I haven’t mentioned that I am also an avid photographer.  For years, I was in love with my 35mm Canon Rebel which I bought with a refund from student loan money.  Ahhh, those were the days!  I could never find a digital camera that matched up to it.  I finally did though in the Canon Powershot Proseries.

A Circuit City near my house was going out of business and everything was 50% off.  Of course, the kid behind the counter tried to get me to buy some cheap plastic palm-sized snapshot thingy, which I absolutely loathe, despise, and abominate (the little cameras, not salesmen).  I wanted something that felt like a real camera in my hands, and the Powershot was worth every penny.

Since buying it a year ago, I’ve used it mainly for taking photos of the dogs, the cats, and of J.   I loved having it during the fall season when the leaves were changing.  I captured a ton of flowers last spring, and it came in really handy at Xmas.  I used it to make an entire photo album of our first year in this house, and gave the album to J for Xmas last year. I enjoy experimenting with the different settings all the time.  So, I’ll definitely be posting pictures here over time which I’ve taken.

Over the past week, I snapped photos of my backyard.  A week ago we had 8 inches of snow on the ground.  It rained two days later and melted most of it away.  It was rainy and foggy that day.  Then it was 70 degrees outside three days after the snow.  It amazed me how the scene of my backyard changed completely over the course of just a few days.  Gottta love St. Louis weather!  And so  I give you….Scenes From A Backdoor…

The backdoor with Zander coming out.

Eight inches.

Two days later….where did all the snow go?

3 days later, 70 degree short-sleeve weather.