Photography by Ellen

Treasure
I wanted to grab some pics in the long grass before it gets mowed tomorrow, so I decided on a toy as my subject. This is from about 1945. It's a little acrobat guy, you wind him up and he spins around the bar like a gymnast. It's so cool, and so simple. I love old toys like this. He belongs to one of the ladies I live with, and he gets brought out on special occasions to show his skills. He's still going strong at 60 and shows no signs of slowing down. Why don't they make toys like this anymore? Some simple physics instead of flashing lights and music.. I could watch this thing spin for hours when I was little.. We need an old-fashioned toy revolution I think.

Also, don't forget that tomorrow is the 12th! I hope some of you participate in the 12 of 12, which is where you take 12 pictures throughout the day, pretty much of anything, then post them with the time it was taken. The idea came from Chad, click the link to find out more. Meghan told me about it, and I tried for the first time last month. I'm excited it's the 12th again! So I hope to see 12 pictures from more of you tomorrow :)

And, I've been wanting to give a PSA about bloglines.. If you don't use it (or something similar), it's very easy and convenient. You create an account, then copy and paste the addresses of the blogs you visit into it. Then you can see which blogs have been updated, instead of just randomly visiting. I love it, and it's really streamlined my blog-reading. Some blogs seem to have more than one feed to choose from, I always choose the first one and it works well. You should all give it a try! I always feel bad when my statcounter lists lots of visitors when I haven't updated...

Here's the toy! Most are normal colour, a couple vintage/grainy. All with my 30mm at ISO 100, f/1.8, shot in RAW. As always, thanks for visiting!