Where the wild things are and my Intro to Macro photography

Ahh, I am such a lazy and procrastinating woman! And  I apologize for that. :P

But, I do have some more photos to share and more adventures with my photography. So, sit down with your head between your knees and enjoy the craziness. And, don't forget to wear your safety belt. Lord knows how many people I'd lose on this crazy train of mine if there was no invention of the seat belt.

Anyways; I want to tell everyone how I discovered the "Super Macro" feature on my camera, recently. Because this little discovery of mine-is pure love, right here:

Saw these pretty red beauties while I was on my break at work!

Yeah, I take my camera to work sometimes! Who knows, you might catch something pretty interesting while you're outside and walking around. Just can't believe the pretty things are still strong and haven't wilted away from this lack of rain. D:

I thought this one was pretty as well and it looked like it was sticking out it's tongue for the camera!

Dunno what type of flower this one is, anyone have a clue? I found it on a bush and it sort of reminded me of that  loud mouthed man eating plant on the Broad way show, "Little Pet shop of Horrors."

And, I've noticed that Big Spring's getting a lot of Sun flowers, now. Not that I'm complaining because I think they're pretty and all but I haven't seen them since I was a little kid.

Guess I should talk about discovering the Macro super close feature on my camera now, shouldn't I?

Ah, so..I was playing around with the Macro feature on my camera to get a particular shot of a flower one afternoon and Presto! While I was playing around with it, I received the "Super Macro" feature and ever since loved playing around with it. <3

Anyways, to get that perfect shot; here's something my aunt Rhea taught me. ALWAYS hold your breath and after taking the picture, exhale. Dunno why but it's always helped me.

Hope you all like my Macro shots!

Urban exploring in old Big spring, Texas

So, this is my very first Journal blog and all-and I'm just curious.

Does anyone else live in Big Spring and have found any neat, old places? (Without getting chased by any crazy Hobos or what not? Ha ha!)

Speaking of crazy Hobo stories,  my dad used to go Geo Caching and it did take him to some very strange places. Like, one time-he stopped at an old house that had been burned down completely and it was where the Geo Cach was supposed to be. While he was looking, a homeless man  appeared out of nowhere and basically scared the life out of my dad and my dad did the same!

Wait...Now I'm just rambling and am getting off of track about the Blog in the first place.

Anyways, I didn't know there was anything "Interesting" in this one horse town until my Mimi (My Grandmother who I've always called, "Mimi" for the last few years.) and I went out in Big Spring, yesterday  and did some urban exploring of our own.

First, we went to my most favorite cemetery, Mount Olive, and my Mimi let me out of the car to get some photos. It was a fairy nice morning and I loved how the sun light gave all my pictures, a natural glow.

This one's of a sad angel which I haven't gotten a chance to look at and take a picture of, until yesterday. I didn't see whoever he or she was mourning for  but the  person was probably fairly young. :(


And this grave is neat to me! Has anyone been down to Big spring, Texas, and got a chance to visit the Potton House on Greg street? I haven't been in there but the Big Spring Heritage Museum is in charge of it and keeps it open for Tourists.

Anyways while I was walking through the cemetery, I noticed two fairy large tomb stones with the Last name, "Potton" on both of them:

Doing some Research at home; I discovered that  Lilly Potton, had been the daughter of the original owners of the Potton house. If you'd like to read about the history of the place, here's a Link:http://bigspringmuseum.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1&Itemid=2 It's pretty interesting. The owners were Joseph and Mary Potton and both of them had came to Big Spring, Texas, in 1901 and the house was built as an investment for Mr. Potton. 

He'd been an Master mechanic for the Texas Pacific Rail road and Mary Potton had been active with St. Mary's Episcopal Guild and served Tea in English tradition every afternoon in both of her and her husband's mansion. Which, I'm pretty sure that must have been pretty exciting for everyone back in the day.

Okay, enough of this  boring history lesson! Let us get back to some Urban exploring pictures, yes? Yes. 

Going to the  North side of town, we went under the bridge that my parents and I usually cross over to go to Casa Blanca Spanish restaurant and my mimi let me out of the car to get some pictures of the abandoned rail road. Pretty sure the place isn't abandoned because I saw a home made fire pit that a homeless person had made, to keep themselves warm during  the winter and mimi warned me that there were probably some hobos running around or worse, rattle snakes. Dunno how they're still thriving, though (The Rattle snakes, not the hobos. I don't have anything against them. Even though some of them are probably insane.) because of this harsh summer drought.

Here's some Tank engines and locomotives that looked like they haven't been used in ages:

Pretty sure if they could talk, (God forbid an inanimate object did learn human speech because I could picture everyone going into Freak out Mode.) But if they could-I'm sure they would have a lot of adventurous stories to tell.

And, luckily-no Hobos popped out screaming, "GET OUTTA MY HOME!" and no glass objects came out of nowhere or smashed me in the back of the head. Because then, I'd probably be typing this at the hospital.

And, here's some neat Graffiti I found:  like how they left out the cursing and did all the peace signs and the smiling face, don't you? (: 

I think this old Grain elevator was near the Rail roads as well: (That Rust on it...<3)

We also stopped by my uncle Huck's old Auto Repair shop. He's a huge, HUGE collector of old cars and has a massive collection of trucks and cars he's saved from ending up in a salvage yard, somewhere.

As soon as I saw all of the cars he's Collected over the years, it brought back a lot of child hood Nostalgia for me. I remember always getting excited whenever my Uncle clifford would ask me, "Heather, ya wanna go for a ride in my truck?" and I'd jump up and down and run to his truck and hop in his front seat and jiggle his car keys, around.

I'd upload a pic of the younger me but my mimi probably has one some where and I've never asked if she could possibly give me a copy of it.

Here's my favorite Truck I found from his shop:

As for trading any photography advice; I'm not the best photographer in the world and don't own Photoshop, you understand. All it takes is a little patience, a Camera and finding that object you want to take a picture of.

Oh, and I've discovered that the Iphoto photo Editing program on a Mac will give you that nice, old fashioned color on your photos. (: And since I haven't been able to upload some of my work on my Flickr account these past few days, it's become my best friend!

Anyways, enjoy my work and I will upload more that comes my way!