During our time here in North Carolina, our three oldest are spending the mornings with another homeschooling family that lives nearby. One of their assignments this week was to spend some time making photographs of anything outdoors–after they were done with the three Rs, of course.
Today’s post features two photos from each of our older ones. After they shot, we loaded the photos onto the computer and they each helped me select a handful of images to share with you guys.
There’s a baby goat on the property. Hero was adopted when he was one day old. He’s quite small, and very human friendly. Wolverine loves helping with his care.
There are lots of fun things to photograph at the homeschool home. Goats, and trees, and dogs, and chickens, and trampolines, and sticks, and trees, and more. Some of the items were more interesting to the group than others, but Wolverine and Phoenix favored the goat. She was able to get a shot of feeding time.
Hero is still bottle-fed daily. He’s a messy eater, with lots of slobber and stuff. He even forgets his manners and tries to climb the fence to get closer to his food. Silly goat.
Cyclops, on the other hand, really loves Chestnut. There is a lot to love, but he described his photo below of Chestnut as the “cutest” one he made. Chestnut, apparently, likes to eat sticks.
I know dogs like peanut butter, and pretty much anything having to do with meat…but I’ve never seen them eat sticks like Chestnut. Cyclops thought this was a fun moment.
The animals aren’t the only fun stuff at the homeschool home–there are things like trees and trampolines as well. Cyclops really enjoyed the leaves and other undergrowth beneath one of the big trees next to the trampoline. Phoenix, on the other hand, thought the view through the net on the trampoline provided interesting framing for the acorns and leaves on the trampoline.
I don’t think they’ve tried to climb any of the trees yet, but there’s always tomorrow. Cyclops enjoyed this view of the area near the trampoline (barely visible in the far left of the image).
Phoenix is working on framing and composing interesting shots. Here, she uses the netting of the trampoline to frame the pattern of the sun coming through onto the trampoline surface. I think it’s pretty cool.
And, finally, Wolverine thought it would be good to close out the day with a photo of his brother’s new Lego-dragon. Because he’s fierce.
Wolverine liked this extreme closeup of Cyclops’ birthday present Lego-dragon. He’s fierce.
We hope you’ve enjoyed the guest-posting by the Peacock kids, as they use the cameras to make sense of what God is doing in our lives here, and how they’re adapting to the changes and new experiences we’re all having here in North Carolina. Please continue to pray for us and for the kids, as God works in us here.
Photography skills obviously run in the family!