Some Lately Pictures. {a Thursday post by Rachel Nicole)

{If you haven't yet, go check out this post, and enter the photo challenge!}

  

Which was your favorite? And don't forget to enter the photo challenge here!

xoxo,
Rachel Nicole

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Hope for Paws

One of my favorite things to do in my free time lately is to visit the local animal shelter.

My friend goes quite frequently, and I really enjoy tagging along occasionally to help out and [of course] take pictures.

All of the dogs are super friendly and lovable. They all deserve great homes, but I'm glad that I get to spend the time I do with them. :)

Here are a few of the pictures that I have taken during my visits:





















Which one is your favorite? Have you ever visited your local animal shelter? Let me know with a comment :)

~Karalee


***You can find a shelter close to you through a search engine such as Google. If you wish to visit one, please make sure to get permissions from your parents AND from the shelter. Supervision around the dogs is recommended. Many dogs in shelters are very friendly, but some may have problems with certain people (have a grudge against someone because of age, gender, etc.). Helping out at a shelter is great, just be careful and courteous. :)

My New Camera || A Thursday post by Rachel Nicole

I got my camera! 

It's a Nikon D5100 (if you haven't read about it, read that here), the same one Karalee has.

It's an awesome camera, and, even though I've only had it since August 30th (2012), I would totally recommend it.

Me with my new camera.

More pictures: (taken with the Sony camera I used to use, which you can also read about here)

Everything that came with it.

Side.

Bottom.

Top.

Buttons.

Lens

Top

Screen (flips OUT!)

Here are a few pictures taken with it:

Sorry, no GTP this week! :/

xoxo,

Rachel Nicole

ps- switching to Flickr for my photo hosting site, check that out here, okay?

Oh Those Hurricane Days

Down here in the south, we don't get snow days. Instead, we get days off for hurricanes.

By the time this posts, I will be getting ready for my first day back in classes after a refreshing 6 day break (courtesy of Isaac and Labor Day).

Hurricanes are serious things, and my thoughts and prayers go out to those whose families etc. were affected.

My area, however, received very little storm at all during our "hurrication" as some were calling it.

So, after a few days of nothing all too interesting, a few friends who stayed in town and I headed over to one of the 3+ local plantations. This one wasn't anything too special, but I got a few nice pictures anyway :)

I'm sure you can tell by some of the pictures, but it was hot as who-knows-what outside that day. I have no idea how I managed to convince both Denver and Hector to get so dressed up to go out in the heat.

Let me know what you thought about the pictures, I love feedback :)

~Karalee