As we are up to our necks in homes plans, pictures, ideas I came across these gorgeous pictures from Hiya Papaya of some homes by Cadence Homes. Please click on over to Hiya Papaya if you want to pin away~they have lots of eye candy over there. Don’t you love looking at ideas from different builders’ and seeing what’s new? It’s a bit overwhelming with the constant inspiration, but I have always loved going to Parade of Homes just for ideas, whether it has been for our apartment, re-model, or ideas for a future home.

For these pictures below, I love the updated traditional look, the rooms full of light and the bright colors with a neutral backdrop. That yellow desk especially grabs my heart.

What catches your eye? Do you tend to fall for the new and shiny of a just-built home, or the comfortable, well-loved feel of an existing home?

Arggghh! I have debated back and forth and then back and forth again whether to write this or not. Do they really want to read about how I began my blog? But, I’m looking at it like a little journal, because it’s been 5 years since I began this blog and my memory is fading, so I want to always remember how I started, where I came from, how it all began. So I’m going with it, will you please bear with me? It will be every Thursday as part of my every day September.

One of the things I have had the most fun playing around with on my camera is the exposure dial. Basically, how much light is coming to your picture. Here it is on my Canon:

When you push this button,

the screen will come up and this is what you want to look at: