a new camera or beg/borrow/steal one to document our Baby Newell experiences. God was gracious. So you can expect more photos to be appearing on a Silent Holocron near you.

With this weekend’s Wondering, I bring you a photo snapped by my wife’s Sidekick II while on her uncle’s houseboat. We went to Cumberland Lake at the end of July and had a very restful and fun weekend with my in-laws.

And now, with no further ado, the picture Tricia took:

Ever wonder what a chihuahua looks like when it’s grinning? Our little Reese’s Cup gave us this decidedly evil grin while on a ride during the recent hot spell that hit Louisville for the past month and a half.

Okay, well maybe it wasn’t evil. She’s actually resting from being hot. But it sure has that evil plan look.

For this week’s pic, I’m going to submit a couple of “Awww” moments my wife Tricia caught, starring the famous Ellie and the naughty little Reese’s Cup.

Ellie’s learning theology by osmosis.

Ain’t she cute? By the grin, she must be having a really good dream.

Look up the word pitiful in the dictionary and you’ll find this picture next to it:

This is Reese’s first visit to the vet. She was one scared little pup.

Now at long last, I return to Photo Friday. Here’s a classic Reese’s Cup pic, taken shortly after we got her. She’s so small in this pic, now she’s a whole foot long! Wow.