Ball Cap Mom Blog
Blogging is one of the crazy joys in life.
““Blogging is to writing what extreme sports are to athletics: more free-form, more accident-prone, less formal, more alive. It is, in many ways, writing out loud.” – Andrew Sullivan
I Want to Ride My Bicycle, and So Does Everyone Else… Or Should I Invest in Some Skates?
Update: When I first published this blog post last May during the first few months of all this crazy COVID mess, bikes were the big thing. It was practically impossible to find a bike to buy. And when I took my bike into the shop, they said it would be several weeks...
Sweet, Funny Gizmo: We Never Thought We Could Love a Pet Bird This Much!!
"Can I have a pet bird, Mom?" Well...those were words I did not want to ever hear. A pet bird? What? I had a few pet birds when I was younger, and they were pretty cool, especially the small parrot I had in college. But that ended badly, because parrots are loud pets,...
School Zones, Carpool Lines, Karen, and One Crazy Cyclist
Should carpool really be making everyone so angry? I know that carpool is not anyone's favorite way to spend precious morning or afternoon time, but is it something that should be making everyone so angry and on edge? I don't think so, Karen! I don't typically ride my...
My Apple Computer Nightmare
Apple computers! I love them! I've had many of them, going all the way back to my Apple Macintosh plus that I got around 1987/1988 when I was attending Texas Tech University. I had been a Commodore 64 computer nerd throughout high school, but was ready for an upgrade....
Finding Focus: How I Learned to Take Better Pictures
Once upon a time, there was a new mom who was determined to get some great photos of her first born. She got some great photos and they all lived happily ever after. The end. Well...not quite. This new mom (me) did get some photos of her first born, but now that I'm...
Update – Famous Last Words…”I’m never shooting with anything other than Canon”…
Disclaimer: If you are not a total camera geek, this is not the post for you. If you are a camera geek, be prepared to spend some money after reading this post. And please let me know what you buy!! Another update: April 2021 - - Well...I finally have my Canon R5, and...
The Kodak Brownie Hawkeye…Another Adventure with Film
Update since COVID-19: Just like all of you, this extra time at home with my family has given me plenty of time to clean out cabinets and drawers, sort through all of the "junk" we've collected over the last few years, and also plenty of time to come up with new...
So Many Books, So Little Time…
So many books to read, and so little time. Well...that is what I used to say anyway. But these last few months with COVID-19 and all the time we've spent at home due to the stay at home orders and all the quarantine rules, there has been a lot more time for reading....
Kan Jam – Crazy, Frisbee Fun for the Family
Kan Jam! What exactly is Kan Jam? Well...let me tell you. It is the simplest game that is so fun to play with your entire family! I was introduced to this frisbee game at a friend's house a few months ago, and I watched my children play it for...
Harry, Hermione, a Backyard Owl Rescue, and Some Really Cute Baby Owls…
Some of you may have already read my article Meet Harry and Hermione, Our Resident Eastern Screech Owls over on Paula Mason Photography, and the article titled Baby Owls in my Backyard...What An Amazing Sight for this Bird Nerd, about the owls who had apparently moved...