Updates from Ryder Family Farm
A southern Illinois family farm- sowing the seed of tomorrow, savoring the fruits of yesterday
Well, I did it! I finished my amaryllis bulb time lapse video. I actually wanted to make the video to show people how awesome bulbs are. It’s not the best video ever but it’s pretty good for my first time lapse attempt! I was taking photos for about 4 days.. Getting the lighting and background […]
I normally don’t spend much time worrying about what is going with the Hollywood scene and all that but last night at 3am when I had nothing better to do I checked out perzhilton.com because a friend said I should. I saw a youtube video of Brittney Spears and her first emergency room visit of […]
Well, I laid in bed for an hour after watching x-files on DVR and I cannot sleep. I have been restless and full of energy for a good portion of the evening. I have a theory about it all… You know how sometimes when you take Sudafed for sinus pain it makes you all jumpy […]
Well, the time lapse thing isn’t quite working out for me, the first amaryllis bloom started to open yesterday and I did all I could to capture it but with the lighting changes in the room and with the stem leaning more and more in each shot the time lapse did not effectively show the […]
We have a fireplace and 4 cats… Need I say more??
Good morning all! Hope you had a safe and fun new years eve celebration! We had fun and are home getting ready to visit another friends holiday celebration this afternoon. As promised I am sharing some of the photos I took of “red rock fantasy of lights”. If you are ever in Sedona, AZ and […]
I have been slacking on updating the blog, sorry guys! Today I spent 8 hours auditing and getting my business sales and books in order so I could file my end of year sales tax. Fun huh? We saw Enchanted the other day and really enjoyed it. We thought it would be much like Shrek, […]
Since moving to our new rental home we have had issues with our cell phone reception. We figured it was because we are now living in a more rural area but as it turns out we get reception just fine about a block away from our house but not at our house.. We have been […]
We are back home and getting back into the swing of things. We had a nice Christmas and are enjoying all the fun things we got from each other. N got me a sweet Sansa MP3 player of my own, I have been stealing his to play my music at guard rehearsals.. So now I […]
Yesterday I got a photo of two of my baby finches outside of the nest having a good time! My gray one and a cream colored one were hanging out on a perch together testing the waters! I am super excited and surprised that they are flying so early in their development! In other news […]
Yesterday when we went out to get some last minute supplies for the holidays we were very stressed out and saddened by the spirits of the people out holiday shopping. First off the stores were way crowded and people were just downright mean or just plain annoying! People were either wandering aimlessly without regard to […]
Yesterday I posted about Raising baby finches – week 2 updates. I looked back in my blog post history to see when the first baby hatched. It was December 4th. Before looking back to see just how old the babies were I was sure the were preparing to try flying. After reading the available info […]
I have been a busy bee making homemade goodies for the family and friends. My holiday shopping is done but my holiday crafting and baking is just getting started! Yesterday I made a batch of fudge, a sweater purse bath set and a few crocheted squares a baby blanket. Today I made a batch of […]
A photo I snapped of my kitty, Jack, while he way yawning.. Thought it was funny and that you might enjoy it! Did you post a wordless Wednesday post? If so leave a comment below with your link so we can check it out! Happy Wednesday!
I am attempting to make my second video ever, this one is for a video contest! This video is about Packet8, a company offering broadband voip international calling service that you can use from your cell phone. It’s cheaper, more reliable and more convenient than other international calling alternatives. If you have a cell phone […]
Well, I spent the weekend with my family. My little brother had his 21st birthday on Sunday. I got some photos of the birthday shot we took and a video of our white trash cake and birthday candles. I was fun and now we are back home trying to get through the week- trying to […]
I wanted to share the updates on our baby finches today. Some of you may know that our finches hatched 3 eggs after the second attempt at hatching eggs. Today I got one of the hatchlings out of the stinky nest. As you can see in the photo they are getting fed and are starting […]
While visiting other blogs tonight I was rather amused by the creativity and crisp lyrics of the commercials. As a trained vocalist I was struck by the enunciation of the words. Also, the music sounds nice and it’s one of my favorite holiday songs. If you need a smile or laugh watch these, can you […]
I don’t know about you but for me it is officially crunch time! This is my “sorry for not writing posts” post… 🙂 We are getting closer to the big day and I have TONS to do! I am busy making custom gift baskets for clients (23 to be exact!) and crafting like crazy for […]