day 6 - the ant and the grasshopper
by rachelellen

Comment by JLC:
These are two wonderful slices of life! These shots will bring back great memories!

day 5 - recycled picture, happy day!
by rachelellen

Comment by thomaspeople:

Rachel!
THAT is the best news I've heard in a while!

Congratulations. I remember the story well, and was even telling my wife about it as we came across one of your pics last week. I wondered how things were going, so this is just wonderful!

This was a meaningful picture back in July, and it's even more meaningful today. You can stop trying to not get your hopes up now.

How long til we get a shot of the house now?

day 5 - recycled picture, happy day!
by rachelellen

Comment by Pug-H:
I thought this shot looked familiar. Congratulations on getting the house, I hope you have many happy years there.

day 2 - mary.jpg
by rachelellen

Comment by citymars:
Not sure what I missed, but this is sweet. Look at those giant pupils!

day 4 - tarantula
by rachelellen

Comment by bs-photos:
EWWW & YUCK!! Man I would definitely be under the "Swerve to hit & back up to make sure I didn't miss" category. Ek, I really do not like spiders & the bigger they are the more I dislike them! SO, I give you props for getting that close to the bugger! Nice detail on his front legs!

day 4 - tarantula
by rachelellen

Comment by muckpond:
ew. but your macro skillz are awesome.

day 3 - hallway
by rachelellen

Comment by muckpond:
i love shots like this, and i think the graininess is perfect here.

day 2 - mary.jpg
by rachelellen

Comment by PHOTOKID:
I love the way she has just completely taken over the bed. Its so like my cat, beautiful capture look almost like my cat as well. Nice detail in the face.

day 4 - tarantula
by rachelellen

Comment by roz:
excellent photograph and a great read ..
we have tortoises come out during and after the rain and they make their slow way over the roads in our area .. i often stop the car and get out and carry them to the side they were walking towards, so that they get there safely .. once i'd gone past a tortoise and decided to help him to the other side coz it was a three lane road and a few cars were on it ..
so i backed up a fair distance pretty quickly coz i didnt want to muck around .. i'd put my hazard warning lights on and i was on the side of the road with plenty of distance between me and any cars using the road ..
anyway ... i'd nearly got level with the tortoise and this ute drove by .. (a ute is like a car with a tray at the back, sort'v) ..
when i got level with the tortoise he'd been squashed and i realised that the guy in the ute had swerved to hit him ..
me and ali, my daughter, were very upset by this and it was something we still remember .. obviously coz i'm writing about it now .. but it made quite an impression on her .. a bad one ..
wot was particularly gross was the bits of tortoise with these sort'v tubes that had sort'v oozed out .. it was horrible that someone had intentionally aimed to hit the tortoise and it was horrible the sight of the poor squashed little guy .. fortunately his death was immediate ..
sad wot ppl do ..
a spider isnt like a tortoise tho .. most ppl squash them without a second thought .. or spray them with the insect repellant .. the fact that they can maime and kill might have something to do with that .. but a poor old tortoise .. wouldnt harm anyone .. except a fly maybe or a spider !!! :)

day 4 - tarantula
by rachelellen

Comment by Ken:
That's just too funny about the different type of drivers. Good use of DOF to really put the focus on the tarantula.