The rain has fallen and the sky is clear.  At least for the moment.

I hear thunderstorms are possible.  I love weather.  If you haven't already figured that out. I love the surprise of it.  You just never know around here what is to come.

The days have been full of days......matt has been out of town and I have been with the kids working and playing and doing.......I am ready for that break I have mentioned....NYC......it's coming....soon.....my camera and I are going on an adventure....I can't wait!  Until....I will keep shooting.....and cleaning....and playing.....and drawing.....I am in progress with many new projects....enjoying the process....daydreaming of a new studio......ONE DAY....I plan on building my own studio out in my back yard!  I can't wait....
ONE DAY!  Until....I will keep doing what I DO........

DOing.....is good......

Spring of Change

Life is busy.

Life is always busy.

I often catch myself these days when I start to "complain" about how "busy" it can get.

It's the "American way".

If it wasn't busy I'd complain that it wasn't busy.

It's like when the weather is hot you want it cold, and when it's cold you want it hot.

I have learned, it's one of my newest achievements, to look at the moment given to me and take it in. Breathe it in if you will.

Our kids are changing SO fast.

I take ALOT of pictures. And going through them I am shocked at what a year can do. Everything-- hair, eyes, smiles-- everything has shifted.

Everything is just a little more in focus. A little more clear who they are "becoming"

They stay busy.

Like life.

So they haven't a clue how much they change.

I do.






My camera does.  Everyday.  Week.  Month.  Year.

Busy is good.

So I stay busy taking pictures and they stay busy growing.

Life is busy.

But if it wasn't i guess we wouldn't be alive.


So I have decided busy is good.

It makes me feel ALIVE!

A Muse of Mine

I often look for inspiration in the spring.

Considering it is the beginning of March.

Spring is well on it's way!

I have one thing to share.....

my favorite poet!

He makes me chill every time I read his words and contemplate his experience and insight....

if you choose to pick it up....remember he is well before the great man Shakespeare!

Enjoy! Hope you find some inspiration this spring to "spring" you into something ....... NEW.

i have an obsession-

eyes-

i LOVE to look into someones eyes-

a place to find truth-

a place of comfort-

sometimes a place of discomfort-

your truth-

feel it-

their truth-

feel it-

the center for the soul-

- bull's eye-

an obession-

the eyes-

those eyes-

the I and I's of eyes-

and eyes and I's watching all around-

me-

you-

us-

being-

ourselves-

the only eye-

and only I-

we can have-

and -

be-

so much......

I make lists.

All the time. On different pieces of paper, with different pens. Sometimes I like to make them look cute, other times I quickly jot down "to do" list and lose it as quickly as I wrote it out. I make lists and leave them in the car when I go shop. I make lists to organize my thoughts, needs, wants and sometimes my sanity. I make list to watch my actions move in progress. I make lists to see my life "achieving" step by step, day by day. Crossing out one thing and making it smaller is something I look forward to and feel good about. I am always moving toward my "big picture" of life. I look back after time and see all these LITTLE steps making BIG pictures!

Trust me.

Lists work. Try them. Think big and then prioritize. Make a NEED list and a WANT list. Don't ever combine them. Separate WORK and PLAY. And DAY to DAY.

Keep them in a journal and watch how things change......it's amazing what you will get done in your efforts. My goal is to mark one thing off my list a day. If I do that, I am feeling golden!

And on a rainy day in May when your feeling down, take that list out and you will be happily surprised what you really have been doing with all these day to day long days in and out grind of life days! Living! and Doing......all the time.

This little guy is a new client of mine.

We met at the park swinging with his mom and dad and a very cool

dog named Shaggy.

I sold them these prints + after they checked out my website and are going to book me for his 1st b-day party! It will be fun.....he's really cute and I am happy that my photography business is growing...two clients are better than one!:)

What a doll. Is it possible my little ones were EVER this SMALL? It goes so fast.....................

Logan woke up this morning with the sentence, "Lets go hiking."

He was determined to get outside today and enjoy the weather....I think he must have had a dream about it. We went and explored. It was a beautiful day and felt warm enough to think that spring is coming. The birds were flying everywhere, we had fun. Tatum and Logan are really cute together, while Jack is in school these two find many ways to entertain themselves. They might as well have been twins.

All in all they are best of friends.......Hansel and Gretel you might say....