there is something lovely about being away from work and routine for so long that when you return it feels strange. like you’ve abandoned your rut for a little while and coming back to it, find it to be (slightly) new all over again. it’s also nice to know that you can achieve that feeling in as little as a week and a half.
we had a great time visiting family and friends for christmas. it was the tour du bebe. every home we visited and/or stayed in had a child or a pregnant woman or both. i took the opportunity to play with our new camera. here are some of the pictures i got:
i still haven’t quite gotten the hang of proper light settings for indoor photography, but i sure did have some fun! we also got some wonderful gifts and ate way too much yummy food (mmmm….. pupusa… *) and played many hours of card games. i finally won a game of hand and foot! and by a lot of points! whee! plus, we saw some good movies. but most of all, i loved seeing all those folks that i love that live so far away.
*more information on pupusa can be found here and here. i first learned to love them when i visited el salvador with my mom in 1988. there were so tasty that i ate 4 or 5 at my first sitting and later learned how much they grow inside your stomach after consumption. oh man. they taste sooooo good. and i don’t know of anyone who makes them anywhere near where i live. sigh.
ooo! tell me about your camera! we’re looking at either getting a new one or trying to find a way to use my dad’s old ‘regular’ film camera lenses…
we got a pentax k100d. i had been drooling over digital slr cameras for awhile and mr. happy stuff had read many good reviews of this camera, so… we took the big plunge and got it. what i like about it is that it has the automatic settings if you really just want a “push here, dummy” camera, but it also lets you play around with manual settings. (this is probably true of most low-end digital slr cameras) like i said, i still have a lot to learn, but it’s fun to fiddle with!
Sarah was talking about your blog last evening so I just had to visit again… it’s been a while. I recognize a couple of people in these photos from GC, and I must say the babies are so adorable!! Great job on the photography.
I also must comment on pupusas. I had them several years ago when we visited friends in El Salvador. I fell in love. It’s been a long time since I’ve had one. Did you make them yourself or get them at a restaurant? I can’t imagine doing them justice myself…