Winter.

It's interesting to hear response to this blog. I appreciate all those who have taken the time to read and respond. It really is an experience for me to write what I am thinking in all directions and post it to the "world".

The exposure is humbling.

Jack is ...........

Saturday

It's Saturday, again. This time though we have snow. More snow. It's winter in TN this year! The kids are restless but found their way to Oobie. I am taking a quick break and Matt is somewhere ---doing something.

These pixs are just a few I have taken recently. I am still studying photography and playing around alot with it. I find that I like a lot of different subjects. It's the story the photos say is what captures my attention to aim and shoot. Not so much what it is, but what it is saying to me.

The Silence of Snow

Snow.

The white stuff.

Schools closed.

Food Collected.

Sitting.

Waiting.

Feeling of enclosure warms the soul.

No where to go. No reason to spend money.

Just being at home.

No pressure.

Like the days of Laura Ingles

I suppose.

It's raining again! What a productive week!:)

I've just gotten over being under the weather this week but feeling better so Cindy and I went out ate some yummy pizza and are now sipping on some hot coffee here at Borders. Matt's with the kids playing Wii and managing small little demands. I am grateful for the time alone. There is a whole week coming up with my lovely ducklings. I need a little time to decompress.

So here I am "decompressing". I've been thinking a lot about why I am suddenly interested in blogging? I never have been one that would do something like this. I am more of a private person than some may suspect. I am glad I never made it to that big "Hollywood movie star in the sky"(right?) The attention would have killed me. :)

I do have reluctance when it comes to sharing my life like an open book. I don't feel the need to share as much as I feel a need to hear my own voice. To check in with myself and hear what is going on inside. So with that said, I believe I decided to start a blog to hear my SELF and what she is up to. To find that stillness that sits inside the chaos of my life.

Having a family and the responsibility of three little ones, with all their own individual needs I have found that I couldn't hear myself. I would have days that I would be knocking at the door and begging to come out and I just push her aside-- ignoring her. She got pissed. I couldn't take it anymore. I had to let her out. This lady, this one who is me.

My voice.

I can't guarantee that it will be of interest to any one--reading what I am up to--how the world is touching me-- at least my voice is out in the world willing to touch the ears of anyone who whats to listen.

Honestly, being a "stay-at -home" mom allowed me to ignore her more. I always have something else to do but listen to her. It certainly easier to not answer when she is knocking. But she fights. She is strong and not willing to walk away so easily and hide underneath my skin. She claws and she wiggles and yells at the top of her lungs......LET ME OUT! Kicking and rattling my bones. So I have to do this. I have to blog, I have to write, I have to paint and sketch, and dance and take pictures of the world I see ---Or she will kill me.

Today it's raining. I love rainy days. It clears my mind and focuses my thoughts. So I find myself more productive on days like this. I want to work. Go figure.

I have been shooting some pictures through out the week that I am really excited about. I am also excited to say that I sold my first prints. It's the shot of down town Ktown that I have posted and the elephant. The others are ones that I shot this week.

So let the rain fall ! Good day!