My new 50mm lens was delivered today, woohoo! The top picture was taken with the kit lens I got with my camera, the bottom picture was taken with the new lens. I can’t wait to really see what it can do this weekend! Click it to view it large if you really want to see the difference.

And in case you’re wondering – those are my grandma knick knacks! The cow & bucket creamer and sugar set belonged to Grandma, and the Pinocchio bottle opener belonged to Nonna. They hang out on the ledge between the kitchen and the living room.

I found these in one of those quarter toy machines at Spukies, the pizza shop up the street from us. I hid them behind my back and let Pete pick one, and he got the cow. He took it out of the little plastic ball it came in and left it on the coffee table. I kind of thought my pig was cute in his plastic ball, so I left it in the ball and left it on the coffee table. Guess which one was mysteriously missing (*cough*CHAMP*cough*) the next morning?

If you guess the pig in the ball, you’re right. I found it when I moved the couch yesterday, so I decided it was best to take it out of it’s ball to save it from being stolen again. And then I took a picture, since I had cleared off the coffee table and had a blank background. And because they’re cute.