I love getting warned about a certain animal and then seeing the actual animal.

Here’s my story.

Jovanna’s Story from The Well Media on Vimeo.

Where I praise Him.

A weekend with my Zeta ladies. I love my new lens!

Heather’s brother Sean and our friend Steven were recently models for Cole Couture, a Tallahassee area boutique. Here they are, looking good and slightly akward on WCTV. Gotta love Tallahassee news…

This has been a good mail week for me. I love good mail weeks.  I ordered my first two lenses for my Rebel.  A Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II and a Zeikos 0.18X Super Fisheye Lens. I’ve been wanting the first one for a while and the second one I bought on a whim. The Fisheye lens came in yesterday. The other is on FedEx Vehicle For Delivery (I keep checking!).

Not sure what to make of this fish-eye lens. It is a lot of fun but in terms of functionality, not too sure. It’s hard to keep it focused. One perk about it is I can screw off the fish-eye portion of the lens and then I get a macro lens. The macro one will be for taking pics of very small things (think bugs!). The depth of field is very shallow. It focuses on very little at a time. Below is an example. It’s three water drops on my desk with the focus on a different one in each picture.

Ha, those of you who don’t know or care about photography are probably like big deal. Or you’ve already clicked away! For those who haven’t, here is a pic of Rocco’s eye.

And finally, fun with the fish eye lens.

My other lens finally arrived too! 

I can't wait to have fun with them in NYC this weekend!

Quote courtesy of Desiring God.

Does anyone else think this is hilarious?

This past weekend, for the first time in my 26 awesome years of existence,  I went fishing.  (sorry that wasn’t more exciting)

On Saturday night, from midnight ’til about 5 am, Alex and I  invaded the docks of a few St.Pete homes and went dock light fishing. I also learned to drive a boat. I did okay at the fishing and got scared at the driving. Somehow, moving that fast in pitch darkness and looking out for sticks popping out of the water made me more nervous than anything.

My first two catches were catfish, which I am told is not brag worthy but I was still excited about it.  I also caught a trout. Alex caught more trout and a grouper.

With the fish, we made ceviche (another first for me) and pan fried the rest. Both turned out delicious.

Ceviche Recipe

Ingredients: White fish (we used trout), limes & lemons, cilantro, red pepper flakes, tomato, jalapeño pepper, orange pepper, red onion, sea salt

Directions: Cube the fish, pour lime juice all over it, set aside in refrigerator. Dice the peppers, tomato, cilantro & combine, add lemon and lime juice to mixture. Pour mixture over fish. Let it sit for 3-4 hours, occasionally stirring to make sure all the fish gets cured by the citrus.  Enjoy with pita chips!

And here’s my pan fried trout and grouper that Ms. Ashley enjoyed with me last night!

The fish was seasoned with lemon & lime, sea salt, pepper and Old Bay. The onions were sautéed in olive oil. Ashley made some delicious green beans that had salt and Parmesan cheese.

My boyfriend likes to build.

I like to blog.

This weekend, we’ll combine the two by trying our hand at some DIY projects found on some of my favorite blogs, Design Sponge and Ashley Ann Photography.

I’ve put him in charge of getting the hardware. Together, we’ll search for an old frame to make this:

I’d love to hang this in my office or kitchen.

The directions for this project.

The next two are adorable and functional. I wish I had a garden and/or balcony/back yard. I don’t so you may be getting these as a gift from me soon.

The Directions for this project.

How cute would these be over a night time, outside meal?

The Directions for this project.

Do you have any DIY projects that should be added to our list?

wisdom

Enjoy your weekend!

*Not sure how wise it is. But it’ll make ya laugh!