Making headway with Manual Mode :-)

I've made an effort all week to shoot "EVERYTHING" in full manual mode...especially Piper, because she is the biggest challenge of all. Such a little ball of energy and impossible to slow down, so I thought, if I can shoot her in manual and accomplish it, then hooray for me! She is great practice. I took her on a little walk today and shot the whole thing in manual and everything seemed to finally fall into place...and it's so fun, that I don't want to switch back to Aperture priority! The pictures are so crisp! Anyway, I just thought the black and white was a beautiful picture of her...hair "wispy" in the wind and in deep thought! My pretty girl...and of course, those gorgeous flowers in the 2nd picture! Man, I'm so glad to be back in Florida!