My (Early) Christmas Present!

I have had paint chips on the walls in the dining room and the bathroom for at least a year now (even painted a swatch on the dining room wall but didn't like the color in the end).  Bill has taken the swatches and painted the dining room and is working on the bathroom today!  What a fantastic present.

The bay window wall is a gold color but from certain angles and with different lighting it looks like a soft chocolate.

And as an added bonus . . . .




Bill polished all of the silver!

O Christmas Tree

I came home tonight and William had the Christmas tree up.  He went and picked out the tree on Sunday and brought it home on his own.  So, it was only fitting that he decorate the tree himself.  He has worked on it for the past 3 hours.  It is looking quite festive.

I decided to take the opportunity for low light pictures using my 50 mm lens.

This photo of the ornaments in front of the tree shows the beauty of having a 50mm 1.8 lens - I love the depth of the picture.  When I took my first photography class I didn't have this lens and I couldn't figure out why others in the class got this wonderful depth/blur effect.  Took me most of the class to figure out I just didn't have the right lens.