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
The Day I Dropped My Canon 5D Mark IV
Yes...I dropped my Canon 5D Mark IV. Just typing out those words hurts my heart! I had just come back from a nice, long, relaxing day at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge with Midnight, my camera. (Yes...my camera has a name. That should...
The Eastern Bluebird…One Of My New Discoveries at Connemara
The Eastern Bluebird. One of my new discoveries. My adventure over to Connemara Conservancy this last time was amazing. I discovered the Eastern Bluebird. What is Connemara Conservancy, you ask? Well, you can read all about Connemara in my post titled Connemara...
Connemara Conservancy in Allen
The Connemara Conservancy in Allen. What a hidden gem! I was introduced to this place several years ago by a friend of mine who helped out a bit with their public relations and community information. She was looking for someone to take some drone video of the area,...
The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary
The Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary is a recent discovery for me! I have lived in Allen for about 13 years now, and I knew of The Heard, and I had actually been there when Zach was very little. We went to a birthday party there for a friend. We...
My Adventures with a Rented Canon 100-400 Zoom Lens
The Canon 100-400 zoom lens! Is it worth the money it costs to own one? I recently discovered this wonderful nature preserve near my house called Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary. It's a couple of miles from my house, and it is like being on a...
Kitchen Science Fun for My Little Scientist in the Making
Kitchen science fun! It's a necessary thing to learn and be good at in my house. When you have very curious, inquisitive kids, you have to learn to give up your beautiful island space in your kitchen all for the sake of science! Science fun in my own kitchen! Who...
Oh Christmas Tree – Some Little Known Facts About Them
Christmas trees are one of my favorite things about Christmas time. I LOVE Christmas trees. Real ones, fake ones, white ones, trees with tinsel, decorated house plants pretending to be a Christmas tree, etc... Basically any kind of Christmas tree (or anything that...
The Canon G7X II – The Perfect (and pocketable) Camera to Take with Me Everywhere!
I LOVE my new Canon G7X II camera. She is tiny, but impressively powerful! As a total YouTube camera review junkie, I often run across camera reviews of cameras that I didn't even know I needed or wanted for that matter. The Canon G7X II is one...
The Gift that Keeps on Giving – the Nixplay Digital Frame
The Nixplay Digital Frame is one of my favorite gifts I've ever received! If you are an avid photographer like me, and you take thousands of pictures every month, then this is something you need. I was having trouble deciding which of my photos to frame and have out...
The Edge Skate Park in Allen – A Hidden Gem
We found out about The Edge Skate Park in Allen just in time. My kids and I have always loved riding our scooters through the neighborhood - on the street, on the sidewalk, on the trail by our house, but mostly in the parking lot at our local elementary school....