I found this darling vintage, turquoise, children’s toy telephone, all rusted and ready for a photoshoot.  I hoped my boys would be interested in taking pictures while holding it and found myself laughing as they chattered into the phone with animated antics.

Last February in the backyard, I set up my digital camera on the tripod, adjusted exposure and aperture, then asked my youngest daughter to ‘snap’ the shot.  It took a few tries, but we were finally successful in getting at least one sharp image.  I like the color contrasts here of the green, brown and black… and of course sunshine in February is always a beautiful thing!